Marisela Morales

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Marisela Morales is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Marisela Morales has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Marisela Morales's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (83 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (75 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (42 papers). Marisela Morales is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (83 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (75 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (42 papers). Marisela Morales collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Sweden. Marisela Morales's co-authors include Huiling Wang, Elyssa B. Margolis, Nora D. Volkow, Floyd E. Bloom, David H. Root, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Jia Qi, Yavin Shaham, Barry J. Hoffer and Shiliang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Marisela Morales

148 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Brain on Drugs: From ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Brain on Drugs: From Reward to Addiction
    2015 872 citations Nora D. Volkow, Marisela Morales Cell profile →
  2. Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour
    2017 754 citations Marisela Morales, Elyssa B. Margolis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marisela Morales United States 65 8.3k 4.5k 3.7k 1.2k 1.0k 148 12.2k
Christian Lüscher Switzerland 59 11.0k 1.3× 6.2k 1.4× 4.5k 1.2× 759 0.7× 684 0.7× 133 14.5k
Yuchio Yanagawa Japan 64 8.3k 1.0× 5.0k 1.1× 4.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 871 0.8× 321 14.6k
Susan R. Sesack United States 56 9.9k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 5.1k 1.4× 755 0.6× 956 0.9× 92 12.7k
Salah El Mestikawy France 51 8.4k 1.0× 5.7k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 738 0.6× 820 0.8× 128 11.3k
Sara R. Jones United States 56 9.8k 1.2× 5.9k 1.3× 2.6k 0.7× 982 0.8× 864 0.8× 187 13.6k
Ariel Y. Deutch United States 57 8.2k 1.0× 3.7k 0.8× 3.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 977 0.9× 124 12.1k
Mohamed Jaber France 42 8.0k 1.0× 5.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.5× 638 0.5× 916 0.9× 106 12.1k
Sven Ove Ögren Sweden 61 8.7k 1.1× 5.4k 1.2× 1.9k 0.5× 765 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 328 13.1k
Stefano Vicini United States 62 10.0k 1.2× 6.4k 1.4× 2.6k 0.7× 661 0.6× 838 0.8× 204 13.1k
William C. Wetsel United States 63 5.5k 0.7× 5.9k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 569 0.5× 870 0.8× 206 13.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Marisela Morales

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marisela Morales

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marisela Morales

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zapata, Agustin, et al.. (2024). Basal forebrain-lateral habenula inputs and control of impulsive behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(13). 2060–2068. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xingliang, Yuyoung Joo, Ross A. McDevitt, et al.. (2024). Tdrd3-null mice show post-transcriptional and behavioral impairments associated with neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. Progress in Neurobiology. 233. 102568–102568. 10 indexed citations
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Rubio, F. Javier, Daniel Olivares, Christopher Dunn, et al.. (2023). Flow Cytometry of Synaptoneurosomes (FCS) Reveals Increased Ribosomal S6 and Calcineurin Proteins in Activated Medial Prefrontal Cortex to Nucleus Accumbens Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(23). 4217–4233. 2 indexed citations
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Salinas, Armando G., Jeong Oen Lee, Shana M. Augustin, et al.. (2023). Distinct sub-second dopamine signaling in dorsolateral striatum measured by a genetically-encoded fluorescent sensor. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5915–5915. 20 indexed citations
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Bonaventura, Jordi, Matthew A. Boehm, Hank P. Jedema, et al.. (2023). Expression of the excitatory opsin ChRERα can be traced longitudinally in rat and nonhuman primate brains with PET imaging. Science Translational Medicine. 15(706). eadd1014–eadd1014. 4 indexed citations
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Waung, Maggie W., Joseph R. Driscoll, Christopher OʼBrien, et al.. (2022). A diencephalic circuit in rats for opioid analgesia but not positive reinforcement. Nature Communications. 13(1). 764–764. 15 indexed citations
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Miranda‐Barrientos, Jorge, Smriti Mongia, Bing Liu, et al.. (2021). Ventral tegmental area GABA, glutamate, and glutamate‐GABA neurons are heterogeneous in their electrophysiological and pharmacological properties. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(1). 4061–4084. 25 indexed citations
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Raver, Charles, Olivia Uddin, Yadong Ji, et al.. (2020). An Amygdalo-Parabrachial Pathway Regulates Pain Perception and Chronic Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(17). 3424–3442. 91 indexed citations
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Mongia, Smriti, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Bing Liu, et al.. (2019). The Ventral Tegmental Area has calbindin neurons with the capability to co‐release glutamate and dopamine into the nucleus accumbens. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(12). 3968–3984. 17 indexed citations
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Vènniro, Marco, Michelle Zhang, Daniele Caprioli, et al.. (2018). Volitional social interaction prevents drug addiction in rat models. Nature Neuroscience. 21(11). 1520–1529. 248 indexed citations
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Minj, Albert, M. P. Chauvat, Piero Gamarra, et al.. (2017). The structure of InAlGaN layers grown by metal organic vapour phase epitaxy: effects of threading dislocations and inversion domains from the GaN template. Journal of Microscopy. 268(3). 269–275. 5 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Yuji K., et al.. (2017). Dopamine Neurons Respond to Errors in the Prediction of Sensory Features of Expected Rewards. Neuron. 95(6). 1395–1405.e3. 127 indexed citations
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Volkow, Nora D. & Marisela Morales. (2015). The Brain on Drugs: From Reward to Addiction. Cell. 162(4). 712–725. 872 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cachope, Roger, Yolanda Mateo, Brian N. Mathur, et al.. (2012). Selective Activation of Cholinergic Interneurons Enhances Accumbal Phasic Dopamine Release: Setting the Tone for Reward Processing. Cell Reports. 2(1). 33–41. 377 indexed citations
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Fuentealba, Pablo, Thomas Klausberger, Theofanis Karayannis, et al.. (2010). Expression of COUP-TFII Nuclear Receptor in Restricted GABAergic Neuronal Populations in the Adult Rat Hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(5). 1595–1609. 96 indexed citations
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Hoffer, Barry J., et al.. (2003). Glial cell line neurotrophic factor-family receptor α-1 is present in central neurons with distinct phenotypes. Neuroscience. 116(1). 261–273. 17 indexed citations
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Morales, Marisela & E. Fifková. (1989). Distribution of MAP 2 in dendritic spines and its colocalization with actin. Cell and Tissue Research. 256(3). 447–56. 84 indexed citations

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