Mark J. Thomas

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Mark J. Thomas is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark J. Thomas has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mark J. Thomas's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (42 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (33 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers). Mark J. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (42 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (33 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers). Mark J. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. Mark J. Thomas's co-authors include Robert C. Malenka, William A. Carlezon, Antonello Bonci, Saı̈d Kourrich, Patrick E. Rothwell, Thomas J. O’Dell, Corinne Beurrier, Peter W. Kalivas, Yavin Shaham and Teena D. Moody and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mark J. Thomas

94 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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.

Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine

2001 505 citations Mark J. Thomas, Corinne Beurrier et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark J. Thomas United States	37	3.4k	2.2k	1.4k	536	382	95	5.5k
Kathleen A. Grant United States	44	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	315 0.6×	545 1.4×	199	6.5k
John J. Woodward United States	44	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	915 1.7×	521 1.4×	166	6.4k
Jingshan Chen United States	32	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	376 0.7×	628 1.6×	80	6.2k
Barry E. Kosofsky United States	41	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	661 1.2×	812 2.1×	106	6.1k
Mirko Dikšić Canada	45	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	863 1.6×	523 1.4×	261	7.3k
Wing‐Ho Yung Hong Kong	47	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	965 1.8×	765 2.0×	180	7.3k
Kazuo Yamada Japan	42	1.5k 0.4×	2.5k 1.1×	728 0.5×	441 0.8×	465 1.2×	242	5.9k
Rainald Mößner Germany	37	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	705 0.5×	269 0.5×	508 1.3×	99	5.2k
João Pereira Leite Brazil	42	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	529 1.0×	467 1.2×	199	6.5k
Ramona M. Rodriguiz United States	44	2.6k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	200 0.4×	559 1.5×	99	6.6k

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Thomas, Mark J., et al.. (2025). Fundamental sex differences in cocaine-induced plasticity of D1R- and D2R-MSNs in the mouse nucleus accumbens core. Biology of Sex Differences. 16(1). 102–102.

Sweis, Brian M., et al.. (2023). A quadruple dissociation of reward-related behaviour in mice across excitatory inputs to the nucleus accumbens shell. Communications Biology. 6(1). 119–119. 13 indexed citations

Redish, A. David, Samantha V. Abram, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, et al.. (2022). Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1337–1337. 4 indexed citations

Soukupovà, Marie, Chiara Falcicchia, Pietro Marino, et al.. (2021). Anti-epileptogenic effect of NRP2945 in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. European Journal of Pharmacology. 901. 174068–174068. 3 indexed citations

Corkrum, Michelle, Ana Covelo, Justin Lines, et al.. (2020). Dopamine-Evoked Synaptic Regulation in the Nucleus Accumbens Requires Astrocyte Activity. Neuron. 105(6). 1036–1047.e5. 212 indexed citations

Tam, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Caveolin-1 regulates medium spiny neuron structural and functional plasticity. Psychopharmacology. 237(9). 2673–2684. 8 indexed citations

Larson, Erin B., Andrea Frontini, Saverio Cinti, et al.. (2019). Optogenetic‐induced sympathetic neuromodulation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. The FASEB Journal. 34(2). 2765–2773. 20 indexed citations

Madayag, Aric, et al.. (2019). Cell-type and region-specific nucleus accumbens AMPAR plasticity associated with morphine reward, reinstatement, and spontaneous withdrawal. Brain Structure and Function. 224(7). 2311–2324. 36 indexed citations

Benneyworth, Michael A., Matthew C. Hearing, Jennifer Anders, et al.. (2019). Synaptic Depotentiation and mGluR5 Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens Drive Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement of Place Preference. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(24). 4785–4796. 24 indexed citations

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Sweis, Brian M., Samantha V. Abram, Brandy Schmidt, et al.. (2018). Sensitivity to “sunk costs” in mice, rats, and humans. Science. 361(6398). 178–181. 74 indexed citations

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Sweis, Brian M., A. David Redish, & Mark J. Thomas. (2018). Prolonged abstinence from cocaine or morphine disrupts separable valuations during decision conflict. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2521–2521. 23 indexed citations

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Sweis, Brian M., Mark J. Thomas, & A. David Redish. (2018). Mice learn to avoid regret. PLoS Biology. 16(6). e2005853–e2005853. 37 indexed citations

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Rada, Gonzalo R., et al.. (2013). Guide for Conducting Forensic Investigations of Highway Pavements. Transportation Research Board eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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Kourrich, Saı̈d & Mark J. Thomas. (2009). Similar Neurons, Opposite Adaptations: Psychostimulant Experience Differentially Alters Firing Properties in Accumbens Core versus Shell. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(39). 12275–12283. 102 indexed citations

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Whitley, Niki C, et al.. (2002). Influences of parity and level of feed intake on reproductive response to insulin administration after weaning in sows1. Journal of Animal Science. 80(4). 1038–1043. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Mark J., Corinne Beurrier, Antonello Bonci, & Robert C. Malenka. (2001). Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine. Nature Neuroscience. 4(12). 1217–1223. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Poss, Kenneth D., Mark J. Thomas, Alexander K. Ebralidze, Thomas J. O’Dell, & Susumu Tonegawa. (1995). Hippocampal long-term potentiation is normal in heme oxygenase-2 mutant mice. Neuron. 15(4). 867–873. 147 indexed citations

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Thomas, Mark J. & Thomas J. O’Dell. (1995). The molecular switch hypothesis fails to explain the inconsistent effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist MCPG on long-term potentiation. Brain Research. 695(1). 45–52. 38 indexed citations

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Smith, Douglas H., et al.. (1991). Evaluation of Memory Dysfunction Following Experimental Brain Injury Using the Morris Water Maze. Journal of Neurotrauma. 8(4). 259–269. 310 indexed citations

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Pearce, T. H. & Mark J. Thomas. (1984). Laser-induced fluorescence in minerals; preliminary results. The Canadian Mineralogist. 22(3). 379–382. 2 indexed citations

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