Matthew T. Birnie

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

Matthew T. Birnie is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew T. Birnie has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthew T. Birnie's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (16 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (4 papers). Matthew T. Birnie is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (16 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (4 papers). Matthew T. Birnie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Matthew T. Birnie's co-authors include Stafford L. Lightman, Becky Conway-Campbell, Tallie Z. Baram, Cassandra L. Kooiker, Yuncai Chen, Jessica L. Bolton, Annabel K. Short, Yvonne M. Kershaw, Stephen V. Mahler and R. I. Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthew T. Birnie

24 papers receiving 675 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.

Dynamics of ACTH and Cortisol Secretion and Implications for Disease

2020 262 citations Stafford L. Lightman, Matthew T. Birnie et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew T. Birnie United States	13	301	146	116	108	107	25	677
Ryoko Hiroi United States	17	357 1.2×	237 1.6×	209 1.8×	66 0.6×	128 1.2×	24	959
Richard Hauger United States	10	353 1.2×	170 1.2×	105 0.9×	53 0.5×	73 0.7×	15	622
Kristin L. Gosselink United States	13	227 0.8×	151 1.0×	76 0.7×	81 0.8×	136 1.3×	30	692
J.W. Kasckow United States	12	296 1.0×	179 1.2×	95 0.8×	38 0.4×	52 0.5×	25	544
Leyla Innala Canada	8	318 1.1×	202 1.4×	78 0.7×	84 0.8×	35 0.3×	9	487
Karen L. French United Kingdom	11	293 1.0×	144 1.0×	178 1.5×	174 1.6×	87 0.8×	12	719
Zachary A. Cordner United States	18	152 0.5×	95 0.7×	52 0.4×	148 1.4×	180 1.7×	31	933
Jean‐Michel Le Mellédo Canada	16	306 1.0×	182 1.2×	89 0.8×	49 0.5×	93 0.9×	29	877
Jonathan N. Flak United States	10	531 1.8×	358 2.5×	105 0.9×	169 1.6×	53 0.5×	15	807
Christian Hubold Germany	13	152 0.5×	55 0.4×	99 0.9×	132 1.2×	90 0.8×	28	693

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Birnie, Matthew T. & Tallie Z. Baram. (2025). The evolving neurobiology of early-life stress. Neuron. 113(10). 1474–1490. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yuncai, et al.. (2025). Sex and Stress Govern the Function and Innervation of a Basolateral Amygdala to Nucleus Accumbens Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/GABA-Expressing Projection. Journal of Neuroscience. 46(2). e1239252025–e1239252025.

Baram, Tallie Z. & Matthew T. Birnie. (2024). Enduring memory consequences of early-life stress / adversity: Structural, synaptic, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms. Neurobiology of Stress. 33. 100669–100669. 5 indexed citations

Levis, S, Matthew T. Birnie, Noriko Kamei, et al.. (2024). Opioid drug seeking after early-life adversity: a role for delta opioid receptors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100175–100175. 1 indexed citations

Birnie, Matthew T., Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Yvonne M. Kershaw, et al.. (2023). Circadian regulation of hippocampal function is disrupted with corticosteroid treatment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(15). e2211996120–e2211996120. 23 indexed citations

Birnie, Matthew T., Annabel K. Short, Benjamin G. Gunn, et al.. (2023). Stress-induced plasticity of a CRH/GABA projection disrupts reward behaviors in mice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 29 indexed citations

Kooiker, Cassandra L., Yuncai Chen, Matthew T. Birnie, & Tallie Z. Baram. (2023). Genetic Tagging Uncovers a Robust, Selective Activation of the Thalamic Paraventricular Nucleus by Adverse Experiences Early in Life. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 3(4). 746–755. 5 indexed citations

Birnie, Matthew T., Yvonne M. Kershaw, David Lodge, et al.. (2022). Time of day influences stress hormone response to ketamine. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 34(10). e13194–e13194. 7 indexed citations

Levis, S, et al.. (2022). Enduring disruption of reward and stress circuit activities by early-life adversity in male rats. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 251–251. 25 indexed citations

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Birnie, Matthew T. & Tallie Z. Baram. (2022). Principles of emotional brain circuit maturation. Science. 376(6597). 1055–1056. 39 indexed citations

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Birnie, Matthew T., S Levis, Stephen V. Mahler, & Tallie Z. Baram. (2022). Developmental Trajectories of Anhedonia in Preclinical Models. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences. 58. 23–41. 10 indexed citations

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Rivers, Caroline, Matthew T. Birnie, Andrew Herman, et al.. (2022). Identification of a novel GR-ARID1a-P53BP1 protein complex involved in DNA damage repair and cell cycle regulation. Oncogene. 41(50). 5347–5360. 9 indexed citations

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Birnie, Matthew T., Yvonne M. Kershaw, Audrys G. Pauža, et al.. (2021). Corticosterone pattern-dependent glucocorticoid receptor binding and transcriptional regulation within the liver. PLoS Genetics. 17(8). e1009737–e1009737. 16 indexed citations

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Kark, Sarah M., Matthew T. Birnie, Tallie Z. Baram, & Michael A. Yassa. (2021). Functional Connectivity of the Human Paraventricular Thalamic Nucleus: Insights From High Field Functional MRI. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 15. 662293–662293. 22 indexed citations

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Short, Annabel K., Yuncai Chen, Noriko Kamei, et al.. (2021). Single-Cell Transcriptional Changes in Hypothalamic Corticotropin-Releasing Factor–Expressing Neurons After Early-Life Adversity Inform Enduring Alterations in Vulnerabilities to Stress. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 99–109. 26 indexed citations

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Kooiker, Cassandra L., Matthew T. Birnie, & Tallie Z. Baram. (2021). The Paraventricular Thalamus: A Potential Sensor and Integrator of Emotionally Salient Early-Life Experiences. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 673162–673162. 19 indexed citations

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Birnie, Matthew T., Cassandra L. Kooiker, Annabel K. Short, et al.. (2019). Plasticity of the Reward Circuitry After Early-Life Adversity: Mechanisms and Significance. Biological Psychiatry. 87(10). 875–884. 81 indexed citations

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Pooley, John R., Lars Grøntved, Songjoon Baek, et al.. (2017). Genome-Wide Identification of Basic Helix–Loop–Helix and NF-1 Motifs Underlying GR Binding Sites in Male Rat Hippocampus. Endocrinology. 158(5). 1486–1501. 25 indexed citations

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George, Charlotte, et al.. (2016). Ultradian glucocorticoid exposure directs gene-dependent and tissue-specific mRNA expression patterns in vivo. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 439. 46–53. 24 indexed citations

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Birnie, Matthew T., et al.. (2013). Temporal changes of cytochrome P450 (Cyp) and eicosanoid-related gene expression in the rat brain after traumatic brain injury. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 303–303. 28 indexed citations

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