Michael D. Scofield

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Michael D. Scofield is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. Scofield has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael D. Scofield's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Michael D. Scofield is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Michael D. Scofield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Canada. Michael D. Scofield's co-authors include Peter W. Kalivas, Cassandra D. Gipson, Alexander C.W. Smith, Sade Spencer, Heather A. Boger, Yonatan M. Kupchik, Jasper A. Heinsbroek, Douglas Roberts-Wolfe, Kathryn J. Reissner and Benjamin M. Siemsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Scofield

61 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The Nucleus Accumbens: Mechanisms of Addiction across Drug Classes Reflect the Importance of Glutamate Homeostasis

2016 408 citations Michael D. Scofield, Jasper A. Heinsbroek et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael D. Scofield United States	25	1.8k	914	582	564	309	64	2.5k
Haowei Shen China	29	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	765 1.3×	248 0.4×	198 0.6×	70	3.0k
M. Scott Bowers United States	25	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	869 1.5×	283 0.5×	192 0.6×	42	2.9k
Patrick E. Rothwell United States	21	1.5k 0.8×	951 1.0×	715 1.2×	281 0.5×	121 0.4×	33	2.3k
Justin T. Gass United States	24	1.9k 1.1×	852 0.9×	843 1.4×	201 0.4×	196 0.6×	47	2.5k
Pavel I. Ortinski United States	26	1.4k 0.8×	862 0.9×	561 1.0×	343 0.6×	140 0.5×	46	2.4k
Roberto I. Meléndez United States	21	1.8k 1.0×	842 0.9×	573 1.0×	218 0.4×	186 0.6×	26	2.3k
Jakob von Engelhardt Germany	25	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	552 0.9×	352 0.6×	132 0.4×	45	2.5k
Shashank M. Dravid United States	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	522 0.9×	191 0.3×	174 0.6×	73	2.6k
Clare L. Beasley Canada	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	635 1.1×	323 0.6×	794 2.6×	49	3.0k

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Hughes, Brandon W., Tsvetkov Ea, Benjamin M. Siemsen, et al.. (2024). NPAS4 supports cocaine-conditioned cues in rodents by controlling the cell type-specific activation balance in the nucleus accumbens. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5971–5971. 8 indexed citations

Marquardt, Kristin, et al.. (2024). Enhanced fear extinction through infralimbic perineuronal net digestion: The modulatory role of adolescent alcohol exposure. Alcohol. 123. 57–67. 1 indexed citations

Scofield, Michael D., et al.. (2024). Estrogen receptor beta signaling enhances extinction memory recall for heroin-conditioned cues in a sex- and region-specific manner. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 283–283. 2 indexed citations

Siemsen, Benjamin M., et al.. (2023). Perirhinal to prefrontal circuit in methamphetamine induced recognition memory deficits. Neuropharmacology. 240. 109711–109711. 5 indexed citations

Hughes, Brandon W., Benjamin M. Siemsen, Tsvetkov Ea, et al.. (2023). NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex mediates chronic social defeat stress-induced anhedonia-like behavior and reductions in excitatory synapses. eLife. 12. 14 indexed citations

Paniccia, Jacqueline E., Lisa M. Green, Roger I. Grant, et al.. (2023). Restoration of a paraventricular thalamo-accumbal behavioral suppression circuit prevents reinstatement of heroin seeking. Neuron. 112(5). 772–785.e9. 13 indexed citations

Healey, Kati L., et al.. (2022). Adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure reduces astrocyte-synaptic proximity in the adult medial prefrontal cortex in rats: Reversal by gabapentin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100047–100047. 11 indexed citations

Siemsen, Benjamin M., Sarah M. Barry, Lisa M. Green, et al.. (2022). A Subset of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Receiving Dense and Functional Prelimbic Cortical Input Are Required for Cocaine Seeking. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 844243–844243. 18 indexed citations

Scofield, Michael D., et al.. (2022). Adolescent alcohol exposure reduces dopamine 1 receptor modulation of prelimbic neurons projecting to the nucleus accumbens and basolateral amygdala. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100044–100044. 13 indexed citations

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Kearns, Angela, Benjamin M. Siemsen, Rachel Weber, et al.. (2021). Chemogenetic inhibition of corticostriatal circuits reduces cued reinstatement of methamphetamine seeking. Addiction Biology. 27(1). e13097–e13097. 11 indexed citations

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Siemsen, Benjamin M., et al.. (2020). Amperometric measurements of cocaine cue and novel context‐evoked glutamate and nitric oxide release in the nucleus accumbens core. Journal of Neurochemistry. 153(5). 599–616. 9 indexed citations

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Harrington, Adam J., Stefano Berto, Ahlem Assali, et al.. (2020). MEF2C Hypofunction in Neuronal and Neuroimmune Populations Produces MEF2C Haploinsufficiency Syndrome–like Behaviors in Mice. Biological Psychiatry. 88(6). 488–499. 36 indexed citations

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Bobadilla, Ana‐Clara, et al.. (2020). Cocaine and sucrose rewards recruit different seeking ensembles in the nucleus accumbens core. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(12). 3150–3163. 50 indexed citations

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Smith, Alexander C.W., Michael D. Scofield, Jasper A. Heinsbroek, et al.. (2017). Accumbens nNOS Interneurons Regulate Cocaine Relapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(4). 742–756. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Alexander C.W., Michael D. Scofield, Jasper A. Heinsbroek, et al.. (2016). Accumbens nNOS Interneurons Regulate Cocaine Relapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(4). 742–756. 75 indexed citations

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Scofield, Michael D., Heather A. Boger, Rachel J. Smith, et al.. (2015). Gq-DREADD Selectively Initiates Glial Glutamate Release and Inhibits Cue-induced Cocaine Seeking. Biological Psychiatry. 78(7). 441–451. 156 indexed citations

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Scofield, Michael D., Heather Trantham‐Davidson, Marek Schwendt, et al.. (2015). Failure to Recognize Novelty after Extended Methamphetamine Self-Administration Results from Loss of Long-Term Depression in the Perirhinal Cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(11). 2526–2535. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Alexander C.W., Michael D. Scofield, & Peter W. Kalivas. (2015). The tetrapartite synapse: Extracellular matrix remodeling contributes to corticoaccumbens plasticity underlying drug addiction. Brain Research. 1628(Pt A). 29–39. 54 indexed citations

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Peters, Jamie, Michael D. Scofield, Shannon M. Ghee, Jasper A. Heinsbroek, & Carmela M. Reichel. (2015). Perirhinal Cortex mGlu5 Receptor Activation Reduces Relapse to Methamphetamine Seeking by Restoring Novelty Salience. Neuropsychopharmacology. 41(6). 1477–1485. 16 indexed citations

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Scofield, Michael D., et al.. (2008). Transcription factor assembly on the nicotinic receptor β4 subunit gene promoter. Neuroreport. 19(6). 687–690. 6 indexed citations

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