Nola Shanks

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Nola Shanks is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nola Shanks has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Nola Shanks's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (47 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (14 papers). Nola Shanks is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (47 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (14 papers). Nola Shanks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Nola Shanks's co-authors include Stafford L. Lightman, C.D. Ingram, Richard Windle, Hymie Anisman, Paula Perks, Kavita Vedhara, Michael J. Meaney, Susan A. Wood, S. A. Wood and Moisés Evandro Bauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Nola Shanks

52 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Central Oxytocin Administration Reduces Stress-Induced Corticosterone Release and Anxiety Behavior in Rats¹

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nola Shanks United Kingdom	35	2.7k	2.1k	773	619	472	52	4.5k
Helmer F. Figueiredo United States	12	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	722 0.9×	734 1.2×	594 1.3×	13	4.0k
Michelle M. Ostrander United States	22	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	779 1.0×	830 1.3×	808 1.7×	24	4.4k
Brent Myers United States	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	803 1.0×	557 0.9×	692 1.5×	76	5.0k
David M. Lyons United States	42	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	823 1.1×	369 0.6×	499 1.1×	99	5.3k
Beth Tannenbaum Canada	14	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	514 0.7×	389 0.6×	302 0.6×	15	4.3k
C.D. Ingram United Kingdom	38	2.6k 1.0×	3.0k 1.5×	394 0.5×	1.4k 2.2×	885 1.9×	105	5.1k
Nancy K. Mueller United States	11	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	532 0.7×	503 0.8×	479 1.0×	16	3.0k
Dennis C. Choi United States	23	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	583 0.8×	621 1.0×	842 1.8×	29	3.8k
Robert Murison Norway	35	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	593 0.8×	429 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	109	5.7k
Zul Merali Canada	37	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	996 1.3×	651 1.1×	1.5k 3.1×	120	5.2k

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Lowry, Christopher A., Christopher A. Lowry, Matthew W. Hale, et al.. (2008). Fluoxetine inhibits corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-induced behavioural responses in rats. Stress. 12(3). 225–239. 18 indexed citations

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Kumari, Meena, Cairistine Grahame‐Clarke, Nola Shanks, et al.. (2003). Chronic Stress Accelerates Atherosclerosis in the Apolipoprotein E Deficient Mouse. Stress. 6(4). 297–299. 46 indexed citations

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Bauer, Moisés Evandro, Andrew Papadopoulos, Lucia Poon, et al.. (2003). Altered glucocorticoid immunoregulation in treatment resistant depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 28(1). 49–65. 71 indexed citations

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Vedhara, Kavita, Paul Bennett, Stafford L. Lightman, et al.. (2003). Enhancement of Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination in the Elderly following a Cognitive-Behavioural Stress Management Intervention. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 72(5). 245–252. 48 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola. (2002). Early life environment: does it have implications for predisposition to disease?. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 14(6). 292–302. 7 indexed citations

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Lightman, Stafford L., et al.. (2002). Habituation and Cross‐Sensitization of Stress‐Induced Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Activity: Effect of Lesions in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus or Bed Nuclei of the Stria Terminalis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 14(7). 593–602. 51 indexed citations

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Lightman, Stafford L., Richard Windle, Xin‐Ming Ma, et al.. (2002). Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Function. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 110(1-2). 90–93. 64 indexed citations

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Lightman, Stafford L., et al.. (2001). Chapter 8 Peripartum plasticity within the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Progress in brain research. 133. 111–129. 143 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola & Stafford L. Lightman. (2001). The maternal-neonatal neuro-immune interface: Are there long-term implications for inflammatory or stress-related disease?. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(11). 1567–1573. 76 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola & Stafford L. Lightman. (2001). The maternal-neonatal neuro-immune interface: Are there long-term implications for inflammatory or stress-related disease?. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(11). 1567–1573. 82 indexed citations

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Vedhara, Kavita, Nola Shanks, Stephen J. Anderson, & Stafford L. Lightman. (2000). The Role of Stressors and Psychosocial Variables in the Stress Process: A Study of Chronic Caregiver Stress. Psychosomatic Medicine. 62(3). 374–385. 67 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, Richard Windle, Paula Perks, et al.. (2000). Early-life exposure to endotoxin alters hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function and predisposition to inflammation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(10). 5645–5650. 313 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, et al.. (1998). Inflammatory Disease as Chronic Stress. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 840(1). 599–607. 41 indexed citations

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Windle, Richard, S. A. Wood, Nola Shanks, et al.. (1997). Endocrine and Behavioural Responses to Noise Stress:Comparison of Virgin and Lactating Female Ratsduring Non‐Disrupted Maternal Activity. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 9(6). 407–414. 197 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, et al.. (1997). Endocrine Correlates of Murine Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the MRL lpr/lpr Model. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 823(1). 252–255. 6 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, Darlene Francis, Steve Zalcman, Michael J. Meaney, & Hymie Anisman. (1994). Alterations in central catecholamines associated with immune responding in adult and aged mice. Brain Research. 666(1). 77–87. 17 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, et al.. (1994). Influence of change from grouped to individual housing on a T-cell-dependent immune response in mice: Antagonism by diazepam. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 47(3). 497–502. 20 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Jenna, Nola Shanks, & Hymie Anisman. (1992). Strain-specific alterations in consumption of a palatable diet following repeated stressor exposure. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 42(2). 219–227. 66 indexed citations

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Zalcman, Steve, Nola Shanks, & Hymie Anisman. (1991). Time-dependent variations of central norepinephrine and dopamine following antigen administration. Brain Research. 557(1-2). 69–76. 33 indexed citations

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Shanks, Nola, Jenna Griffiths, Steve Zalcman, Robert M. Zacharko, & Hymie Anisman. (1990). Mouse strain differences in plasma corticosterone following uncontrollable footshock. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 36(3). 515–519. 137 indexed citations

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