Olivia F. O’Leary

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Olivia F. O’Leary is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivia F. O’Leary has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 26 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 22 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Olivia F. O’Leary's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (26 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (22 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers). Olivia F. O’Leary is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (26 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (22 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers). Olivia F. O’Leary collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Switzerland. Olivia F. O’Leary's co-authors include John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan, Eero Ċastrén, Yvonne M. Nolan, Irwin Lucki, José Fernando Maya‐Vetencourt, Laura Baroncelli, Alessandro Viegi, Roberto De Pasquale and Lamberto Maffei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Olivia F. O’Leary

62 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2023 200 400 600
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 Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex
    2008 709 citations Olivia F. O’Leary, Eero Ċastrén et al. profile →
  2. Microbiota from Alzheimer’s patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis
    2023 128 citations Stefanie Grabrucker, Moira Marizzoni et al. Brain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivia F. O’Leary Ireland 31 1.4k 1.1k 976 845 643 64 3.9k
Samuel S. Newton United States 36 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 849 1.0× 535 0.8× 79 4.6k
Francesca Calabrese Italy 35 1.4k 1.0× 770 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.6× 420 0.7× 95 4.0k
Ja Wook Koo South Korea 28 1.6k 1.1× 988 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.6× 794 1.2× 57 4.2k
Hooriyah S. Rizavi United States 38 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.5× 416 0.6× 58 4.6k
Stefan Brené Sweden 34 2.4k 1.7× 1.4k 1.2× 700 0.7× 803 1.0× 472 0.7× 77 4.9k
Gabriel R. Fries United States 42 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 2.3k 2.4× 963 1.1× 496 0.8× 144 5.8k
Betina Elfving Denmark 35 1.1k 0.8× 790 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 732 0.9× 310 0.5× 112 3.3k
Cornelius Schüle Germany 42 1.4k 1.0× 879 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 600 0.9× 126 5.1k
Michael O. Poulter Canada 33 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 810 0.8× 948 1.1× 481 0.7× 73 3.8k
Gisele Pereira Dias Brazil 12 1.5k 1.1× 634 0.6× 379 0.4× 605 0.7× 847 1.3× 28 3.8k

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All Works

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O’Connor, Laserina, Anna V. Golubeva, Francisco Donoso, et al.. (2024). Plasma proteomic signature of chronic psychosocial stress in mice. Physiology & Behavior. 289. 114743–114743. 2 indexed citations
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Grabrucker, Stefanie, Moira Marizzoni, Edina Silajdžić, et al.. (2023). Microbiota from Alzheimer’s patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis. Brain. 146(12). 4916–4934. 128 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicolas, Sarah, Cara M. Hueston, Siobhain M. O’Mahony, et al.. (2021). Prior maternal separation stress alters the dendritic complexity of new hippocampal neurons and neuroinflammation in response to an inflammatory stressor in juvenile female rats. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 99. 327–338. 15 indexed citations
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Crowley, Erin K., Jillian R. Brown, Órla O’Sullivan, et al.. (2019). Nigral overexpression of α‐synuclein in a rat Parkinson’s disease model indicates alterations in the enteric nervous system and the gut microbiome. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 32(1). e13726–e13726. 74 indexed citations
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Costa, Ana Paula, Brunno Rocha Levone, Anand Gururajan, et al.. (2019). Enduring effects of muscarinic receptor activation on adult hippocampal neurogenesis, microRNA expression and behaviour. Behavioural Brain Research. 362. 188–198. 5 indexed citations
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O’Leary, James D., Alan E. Hoban, Ashley Murphy, et al.. (2018). Differential effects of adolescent and adult‐initiated exercise on cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis. Hippocampus. 29(4). 352–365. 31 indexed citations
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O’Leary, James D., Alan E. Hoban, John F. Cryan, Olivia F. O’Leary, & Yvonne M. Nolan. (2018). Differential effects of adolescent and adult-initiated voluntary exercise on context and cued fear conditioning. Neuropharmacology. 145(Pt A). 49–58. 24 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Olivia F., et al.. (2017). Deletion of TLX and social isolation impairs exercise‐induced neurogenesis in the adolescent hippocampus. Hippocampus. 28(1). 3–11. 29 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Olivia F., et al.. (2017). Elucidation of the neural circuits activated by a GABAB receptor positive modulator: Relevance to anxiety. Neuropharmacology. 136(Pt A). 129–145. 13 indexed citations
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Felice, Daniela, Olivia F. O’Leary, John F. Cryan, et al.. (2015). When ageing meets the blues: Are current antidepressants effective in depressed aged patients?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 55. 478–497. 17 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Laura H., Fabian F. Sweeney, Klemens Kaupmann, et al.. (2015). Differential roles of GABAB1 subunit isoforms on locomotor responses to acute and repeated administration of cocaine. Behavioural Brain Research. 298(Pt B). 12–16. 12 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Olivia F., Timothy G. Dinan, & John F. Cryan. (2014). Faster, better, stronger: Towards new antidepressant therapeutic strategies. European Journal of Pharmacology. 753. 32–50. 74 indexed citations
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Naughton, Marie, Gerard Clarke, Olivia F. O’Leary, John F. Cryan, & Timothy G. Dinan. (2013). A review of ketamine in affective disorders: Current evidence of clinical efficacy, limitations of use and pre-clinical evidence on proposed mechanisms of action. Journal of Affective Disorders. 156. 24–35. 137 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Fabian F., Olivia F. O’Leary, & John F. Cryan. (2013). GABAB receptor ligands do not modify conditioned fear responses in BALB/c mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 256. 151–156. 16 indexed citations
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Felice, Daniela, et al.. (2012). Blockade of the GABAB receptor increases neurogenesis in the ventral but not dorsal adult hippocampus: Relevance to antidepressant action. Neuropharmacology. 63(8). 1380–1388. 54 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Olivia F., Richard M. O’Connor, & John F. Cryan. (2011). Lithium-induced effects on adult hippocampal neurogenesis are topographically segregated along the dorso-ventral axis of stressed mice. Neuropharmacology. 62(1). 247–255. 50 indexed citations
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Sairanen, Mikko, Olivia F. O’Leary, Juha E. A. Knuuttila, & Eero Ċastrén. (2006). Chronic antidepressant treatment selectively increases expression of plasticity-related proteins in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex of the rat. Neuroscience. 144(1). 368–374. 182 indexed citations

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