Paul J. Kenny

18.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
135 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Kenny is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Kenny has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Kenny's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (58 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (54 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (37 papers). Paul J. Kenny is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (58 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (54 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (37 papers). Paul J. Kenny collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Paul J. Kenny's co-authors include Paul M. Johnson, Athina Markou, Sandra E. File, Christie D. Fowler, Heh‐In Im, George F. Koob, Athina Markou, Jonathan A. Hollander, Qun Lu and Survjit Cheeta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Kenny

133 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Expression of a noncoding RNA is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and drives rapid feed-forward regulation of β-secretase

2008 1.1k citations Paul J. Kenny et al. profile →
Dopamine D2 receptors in addiction-like reward dysfunction and compulsive eating in obese rats

2010 1.1k citations Paul M. Johnson, Paul J. Kenny Nature Neuroscience profile →
Reward Mechanisms in Obesity: New Insights and Future Directions

2011 530 citations Paul J. Kenny profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul J. Kenny United States	59	6.7k	5.2k	2.4k	2.1k	1.9k	135	13.1k
Thomas M. Hyde United States	65	6.3k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	436 0.2×	644 0.3×	258	15.0k
Ralph Dileone United States	55	3.5k 0.5×	5.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	332 0.2×	3.4k 1.7×	101	13.9k
Amelia J. Eisch United States	60	4.5k 0.7×	7.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	621 0.3×	815 0.4×	126	15.9k
Hiroshi Kunugi Japan	66	4.2k 0.6×	3.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	469 0.2×	496 0.3×	446	15.7k
Scott J. Russo United States	70	6.0k 0.9×	6.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	349 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	195	21.4k
Fulton T. Crews United States	74	5.0k 0.7×	7.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	399 0.2×	713 0.4×	338	20.7k
Paul J. Lucassen Netherlands	74	3.0k 0.5×	4.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	409 0.2×	982 0.5×	247	16.9k
Joel E. Kleinman United States	79	8.4k 1.3×	6.5k 1.3×	3.8k 1.6×	530 0.3×	360 0.2×	323	19.7k
Akira Sawa United States	73	10.8k 1.6×	5.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	583 0.3×	360 0.2×	325	20.4k
Michael J. Zigmond United States	68	8.2k 1.2×	9.5k 1.8×	2.1k 0.9×	714 0.3×	952 0.5×	206	20.7k

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Voren, George, Christie D. Fowler, Qun Lu, et al.. (2024). SR9883 is a novel small-molecule enhancer of α4β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signaling that decreases intravenous nicotine self-administration in rats. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1459098–1459098. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Alexander C.W., Samuel W. Centanni, Lauren Wills, et al.. (2024). A master regulator of opioid reward in the ventral prefrontal cortex. Science. 384(6700). eadn0886–eadn0886. 9 indexed citations

Araújo, Ivan E. de, Jamy D. Ard, John F. Cryan, et al.. (2023). The Neurobiology of Eating Behavior in Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets: A Report from the 23rd Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 118(1). 314–328. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Victoria X., Cheuk Y. Tang, Paul J. Kenny, et al.. (2023). Generative artificial intelligence-enabled dynamic detection of rat nicotine-related circuits. Neural Computing and Applications. 36(9). 4693–4707. 1 indexed citations

Caligiuri, Stephanie P. B., William M. Howe, Lauren Wills, et al.. (2022). Hedgehog-interacting protein acts in the habenula to regulate nicotine intake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(46). e2209870119–e2209870119. 5 indexed citations

Wills, Lauren, Jessica L. Ables, Stephanie P. B. Caligiuri, et al.. (2022). Neurobiological Mechanisms of Nicotine Reward and Aversion. Pharmacological Reviews. 74(1). 271–310. 61 indexed citations

Mathis, Victor, Maya Williams, Clémentine Fillinger, & Paul J. Kenny. (2021). Networks of habenula-projecting cortical neurons regulate cocaine seeking. Science Advances. 7(45). eabj2225–eabj2225. 26 indexed citations

Antolin‐Fontes, Beatriz, Kun Li, Jessica L. Ables, et al.. (2020). The habenular G-protein–coupled receptor 151 regulates synaptic plasticity and nicotine intake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(10). 5502–5509. 26 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Masago, et al.. (2020). α3* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Habenula-Interpeduncular Nucleus Circuit Regulate Nicotine Intake. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(8). 1779–1787. 36 indexed citations

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Calipari, Erin S., Arthur Godino, Marine Salery, et al.. (2019). Synaptic Microtubule-Associated Protein EB3 and SRC Phosphorylation Mediate Structural and Behavioral Adaptations During Withdrawal From Cocaine Self-Administration. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(29). 5634–5646. 23 indexed citations

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Yang, Ning, Stanislav S. Rubakhin, Qing Yu, et al.. (2018). Neuropeptidomics of the Rat Habenular Nuclei. Journal of Proteome Research. 17(4). 1463–1473. 21 indexed citations

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Ruderfer, Douglas M., Alexander W. Charney, Ben Readhead, et al.. (2016). Polygenic overlap between schizophrenia risk and antipsychotic response: a genomic medicine approach. The Lancet Psychiatry. 3(4). 350–357. 90 indexed citations

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Kenny, Paul J., George Voren, & Paul M. Johnson. (2013). Dopamine D2 receptors and striatopallidal transmission in addiction and obesity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(4). 535–538. 74 indexed citations

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Bali, Purva & Paul J. Kenny. (2013). MicroRNAs and Drug Addiction. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 43–43. 53 indexed citations

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Pani, Amar K., et al.. (2012). Normal Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Development and Function in miR-133b Mutant Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(32). 10887–10894. 56 indexed citations

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Kenny, Paul J.. (2010). Tobacco dependence, the insular cortex and the hypocretin connection. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 97(4). 700–707. 42 indexed citations

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Hollander, Jonathan A., Qun Lu, Michael D. Cameron, Theodore M. Kamenecka, & Paul J. Kenny. (2008). Insular hypocretin transmission regulates nicotine reward. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19480–19485. 224 indexed citations

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Kenny, Paul J., F. Gasparini, & Athina Markou. (2003). Group II Metabotropic and α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole Propionate (AMPA)/Kainate Glutamate Receptors Regulate the Deficit in Brain Reward Function Associated with Nicotine Withdrawal in Rats. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 306(3). 1068–1076. 117 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Serge H., Paul J. Kenny, George F. Koob, & Athina Markou. (2002). Neurobiological evidence for hedonic allostasis associated with escalating cocaine use. Nature Neuroscience. 5(7). 625–626. 279 indexed citations

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Cheeta, Survjit, Elaine E. Irvine, Paul J. Kenny, & Sandra E. File. (2001). The dorsal raphé nucleus is a crucial structure mediating nicotine's anxiolytic effects and the development of tolerance and withdrawal responses. Psychopharmacology. 155(1). 78–85. 98 indexed citations

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