Randall L. Ung

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Randall L. Ung is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Randall L. Ung has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Randall L. Ung's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Randall L. Ung is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Randall L. Ung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Ukraine. Randall L. Ung's co-authors include Garret D. Stuber, Joshua H. Jennings, Alice M. Stamatakis, Dennis R. Sparta, Thomas L. Kash, Kristen E. Pleil, Giorgio Rizzi, Shanna L. Resendez, Charu Ramakrishnan and Karl Deisseroth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Randall L. Ung

12 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

2013 534 citations Joshua H. Jennings, Dennis R. Sparta et al. Nature profile →
Visualizing Hypothalamic Network Dynamics for Appetitive and Consummatory Behaviors

2015 399 citations Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung et al. Cell profile →

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12 of 12 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Inhibition of projections from the basolateral amygdala to the entorhinal cortex disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear 2021 ·UNC Libraries ·Randall L. Ung, Pranish A. Kantak, Garret D. Stuber, Joshua H. Jennings, Dennis R. Sparta, Alice M. Stamatakis, (unknown)	1
2	Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice 2020 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Shanna L. Resendez, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, James M. Otis, (unknown), Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, Randall L. Ung, Marcus L. Basiri, Oksana Kosyk, Mark A. Rossi, Gabriel S. Dichter, Garret D. Stuber	98
3	Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Extended Amygdala Encode and Promote Rapid Arousal Responses to Motivationally Salient Stimuli 2020 ·Cell Reports ·Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, Randall L. Ung, Hiroshi Nomura, James M. Otis, Marcus L. Basiri, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, (unknown), J. Elliott Robinson, Hanna E. van den Munkhof, Jenna A. McHenry, (unknown), Oksana Kosyk, Thomas C. Jhou, Thomas L. Kash, Michael R. Bruchas, Garret D. Stuber	42
4	Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing 2019 ·Neuron ·James M. Otis, Manhua Zhu, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, (unknown), Oksana Kosyk, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiko Hashikawa, Koichi Hashikawa, Ivan Trujillo‐Pisanty, Jiami Guo, Randall L. Ung, Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, E.S. Anton, Garret D. Stuber	134
5	Visualization of cortical, subcortical and deep brain neural circuit dynamics during naturalistic mammalian behavior with head-mounted microscopes and chronically implanted lenses 2016 ·Nature Protocols ·Shanna L. Resendez, (unknown), Randall L. Ung, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Zhe Zhou, James M. Otis, Hiroshi Nomura, Jenna A. McHenry, Oksana Kosyk, Garret D. Stuber	206
6	Visualizing Hypothalamic Network Dynamics for Appetitive and Consummatory Behaviors breakdown → 2015 ·Cell ·Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung, Shanna L. Resendez, Alice M. Stamatakis, (unknown), Jonathan Huang, (unknown), Pranish A. Kantak, Megumi Aita, Kelson Shilling-Scrivo, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Stephani Otte, Garret D. Stuber	399
7	Inhibition of projections from the basolateral amygdala to the entorhinal cortex disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear 2014 ·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience ·Dennis R. Sparta, (unknown), Alice M. Stamatakis, Joshua H. Jennings, Pranish A. Kantak, Randall L. Ung, Garret D. Stuber	57
8	Activation of Prefrontal Cortical Parvalbumin Interneurons Facilitates Extinction of Reward-Seeking Behavior 2014 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Dennis R. Sparta, (unknown), (unknown), Pranish A. Kantak, Randall L. Ung, Heather Decot, Garret D. Stuber	91
9	The Inhibitory Circuit Architecture of the Lateral Hypothalamus Orchestrates Feeding 2013 ·Science ·Joshua H. Jennings, Giorgio Rizzi, Alice M. Stamatakis, Randall L. Ung, Garret D. Stuber	369
10	Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states breakdown → 2013 ·Nature ·Joshua H. Jennings, Dennis R. Sparta, Alice M. Stamatakis, Randall L. Ung, Kristen E. Pleil, Thomas L. Kash, Garret D. Stuber	534
11	Optogenetic strategies to investigate neural circuitry engaged by stress 2013 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Dennis R. Sparta, Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung, Garret D. Stuber	58
12	A Unique Population of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons Inhibits the Lateral Habenula to Promote Reward 2013 ·Neuron ·Alice M. Stamatakis, Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung, Grace A. Blair, Richard J. Weinberg, Rachael L. Neve, Frederick M. Boyce, Joanna Mattis, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Garret D. Stuber	271

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