Ream Al‐Hasani

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ream Al‐Hasani is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ream Al‐Hasani has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ream Al‐Hasani's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (16 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers). Ream Al‐Hasani is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (16 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers). Ream Al‐Hasani collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Ream Al‐Hasani's co-authors include Michael R. Bruchas, Jordan G. McCall, Edward R. Siuda, Daniel Y. Hong, Gunchul Shin, Aaron J. Norris, Christopher Ford, John A. Rogers, Gavin P. Schmitz and Sung Il Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ream Al‐Hasani

38 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Mechanisms of Opioid Receptor-dependent Signaling and Behavior

2011 714 citations Ream Al‐Hasani, Michael R. Bruchas profile →
CRH Engagement of the Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic System Mediates Stress-Induced Anxiety

2015 445 citations Jordan G. McCall, Ream Al‐Hasani et al. Neuron profile →
Wireless Optofluidic Systems for Programmable In Vivo Pharmacology and Optogenetics

2015 387 citations Jae‐Woong Jeong, Jordan G. McCall et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ream Al‐Hasani United States	24	2.2k	1.2k	704	629	471	39	3.5k
Jordan G. McCall United States	26	2.1k 0.9×	878 0.7×	875 1.2×	406 0.6×	769 1.6×	52	3.4k
Eugene A. Kiyatkin United States	38	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	967 1.4×	858 1.4×	224 0.5×	181	4.9k
Guosong Liu China	25	3.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 2.2×	615 1.0×	254 0.5×	51	5.9k
Manuel Rodrı́guez Spain	42	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 2.3×	592 0.9×	180 0.4×	133	6.8k
Emily Ferenczi United States	17	2.2k 1.0×	662 0.6×	1.4k 2.0×	153 0.2×	445 0.9×	29	3.6k
Keizo Takao Japan	40	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 2.2×	996 1.4×	825 1.3×	131 0.3×	122	6.5k
Michel Goiny Sweden	36	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	288 0.4×	731 1.2×	191 0.4×	104	4.5k
Michael W. Jakowec United States	35	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	568 0.8×	720 1.1×	234 0.5×	85	5.8k
Lisa A. Gunaydin United States	14	3.0k 1.3×	878 0.7×	1.8k 2.6×	164 0.3×	422 0.9×	20	4.3k
Shengxi Wu China	38	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	639 0.9×	1.6k 2.5×	123 0.3×	190	5.7k

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Becker, Léa J., et al.. (2025). Maternal separation disrupts noradrenergic control of adult coping behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(12). 1795–1806.

Becker, Léa J., John Bilbily, Yu‐Hsuan Chang, et al.. (2023). Spared nerve injury decreases motivation in long-access homecage-based operant tasks in mice. Pain. 165(6). 1247–1265. 5 indexed citations

Erdmann-Gilmore, Petra, et al.. (2023). Highly sensitive in vivo detection of dynamic changes in enkephalins following acute stress in mice. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Al‐Hasani, Ream, et al.. (2022). Challenges and new opportunities for detecting endogenous opioid peptides in reward. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100016–100016. 13 indexed citations

McCullough, Katherine B., et al.. (2021). Ontogenetic Oxycodone Exposure Affects Early Life Communicative Behaviors, Sensorimotor Reflexes, and Weight Trajectory in Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 615798–615798. 10 indexed citations

Al‐Hasani, Ream, Raajaram Gowrishankar, Gavin P. Schmitz, et al.. (2021). Ventral tegmental area GABAergic inhibition of cholinergic interneurons in the ventral nucleus accumbens shell promotes reward reinforcement. Nature Neuroscience. 24(10). 1414–1428. 57 indexed citations

Karkhanis, Anushree N. & Ream Al‐Hasani. (2020). Dynorphin and its role in alcohol use disorder. Brain Research. 1735. 146742–146742. 36 indexed citations

Massaly, Nicolas, Bryan A. Copits, Adrianne R. Wilson‐Poe, et al.. (2019). Pain-Induced Negative Affect Is Mediated via Recruitment of The Nucleus Accumbens Kappa Opioid System. Neuron. 102(3). 564–573.e6. 149 indexed citations

Parker, Kyle E., Christian E. Pedersen, Adrian M. Gomez, et al.. (2019). A Paranigral VTA Nociceptin Circuit that Constrains Motivation for Reward. Cell. 178(3). 653–671.e19. 71 indexed citations

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Gill, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Nicotine aversion is mediated by GABAergic interpeduncular nucleus inputs to laterodorsal tegmentum. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2710–2710. 50 indexed citations

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McCall, Jordan G., Raza Qazi, Gunchul Shin, et al.. (2017). Preparation and implementation of optofluidic neural probes for in vivo wireless pharmacology and optogenetics. Nature Protocols. 12(2). 219–237. 58 indexed citations

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Massaly, Nicolas, José A. Morón, & Ream Al‐Hasani. (2016). A Trigger for Opioid Misuse: Chronic Pain and Stress Dysregulate the Mesolimbic Pathway and Kappa Opioid System. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 480–480. 46 indexed citations

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Siuda, Edward R., Bryan A. Copits, Martin Schmidt, et al.. (2015). Spatiotemporal Control of Opioid Signaling and Behavior. Neuron. 86(4). 923–935. 109 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Jordan G. McCall, Gunchul Shin, et al.. (2015). Distinct Subpopulations of Nucleus Accumbens Dynorphin Neurons Drive Aversion and Reward. Neuron. 87(5). 1063–1077. 256 indexed citations

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Trang, Tuan, Ream Al‐Hasani, Daniela Salvemini, et al.. (2015). Pain and Poppies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Opioid Analgesics. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(41). 13879–13888. 166 indexed citations

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Portugal, George S., Ream Al‐Hasani, Amanda K. Fakira, et al.. (2014). Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation Is Disrupted during Expression and Extinction But Is Restored after Reinstatement of Morphine Place Preference. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(2). 527–538. 59 indexed citations

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McCall, Jordan G., Tae‐il Kim, Gunchul Shin, et al.. (2013). Fabrication and application of flexible, multimodal light-emitting devices for wireless optogenetics. Nature Protocols. 8(12). 2413–2428. 153 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Jordan G. McCall, Audra F. Bryan, & Michael R. Bruchas. (2013). Locus Coeruleus Kappa-Opioid Receptors Modulate Reinstatement of Cocaine Place Preference Through a Noradrenergic Mechanism. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(12). 2484–2497. 43 indexed citations

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Metaxas, Athanasios, Ream Al‐Hasani, Catherine Ledent, et al.. (2013). Genetic deletion of the adenosine A2A receptor prevents nicotine-induced upregulation of α7, but not α4β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binding in the brain. Neuropharmacology. 71. 228–236. 12 indexed citations

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Bailey, Alexis, et al.. (2010). Mouse strain differences in locomotor, sensitisation and rewarding effect of heroin; association with alterations in MOP‐r activation and dopamine transporter binding. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(4). 742–753. 32 indexed citations

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