Ronald S. Duman

79.0k citations

365 papers · 61.7k indexed · 27 hit papers · h-index 128

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
Biological Psychiatry top 0.01%
Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
Pharmacology top 0.01%

Co-authors: George K. Aghajanian Eric J. Nestler Jessica E. Malberg Lisa M. Monteggia Gerard Sanacora Mounira Banasr John H. Krystal Christopher Pittenger
Topics: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (163 papers)Tryptophan and brain disorders (123 papers)Stress Responses and Cortisol (92 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Developmental Neuroscience
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Japan Canada

In The Last Decade

Ronald S. Duman

363 papers receiving 60.6k 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.

Requirement of Hippocampal Neurogenesis for the Behavioral Effects of Antidepressants

2003 3.5k citations Ronald S. Duman et al. Science profile →
A Neurotrophic Model for Stress-Related Mood Disorders

2006 2.7k citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Increases Neurogenesis in Adult Rat Hippocampus

2000 2.5k citations Eric J. Nestler, Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists

2010 2.2k citations Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee et al. Science profile →
Stress, Depression, and Neuroplasticity: A Convergence of Mechanisms

2007 1.4k citations Ronald S. Duman et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Produces Antidepressant Effects in Behavioral Models of Depression

2002 1.4k citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Synaptic plasticity and depression: new insights from stress and rapid-acting antidepressants

2016 1.2k citations Ronald S. Duman, George K. Aghajanian et al. profile →
Synaptic Dysfunction in Depression: Potential Therapeutic Targets

2012 1.1k citations Ronald S. Duman, George K. Aghajanian Science profile →
The many faces of CREB

2005 1.1k citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Depression, and Antidepressant Medications: Meta-Analyses and Implications

2008 959 citations Ronald S. Duman, Gerard Sanacora et al. profile →
Glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antagonists Rapidly Reverse Behavioral and Synaptic Deficits Caused by Chronic Stress Exposure

2011 893 citations Nanxin Li, Rong-Jian Liu et al. profile →
IL-1β is an essential mediator of the antineurogenic and anhedonic effects of stress

2008 707 citations Ja Wook Koo, Ronald S. Duman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Altered Connectivity in Depression: GABA and Glutamate Neurotransmitter Deficits and Reversal by Novel Treatments

2019 674 citations Ronald S. Duman, Gerard Sanacora et al. profile →
Cell Proliferation in Adult Hippocampus is Decreased by Inescapable Stress: Reversal by Fluoxetine Treatment

2003 644 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Hippocampal neurogenesis: Opposing effects of stress and antidepressant treatment

2006 634 citations Jennifer Warner‐Schmidt, Ronald S. Duman profile →
Decreased expression of synapse-related genes and loss of synapses in major depressive disorder

2012 605 citations Hyo Jung Kang, Craig A. Stockmeier et al. profile →
Regulation of Cocaine Reward by CREB

1998 601 citations Ronald S. Duman, Eric J. Nestler et al. Science profile →
Neuronal plasticity and survival in mood disorders

2000 530 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Neural plasticity to stress and antidepressant treatment

1999 525 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Expression of the transcription factor ΔFosB in the brain controls sensitivity to cocaine

1999 514 citations Ronald S. Duman, Marina R. Picciotto et al. profile →
The role of neurotrophic factors in adult hippocampal neurogenesis, antidepressant treatments and animal models of depressive-like behavior

2007 512 citations Heath D. Schmidt, Ronald S. Duman profile →
Nuclear factor-κB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behavior

2010 509 citations Ja Wook Koo, Scott J. Russo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Neuroplasticity in cognitive and psychological mechanisms of depression: an integrative model

2019 455 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
Signaling pathways underlying the pathophysiology and treatment of depression: novel mechanisms for rapid-acting agents

2012 451 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
How do antidepressants work? New perspectives for refining future treatment approaches

2017 395 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations

2019 323 citations Sophie Holmes, Dustin Scheinost et al. Nature Communications profile →
Prefrontal cortex circuits in depression and anxiety: contribution of discrete neuronal populations and target regions

2020 242 citations Ronald S. Duman et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →

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1	A multi-omic approach implicates novel protein dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder 2025 ·Genome Medicine ·Jiawei Wang,Yujing Liu,Hongyu Li,(unknown),(unknown),Rashaun S. Wilson,Weiwei Wang,TuKiet T. Lam,Chi Zhang,Lin Chen,David A. Lewis,(unknown),(unknown),Matthew J. Friedman,Kenneth R. Williams,(unknown),Angus C. Nairn,(unknown),Ronald S. Duman,Keith A. Young,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	1
2	Positive modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the mPFC reduces the spontaneous recovery of fear 2022 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Boyoung Lee,Santosh Pothula,Min Wu,(unknown),Matthew J. Girgenti,Marina R. Picciotto,Ralph Dileone,Jane R. Taylor,Ronald S. Duman	14
3	Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in U.S. military veterans 2022 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Janitza L. Montalvo‐Ortiz,Joel Gelernter,Zhongshan Cheng,Matthew J. Girgenti,Ke Xu,Xinyu Zhang,Shyamalika Gopalan,Hang Zhou,Ronald S. Duman,Steven M. Southwick,John H. Krystal,Matthew J. Friedman,Robert H. Pietrzak	18
4	Genome-wide association analyses of post-traumatic stress disorder and its symptom subdomains in the Million Veteran Program 2021 ·Nature Genetics ·Murray B. Stein,Daniel F. Levey,(unknown),(unknown),Kelly Harrington,(unknown),Kelly Cho,Rachel Quaden,(unknown),Matthew J. Girgenti,Yuk‐Lam Ho,Daniel Posner,Mihaela Aslan,Ronald S. Duman,Hongyu Zhao,Zhongshan Cheng,Frank R. Wendt,(unknown),(unknown),Renato Polimanti,John Concato,Joel Gelernter,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Gita A. Pathak,(unknown)	108
5	Cortical Transcriptomic Alterations in Association With Appetitive Neuropeptides and Body Mass Index in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 2020 ·The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology ·Lauren Stone,Matthew J. Girgenti,Jiawei Wang,(unknown),Hongyu Zhao,John H. Krystal,Ronald S. Duman	9
6	PTSD is associated with neuroimmune suppression: evidence from PET imaging and postmortem transcriptomic studies 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Shivani Bhatt,Ansel T. Hillmer,Matthew J. Girgenti,(unknown),Michael Kapinos,Nabeel Nabulsi,Yiyun Huang,David Matuskey,Gustavo A. Angarita,Irina Esterlis,Margaret T. Davis,Steven M. Southwick,Matthew J. Friedman,(unknown),Ronald S. Duman,John H. Krystal,Richard E. Carson,Robert H. Pietrzak,Kelly Cosgrove	67
7	GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine’s rapid antidepressant actions 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Danielle M. Gerhard,Santosh Pothula,Rong-Jian Liu,Min Wu,Xiaoyuan Li,Matthew J. Girgenti,Seth R. Taylor,Catharine H. Duman,Eric Delpire,Marina R. Picciotto,Eric S. Wohleb,Ronald S. Duman	245
8	Prefrontal cortex interneurons display dynamic sex-specific stress-induced transcriptomes 2019 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Matthew J. Girgenti,Eric S. Wohleb,Sameet Mehta,Sriparna Ghosal,Manoela V. Fogaça,Ronald S. Duman	38
9	Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterationsbreakdown → 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Sophie Holmes,Dustin Scheinost,Sjoerd J. Finnema,Mika Naganawa,Margaret T. Davis,Nicole DellaGioia,Nabeel Nabulsi,David Matuskey,Gustavo A. Angarita,Robert H. Pietrzak,Ronald S. Duman,Gerard Sanacora,John H. Krystal,Richard E. Carson,Irina Esterlis	323
10	Ketamine produces antidepressant-like effects through phosphorylation-dependent nuclear export of histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) in rats 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Miyeon Choi,Seung Hoon Lee,Sung Eun Wang,Seung Yeon Ko,(unknown),June-Seek Choi,Yong-Seok Kim,Ronald S. Duman,Hyeon Son	64
11	Decreased SGK1 Expression and Function Contributes to Behavioral Deficits Induced by Traumatic Stress 2015 ·PLoS Biology ·Pawel Licznerski,Vanja Đurić,Mounira Banasr,Kambiz N. Alavian,Kristie T. Ota,Hyo Jung Kang,Elizabeth A. Jonas,Robert J. Ursano,John H. Krystal,Ronald S. Duman,(unknown)	60
12	Altered expression of synapse and glutamate related genes in post-mortem hippocampus of depressed subjects 2012 ·The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology ·Vanja Đurić,Mounira Banasr,Craig A. Stockmeier,Arthur A. Simen,Samuel S. Newton,James C. Overholser,George Jurjus,Lesa Dieter,Ronald S. Duman	252
13	Functional Biomarkers of Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Pathophysiology 2011 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Heath D. Schmidt,Richard C. Shelton,Ronald S. Duman	368
14	Nuclear factor-κB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behaviorbreakdown → 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ja Wook Koo,Scott J. Russo,Deveroux Ferguson,Eric J. Nestler,Ronald S. Duman	509
15	mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonistsbreakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Nanxin Li,Boyoung Lee,Rongjian Liu,Mounira Banasr,Jason M. Dwyer,Masaaki Iwata,Xiaoyuan Li,George K. Aghajanian,Ronald S. Duman	2240
16	IL-1β is an essential mediator of the antineurogenic and anhedonic effects of stressbreakdown → 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ja Wook Koo,Ronald S. Duman	707
17	Antipsychotic drugs: Comparison in animal models of efficacy, neurotransmitter regulation, and neuroprotection (Pharmacological Reviews (2002) 60, (358-403)) 2008 ·Pharmacological Reviews ·J.A. Lieberman,F.P. Bymaster,Herbert Y. Meltzer,Ariel Y. Deutch,(unknown),Christine E. Marx,June R. Aprille,Donard S. Dwyer,(unknown),Sahebarao P. Mahadik,Ronald S. Duman,Joseph H. Porter,Josephine S. Modica-Napolitano,Samuel S. Newton,John G. Csernansky	18
18	VEGF is an essential mediator of the neurogenic and behavioral actions of antidepressants 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jennifer Warner‐Schmidt,Ronald S. Duman	355
19	Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Down-Regulates the Induction of c-fos mRNA in Response to Acute Stress in Rat Frontal Cortex 1995 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Shigeru Morinobu,Masashi Nibuya,Ronald S. Duman	14
20	The influence of hormones on drug-induced modifications in neurotransmitter receptor binding. 1982 ·PubMed ·Dave Kendal,John M. Slopis,Ronald S. Duman,George M. Stancel,S.J. Enna	4

About Ronald S. Duman

Ronald S. Duman is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 365 papers that have together received 61.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (163 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (123 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (92 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (19.1k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (15.6k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (12.2k citations). Ronald S. Duman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Frequent co-authors include George K. Aghajanian, Eric J. Nestler, Jessica E. Malberg, Lisa M. Monteggia, Gerard Sanacora, Mounira Banasr, John H. Krystal, Christopher Pittenger, Jennifer Warner‐Schmidt and Amelia J. Eisch. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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