Ruud van Zessen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ruud van Zessen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruud van Zessen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ruud van Zessen's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Ruud van Zessen is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Ruud van Zessen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Ruud van Zessen's co-authors include Garret D. Stuber, Jana L. Phillips, Evgeny A. Budygin, Christian Lüscher, Dennis R. Sparta, Alice M. Stamatakis, Vincent Pascoli, Roger A.H. Adan, Michaël Loureiro and G Plasse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ruud van Zessen

14 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption

2012 478 citations Ruud van Zessen, Jana L. Phillips et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruud van Zessen United States	13	1.0k	509	437	237	136	15	1.4k
Eoin C. O’Connor Switzerland	13	1.1k 1.1×	586 1.2×	611 1.4×	297 1.3×	138 1.0×	24	1.6k
Barbara Cagniard United States	15	838 0.8×	305 0.6×	395 0.9×	182 0.8×	140 1.0×	17	1.3k
Daniel C. Castro United States	10	758 0.8×	480 0.9×	361 0.8×	338 1.4×	128 0.9×	12	1.5k
Meaghan C. Creed United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	575 1.1×	493 1.1×	125 0.5×	109 0.8×	41	1.7k
Siobhan Robinson United States	17	975 1.0×	516 1.0×	454 1.0×	122 0.5×	135 1.0×	33	1.6k
Ken T. Wakabayashi United States	17	809 0.8×	363 0.7×	405 0.9×	122 0.5×	89 0.7×	37	1.1k
Sunila G Nair United States	18	798 0.8×	497 1.0×	268 0.6×	276 1.2×	190 1.4×	31	1.2k
Gwenaël Labouèbe Switzerland	14	1000 1.0×	543 1.1×	585 1.3×	532 2.2×	131 1.0×	22	1.8k
Jasper A. Heinsbroek United States	20	1.3k 1.3×	567 1.1×	691 1.6×	130 0.5×	151 1.1×	32	1.7k
Sheila E. Specio United States	12	794 0.8×	577 1.1×	384 0.9×	380 1.6×	155 1.1×	13	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruud van Zessen

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15 of 15 papers shown

Simmler, Linda D., et al.. (2022). Dual action of ketamine confines addiction liability. Nature. 608(7922). 368–373. 53 indexed citations

Zessen, Ruud van, Yue Li, Lucile Marion‐Poll, et al.. (2021). Dynamic dichotomy of accumbal population activity underlies cocaine sensitization. eLife. 10. 19 indexed citations

Li, Yue, Linda D. Simmler, Ruud van Zessen, et al.. (2021). Synaptic mechanism underlying serotonin modulation of transition to cocaine addiction. Science. 373(6560). 1252–1256. 52 indexed citations

Zessen, Ruud van, Azar Omrani, Marten P. Smidt, et al.. (2021). Cue and Reward Evoked Dopamine Activity Is Necessary for Maintaining Learned Pavlovian Associations. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(23). 5004–5014. 17 indexed citations

Simmler, Linda D., et al.. (2021). Dual action of ketamine confines addiction liability. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

Zessen, Ruud van, Evgeny A. Budygin, Jana L. Phillips, & Garret D. Stuber. (2020). Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption. UNC Libraries.

Loureiro, Michaël, Jérôme Flakowski, Ruud van Zessen, et al.. (2019). Social transmission of food safety depends on synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex. Science. 364(6444). 991–995. 44 indexed citations

Corre, Julie, Ruud van Zessen, Michaël Loureiro, et al.. (2018). Dopamine neurons projecting to medial shell of the nucleus accumbens drive heroin reinforcement. eLife. 7. 120 indexed citations

Verharen, Jeroen P. H., Johannes W. de Jong, Ruud van Zessen, et al.. (2018). A neuronal mechanism underlying decision-making deficits during hyperdopaminergic states. Nature Communications. 9(1). 731–731. 44 indexed citations

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Pascoli, Vincent, Agnès Hiver, Ruud van Zessen, et al.. (2018). Stochastic synaptic plasticity underlying compulsion in a model of addiction. Nature. 564(7736). 366–371. 125 indexed citations

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Plasse, G, Ruud van Zessen, M.C.M. Luijendijk, et al.. (2015). Modulation of cue-induced firing of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons by leptin and ghrelin. International Journal of Obesity. 39(12). 1742–1749. 66 indexed citations

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Zessen, Ruud van, G Plasse, & Roger A.H. Adan. (2012). Contribution of the mesolimbic dopamine system in mediating the effects of leptin and ghrelin on feeding. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 71(4). 435–445. 55 indexed citations

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Zessen, Ruud van, Jana L. Phillips, Evgeny A. Budygin, & Garret D. Stuber. (2012). Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption. Neuron. 73(6). 1184–1194. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meye, Frank J., Ruud van Zessen, Marten P. Smidt, Roger A.H. Adan, & Geert M. J. Ramakers. (2012). Morphine Withdrawal Enhances Constitutive μ-Opioid Receptor Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(46). 16120–16128. 44 indexed citations

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Sparta, Dennis R., et al.. (2011). Construction of implantable optical fibers for long-term optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits. Nature Protocols. 7(1). 12–23. 295 indexed citations

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