Sam A. Golden

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sam A. Golden is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam A. Golden has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.5k 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 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sam A. Golden's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (20 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (14 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers). Sam A. Golden is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (20 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (14 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (13 papers). Sam A. Golden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Sam A. Golden's co-authors include Scott J. Russo, Herbert E. Covington, Olivier Berton, Yavin Shaham, Daniel J. Christoffel, Sunila G Nair, Mitra Heshmati, Gustavo Turecki, Conor Heins and Marco Vènniro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sam A. Golden

53 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

A standardized protocol for repeated social defeat stress in mice

2011 1.1k citations Sam A. Golden, Scott J. Russo et al. profile →
Simple Behavioral Analysis (SimBA) as a platform for explainable machine learning in behavioral neuroscience

2024 62 citations Nastacia L. Goodwin, Eric R Szelenyi et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam A. Golden United States	32	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	53	4.5k
Jamie Maguire United States	42	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	691 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	97	5.8k
Ja Wook Koo South Korea	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	598 0.5×	988 0.9×	57	4.2k
Kevin G. Bath United States	41	2.8k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	746 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	69	6.8k
Gabriele Flügge Germany	38	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	978 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	829 0.8×	62	5.6k
Cara L. Wellman United States	34	2.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	681 0.6×	69	5.2k
Nadia M. Tsankova United States	7	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	2.4k 2.1×	10	5.6k
Danielle Graham United States	29	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	713 0.6×	786 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	68	4.5k
B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao India	33	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	800 0.7×	891 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	89	6.1k
Carlos A. Bolaños United States	22	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	772 0.7×	916 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	27	4.4k
Thomas Steckler Belgium	41	2.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	892 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	138	6.7k

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Goodwin, Nastacia L., Eric R Szelenyi, Xiaoyu Tong, et al.. (2024). Simple Behavioral Analysis (SimBA) as a platform for explainable machine learning in behavioral neuroscience. Nature Neuroscience. 27(7). 1411–1424. 62 indexed citations breakdown →

Szelenyi, Eric R, Jovana Navarrete, Kasey S. Girven, et al.. (2024). An arginine-rich nuclear localization signal (ArgiNLS) strategy for streamlined image segmentation of single cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2320250121–e2320250121. 4 indexed citations

Szelenyi, Eric R, et al.. (2024). Distinct dynamics and intrinsic properties in ventral tegmental area populations mediate reward association and motivation. Cell Reports. 43(9). 114668–114668. 6 indexed citations

Ishii, K., Koichi Hashikawa, Charles Zhou, et al.. (2023). Post-ejaculatory inhibition of female sexual drive via heterogeneous neuronal ensembles in the medial preoptic area. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Madangopal, Rajtarun, Eric R Szelenyi, Michelle Jin, et al.. (2022). Incubation of palatable food craving is associated with brain-wide neuronal activation in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(45). e2209382119–e2209382119. 13 indexed citations

Gorssen, Wim, et al.. (2022). Automated procedure to assess pup retrieval in laboratory mice. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1663–1663. 19 indexed citations

Goodwin, Nastacia L., et al.. (2022). Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 73. 102544–102544. 50 indexed citations

Dudek, Katarzyna, Laurence Dion‐Albert, Manon Lebel, et al.. (2020). Molecular adaptations of the blood–brain barrier promote stress resilience vs. depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 3326–3336. 242 indexed citations

Golden, Sam A., Michelle Jin, Conor Heins, et al.. (2019). Nucleus Accumbens Drd1-Expressing Neurons Control Aggression Self-Administration and Aggression Seeking in Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(13). 2482–2496. 64 indexed citations

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Vènniro, Marco, Michelle Zhang, Daniele Caprioli, et al.. (2018). Volitional social interaction prevents drug addiction in rat models. Nature Neuroscience. 21(11). 1520–1529. 248 indexed citations

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Donahue, Rachel, S. Landino, Sam A. Golden, et al.. (2015). Effects of acute and chronic social defeat stress are differentially mediated by the dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor system. Behavioural Pharmacology. 26(7). 654–663. 53 indexed citations

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Heshmati, Mitra, Sam A. Golden, Madeline L. Pfau, et al.. (2015). Mefloquine in the nucleus accumbens promotes social avoidance and anxiety-like behavior in mice. Neuropharmacology. 101. 351–357. 17 indexed citations

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Walsh, Jessica J., Allyson K. Friedman, HaoSheng Sun, et al.. (2013). Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway. Nature Neuroscience. 17(1). 27–29. 165 indexed citations

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Koya, Eisuke, Fábio Cardoso Cruz, Robert Ator, et al.. (2012). Silent synapses in selectively activated nucleus accumbens neurons following cocaine sensitization. Nature Neuroscience. 15(11). 1556–1562. 80 indexed citations

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Christoffel, Daniel J., Sam A. Golden, & Scott J. Russo. (2011). Structural and synaptic plasticity in stress-related disorders. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 22(5). 535–49. 258 indexed citations

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Pickens, Charles L., et al.. (2009). Long-Lasting Incubation of Conditioned Fear in Rats. Biological Psychiatry. 65(10). 881–886. 101 indexed citations

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Koya, Eisuke, Sam A. Golden, Brandon K. Harvey, et al.. (2009). Targeted disruption of cocaine-activated nucleus accumbens neurons prevents context-specific sensitization. Nature Neuroscience. 12(8). 1069–1073. 215 indexed citations

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Nair, Sunila G, Sam A. Golden, & Yavin Shaham. (2008). Differential effects of the hypocretin 1 receptor antagonist SB 334867 on high-fat food self-administration and reinstatement of food seeking in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology. 6 indexed citations

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Nair, Sunila G, Sam A. Golden, & Yavin Shaham. (2008). Differential effects of the hypocretin 1 receptor antagonist SB 334867 on high‐fat food self‐administration and reinstatement of food seeking in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology. 154(2). 406–416. 115 indexed citations

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Feldgarden, Michael, Sam A. Golden, Hayley Wilson, & Michael A. Riley. (1995). Can phage defence maintain colicin plasmids in Escherichia coli. Microbiology. 141(11). 2977–2984. 21 indexed citations

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