Scott M. Sternson

12.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
47 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Scott M. Sternson is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott M. Sternson has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Scott M. Sternson's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (9 papers). Scott M. Sternson is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (9 papers). Scott M. Sternson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Scott M. Sternson's co-authors include Deniz Atasoy, J. Nicholas Betley, Helen Hong Su, Yeka Aponte, Zhen Fang Huang Cao, Karel Svoboda, Leopoldo Petreanu, Tianyi Mao, Bryan L. Roth and Jeffrey M. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Scott M. Sternson

47 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training

2011 872 citations Yeka Aponte, Deniz Atasoy et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections

2009 761 citations Scott M. Sternson, Karel Svoboda et al. Nature profile →
Deconstruction of a neural circuit for hunger

2012 741 citations Deniz Atasoy, J. Nicholas Betley et al. Nature profile →
Neurons for hunger and thirst transmit a negative-valence teaching signal

2015 485 citations J. Nicholas Betley, Shengjin Xu et al. Nature profile →
Parallel, Redundant Circuit Organization for Homeostatic Control of Feeding Behavior

2013 446 citations J. Nicholas Betley, Zhen Fang Huang Cao 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
Scott M. Sternson United States	34	3.7k	3.1k	2.5k	2.1k	1.7k	47	8.6k
Marcelo Rubinstein Argentina	53	2.0k 0.5×	4.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	3.7k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	148	9.3k
Deniz Atasoy United States	26	1.8k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	39	5.7k
Akihiro Yamanaka Japan	51	5.3k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	5.6k 2.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	170	9.3k
Yutaka Oomura Japan	56	5.3k 1.4×	3.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	273	10.7k
Helmut L. Haas Germany	47	3.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.4×	933 0.5×	117	9.1k
Minmin Luo China	49	1.3k 0.3×	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	594 0.3×	103	7.3k
Patria E. Danielson United States	25	3.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	621 0.4×	34	7.6k
Christoph Kellendonk United States	51	1.8k 0.5×	4.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	3.8k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	93	11.2k
Baljit S. Khakh United States	64	2.3k 0.6×	7.4k 2.4×	1.8k 0.7×	5.4k 2.6×	2.0k 1.1×	130	16.1k
Yuchio Yanagawa Japan	64	1.4k 0.4×	8.3k 2.6×	4.3k 1.7×	5.0k 2.4×	1.1k 0.6×	321	14.6k

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Sayed, Zeina R. Al, Isabelle Giscos-Douriez, Jean‐Sébastien Hulot, et al.. (2025). Modulation of Calcium Signaling on Demand to Decipher the Molecular Mechanisms of Primary Aldosteronism. Hypertension. 82(4). 716–732. 1 indexed citations

Stover, Patrick J., Martha S. Field, Mark L. Andermann, et al.. (2023). Neurobiology of eating behavior, nutrition, and health. Journal of Internal Medicine. 294(5). 582–604. 28 indexed citations

Wang, Yuhan, Sabine Krabbe, Mark Eddison, et al.. (2023). Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala. eLife. 12. 38 indexed citations

Wang, Yuhan, Mark Eddison, Greg Fleishman, et al.. (2021). EASI-FISH for thick tissue defines lateral hypothalamus spatio-molecular organization. Cell. 184(26). 6361–6377.e24. 91 indexed citations

Eiselt, Anne-Kathrin, Susu Chen, Jim Chen, et al.. (2021). Hunger or thirst state uncertainty is resolved by outcome evaluation in medial prefrontal cortex to guide decision-making. Nature Neuroscience. 24(7). 907–912. 31 indexed citations

Sternson, Scott M.. (2020). Exploring internal state-coding across the rodent brain. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 65. 20–26. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Shengjin, Hui Yang, Vilas Menon, et al.. (2020). Behavioral state coding by molecularly defined paraventricular hypothalamic cell type ensembles. Science. 370(6514). 111 indexed citations

Gong, Rong, Shengjin Xu, Ann M. Hermundstad, Yang Yu, & Scott M. Sternson. (2020). Hindbrain Double-Negative Feedback Mediates Palatability-Guided Food and Water Consumption. Cell. 182(6). 1589–1605.e22. 53 indexed citations

Sternson, Scott M.. (2020). Seeing the forest for the trees in obesity. Nature Metabolism. 2(8). 661–662. 3 indexed citations

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Sternson, Scott M. & David Bleakman. (2020). Chemogenetics: drug-controlled gene therapies for neural circuit disorders. Cell and Gene Therapy Insights. 6(7). 1079–1094. 11 indexed citations

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Magnus, Christopher, Peter H. Lee, Jordi Bonaventura, et al.. (2019). Ultrapotent chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications. Science. 364(6436). 112 indexed citations

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Branco, Tiago, Adam Tozer, Christopher Magnus, et al.. (2016). Near-Perfect Synaptic Integration by Na v 1.7 in Hypothalamic Neurons Regulates Body Weight. Cell. 165(7). 1749–1761. 66 indexed citations

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Sternson, Scott M.. (2015). Hunger: The carrot and the stick. Molecular Metabolism. 5(1). 1–2. 7 indexed citations

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Sternson, Scott M., Deniz Atasoy, J. Nicholas Betley, Fredrick E. Henry, & Shengjin Xu. (2015). An Emerging Technology Framework for the Neurobiology of Appetite. Cell Metabolism. 23(2). 234–253. 43 indexed citations

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Betley, J. Nicholas, Zhen Fang Huang Cao, Kimberly Ritola, & Scott M. Sternson. (2013). Parallel, Redundant Circuit Organization for Homeostatic Control of Feeding Behavior. Cell. 155(6). 1337–1350. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lovett-Barron, Matthew, Gergely F. Turi, Patrick Kaifosh, et al.. (2012). Regulation of neuronal input transformations by tunable dendritic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience. 15(3). 423–430. 314 indexed citations

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Betley, J. Nicholas & Scott M. Sternson. (2011). Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors for Mapping, Monitoring, and Manipulating Neural Circuits. Human Gene Therapy. 22(6). 669–677. 85 indexed citations

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Atasoy, Deniz, Yeka Aponte, Helen Hong Su, & Scott M. Sternson. (2008). A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit Mapping. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(28). 7025–7030. 491 indexed citations

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Wong, Jason Chun Yu, et al.. (2004). Modular Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Evaluation of Stereochemically Diverse 1,3-Dioxanes. Chemistry & Biology. 11(9). 1279–1291. 26 indexed citations

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Kuruvilla, Finny G., Alykhan F. Shamji, Scott M. Sternson, Paul J. Hergenrother, & Stuart L. Schreiber. (2002). Dissecting glucose signalling with diversity-oriented synthesis and small-molecule microarrays. Nature. 416(6881). 653–657. 300 indexed citations

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