Scott S. Bolkan

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Scott S. Bolkan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott S. Bolkan has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Scott S. Bolkan's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers). Scott S. Bolkan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers). Scott S. Bolkan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Czechia. Scott S. Bolkan's co-authors include Christoph Kellendonk, Joshua A. Gordon, Sébastien Parnaudeau, Atheir I. Abbas, Timothy Spellman, Alexander Z. Harris, Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ryan D. Ward, Peter D. Balsam and William D. Hardin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Scott S. Bolkan

15 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Thalamic projections sustain prefrontal activity during working memory maintenance
    2017 340 citations Scott S. Bolkan, Joseph M. Stujenske et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  2. Direct Ventral Hippocampal-Prefrontal Input Is Required for Anxiety-Related Neural Activity and Behavior
    2016 329 citations Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Scott S. Bolkan et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott S. Bolkan United States 13 1.1k 937 337 274 273 15 1.9k
Alexander Z. Harris United States 18 1.3k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 445 1.3× 530 1.9× 307 1.1× 33 2.4k
Timothy Spellman United States 16 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 226 0.7× 388 1.4× 184 0.7× 21 2.5k
Étienne Coutureau France 31 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 483 1.4× 339 1.2× 375 1.4× 62 2.5k
Jonathan Biag United States 7 479 0.4× 581 0.6× 281 0.8× 310 1.1× 318 1.2× 8 1.5k
Daniel J. Chandler United States 15 743 0.7× 733 0.8× 236 0.7× 324 1.2× 166 0.6× 25 1.5k
Helen H. J. Pothuizen Switzerland 16 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 539 1.6× 257 0.9× 361 1.3× 21 2.1k
Ileana L. Hanganu‐Opatz Germany 30 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 163 0.5× 337 1.2× 250 0.9× 68 2.5k
Gwendolyn G. Calhoon United States 10 922 0.8× 844 0.9× 340 1.0× 349 1.3× 383 1.4× 11 1.7k
Sébastien Parnaudeau France 14 783 0.7× 751 0.8× 204 0.6× 330 1.2× 185 0.7× 16 1.5k
Torfi Sigurdsson Germany 14 1.1k 0.9× 898 1.0× 224 0.7× 356 1.3× 167 0.6× 18 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott S. Bolkan

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Zimmerman, Christopher A, Scott S. Bolkan, Alejandro Pan-Vazquez, et al.. (2025). A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback. Nature. 642(8068). 700–709. 4 indexed citations
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Stujenske, Joseph M., Pia-Kelsey O’Neill, Samantha R. Goldburg, et al.. (2022). Prelimbic cortex drives discrimination of non-aversion via amygdala somatostatin interneurons. Neuron. 110(14). 2258–2267.e11. 22 indexed citations
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Fleming, Weston, et al.. (2022). Cholinergic interneurons mediate cocaine extinction in male mice through plasticity across medium spiny neuron subtypes. Cell Reports. 39(9). 110874–110874. 8 indexed citations
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Bolkan, Scott S., Iris R. Stone, Lucas Pinto, et al.. (2022). Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state. Nature Neuroscience. 25(3). 345–357. 42 indexed citations
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Canetta, Sarah, Eric Teboul, Emma S. Holt, et al.. (2020). Differential Synaptic Dynamics and Circuit Connectivity of Hippocampal and Thalamic Inputs to the Prefrontal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex Communications. 1(1). tgaa084–tgaa084. 12 indexed citations
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Abbas, Atheir I., Mitchell P. Morton, Scott S. Bolkan, et al.. (2018). Somatostatin Interneurons Facilitate Hippocampal-Prefrontal Synchrony and Prefrontal Spatial Encoding. Neuron. 100(4). 926–939.e3. 126 indexed citations
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Bolkan, Scott S., Joseph M. Stujenske, Sébastien Parnaudeau, et al.. (2017). Thalamic projections sustain prefrontal activity during working memory maintenance. Nature Neuroscience. 20(7). 987–996. 340 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parnaudeau, Sébastien, Scott S. Bolkan, & Christoph Kellendonk. (2017). The Mediodorsal Thalamus: An Essential Partner of the Prefrontal Cortex for Cognition. Biological Psychiatry. 83(8). 648–656. 187 indexed citations
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Harris, Alexander Z., Piray Atsak, Emma S. Holt, et al.. (2017). A Novel Method for Chronic Social Defeat Stress in Female Mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 43(6). 1276–1283. 169 indexed citations
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Padilla-Coreano, Nancy, Scott S. Bolkan, William D. Hardin, et al.. (2016). Direct Ventral Hippocampal-Prefrontal Input Is Required for Anxiety-Related Neural Activity and Behavior. Neuron. 89(4). 857–866. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Canetta, Sarah, Scott S. Bolkan, Nancy Padilla-Coreano, et al.. (2016). Maternal immune activation leads to selective functional deficits in offspring parvalbumin interneurons. Molecular Psychiatry. 21(7). 956–968. 168 indexed citations
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Bolkan, Scott S., Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz, & Christoph Kellendonk. (2015). Using human brain imaging studies as a guide toward animal models of schizophrenia. Neuroscience. 321. 77–98. 20 indexed citations
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Bolkan, Scott S. & K. Matthew Lattal. (2014). Opposing effects of d-cycloserine on fear despite a common extinction duration: Interactions between brain regions and behavior. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 113. 25–34. 21 indexed citations
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Parnaudeau, Sébastien, Kathleen Taylor, Scott S. Bolkan, et al.. (2014). Mediodorsal Thalamus Hypofunction Impairs Flexible Goal-Directed Behavior. Biological Psychiatry. 77(5). 445–453. 123 indexed citations
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Parnaudeau, Sébastien, Pia-Kelsey O’Neill, Scott S. Bolkan, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of Mediodorsal Thalamus Disrupts Thalamofrontal Connectivity and Cognition. Neuron. 77(6). 1151–1162. 284 indexed citations

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