Sharif A. Taha

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sharif A. Taha is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharif A. Taha has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sharif A. Taha's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). Sharif A. Taha is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). Sharif A. Taha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Ukraine. Sharif A. Taha's co-authors include Howard L. Fields, Antonello Bonci, Stephanie L. Borgland, F Sarti, Michael P. Stryker, Michael Krause, Saleem M. Nicola, Pia Steensland, Jeffrey A. Simms and Selena E. Bartlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sharif A. Taha

24 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Orexin A in the VTA Is Critical for the Induction of Synaptic Plasticity and Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine

2006 596 citations Stephanie L. Borgland, Sharif A. Taha et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharif A. Taha United States	19	1.1k	1.0k	814	480	383	24	1.9k
Teresa L. Steininger United States	19	1.4k 1.3×	928 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	294 0.6×	601 1.6×	37	2.3k
Glenda C. Harris United States	12	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	450 0.9×	717 1.9×	17	2.4k
Stewart D. Clark United States	20	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	552 0.7×	444 0.9×	362 0.9×	44	2.1k
David E. Moorman United States	23	2.0k 1.9×	990 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	358 0.7×	858 2.2×	39	2.7k
Gilbert J. Kirouac Canada	24	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	993 1.2×	342 0.7×	352 0.9×	49	2.5k
Frédéric Brischoux France	15	806 0.8×	657 0.7×	480 0.6×	291 0.6×	180 0.5×	16	1.3k
Randall L. Ung United States	11	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	692 0.9×	480 1.0×	109 0.3×	12	2.3k
Lucienne Léger France	30	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.8×	513 1.1×	620 1.6×	59	3.0k
Robert M. Sears United States	20	904 0.9×	764 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	518 1.1×	265 0.7×	26	2.6k
Christian R. Burgess United States	17	742 0.7×	368 0.4×	710 0.9×	169 0.4×	238 0.6×	30	1.4k

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Lin, Xiaoxiao, Christy A. Itoga, Sharif A. Taha, et al.. (2018). c-Fos mapping of brain regions activated by multi-modal and electric foot shock stress. Neurobiology of Stress. 8. 92–102. 47 indexed citations

Keefe, Kristen A., et al.. (2017). Mu opioid receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens shell increases responsiveness of satiety‐modulated lateral hypothalamus neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 45(11). 1418–1430. 5 indexed citations

Sheth, Chandni, Teri M. Furlong, Kristen A. Keefe, & Sharif A. Taha. (2017). The lateral hypothalamus to lateral habenula projection, but not the ventral pallidum to lateral habenula projection, regulates voluntary ethanol consumption. Behavioural Brain Research. 328. 195–208. 16 indexed citations

Sheth, Chandni, Teri M. Furlong, Kristen A. Keefe, & Sharif A. Taha. (2016). Lesion of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus increases voluntary ethanol consumption and accelerates extinction of ethanol-induced conditioned taste aversion. Psychopharmacology. 233(21-22). 3737–3749. 23 indexed citations

Taha, Sharif A., et al.. (2016). Acute ethanol effects on neural encoding of reward size and delay in the nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neurophysiology. 116(3). 1175–1188. 3 indexed citations

Sheth, Chandni, et al.. (2014). Lesions of the Lateral Habenula Increase Voluntary Ethanol Consumption and Operant Self-Administration, Block Yohimbine-Induced Reinstatement of Ethanol Seeking, and Attenuate Ethanol-Induced Conditioned Taste Aversion. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e92701–e92701. 60 indexed citations

Schwager, A, et al.. (2014). Impaired flexibility in decision making in rats after administration of the pharmacological stressor yohimbine. Psychopharmacology. 231(20). 3941–3952. 22 indexed citations

McGinty, Vincent B., et al.. (2013). Invigoration of Reward Seeking by Cue and Proximity Encoding in the Nucleus Accumbens. Neuron. 78(5). 910–922. 96 indexed citations

Krause, Michael, et al.. (2010). A Pause in Nucleus Accumbens Neuron Firing Is Required to Initiate and Maintain Feeding. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(13). 4746–4756. 139 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A.. (2010). Preference or fat? Revisiting opioid effects on food intake. Physiology & Behavior. 100(5). 429–437. 44 indexed citations

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Katsuura, Yoshihiro & Sharif A. Taha. (2009). Modulation of feeding and locomotion through mu and delta opioid receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropeptides. 44(3). 225–232. 26 indexed citations

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Simms, Jeffrey A., Pia Steensland, Sharif A. Taha, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of orexin-1/hypocretin-1 receptors inhibits yohimbine-induced reinstatement of ethanol and sucrose seeking in Long–Evans rats. Psychopharmacology. 199(1). 109–117. 207 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A., Saleem M. Nicola, & Howard L. Fields. (2007). Cue‐evoked encoding of movement planning and execution in the rat nucleus accumbens. The Journal of Physiology. 584(3). 801–818. 42 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A., et al.. (2006). Endogenous opioids encode relative taste preference. European Journal of Neuroscience. 24(4). 1220–1226. 33 indexed citations

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Borgland, Stephanie L., Sharif A. Taha, F Sarti, Howard L. Fields, & Antonello Bonci. (2006). Orexin A in the VTA Is Critical for the Induction of Synaptic Plasticity and Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine. Neuron. 49(4). 589–601. 596 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taha, Sharif A. & Howard L. Fields. (2006). Inhibitions of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Encode a Gating Signal for Reward-Directed Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(1). 217–222. 127 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A. & Howard L. Fields. (2005). Encoding of Palatability and Appetitive Behaviors by Distinct Neuronal Populations in the Nucleus Accumbens. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(5). 1193–1202. 169 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A. & Michael P. Stryker. (2004). Molecular substrates of plasticity in the developing visual cortex. Progress in brain research. 147. 101–114. 21 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A., et al.. (2002). Autophosphorylation of αCaMKII Is Required for Ocular Dominance Plasticity. Neuron. 36(3). 483–491. 95 indexed citations

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Taha, Sharif A. & Michael P. Stryker. (2002). Rapid Ocular Dominance Plasticity Requires Cortical but Not Geniculate Protein Synthesis. Neuron. 34(3). 425–436. 74 indexed citations

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