Sophia J. Luikinga

693 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 570 citations indexed

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Sophia J. Luikinga is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophia J. Luikinga has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sophia J. Luikinga's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). Sophia J. Luikinga is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). Sophia J. Luikinga collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and United States. Sophia J. Luikinga's co-authors include Jee Hyun Kim, Christina J. Perry, Andrew J. Lawrence, Emma L. Burrows, Isabel Zbukvic, Nirma D. Perera, Bradley J. Turner, Doris Tomas, Heather B. Madsen and André L. Samson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Progress in Neurobiology.

In The Last Decade

Sophia J. Luikinga

11 papers receiving 566 citations

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Chronic voluntary alcohol consumption causes persistent cognitive deficits and cortical cell loss in a rodent model

2019 283 citations Sophia J. Luikinga, Emma L. Burrows et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sophia J. Luikinga Australia	10	160	120	88	76	52	12	570
Nathalie Just Switzerland	17	90 0.6×	147 1.2×	143 1.6×	89 1.2×	47 0.9×	46	1.0k
Qiang Yue China	17	180 1.1×	92 0.8×	105 1.2×	92 1.2×	37 0.7×	71	860
Yubo Gao China	18	349 2.2×	201 1.7×	51 0.6×	87 1.1×	58 1.1×	39	1.1k
Fernando Fernandes Paiva Brazil	16	76 0.5×	104 0.9×	151 1.7×	52 0.7×	24 0.5×	35	713
Xiaoyi Wang China	13	165 1.0×	163 1.4×	110 1.3×	61 0.8×	20 0.4×	47	625
Sabine Huber Germany	19	268 1.7×	99 0.8×	45 0.5×	41 0.5×	87 1.7×	29	932
Qiuling Li China	12	136 0.8×	99 0.8×	97 1.1×	45 0.6×	24 0.5×	50	622
Wolfram C. Poller Germany	14	163 1.0×	98 0.8×	55 0.6×	44 0.6×	29 0.6×	28	623
Tiina Saanijoki Finland	16	192 1.2×	70 0.6×	45 0.5×	57 0.8×	35 0.7×	22	690

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Haidar, Mouna, Doris Tomas, Samuel A. Mills, et al.. (2025). Cortical hyperexcitability drives dying forward amyotrophic lateral sclerosis symptoms and pathology in mice. Progress in Neurobiology. 252. 102809–102809.

Luikinga, Sophia J., Heather B. Madsen, Isabel Zbukvic, et al.. (2025). Adolescent vulnerability to methamphetamine: Dose-related escalation of self-administration and cue extinction deficits. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 269. 112599–112599. 1 indexed citations

Perera, Nirma D., et al.. (2021). Stimulation of mTOR-independent autophagy and mitophagy by rilmenidine exacerbates the phenotype of transgenic TDP-43 mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 154. 105359–105359. 17 indexed citations

Tomas, Doris, Nirma D. Perera, Sophia J. Luikinga, et al.. (2021). Ferroptosis mediates selective motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(6). 1187–1198. 123 indexed citations

Zbukvic, Isabel, et al.. (2020). Extinction and drug‐induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking following self‐administration or conditioned place preference in adolescent and adult rats. Developmental Psychobiology. 63(1). 125–137. 11 indexed citations

Luikinga, Sophia J., et al.. (2019). Chronic voluntary alcohol consumption causes persistent cognitive deficits and cortical cell loss in a rodent model. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18651–18651. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

Luikinga, Sophia J., Christina J. Perry, Heather B. Madsen, Andrew J. Lawrence, & Jee Hyun Kim. (2019). Effects of Methamphetamine Exposure on Fear Learning and Memory in Adult and Adolescent Rats. Neurochemical Research. 44(9). 2081–2091. 13 indexed citations

Luikinga, Sophia J., Jee Hyun Kim, & Christina J. Perry. (2017). Developmental perspectives on methamphetamine abuse: Exploring adolescent vulnerabilities on brain and behavior. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 87(Pt A). 78–84. 43 indexed citations

Ganella, Despina E., Sophia J. Luikinga, Heather B. Madsen, et al.. (2017). Aripiprazole Facilitates Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Adolescent Rats. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 11. 76–76. 25 indexed citations

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Madsen, Heather B., Isabel Zbukvic, Sophia J. Luikinga, Andrew J. Lawrence, & Jee Hyun Kim. (2016). Extinction of conditioned cues attenuates incubation of cocaine craving in adolescent and adult rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 143. 88–93. 21 indexed citations

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Kim, Jee Hyun, Christina J. Perry, Sophia J. Luikinga, et al.. (2014). Extinction of a cocaine-taking context that protects against drug-primed reinstatement is dependent on the metabotropic glutamate 5 receptor. Addiction Biology. 20(3). 482–489. 24 indexed citations

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Seemann, Ingar, Johannes A. M. te Poele, Sophia J. Luikinga, Saske Hoving, & Fiona Stewart. (2013). Endoglin Haplo-Insufficiency Modifies the Inflammatory Response in Irradiated Mouse Hearts without Affecting Structural and Mircovascular Changes. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68922–e68922. 9 indexed citations

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