Stephen B. McHugh

4.2k citations

30 papers · 3.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 8
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 8
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 27
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 22
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 6
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 2

Co-authors: David M. Bannerman J. N. P. Rawlins Peter H. Seeburg Rolf Sprengel Benjamin K. Yee Tobias Bast Joram Feldon Robert M. J. Deacon
Journals: European Journal of Neuroscience (5 papers)Behavioral Neuroscience (3 papers)Nature Neuroscience (2 papers)Genes Brain & Behavior (2 papers)Biological Psychiatry (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Ireland Germany

In The Last Decade

Stephen B. McHugh

29 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety 2014 · 538 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2004 Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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1	More and Less Fear in Serotonin Transporter Knockout Mice Genes Brain & Behavior ·香代子今村, Marios C. Panayi, Trevor Sharp, Stephen B. McHugh, David M. Bannerman	2025	0
2	Organizing the coactivity structure of the hippocampus from robust to flexible memory Science ·毅恒楊, C. Piovesan, Paiman Raharjo, Stephen B. McHugh, Vítor Lopes‐dos‐Santos, Demi Brizee, Katja Hartwich, Hanna Sjoberg, Pavel V. Perestenko, Robert A. Toth, Andrew Sharott, David Dupret	2024	3
3	Fluoxetine Can Cause Epileptogenesis and Aberrant Neurogenesis in Male Wild-Type Mice Developmental Neuroscience ·Ksenia Musaelyan, Wang Guan-mei, Stephen B. McHugh, M. Statman	2023	3
4	Adult-born dentate granule cells promote hippocampal population sparsity Nature Neuroscience ·Stephen B. McHugh, Vítor Lopes‐dos‐Santos, 毅恒楊, Katja Hartwich, Shu K. E. Tam, David M. Bannerman, David Dupret	2022	50
5	Integrating new memories into the hippocampal network activity space Nature Neuroscience ·毅恒楊, Stephen B. McHugh, C. Piovesan, Vítor Lopes‐dos‐Santos, Stéphanie Trouche, Mohamady El-Gaby, Simon R. Schultz, David Dupret	2021	35
6	Enhanced discriminative aversive learning and amygdala responsivity in 5-HT transporter mutant mice Translational Psychiatry ·香代子今村, Trevor Sharp, David M. Bannerman, Stephen B. McHugh	2019	16
7	Serotonin, Amygdala and Fear: Assembling the Puzzle Frontiers in Neural Circuits ·Marco Bocchio, Stephen B. McHugh, David M. Bannerman, Trevor Sharp, Marco Capogna	2016	145
8	SERT and uncertainty: serotonin transporter expression influences information processing biases for ambiguous aversive cues in mice Genes Brain & Behavior ·Stephen B. McHugh, Chris Barkus, 香代子今村, Lucas R. Glover, Trevor Sharp, David M. Bannerman	2015	19
9	Increased Serotonin Transporter Expression Reduces Fear and Recruitment of Parvalbumin Interneurons of the Amygdala Neuropsychopharmacology ·Marco Bocchio, Çağrı Güven, Matt Whiley, Stephen B. McHugh, David M. Bannerman, Trevor Sharp, Marco Capogna	2015	38
10	Aversive Prediction Error Signals in the Amygdala Journal of Neuroscience ·Stephen B. McHugh, Chris Barkus, Anna Huber, Liliana Capitão, 香代子今村, John Lowry, David M. Bannerman	2014	53
11	Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety Nature reviews. Neuroscience ·David M. Bannerman, Rolf Sprengel, David J. Sanderson, Stephen B. McHugh, J. N. P. Rawlins, Hannah Monyer, Peter H. Seeburg Hit paper breakdown →	2014	538
12	Hemodynamic responses in amygdala and hippocampus distinguish between aversive and neutral cues during Pavlovian fear conditioning in behaving rats European Journal of Neuroscience ·Stephen B. McHugh, André Marques–Smith, Jennifer Li, J. N. P. Rawlins, John Lowry, Michael W. Conway, Gary Gilmour, Mark D. Tricklebank, David M. Bannerman	2012	18
13	Characterisation of carbon paste electrodes for real-time amperometric monitoring of brain tissue oxygen Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Fiachra B. Bolger, Stephen B. McHugh, Jiyoon Shin, Jennifer Li, Keita Ishiwari, Jennifer François, Michael W. Conway, Gary Gilmour, David M. Bannerman, Marianne Fillenz, Mark D. Tricklebank, John Lowry	2010	53
14	Spatial working memory deficits in GluA1 AMPA receptor subunit knockout mice reflect impaired short-term habituation: Evidence for Wagner's dual-process memory model Neuropsychologia ·David J. Sanderson, Stephen B. McHugh, Mark Good, Rolf Sprengel, Peter H. Seeburg, J. N. P. Rawlins, David M. Bannerman	2010	56
15	Real-time electrochemical monitoring of brain tissue oxygen: A surrogate for functional magnetic resonance imaging in rodents NeuroImage ·John Lowry, John Koomson, Stephen B. McHugh, Andrew Lowe, Mark D. Tricklebank, Nicola R. Sibson	2010	45
16	Combined fMRI and metabolic voltammetry in vivo: understanding the neurochemical basis of functional imaging signals Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism ·David C. Gubernatis, Stephen B. McHugh, John Lowry	2009	1
17	Hippocampal NMDA receptors and anxiety: At the interface between cognition and emotion European Journal of Pharmacology ·Christopher Barkus, Stephen B. McHugh, Rolf Sprengel, Peter H. Seeburg, J. N. P. Rawlins, David M. Bannerman	2009	279
18	Impulsive choice in hippocampal but not orbitofrontal cortex‐lesioned rats on a nonspatial decision‐making maze task European Journal of Neuroscience ·Timothy Y. Mariano, David M. Bannerman, Stephen B. McHugh, Thomas J. Preston, Peter H. Rudebeck, Sarah R. Rudebeck, J. N. P. Rawlins, Mark E. Walton, Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Mark G. Baxter, Thomas G. Campbell	2009	91
19	Amygdala and Ventral Hippocampus Contribute Differentially to Mechanisms of Fear and Anxiety. Behavioral Neuroscience ·Stephen B. McHugh, R. M. J. Deacon, J. N. P. Rawlins, David M. Bannerman	2004	310
20	Regional dissociations within the hippocampus—memory and anxiety Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·David M. Bannerman, J. N. P. Rawlins, Stephen B. McHugh, Robert M. J. Deacon, Benjamin K. Yee, Tobias Bast, 李慧超, Helen H. J. Pothuizen, Joram Feldon Hit paper breakdown →	2004	1157

About Stephen B. McHugh

Stephen B. McHugh is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Neurology, having authored 30 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (20 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (3 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (785 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (594 citations), Biological Psychiatry (278 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.7k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (1.5k citations). Stephen B. McHugh has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include David M. Bannerman, J. N. P. Rawlins, Peter H. Seeburg, Rolf Sprengel, Benjamin K. Yee, Tobias Bast, Joram Feldon, Robert M. J. Deacon, Helen H. J. Pothuizen and David J. Sanderson. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience, Genes Brain & Behavior and Biological Psychiatry.

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