Thomas C. Chou

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas C. Chou is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas C. Chou has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thomas C. Chou's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (9 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (5 papers). Thomas C. Chou is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (9 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (5 papers). Thomas C. Chou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Japan. Thomas C. Chou's co-authors include Thomas E. Scammell, Clifford B. Saper, Clifford B. Saper, Joel K. Elmquist, Joshua J. Gooley, Jun Lü, Stephanie E. Gaus, Jun Lu, Richard M. Chemelli and Masashi Yanagisawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thomas C. Chou

14 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakef... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2002 2001 250 500 750 1000
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. The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness
    2001 1.1k citations Clifford B. Saper, Thomas C. Chou et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
  2. The Need to Feed
    2002 857 citations Clifford B. Saper, Thomas C. Chou et al. Neuron profile →
  3. Fos Expression in Orexin Neurons Varies with Behavioral State
    2001 541 citations Ivy V. Estabrooke, Emily Mills Ko et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas C. Chou United States 12 3.7k 3.2k 1.7k 1.0k 758 14 5.0k
Denis Burdakov United Kingdom 44 3.8k 1.0× 4.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 659 0.9× 107 5.9k
Tom Deboer Netherlands 39 3.3k 0.9× 3.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 807 1.1× 97 5.6k
Clifford B. Saper United States 17 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 974 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 802 1.1× 19 5.2k
Patrick M. Fuller United States 44 3.7k 1.0× 4.6k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 2.0k 2.0× 1.1k 1.5× 89 7.5k
Jidong Fang United States 41 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 682 0.7× 656 0.9× 78 4.0k
Patrice Fort France 47 3.3k 0.9× 4.6k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 2.4k 2.4× 461 0.6× 105 6.6k
Ralph E. Mistlberger Canada 46 5.8k 1.6× 3.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 2.0× 2.4k 3.2× 128 7.3k
Pierre‐Hervé Luppi France 52 4.2k 1.1× 6.2k 1.9× 2.5k 1.5× 3.2k 3.2× 810 1.1× 139 9.0k
Dennis McGinty United States 56 5.8k 1.5× 7.2k 2.2× 3.3k 1.9× 2.4k 2.4× 976 1.3× 161 9.7k

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Saper, Clifford B., Jun Lü, Thomas C. Chou, & Joshua J. Gooley. (2005). The hypothalamic integrator for circadian rhythms. Trends in Neurosciences. 28(3). 152–157. 376 indexed citations
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Chou, Thomas C., Stephen R. Rotman, & Clifford B. Saper. (2004). Lateral hypothalamic acetylcholinesterase-immunoreactive neurons co-express either orexin or melanin concentrating hormone. Neuroscience Letters. 370(2-3). 123–126. 9 indexed citations
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Gerashchenko, Dmitry, Thomas C. Chou, Carlos Blanco‐Centurion, Clifford B. Saper, & Priyattam J. Shiromani. (2004). Effects of Lesions of the Histaminergic Tuberomammillary Nucleus on Spontaneous Sleep in Rats. SLEEP. 27(7). 1275–1281. 53 indexed citations
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Lo, Chung‐Chuan, Thomas C. Chou, Thomas Penzel, et al.. (2004). Common scale-invariant patterns of sleep–wake transitions across mammalian species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(50). 17545–17548. 193 indexed citations
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Chamberlin, Nancy L., Elda Arrigoni, Thomas C. Chou, et al.. (2003). Effects of adenosine on gabaergic synaptic inputs to identified ventrolateral preoptic neurons. Neuroscience. 119(4). 913–918. 95 indexed citations
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Chou, Thomas C., Thomas E. Scammell, Joshua J. Gooley, et al.. (2003). Critical Role of Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus in a Wide Range of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(33). 10691–10702. 387 indexed citations
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Saper, Clifford B., Thomas C. Chou, & Joel K. Elmquist. (2002). The Need to Feed. Neuron. 36(2). 199–211. 857 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chou, Thomas C., Alvhild Alette Bjørkum, Stephanie E. Gaus, et al.. (2002). Afferents to the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(3). 977–990. 327 indexed citations
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Gooley, Joshua J., Jun Lü, Thomas C. Chou, Thomas E. Scammell, & Clifford B. Saper. (2001). Melanopsin in cells of origin of the retinohypothalamic tract. Nature Neuroscience. 4(12). 1165–1165. 439 indexed citations
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Saper, Clifford B., Thomas C. Chou, & Thomas E. Scammell. (2001). The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness. Trends in Neurosciences. 24(12). 726–731. 1110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Estabrooke, Ivy V., Emily Mills Ko, Thomas C. Chou, et al.. (2001). Fos Expression in Orexin Neurons Varies with Behavioral State. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(5). 1656–1662. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chou, Thomas C., Charlotte E. Lee, Jing Lü, et al.. (2001). Orexin (Hypocretin) Neurons Contain Dynorphin. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(19). RC168–RC168. 342 indexed citations
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Lu, Jian‐Qiang, Thomas C. Chou, Stephanie E. Gaus, et al.. (2001). Contrasting Effects of Ibotenate Lesions of the Paraventricular Nucleus and Subparaventricular Zone on Sleep–Wake Cycle and Temperature Regulation. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(13). 4864–4874. 253 indexed citations
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Cusack, Bernadette, Karen Jansen, Daniel McCormick, et al.. (2000). A single amino acid of the human and rat neurotensin receptors (subtype 1) determining the pharmacological profile of a species-selective neurotensin agonist. Biochemical Pharmacology. 60(6). 793–801. 6 indexed citations

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