Thomas J. McHugh

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
94 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. McHugh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. McHugh has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 54 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. McHugh's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (43 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Thomas J. McHugh is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (43 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Thomas J. McHugh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas J. McHugh's co-authors include Susumu Tonegawa, Matthew Wilson, Toshiaki Nakashiba, Derek L. Buhl, Arthur Huang, Michael S. Fanselow, Kazu Nakazawa, James S. Forrester, Matthew W. Jones and George Diamond and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. McHugh

90 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

Near-infrared deep brain stimulation via upconversion nanoparticle–mediated optogenetics

2018 910 citations Shuo Chen, Adam Z. Weitemier et al. Science profile →
Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network

2007 737 citations Thomas J. McHugh, Matthew W. Jones et al. Science profile →
Young Dentate Granule Cells Mediate Pattern Separation, whereas Old Granule Cells Facilitate Pattern Completion

2012 637 citations Thomas J. McHugh, Michael S. Fanselow et al. profile →
Gamma Entrainment Binds Higher-Order Brain Regions and Offers Neuroprotection

2019 293 citations Steven J. Middleton, Thomas J. McHugh et al. Neuron profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. McHugh Japan	37	4.2k	3.5k	1.3k	968	880	94	7.5k
Kenji F. Tanaka Japan	46	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	3.0k 2.2×	891 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	201	9.2k
M Matsuzaki Japan	45	6.1k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.0k 1.1×	841 1.0×	142	9.9k
Fahmeed Hyder United States	64	3.8k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.5×	417 0.4×	783 0.9×	242	12.8k
Serge Charpak France	43	4.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	355 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	74	8.5k
Michael T. Shipley United States	58	6.6k 1.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	922 1.0×	936 1.1×	140	10.9k
Shumin Duan China	56	5.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.5×	3.5k 2.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.8k 2.0×	186	10.2k
Masahiko Takada Japan	59	6.7k 1.6×	4.5k 1.3×	2.6k 2.0×	329 0.3×	1.6k 1.8×	436	14.0k
Beat Schwaller Switzerland	48	3.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	3.6k 2.7×	604 0.6×	743 0.8×	143	8.1k
Yulong Li China	51	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	4.3k 3.2×	295 0.3×	554 0.6×	302	9.3k
David Eidelberg United States	84	8.3k 2.0×	5.6k 1.6×	2.9k 2.2×	635 0.7×	2.3k 2.6×	365	22.3k

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Matsumata, Miho, Kenzo Hirao, Takuma Kobayashi, et al.. (2025). The habenula-interpeduncular nucleus-median raphe pathway regulates the outcome of social dominance conflicts in mice. Current Biology. 35(9). 2064–2077.e9. 1 indexed citations

Li, Haowei, Daiki Hayashi, Jun Kaneko, et al.. (2024). Silencing dentate newborn neurons alters excitatory/inhibitory balance and impairs behavioral inhibition and flexibility. Science Advances. 10(2). eadk4741–eadk4741. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Arthur, et al.. (2023). Role of Calcr expressing neurons in the medial amygdala in social contact among females. Molecular Brain. 16(1). 10–10. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Chia‐Wen, Jacob Ellegood, Kota Tamada, et al.. (2023). An old model with new insights: endogenous retroviruses drive the evolvement toward ASD susceptibility and hijack transcription machinery during development. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(5). 1932–1945. 7 indexed citations

Lin, Chia‐Wen, Hsu‐Wen Chao, Mikiko Konda, et al.. (2022). A common epigenetic mechanism across different cellular origins underlies systemic immune dysregulation in an idiopathic autism mouse model. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(8). 3343–3354. 13 indexed citations

Goto, Akihiro, Jingbo Wang, Daichi Hirai, et al.. (2021). Stepwise synaptic plasticity events drive the early phase of memory consolidation. Science. 374(6569). 857–863. 93 indexed citations

Tomar, Anupratap, Denis Polygalov, Sumantra Chattarji, & Thomas J. McHugh. (2021). Stress enhances hippocampal neuronal synchrony and alters ripple-spike interaction. Neurobiology of Stress. 14. 100327–100327. 20 indexed citations

Tomar, Anupratap & Thomas J. McHugh. (2021). The impact of stress on the hippocampal spatial code. Trends in Neurosciences. 45(2). 120–132. 19 indexed citations

Weitemier, Adam Z., Kotaro Mizuta, Masaaki Sato, et al.. (2020). Two Functionally Distinct Serotonergic Projections into Hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(25). 4936–4944. 35 indexed citations

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Goode, Travis D., Kazumasa Z. Tanaka, Amar Sahay, & Thomas J. McHugh. (2020). An Integrated Index: Engrams, Place Cells, and Hippocampal Memory. Neuron. 107(5). 805–820. 87 indexed citations

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Kanda, Takeshi, Natsuko Tsujino, Yukiko Ishikawa, et al.. (2020). Structure of cortical network activity across natural wake and sleep states in mice. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0233561–e0233561.

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Uematsu, Akira, et al.. (2018). A dopaminergic switch for fear to safety transitions. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2483–2483. 131 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kazumasa Z., et al.. (2018). The hippocampal engram maps experience but not place. Science. 361(6400). 392–397. 142 indexed citations

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Middleton, Steven J., Shuo Chen, Ikuo Ogiwara, et al.. (2018). Altered hippocampal replay is associated with memory impairment in mice heterozygous for the Scn2a gene. Nature Neuroscience. 21(7). 996–1003. 49 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Kōsuke, Yu Hayashi, Takamasa Yoshida, et al.. (2017). Schizophrenia-like phenotypes in mice with NMDA receptor ablation in intralaminar thalamic nucleus cells and gene therapy-based reversal in adults. Translational Psychiatry. 7(2). e1047–e1047. 18 indexed citations

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Boehringer, Roman, Denis Polygalov, Arthur Huang, et al.. (2017). Chronic Loss of CA2 Transmission Leads to Hippocampal Hyperexcitability. Neuron. 94(3). 642–655.e9. 78 indexed citations

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Tsuneoka, Yousuke, Kenichi Tokita, Chihiro Yoshihara, et al.. (2015). Distinct preoptic‐ BST nuclei dissociate paternal and infanticidal behavior in mice. The EMBO Journal. 34(21). 2652–2670. 87 indexed citations

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Tonegawa, Susumu & Thomas J. McHugh. (2009). CA3 NMDA Receptors are Required for the Rapid Formation of a Salient Contextual Representation. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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McHugh, Thomas J., Matthew W. Jones, Jennifer J. Quinn, et al.. (2007). Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network. Science. 317(5834). 94–99. 737 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hastings, Gary, Frank A.M. Kleinherenbrink, Su Lin, Thomas J. McHugh, & Robert E. Blankenship. (1994). Observation of the Reduction and Reoxidation of the Primary Electron Acceptor in Photosystem I. Biochemistry. 33(11). 3193–3200. 73 indexed citations

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