Thomas J. Younts

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Thomas J. Younts is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Younts has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Younts's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (3 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers). Thomas J. Younts is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (3 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers). Thomas J. Younts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Thomas J. Younts's co-authors include Pablo E. Castillo, Yuki Hashimotodani, Andrés E. Chávez, Hannah R. Monday, Bryen A. Jordan, Matthew Klein, Barna Dudok, István Katona, Vivien Chevaleyre and Thomas C. Südhof 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 J. Younts

13 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Endocannabinoid Signaling and Synaptic Function

2012 810 citations Pablo E. Castillo, Thomas J. Younts et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Younts United States	12	851	684	400	355	95	13	1.4k
Ming Gao United States	21	1.0k 1.2×	621 0.9×	401 1.0×	565 1.6×	210 2.2×	60	1.7k
Mathieu Lafourcade France	11	957 1.1×	455 0.7×	491 1.2×	417 1.2×	132 1.4×	13	1.6k
Anders Borgkvist Sweden	23	1.2k 1.4×	371 0.5×	233 0.6×	644 1.8×	125 1.3×	30	1.9k
Iva Dincheva United States	13	676 0.8×	236 0.3×	402 1.0×	253 0.7×	72 0.8×	13	1.2k
Barna Dudok United States	15	584 0.7×	309 0.5×	308 0.8×	241 0.7×	59 0.6×	21	937
Stephen M. Eggan United States	14	1.3k 1.6×	545 0.8×	604 1.5×	540 1.5×	47 0.5×	16	1.9k
Antonio Luchicchi Netherlands	22	888 1.0×	503 0.7×	332 0.8×	545 1.5×	227 2.4×	35	1.6k
Marco A. Diana France	17	882 1.0×	410 0.6×	411 1.0×	302 0.9×	70 0.7×	20	1.1k
Joanne E. Nash Canada	22	1.2k 1.4×	308 0.5×	204 0.5×	790 2.2×	157 1.7×	33	1.9k
Nicholas Graziane United States	18	1.1k 1.3×	188 0.3×	407 1.0×	722 2.0×	192 2.0×	42	1.5k

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Valera, Antoine M., Joanna Lau, Hana Roš, et al.. (2020). Real-time 3D movement correction for two-photon imaging in behaving animals. Nature Methods. 17(7). 741–748. 52 indexed citations

Klein, Matthew, Thomas J. Younts, Adina R. Buxbaum, et al.. (2019). Sam68 Enables Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Dependent LTD in Distal Dendritic Regions of CA1 Hippocampal Neurons. Cell Reports. 29(7). 1789–1799.e6. 7 indexed citations

Monday, Hannah R., Thomas J. Younts, & Pablo E. Castillo. (2018). Long-Term Plasticity of Neurotransmitter Release: Emerging Mechanisms and Contributions to Brain Function and Disease. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 41(1). 299–322. 119 indexed citations

Younts, Thomas J., Hannah R. Monday, Barna Dudok, et al.. (2016). Presynaptic Protein Synthesis Is Required for Long-Term Plasticity of GABA Release. Neuron. 92(2). 479–492. 144 indexed citations

Jones, Brian W., Jennifer D. Deem, Thomas J. Younts, et al.. (2016). Targeted deletion of AKAP7 in dentate granule cells impairs spatial discrimination. eLife. 5. 27 indexed citations

Forney, Michael W., et al.. (2014). Aggregation kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes investigated using mechanically wrapped multinuclear complexes: probing the tube–tube repulsive barrier. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(12). 5855–5865. 12 indexed citations

Younts, Thomas J. & Pablo E. Castillo. (2014). Endogenous cannabinoid signaling at inhibitory interneurons. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 26. 42–50. 36 indexed citations

Klein, Matthew, Thomas J. Younts, Pablo E. Castillo, & Bryen A. Jordan. (2013). RNA-binding protein Sam68 controls synapse number and local β-actin mRNA metabolism in dendrites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(8). 3125–3130. 46 indexed citations

Kaeser‐Woo, Yea Jin, Thomas J. Younts, Xinjing Yang, et al.. (2013). Synaptotagmin-12 Phosphorylation by cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Essential for Hippocampal Mossy Fiber LTP. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(23). 9769–9780. 36 indexed citations

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Younts, Thomas J., Vivien Chevaleyre, & Pablo E. Castillo. (2013). CA1 Pyramidal Cell Theta-Burst Firing Triggers Endocannabinoid-Mediated Long-Term Depression at Both Somatic and Dendritic Inhibitory Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13743–13757. 42 indexed citations

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Castillo, Pablo E., Thomas J. Younts, Andrés E. Chávez, & Yuki Hashimotodani. (2012). Endocannabinoid Signaling and Synaptic Function. Neuron. 76(1). 70–81. 810 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsetsenis, Theodoros, Thomas J. Younts, Chiayu Q. Chiu, et al.. (2011). Rab3B protein is required for long-term depression of hippocampal inhibitory synapses and for normal reversal learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(34). 14300–14305. 54 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Shiho, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and characterization of rigid +2 and +3 heteroleptic dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes. Polyhedron. 29(13). 2696–2702. 19 indexed citations

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