Thomas L. Kash

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas L. Kash is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas L. Kash has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas L. Kash's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (66 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers). Thomas L. Kash is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (66 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers). Thomas L. Kash collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Russia. Thomas L. Kash's co-authors include Kristen E. Pleil, Danny G. Winder, Emily G. Lowery‐Gionta, Catherine A. Marcinkiewcz, Nicole A. Crowley, Neil L. Harrison, Andrew Holmes, Garret D. Stuber, Chia Li and James R. Trudell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas L. Kash

107 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

2013 534 citations Kristen E. Pleil, Thomas L. Kash et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas L. Kash United States	46	4.2k	2.0k	2.0k	1.4k	1.1k	115	6.2k
Wolfgang H. Sommer Germany	46	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	608 0.5×	153	6.1k
Martine Cador France	43	4.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	100	6.4k
Michela Marinelli United States	41	4.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	71	6.4k
Avishek Adhikari United States	24	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	988 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	33	5.6k
F. Scott Hall United States	43	3.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	968 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	162	6.2k
Ronald E. See United States	50	6.1k 1.5×	2.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	125	7.9k
Danny G. Winder United States	51	5.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	939 0.8×	148	7.5k
Sheryl G. Beck United States	44	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	79	5.4k
Donald G. Rainnie United States	47	4.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	3.4k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	94	7.2k
Ronald P. Hammer United States	37	4.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	96	6.8k

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Kash, Thomas L., et al.. (2025). Repeated cycles of binge‐like ethanol consumption and abstinence alter neuropeptide mRNA in prefrontal and insular cortex, amygdala, and lateral hypothalamus of male and female C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 49(3). 573–586.

Taxier, Lisa R., et al.. (2025). Retrieval of an Ethanol-Conditioned Taste Aversion Promotes GABAergic Plasticity in the Anterior Insular Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(9). e0525242024–e0525242024. 1 indexed citations

Lerma-Cabrera, José Manuel, Francisca Carvajal, Ana Paula Segantine Dornellas, et al.. (2024). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Modulates Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in a Sex-Dependent Manner: Impact of Amygdala Deletion and Inhibition of a Central Amygdala to Lateral Hypothalamus Circuit. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5(1). 100405–100405. 3 indexed citations

Neira, Sofia, et al.. (2024). Dynamic regulation of CeA gene expression during acute and protracted abstinence from chronic binge drinking of male and female C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol. 120. 179–193. 2 indexed citations

Bukalo, Olena, Dipanwita Pati, Aaron Limoges, et al.. (2024). A distinct cortical code for socially learned threat. Nature. 626(8001). 1066–1072. 14 indexed citations

Flanigan, Meghan E., Olivia J. Hon, Kristen M. Boyt, et al.. (2023). Subcortical serotonin 5HT2c receptor-containing neurons sex-specifically regulate binge-like alcohol consumption, social, and arousal behaviors in mice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1800–1800. 25 indexed citations

Pati, Dipanwita & Thomas L. Kash. (2021). Tumor necrosis factor-α modulates GABAergic and dopaminergic neurons in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of female mice. Journal of Neurophysiology. 126(6). 2119–2129. 7 indexed citations

Yu, Waylin, et al.. (2021). Corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis exhibit sex-specific pain encoding in mice. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12500–12500. 16 indexed citations

Flanigan, Meghan E. & Thomas L. Kash. (2020). Coordination of social behaviors by the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(9-10). 2404–2420. 39 indexed citations

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Jury, Nicholas J., Anna K. Radke, Dipanwita Pati, et al.. (2018). NMDA receptor GluN2A subunit deletion protects against dependence-like ethanol drinking. Behavioural Brain Research. 353. 124–128. 7 indexed citations

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Vranjkovic, Oliver, Melanie M. Pina, Thomas L. Kash, & Danny G. Winder. (2017). The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in drug-associated behavior and affect: A circuit-based perspective. Neuropharmacology. 122. 100–106. 68 indexed citations

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Marcinkiewcz, Catherine A., Christopher M. Mazzone, Giuseppe D’Agostino, et al.. (2016). Serotonin engages an anxiety and fear-promoting circuit in the extended amygdala. Nature. 537(7618). 97–101. 316 indexed citations

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Crowley, Nicole A. & Thomas L. Kash. (2015). Kappa opioid receptor signaling in the brain: Circuitry and implications for treatment. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 62. 51–60. 98 indexed citations

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Klug, Jason R., Brian N. Mathur, Thomas L. Kash, et al.. (2012). Genetic Inhibition of CaMKII in Dorsal Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons Reduces Functional Excitatory Synapses and Enhances Intrinsic Excitability. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45323–e45323. 39 indexed citations

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Kash, Thomas L.. (2012). The role of biogenic amine signaling in the bed nucleus of the stria terminals in alcohol abuse. Alcohol. 46(4). 303–308. 48 indexed citations

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Pleil, Kristen E., et al.. (2011). Chronic stress alters neuropeptide Y signaling in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in DBA/2J but not C57BL/6J mice. Neuropharmacology. 62(4). 1777–1786. 33 indexed citations

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McElligott, Zoé A., Jason R. Klug, William P. Nobis, et al.. (2010). Distinct forms of G _q -receptor-dependent plasticity of excitatory transmission in the BNST are differentially affected by stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(5). 2271–2276. 69 indexed citations

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Mozhui, Khyobeni, Thomas L. Kash, Jessica Ihne, et al.. (2010). Strain Differences in Stress Responsivity Are Associated with Divergent Amygdala Gene Expression and Glutamate-Mediated Neuronal Excitability. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(15). 5357–5367. 188 indexed citations

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Kash, Thomas L., William P. Nobis, Robert T. Matthews, & Danny G. Winder. (2008). Dopamine Enhances Fast Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Extended Amygdala by a CRF-R1-Dependent Process. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(51). 13856–13865. 102 indexed citations

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Kash, Thomas L. & Danny G. Winder. (2006). Neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor bi-directionally modulate inhibitory synaptic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Neuropharmacology. 51(5). 1013–1022. 136 indexed citations

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