Thomas S. Hnasko

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

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Thomas S. Hnasko is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas S. Hnasko has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas S. Hnasko's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (37 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (26 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers). Thomas S. Hnasko is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (37 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (26 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers). Thomas S. Hnasko collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Austria. Thomas S. Hnasko's co-authors include Richard D. Palmiter, Robert H. Edwards, Serge Luquet, Francisco A. Perez, Bethany N. Sotak, Lauren Faget, Jonathan P. Britt, Antonello Bonci, Garret D. Stuber and Robert Hnasko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas S. Hnasko

63 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

NPY/AgRP Neurons Are Essential for Feeding in Adult Mice but Can Be Ablated in Neonates

2005 861 citations Serge Luquet, Francisco A. Perez et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas S. Hnasko United States	35	3.0k	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	745	64	5.1k
Deniz Atasoy United States	26	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	39	5.7k
Baoji Xu United States	44	3.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	771 0.6×	927 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	65	7.1k
Larry S. Zweifel United States	43	3.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	969 0.8×	784 1.1×	102	6.5k
F. Woodward Hopf United States	42	3.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	595 0.5×	451 0.6×	82	5.0k
Byung Kook Lim United States	31	3.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	585 0.5×	557 0.7×	44	5.2k
William F. Colmers Canada	40	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	630 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	80	5.1k
Maribel Rios United States	29	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	935 0.7×	742 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	46	5.9k
Fumino Fujiyama Japan	35	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	572 0.5×	545 0.7×	79	4.8k
Tatyana D. Sotnikova United States	42	5.4k 1.8×	5.1k 2.6×	1.1k 0.8×	568 0.5×	635 0.9×	75	9.2k
Hiroyuki Hioki Japan	36	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	391 0.3×	711 1.0×	93	5.4k

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SRINIVASAN, S, et al.. (2025). Evidence for low affinity of GABA at the vesicular monoamine transporter VMAT2 – Implications for transmitter co-release from dopamine neurons. Neuropharmacology. 270. 110367–110367. 1 indexed citations

Chao, Melody, et al.. (2025). Ventral tegmental area interneurons revisited: GABA and glutamate projection neurons make local synapses. eLife. 13.

Pifl, Christian, et al.. (2024). Viral overexpression of human alpha-synuclein in mouse substantia nigra dopamine neurons results in hyperdopaminergia but no neurodegeneration. Experimental Neurology. 382. 114959–114959. 2 indexed citations

Warlow, Shelley M., Nick G. Hollon, Lauren Faget, et al.. (2023). Mesoaccumbal glutamate neurons drive reward via glutamate release but aversion via dopamine co-release. Neuron. 112(3). 488–499.e5. 24 indexed citations

Zell, Vivien, Lauren Faget, Lauren M. Slosky, et al.. (2023). Neurotensin receptor 1-biased ligand attenuates neurotensin-mediated excitation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropharmacology. 234. 109544–109544. 6 indexed citations

Faget, Lauren, et al.. (2023). Postnatal Phencyclidine-Induced Deficits in Decision Making Are Ameliorated by Optogenetic Inhibition of Ventromedial Orbitofrontal Cortical Glutamate Neurons. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 4(1). 264–274. 4 indexed citations

Barnes, Samuel A., Daniel G. Dillon, Jared W. Young, et al.. (2022). Modulation of ventromedial orbitofrontal cortical glutamatergic activity affects the explore-exploit balance and influences value-based decision-making. Cerebral Cortex. 33(10). 5783–5796. 5 indexed citations

Farrell, Mitchell R., et al.. (2021). Ventral Pallidum GABA Neurons Mediate Motivation Underlying Risky Choice. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(20). 4500–4513. 33 indexed citations

Chillón-Marinas, Carlos, Cedric E. Snethlage, Melissa McAlonis‐Downes, et al.. (2021). Therapeutically viable generation of neurons with antisense oligonucleotide suppression of PTB. Nature Neuroscience. 24(8). 1089–1099. 40 indexed citations

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Friedman, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Activation of Subthalamic Nucleus Stop Circuit Disrupts Cognitive Performance. eNeuro. 7(5). ENEURO.0159–20.2020. 13 indexed citations

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Bimpisidis, Zisis, Stefanos Stagkourakis, Vivien Zell, et al.. (2019). The NeuroD6 Subtype of VTA Neurons Contributes to Psychostimulant Sensitization and Behavioral Reinforcement. eNeuro. 6(3). ENEURO.0066–19.2019. 29 indexed citations

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Yoo, Ji Hoon, Vivien Zell, Lauren Faget, et al.. (2017). Activation of Pedunculopontine Glutamate Neurons Is Reinforcing. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(1). 38–46. 1 indexed citations

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Yoo, Ji Hoon, Vivien Zell, Xinyi Shen, et al.. (2016). Activation of Pedunculopontine Glutamate Neurons Is Reinforcing. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(1). 38–46. 46 indexed citations

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Faget, Lauren, Fumitaka Osakada, Reed L. Ressler, et al.. (2016). Afferent Inputs to Neurotransmitter-Defined Cell Types in the Ventral Tegmental Area. Cell Reports. 15(12). 2796–2808. 121 indexed citations

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Soden, Marta E., Samara Miller, Lauren M. Burgeno, et al.. (2016). Genetic Isolation of Hypothalamic Neurons that Regulate Context-Specific Male Social Behavior. Cell Reports. 16(2). 304–313. 51 indexed citations

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Cheung, Clement C., William C. Krause, Robert H. Edwards, et al.. (2015). Sex-dependent changes in metabolism and behavior, as well as reduced anxiety after eliminating ventromedial hypothalamus excitatory output. Molecular Metabolism. 4(11). 857–866. 40 indexed citations

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Delwig, Anton, Sriparna Majumdar, Kelly Ahern, et al.. (2013). Glutamatergic Neurotransmission from Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells Is Required for Neonatal Photoaversion but Not Adult Pupillary Light Reflex. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83974–e83974. 17 indexed citations

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Land, Benjamin B., Michael R. Bruchas, Selena S. Schattauer, et al.. (2009). Activation of the kappa opioid receptor in the dorsal raphe nucleus mediates the aversive effects of stress and reinstates drug seeking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(45). 19168–19173. 237 indexed citations

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Robinson, Siobhan, et al.. (2006). Viral restoration of dopamine signaling to the dorsal striatum restores instrumental conditioning to dopamine-deficient mice. Psychopharmacology. 191(3). 567–578. 52 indexed citations

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Luquet, Serge, Francisco A. Perez, Thomas S. Hnasko, & Richard D. Palmiter. (2005). NPY/AgRP Neurons Are Essential for Feeding in Adult Mice but Can Be Ablated in Neonates. Science. 310(5748). 683–685. 861 indexed citations breakdown →

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