Víctor May

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Víctor May is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Víctor May has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Víctor May's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (95 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (45 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (28 papers). Víctor May is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (95 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (45 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (28 papers). Víctor May collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. Víctor May's co-authors include Karen M. Braas, Sayamwong E. Hammack, Betty Eipper, Rodney L. Parsons, Beatrice M. Girard, Margaret A. Vizzard, Richard E. Mains, Kristin C. Schutz, William A. Falls and James A. Waschek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Víctor May

121 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.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor

2011 617 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Sayamwong E. Hammack et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Víctor May United States	40	3.0k	2.0k	1.0k	966	530	124	5.1k
Karen M. Braas United States	34	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	787 0.8×	716 0.7×	331 0.6×	71	3.4k
Gerhard Skofitsch Austria	37	3.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	461 0.5×	583 0.6×	846 1.6×	82	5.6k
Amar Sahay United States	33	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	910 0.9×	492 0.5×	198 0.4×	40	6.6k
M J Brownstein United States	37	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	596 1.1×	61	5.4k
Pieter Dikkes United States	30	2.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	695 0.7×	442 0.5×	536 1.0×	48	7.2k
Sven Cichon Germany	50	1.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	253 0.3×	221 0.2×	479 0.9×	217	8.8k
Boyd K. Hartman United States	41	3.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	433 0.4×	720 0.7×	387 0.7×	86	6.8k
Kim B. Seroogy United States	49	4.6k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	565 0.6×	551 0.6×	368 0.7×	107	7.2k
Claes Wahlestedt United States	44	5.5k 1.8×	4.5k 2.2×	435 0.4×	663 0.7×	1.2k 2.3×	81	7.6k
Norihito Shintani Japan	38	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	471 0.5×	792 0.8×	805 1.5×	114	4.3k

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Neylan, Thomas C., et al.. (2025). PACAP associated with precise PTSD and fear extinction response in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 173. 107375–107375.

Seligowski, Antonia V., Kevin J. Clancy, Víctor May, et al.. (2025). Associations between PACAP levels and psychophysiological indicators of fear and arousal in adults with posttraumatic stress symptoms. PubMed. 11. 100128–100128.

May, Víctor, Sayamwong E. Hammack, Elizabeth A. Olson, et al.. (2024). Circulating PACAP levels are associated with altered imaging measures of entorhinal cortex neurite density in posttraumatic stress disorder. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2335793–2335793. 1 indexed citations

Clancy, Kevin J., Poornima Kumar, Víctor May, et al.. (2023). Circulating PACAP levels are associated with increased amygdala-default mode network resting-state connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(8). 1245–1254. 12 indexed citations

Liao, Chenyi, Jacob M. Remington, Víctor May, & Jianing Li. (2021). Molecular Basis of Class B GPCR Selectivity for the Neuropeptides PACAP and VIP. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 644644–644644. 17 indexed citations

Miles, Olivia W., Víctor May, & Sayamwong E. Hammack. (2018). Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) Signaling and the Dark Side of Addiction. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 68(3). 453–464. 30 indexed citations

Toufexis, Donna, et al.. (2017). The Effects of Prior Stress on Anxiety-Like Responding to Intra-BNST Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide in Male and Female Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 42(8). 1679–1687. 28 indexed citations

Miles, Olivia W., et al.. (2017). Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Mediates Stress-Induced Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking in Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 43(5). 978–986. 37 indexed citations

Girard, Beatrice M., et al.. (2016). Effects of CYP-Induced Cystitis on Growth Factors and Associated Receptor Expression in Micturition Pathways in Mice with Chronic Overexpression of NGF in Urothelium. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 59(4). 531–543. 7 indexed citations

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Missig, Galen, Margaret A. Vizzard, Karen M. Braas, et al.. (2016). Parabrachial Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Activation of Amygdala Endosomal Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase Signaling Regulates the Emotional Component of Pain. Biological Psychiatry. 81(8). 671–682. 63 indexed citations

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Roman, Carolyn W., Matthew J. Hartsock, William A. Falls, et al.. (2014). PAC1 receptor antagonism in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) attenuates the endocrine and behavioral consequences of chronic stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 47. 151–165. 80 indexed citations

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Zvarová, Katarína, Gerald M. Herrera, Víctor May, & Margaret A. Vizzard. (2014). Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Peptide (CARTp): Distribution and Function in Rat Urinary Bladder. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 54(3). 351–359. 1 indexed citations

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Hammack, Sayamwong E., Joseph Cheung, Kristin C. Schutz, et al.. (2009). Chronic stress increases pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST): Roles for PACAP in anxiety-like behavior. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 34(6). 833–843. 188 indexed citations

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Cheppudira, Bopaiah P., Beatrice M. Girard, Susan E. Malley, et al.. (2009). Involvement of JAK-STAT signaling/function after cyclophosphamide-induced bladder inflammation in female rats. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 297(4). F1038–F1044. 28 indexed citations

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Cheppudira, Bopaiah P., Beatrice M. Girard, Susan E. Malley, et al.. (2008). Upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor isoform VEGF-164 and receptors (VEGFR-2, Npn-1, and Npn-2) in rats with cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 295(3). F826–F836. 43 indexed citations

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Girard, Beatrice M., Amanda Wolf‐Johnston, Karen M. Braas, et al.. (2008). PACAP-Mediated ATP Release from Rat Urothelium and Regulation of PACAP/VIP and Receptor mRNA in Micturition Pathways after Cyclophosphamide (CYP)-Induced Cystitis. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 36(1-3). 310–320. 54 indexed citations

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Girard, Beatrice M., et al.. (2002). Regulation of neurotrophic peptide expression in sympathetic neurons: quantitative analysis using radioimmunoassay and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Regulatory Peptides. 109(1-3). 89–101. 48 indexed citations

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May, Víctor, et al.. (2000). PACAP Modulates Rat Sympathetic Neuron Depolarization Through IP₃. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 921(1). 186–194. 4 indexed citations

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May, Víctor, et al.. (1995). Differential regulation of sympathetic neuron neuropeptide Y and catecholamine content and secretion. Journal of Neuroscience. 15(6). 4580–4591. 26 indexed citations

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Wand, Gary S., Víctor May, & Betty Eipper. (1988). Comparison of Acute and Chronic Secretagogue Regulation of Proadrenocorticotropin/Endorphin Synthesis, Secretion, and Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Production in Primary Cultures of Rat Anterior Pituitary*. Endocrinology. 123(2). 1153–1161. 22 indexed citations

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