Victoria E. Abraira

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Victoria E. Abraira is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Victoria E. Abraira has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Victoria E. Abraira's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (4 papers). Victoria E. Abraira is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (4 papers). Victoria E. Abraira collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Victoria E. Abraira's co-authors include David D. Ginty, C. Jeffery Woodbury, Michael Rutlin, Ryan P. Adams, Jesse Katon, Matthew J. Johnson, Stan L. Pashkovski, Alexander B. Wiltschko, Sandeep Robert Datta and Giuliano Iurilli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victoria E. Abraira

26 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

The Sensory Neurons of Touch

2013 1.1k citations Victoria E. Abraira, David D. Ginty Neuron profile →
The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

2011 535 citations Lishi Li, Michael Rutlin et al. Cell profile →
Mapping Sub-Second Structure in Mouse Behavior

2015 416 citations Alexander B. Wiltschko, Matthew J. Johnson et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victoria E. Abraira United States	16	938	777	741	553	350	26	2.7k
Brita Robertson Sweden	38	1.8k 1.9×	962 1.2×	881 1.2×	885 1.6×	133 0.4×	74	4.0k
Benjamin R. Arenkiel United States	35	1.7k 1.8×	942 1.2×	465 0.6×	1.5k 2.8×	206 0.6×	97	4.4k
S. Lindström Sweden	30	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	305 0.4×	519 0.9×	271 0.8×	65	2.8k
Peter T. Ohara United States	37	2.2k 2.3×	1.0k 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	987 1.8×	238 0.7×	84	4.3k
Daniel Cattaert France	25	1.4k 1.5×	570 0.7×	277 0.4×	507 0.9×	221 0.6×	84	2.5k
Marcia G. Honig United States	22	1.9k 2.0×	664 0.9×	204 0.3×	1.2k 2.2×	192 0.5×	41	3.6k
P. R. Burgess United States	25	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	816 1.1×	323 0.6×	533 1.5×	47	2.9k
Kevin M. Cury United States	4	955 1.0×	994 1.3×	100 0.1×	247 0.4×	373 1.1×	4	2.8k
Jennifer Rodger Australia	34	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	212 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	318 0.9×	172	3.9k
Takahiro Furuta Japan	33	2.6k 2.8×	1.6k 2.0×	582 0.8×	1.0k 1.8×	59 0.2×	89	4.2k

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Gradwell, Mark A., Joshua K. Thackray, Fumiyasu Imai, et al.. (2025). The dorsal column nuclei scale mechanical sensitivity in naive and neuropathic pain states. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115556–115556. 1 indexed citations

Cook, Chad, Victoria E. Abraira, John W. Burns, et al.. (2025). Categorizing treatment mechanisms for Complementary and Integrative Musculoskeletal Interventions. International journal of osteopathic medicine. 55. 100749–100749. 1 indexed citations

Gradwell, Mark A., et al.. (2025). Using DeepLabCut-Live to probe state dependent neural circuits of behavior with closed-loop optogenetic stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 422. 110495–110495. 2 indexed citations

Abraira, Victoria E., et al.. (2024). Direct comparison of Hoxb8-driven reporter distribution in the brains of four transgenic mouse lines: towards a spinofugal projection atlas. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 18. 1400015–1400015. 1 indexed citations

Pattison, Luke A., Heather L. Rossi, Joshua K. Thackray, et al.. (2023). Mapping the neuroethological signatures of pain, analgesia, and recovery in mice. Neuron. 111(18). 2811–2830.e8. 26 indexed citations

George, Arlene J. & Victoria E. Abraira. (2023). Good vibrations. Science. 381(6660). 832–833. 1 indexed citations

Abraira, Victoria E., et al.. (2023). Cell-Type Specific Connectivity of Whisker-Related Sensory and Motor Cortical Input to Dorsal Striatum. eNeuro. 11(1). ENEURO.0503–23.2023. 3 indexed citations

Schaffler, Melanie D., William Foster, Mark A. Gradwell, et al.. (2023). Touch neurons underlying dopaminergic pleasurable touch and sexual receptivity. Cell. 186(3). 577–590.e16. 45 indexed citations

Gradwell, Mark A., et al.. (2023). A new Hoxb8FlpO mouse line for intersectional approaches to dissect developmentally defined adult sensorimotor circuits. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1176823–1176823. 2 indexed citations

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Zholudeva, Lyandysha V., Victoria E. Abraira, Kajana Satkunendrarajah, et al.. (2021). Spinal Interneurons as Gatekeepers to Neuroplasticity after Injury or Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(5). 845–854. 47 indexed citations

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Abraira, Victoria E., et al.. (2021). Wired for social touch: the sense that binds us to others. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 43. 207–215. 12 indexed citations

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Boyle, Kieran A., Mark A. Gradwell, Toshiharu Yasaka, et al.. (2019). Defining a Spinal Microcircuit that Gates Myelinated Afferent Input: Implications for Tactile Allodynia. Cell Reports. 28(2). 526–540.e6. 75 indexed citations

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Wiltschko, Alexander B., Matthew J. Johnson, Giuliano Iurilli, et al.. (2015). Mapping Sub-Second Structure in Mouse Behavior. Neuron. 88(6). 1121–1135. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ganley, Robert P., Noboru Iwagaki, Allen C. Dickie, et al.. (2015). Inhibitory Interneurons That Express GFP in thePrP-GFPMouse Spinal Cord Are Morphologically Heterogeneous, Innervated by Several Classes of Primary Afferent and Include Lamina I Projection Neurons among Their Postsynaptic Targets. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(19). 7626–7642. 29 indexed citations

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Tang, Jonathan C. Y., Stephanie Rudolph, Onkar S. Dhande, et al.. (2015). Cell type–specific manipulation with GFP-dependent Cre recombinase. Nature Neuroscience. 18(9). 1334–1341. 56 indexed citations

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Rutlin, Michael, Cheng-Ying Ho, Victoria E. Abraira, et al.. (2014). The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Direction Selectivity of Aδ-LTMRs. Cell. 159(7). 1640–1651. 121 indexed citations

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Abraira, Victoria E. & David D. Ginty. (2013). The Sensory Neurons of Touch. Neuron. 79(4). 618–639. 1061 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abraira, Victoria E., et al.. (2012). Mutation of Rubie, a Novel Long Non-Coding RNA Located Upstream of Bmp4, Causes Vestibular Malformation in Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29495–e29495. 21 indexed citations

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Deans, Michael R., et al.. (2011). Control of Neuronal Morphology by the Atypical Cadherin Fat3. Neuron. 71(5). 820–832. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Lishi, Michael Rutlin, Victoria E. Abraira, et al.. (2011). The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons. Cell. 147(7). 1615–1627. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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