Virginia M. Pickel

21.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
276 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

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Virginia M. Pickel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia M. Pickel has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 134 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Virginia M. Pickel's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (140 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (111 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (90 papers). Virginia M. Pickel is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (140 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (111 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (90 papers). Virginia M. Pickel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Virginia M. Pickel's co-authors include Tong H. Joh, Donald J. Reis, June Chan, Susan R. Sesack, Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele, Chiye Aoki, Teresa A. Milner, D.J. Reis, Linda A. Specht and Floyd E. Bloom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Virginia M. Pickel

276 papers receiving 17.8k 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.

The anatomy of neuropeptide-y-containing neurons in rat brain

1985 975 citations Virginia M. Pickel et al. Neuroscience profile →
Prefrontal cortical efferents in the rat synapse on unlabeled neuronal targets of catecholamine terminals in the nucleus accumbens septi and on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area

1992 701 citations Susan R. Sesack, Virginia M. Pickel The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →
Light‐microscopic immunocytochemical localization of tyrosine hydroxylase in prenatal rat brain. II. Late ontogeny

1981 451 citations Virginia M. Pickel, Donald J. Reis et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virginia M. Pickel United States	72	13.2k	7.5k	3.0k	2.9k	2.8k	276	18.1k
P.C. Emson United Kingdom	77	15.1k 1.1×	8.3k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	4.3k 1.6×	256	19.5k
Piers C. Emson United Kingdom	65	12.5k 0.9×	8.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.4×	208	19.9k
David M. Jacobowitz United States	65	9.2k 0.7×	5.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	263	16.2k
Olivier Civelli United States	67	13.0k 1.0×	11.1k 1.5×	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	202	20.3k
Teresa A. Milner United States	75	9.2k 0.7×	6.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	270	19.6k
Bruce T. Hope United States	59	11.2k 0.9×	6.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	124	15.2k
Donald J. Reis United States	81	11.8k 0.9×	7.2k 1.0×	6.4k 2.1×	3.2k 1.1×	4.5k 1.6×	284	22.5k
Antonello Bonci United States	83	15.3k 1.2×	8.3k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	8.1k 2.8×	1.6k 0.6×	187	22.1k
Menek Goldstein United States	82	15.5k 1.2×	9.5k 1.3×	3.6k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	339	24.7k
Bruno Giros France	71	14.1k 1.1×	10.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.3×	3.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	212	22.0k

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Fetcho, Robert N., Jin Xu, Ruirong Yang, et al.. (2024). Elevating levels of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol blunts opioid reward but not analgesia. Science Advances. 10(48). eadq4779–eadq4779. 5 indexed citations

Jing, Deqiang, Ruirong Yang, Matthew N. Hill, et al.. (2020). Endocannabinoid genetic variation enhances vulnerability to THC reward in adolescent female mice. Science Advances. 6(7). eaay1502–eaay1502. 19 indexed citations

Marques-Lopes, José, et al.. (2020). Tumor Necrosis Factor α Receptor Type 1 Activation in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Contributes to Glutamate Signaling and Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(6). 1349–1362. 24 indexed citations

Glass, Michael J., et al.. (2013). Deletion of the NMDA‐NR1 receptor subunit gene in the mouse nucleus accumbens attenuates apomorphine‐induced dopamine D1 receptor trafficking and acoustic startle behavior. Synapse. 67(6). 265–279. 14 indexed citations

Fitzgerald, Michael L., Ken Mackie, & Virginia M. Pickel. (2013). The impact of adolescent social isolation on dopamine D2 and cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the adult rat prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 235. 40–50. 32 indexed citations

Lane, Diane, et al.. (2011). Quinpirole elicits differential in vivo changes in the pre- and postsynaptic distributions of dopamine D2 receptors in mouse striatum: relation to cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor targeting. Psychopharmacology. 221(1). 101–113. 10 indexed citations

Glass, Michael J., Diane Lane, Eric E.O. Colago, et al.. (2008). Chronic administration of morphine is associated with a decrease in surface AMPA GluR1 receptor subunit in dopamine D1 receptor expressing neurons in the shell and non-D1 receptor expressing neurons in the core of the rat nucleus accumbens. Experimental Neurology. 210(2). 750–761. 39 indexed citations

Glass, Michael J., Jie Huang, Robert C. Speth, Costantino Iadecola, & Virginia M. Pickel. (2004). Angiotensin II AT-1A receptor immunolabeling in rat medial nucleus tractus solitarius neurons: Subcellular targeting and relationships with catecholamines. Neuroscience. 130(3). 713–723. 17 indexed citations

Huang, Jie & Virginia M. Pickel. (2002). Ultrastructural localization of serotonin 2A and N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors in somata and dendrites of single neurons within rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 455(2). 270–280. 12 indexed citations

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Garzón, Miguel & Virginia M. Pickel. (2002). Ultrastructural localization of enkephalin and μ-opioid receptors in the rat ventral tegmental area. Neuroscience. 114(2). 461–474. 28 indexed citations

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Garzón, Miguel & Virginia M. Pickel. (2001). Plasmalemmal μ‐opioid receptor distribution mainly in nondopaminergic neurons in the rat ventral tegmental area. Synapse. 41(4). 311–328. 91 indexed citations

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Wang, Hong & Virginia M. Pickel. (2001). Dopamine D2 receptors are present in prefrontal cortical afferents and their targets in patches of the rat caudate‐putamen nucleus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 442(4). 392–404. 135 indexed citations

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Gracy, K. Noelle, Catherine Clarke, Marian B. Meyers, & Virginia M. Pickel. (1999). NMDAR1 in the caudate–putamen nucleus: ultrastructural localization and co-expression with sorcin, a 22,000 mol. wt calcium binding protein. Neuroscience. 90(1). 107–117. 24 indexed citations

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Pickel, Virginia M. & Eric E.O. Colago. (1999). Presence of ?-opioid receptors in targets of efferent projections from the central nucleus of the amygdala to the nucleus of the solitary tract. Synapse. 33(2). 141–152. 19 indexed citations

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Sesack, Susan R., et al.. (1997). Ultrastructural immunocytochemical localization of the dopamine D2 receptor within GABAergic neurons of the rat striatum. Brain Research. 746(1-2). 239–255. 83 indexed citations

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Pickel, Virginia M., Catherine Clarke, & Marian B. Meyers. (1997). Ultrastructural localization of sorcin, a 22 kDa calcium binding protein, in the rat caudate-putamen nucleus: Association with ryanodine receptors and intracellular calcium release. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 386(4). 625–634. 30 indexed citations

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Milner, Teresa A., Junichi Okada, & Virginia M. Pickel. (1995). Monosynaptic input from Leu⁵‐enkephalin‐immunoreactive terminals to vagal motor neurons in the nucleus ambiguus: Comparison with the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 353(3). 391–406. 25 indexed citations

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Nirenberg, Melissa J., Suresh S. Tate, R Mosckovitz, Sidney Udenfriend, & Virginia M. Pickel. (1995). Immunocytochemical localization of the renal neutral and basic amino acid transporter in rat adrenal gland, brainstem, and spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 356(4). 505–522. 11 indexed citations

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Milner, Teresa A., Virginia M. Pickel, Shaun F. Morrison, & Donald J. Reis. (1989). Chapter 3 Adrenergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: ultrastructure and synaptic relations with other transmitter-identified neurons. Progress in brain research. 81. 29–47. 34 indexed citations

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Soupart, Pierre, Robert A. Rinaldi, & Virginia M. Pickel. (1969). AMANTADINE HYDROCHLORIDE: INHIBITOR OF CLEAVAGE AND DNA SYNTHESIS IN SEA URCHIN OVA. Reproduction. 20(2). 349–351. 3 indexed citations

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