Yeka Aponte

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

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Yeka Aponte is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Yeka Aponte has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Yeka Aponte's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers). Yeka Aponte is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers). Yeka Aponte collaborates with scholars based in United States, Venezuela and Italy. Yeka Aponte's co-authors include Deniz Atasoy, Scott M. Sternson, Helen Hong Su, Péter Jónás, Ellen Reisinger, Cheng‐Chang Lien, Sarah Sarsfield, Justin N. Siemian, Josef Bischofberger and Joshua T. Dudman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yeka Aponte

22 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training

2011 872 citations Yeka Aponte, Deniz Atasoy et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yeka Aponte United States	14	918	901	623	550	454	23	2.2k
Helen Hong Su United States	7	858 0.9×	903 1.0×	498 0.8×	790 1.4×	411 0.9×	8	2.3k
Qiru Feng China	18	1.2k 1.3×	697 0.8×	859 1.4×	709 1.3×	344 0.8×	22	2.4k
Thomas A. Houpt United States	27	666 0.7×	661 0.7×	428 0.7×	254 0.5×	346 0.8×	86	1.9k
Xiaoke Chen United States	19	748 0.8×	219 0.2×	486 0.8×	591 1.1×	191 0.4×	37	2.3k
Zhen Fang Huang Cao China	13	410 0.4×	811 0.9×	486 0.8×	169 0.3×	321 0.7×	20	1.5k
Marta E. Soden United States	18	1.1k 1.2×	516 0.6×	757 1.2×	562 1.0×	379 0.8×	26	2.0k
Jingfeng Zhou China	15	921 1.0×	401 0.4×	755 1.2×	443 0.8×	205 0.5×	29	1.7k
Yajun Zhang United States	17	1.4k 1.5×	244 0.3×	406 0.7×	1.0k 1.9×	259 0.6×	34	2.4k
Nicholas Wall United States	9	1.6k 1.7×	198 0.2×	1.0k 1.7×	685 1.2×	115 0.3×	12	2.3k
María Pompeiano Italy	20	1.7k 1.9×	502 0.6×	937 1.5×	865 1.6×	260 0.6×	57	2.6k

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Laing, Brenton T., et al.. (2025). Repetitive Grooming Behavior Following Aversive Stimulus Coincides with a Decrease in Anterior Hypothalamic Area Activity. eNeuro. 12(1). ENEURO.0417–24.2024.

Eggels, Leslie, Alexandre Kisner, Ewout Foppen, et al.. (2023). Dopamine in the nucleus accumbens shell controls systemic glucose metabolism via the lateral hypothalamus and hepatic vagal innervation in rodents. Metabolism. 150. 155696–155696. 6 indexed citations

Laing, Brenton T., et al.. (2023). Anterior hypothalamic parvalbumin neurons are glutamatergic and promote escape behavior. Current Biology. 33(15). 3215–3228.e7. 8 indexed citations

Aponte, Yeka, et al.. (2022). Acts of appetite: neural circuits governing the appetitive, consummatory, and terminating phases of feeding. Nature Metabolism. 4(7). 836–847. 71 indexed citations

Laing, Brenton T., et al.. (2022). Regulation of body weight and food intake by AGRP neurons during opioid dependence and abstinence in mice. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 16. 977642–977642. 5 indexed citations

Siemian, Justin N., Sarah Sarsfield, Andrew L. Eagle, et al.. (2021). An excitatory lateral hypothalamic circuit orchestrating pain behaviors in mice. eLife. 10. 28 indexed citations

Siemian, Justin N., et al.. (2021). Lateral hypothalamic LEPR neurons drive appetitive but not consummatory behaviors. Cell Reports. 36(8). 109615–109615. 38 indexed citations

Siemian, Justin N., et al.. (2021). Hypothalamic control of interoceptive hunger. Current Biology. 31(17). 3797–3809.e5. 34 indexed citations

Laing, Brenton T., Justin N. Siemian, Sarah Sarsfield, & Yeka Aponte. (2020). Fluorescence microendoscopy for in vivo deep-brain imaging of neuronal circuits. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 348. 109015–109015. 6 indexed citations

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Siemian, Justin N., Sarah Sarsfield, & Yeka Aponte. (2020). Glutamatergic fast-spiking parvalbumin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus: Electrophysiological properties to behavior. Physiology & Behavior. 221. 112912–112912. 8 indexed citations

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Siemian, Justin N., et al.. (2019). Lateral hypothalamic fast-spiking parvalbumin neurons modulate nociception through connections in the periaqueductal gray area. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12026–12026. 12 indexed citations

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Schiffino, Felipe L., et al.. (2019). Activation of a lateral hypothalamic-ventral tegmental circuit gates motivation. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219522–e0219522. 25 indexed citations

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Kisner, Alexandre, Julia E. Slocomb, Sarah Sarsfield, et al.. (2018). Electrophysiological properties and projections of lateral hypothalamic parvalbumin positive neurons. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198991–e0198991. 10 indexed citations

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Lagerlöf, Olof, Julia E. Slocomb, Ingie Hong, et al.. (2016). The nutrient sensor OGT in PVN neurons regulates feeding. Science. 351(6279). 1293–1296. 118 indexed citations

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Aponte, Yeka, Deniz Atasoy, & Scott M. Sternson. (2011). AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training. Nature Neuroscience. 14(3). 351–355. 872 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tortorici, Vı́ctor, et al.. (2009). Tolerance to non‐opioid analgesics in PAG involves unresponsiveness of medullary pain‐modulating neurons in male rats. European Journal of Neuroscience. 29(6). 1188–1196. 20 indexed citations

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Atasoy, Deniz, Yeka Aponte, Helen Hong Su, & Scott M. Sternson. (2008). A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit Mapping. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(28). 7025–7030. 491 indexed citations

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Aponte, Yeka, Josef Bischofberger, & Péter Jónás. (2008). Efficient Ca²⁺ buffering in fast‐spiking basket cells of rat hippocampus. The Journal of Physiology. 586(8). 2061–2075. 72 indexed citations

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Aponte, Yeka, Cheng‐Chang Lien, Ellen Reisinger, & Péter Jónás. (2006). Hyperpolarization‐activated cation channels in fast‐spiking interneurons of rat hippocampus. The Journal of Physiology. 574(1). 229–243. 158 indexed citations

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Tortorici, Vı́ctor, Lourdes M. Nogueira, Yeka Aponte, & Horacio Vanegas. (2004). Involvement of cholecystokinin in the opioid tolerance induced by dipyrone (metamizol) microinjections into the periaqueductal gray matter of rats. Pain. 112(1). 113–120. 23 indexed citations

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