Yonatan M. Kupchik

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Yonatan M. Kupchik is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yonatan M. Kupchik has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yonatan M. Kupchik's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers). Yonatan M. Kupchik is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers). Yonatan M. Kupchik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. Yonatan M. Kupchik's co-authors include Peter W. Kalivas, Cassandra D. Gipson, Jasper A. Heinsbroek, Robyn M. Brown, Alexander C.W. Smith, Michael T. Stefanik, Michael D. Scofield, Sade Spencer, Kathryn J. Reissner and Mary Kay Lobo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yonatan M. Kupchik

31 papers receiving 2.4k 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 Nucleus Accumbens: Mechanisms of Addiction across Drug Classes Reflect the Importance of Glutamate Homeostasis

2016 408 citations Michael D. Scofield, Jasper A. Heinsbroek et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yonatan M. Kupchik United States	21	1.9k	969	767	206	206	32	2.4k
Patrick E. Rothwell United States	21	1.5k 0.8×	951 1.0×	715 0.9×	174 0.8×	249 1.2×	33	2.3k
M. Scott Bowers United States	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	869 1.1×	368 1.8×	251 1.2×	42	2.9k
Justin T. Gass United States	24	1.9k 1.0×	852 0.9×	843 1.1×	117 0.6×	252 1.2×	47	2.5k
Vincent Pascoli Switzerland	25	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	898 1.2×	263 1.3×	161 0.8×	31	3.1k
Roberto I. Meléndez United States	21	1.8k 0.9×	842 0.9×	573 0.7×	115 0.6×	239 1.2×	26	2.3k
Christopher Ford United States	27	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	730 1.0×	192 0.9×	276 1.3×	52	2.8k
Mustapha Riad Canada	28	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	464 0.6×	188 0.9×	232 1.1×	45	2.8k
James B. Daunais United States	27	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	628 0.8×	130 0.6×	224 1.1×	75	2.5k
Anthony R. West United States	27	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	803 1.0×	153 0.7×	438 2.1×	48	3.0k
William C. Griffin United States	26	1.4k 0.7×	637 0.7×	456 0.6×	132 0.6×	252 1.2×	59	2.0k

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2025). A ventral pallidal glutamatergic aversive network encodes abstinence from and reexposure to cocaine. Science Advances. 11(30). eadu6074–eadu6074.

Campbell, Rianne R., Hyungwoo Nam, Mahashweta Basu, et al.. (2024). Multimodal interrogation of ventral pallidum projections reveals projection-specific signatures and effects on cocaine reward. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(18). e1469232024–e1469232024. 2 indexed citations

Kupchik, Yonatan M. & Asheeta A. Prasad. (2021). Ventral pallidum cellular and pathway specificity in drug seeking. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 131. 373–386. 21 indexed citations

Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2019). Cocaine Dysregulates Dynorphin Modulation of Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Ventral Pallidum in a Cell-Type-Specific Manner. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(6). 1321–1331. 16 indexed citations

Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2019). Projection-Specific Potentiation of Ventral Pallidal Glutamatergic Outputs after Abstinence from Cocaine. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(6). 1276–1285. 19 indexed citations

Kupchik, Yonatan M. & Peter W. Kalivas. (2016). The Direct and Indirect Pathways of the Nucleus Accumbens are not What You Think. Neuropsychopharmacology. 42(1). 369–370. 36 indexed citations

Stefanik, Michael T., Yonatan M. Kupchik, & Peter W. Kalivas. (2015). Optogenetic inhibition of cortical afferents in the nucleus accumbens simultaneously prevents cue-induced transient synaptic potentiation and cocaine-seeking behavior. Brain Structure and Function. 221(3). 1681–1689. 92 indexed citations

Brown, Robyn M., Yonatan M. Kupchik, Sade Spencer, et al.. (2015). Addiction-like Synaptic Impairments in Diet-Induced Obesity. Biological Psychiatry. 81(9). 797–806. 81 indexed citations

García‐Keller, Constanza, Yonatan M. Kupchik, Cassandra D. Gipson, et al.. (2015). Glutamatergic mechanisms of comorbidity between acute stress and cocaine self-administration. Molecular Psychiatry. 21(8). 1063–1069. 33 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., Michael D. Scofield, Kenner C. Rice, et al.. (2014). Cocaine Dysregulates Opioid Gating of GABA Neurotransmission in the Ventral Pallidum. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(3). 1057–1066. 44 indexed citations

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Spencer, Sade, et al.. (2014). 2 -1 Signaling in Nucleus Accumbens Is Necessary for Cocaine-Induced Relapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(25). 8605–8611. 20 indexed citations

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Gipson, Cassandra D., Yonatan M. Kupchik, Haowei Shen, et al.. (2013). Relapse Induced by Cues Predicting Cocaine Depends on Rapid, Transient Synaptic Potentiation. Neuron. 77(5). 867–872. 174 indexed citations

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Brown, Robyn M., Yonatan M. Kupchik, & Peter W. Kalivas. (2013). The Story of Glutamate in Drug Addiction and ofN-Acetylcysteine as a Potential Pharmacotherapy. JAMA Psychiatry. 70(9). 895–895. 31 indexed citations

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Gipson, Cassandra D., Kathryn J. Reissner, Yonatan M. Kupchik, et al.. (2013). Reinstatement of nicotine seeking is mediated by glutamatergic plasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(22). 9124–9129. 200 indexed citations

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Stefanik, Michael T., Yonatan M. Kupchik, Robyn M. Brown, & Peter W. Kalivas. (2013). Optogenetic Evidence That Pallidal Projections, Not Nigral Projections, from the Nucleus Accumbens Core Are Necessary for Reinstating Cocaine Seeking. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13654–13662. 92 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M. & Peter W. Kalivas. (2012). The rostral subcommissural ventral pallidum is a mix of ventral pallidal neurons and neurons from adjacent areas: an electrophysiological study. Brain Structure and Function. 218(6). 1487–1500. 34 indexed citations

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Stefanik, Michael T., Khaled Moussawi, Yonatan M. Kupchik, et al.. (2012). Optogenetic inhibition of cocaine seeking in rats. Addiction Biology. 18(1). 50–53. 196 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2011). A novel fast mechanism for GPCR-mediated signal transduction—control of neurotransmitter release. The Journal of Cell Biology. 192(1). 137–151. 31 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2011). The Effect of N-Acetylcysteine in the Nucleus Accumbens on Neurotransmission and Relapse to Cocaine. Biological Psychiatry. 71(11). 978–986. 112 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2008). Molecular mechanisms that control initiation and termination of physiological depolarization-evoked transmitter release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(11). 4435–4440. 16 indexed citations

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