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Anthony N. van den Pol

Anthony N. van den Pol

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Neuroscience

D-Index
86
Citations
23694
World Ranking
1302
National Ranking
660

Anthony N. van den Pol publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony N. van den Pol sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Anthony N. van den Pol D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony N. van den Pol sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Anthony N. van den Pol is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research covers a range of subfields including Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Epidemiology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work addresses several main topics within virology and related biomedical sciences. These topics include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Virus-based Gene Therapy Research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Among the recent publications attributed to or involving this scientist are the following:

  • Mucin-Like Domain of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Enhances Selective Oncolytic Actions against Brain Tumors, 2020, Journal of Virology
  • Lassa-VSV chimeric virus targets and destroys human and mouse ovarian cancer by direct oncolytic action and by initiating an anti-tumor response, 2020, Virology
  • Immune cells enhance Zika virus-mediated neurologic dysfunction in brain of mice with humanized immune systems, 2021, Developmental Neurobiology
  • Diversity in responses to oncolytic Lassa-vesicular stomatitis virus in patient-derived glioblastoma cells, 2021, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
  • Morphological and Physiological Features of a Set of Spinal Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons Defined by Green Fluorescent Protein Expression, 2021, UNC Libraries

The frequent coauthors with whom this scientist has collaborated include John N. Davis, Xue Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Andrea Marzi, and Anthony M. Marchese. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary work across virology and neuroscience.

Publication venues commonly featuring their research are:

  • Journal of Virology
  • Virology
  • Developmental Neurobiology
  • Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 immunoreactivity in rat brain.

    Carmelo Romano;Michael A. Sesma;Michael A. Sesma;Colin T. McDonald;Karen O'malley

  • Neuropeptide transmission in brain circuits

    Anthony N. van den Pol

  • Hypothalamic Hypocretin (Orexin): Robust Innervation of the Spinal Cord

    Anthony N. van den Pol

  • Hypocretin (orexin) activation and synaptic innervation of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system.

    Tamas L. Horvath;Christelle Peyron;Sabrina Diano;Alexander Ivanov

  • Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Actions and Modulation of Neuroendocrine Neurons by a New Hypothalamic Peptide, Hypocretin/Orexin

    Anthony N. van den Pol;Anthony N. van den Pol;Xiao-Bing Gao;Karl Obrietan;Thomas S. Kilduff

  • Synaptic interaction between hypocretin (orexin) and neuropeptide Y cells in the rodent and primate hypothalamus: a novel circuit implicated in metabolic and endocrine regulations.

    Tamas L. Horvath;Sabrina Diano;Anthony N. van den Pol

  • The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus of rat: Intrinsic anatomy

    Anthony N. van den Pol

  • GABA: A dominant neurotransmitter in the hypothalamus

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  • Hypocretins (Orexins) Regulate Serotonin Neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus by Excitatory Direct and Inhibitory Indirect Actions

    Rong-Jian Liu;Anthony N. van den Pol;George K. Aghajanian

  • Hypocretin/Orexin excites hypocretin neurons via a local glutamate neuron-A potential mechanism for orchestrating the hypothalamic arousal system.

    Ying Li;Xiao Bing Gao;Takeshi Sakurai;Anthony N van den Pol

  • Vaginal Exposure to Zika Virus during Pregnancy Leads to Fetal Brain Infection.

    Laura J. Yockey;Luis Varela;Tasfia Rakib;William Khoury-Hanold

  • Calcium excitability and oscillations in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons and glia in vitro.

    AN van den Pol;SM Finkbeiner;AH Cornell-Bell

  • Physiological properties of hypothalamic MCH neurons identified with selective expression of reporter gene after recombinant virus infection.

    Anthony N van den Pol;Claudio Acuna-Goycolea;K.Reed Clark;Prabhat K Ghosh

  • The magnocellular and parvocellular paraventricular nucleus of rat: Intrinsic organization

    Anthony N. Van Den Pol

  • Kisspeptin Directly Excites Anorexigenic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons but Inhibits Orexigenic Neuropeptide Y Cells by an Indirect Synaptic Mechanism

    Li-Ying Fu;Anthony N. van den Pol

  • Neuromedin B and gastrin-releasing peptide excite arcuate nucleus neuropeptide Y neurons in a novel transgenic mouse expressing strong Renilla green fluorescent protein in NPY neurons.

    Anthony N. van den Pol;Yang Yao;Li-Ying Fu;Kylie Foo

  • Synaptic relationships between neurons containing vasopressin, gastrin-releasing peptide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and glutamate decarboxylase immunoreactivity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: dual ultrastructural immunocytochemistry with gold-substituted silver peroxidase.

    Anthony N. van den Pol;Tamas Gorcs;Tamas Gorcs

  • Optogenetic Stimulation of MCH Neurons Increases Sleep

    Roda Rani Konadhode;Dheeraj Pelluru;Carlos Blanco-Centurion;Andrew Zayachkivsky

  • Integrated control of predatory hunting by the central nucleus of the amygdala

    Wenfei Han;Wenfei Han;Luis A. Tellez;Miguel J. Rangel;Miguel J. Rangel;Simone C. Motta

  • Ionotropic glutamate‐receptor gene expression in hypothalamus: Localization of AMPA, kainate, and NMDA receptor RNA with in situ hybridization

    A. N. Van Den Pol;I. Hermans-Borgmeyer;M. Hofer;Prabhat Ghosh

  • A fine-grained anatomical analysis of the role of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus in circadian rhythms of feeding and drinking

    Anthony N. Van Den Pol;Terry Powley

  • Enhanced early developmental expression of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 in rat brain: protein, mRNA splice variants, and regional distribution.

    Carmelo Romano;Anthony N. Van den Pol;Karen L. O'Malley

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Bing Gao
Xiao-Bing Gao Yale University
Priyattam J. Shiromani
Priyattam J. Shiromani Veterans Health Administration
John K. Rose
John K. Rose Yale University
Karl Obrietan
Karl Obrietan The Ohio State University
Peter R. Patrylo
Peter R. Patrylo Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Angélique Bordey
Angélique Bordey Yale University
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences
Takeshi Sakurai
Takeshi Sakurai University of Tsukuba
Ivan E. de Araujo
Ivan E. de Araujo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karen L. O'Malley
Karen L. O'Malley Washington University in St. Louis

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