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D-Index
45
Citations
6987
World Ranking
6963
National Ranking
3003

Benjamin R. Arenkiel 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 Benjamin R. Arenkiel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 120 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benjamin R. Arenkiel 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 Benjamin R. Arenkiel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benjamin R. Arenkiel is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in neuroscience marked by 114 publications and 43 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work is deeply involved in several subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, sensory systems, and neurology. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the range of main topics covered in their studies, such as olfactory and sensory function, regulation of appetite and obesity, neurobiology and insect physiology, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, as well as circadian rhythm and melatonin research.

Benjamin R. Arenkiel's recent papers include:

  • Profound and redundant functions of arcuate neurons in obesity development, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Induction of astrocytic Slc22a3 regulates sensory processing through histone serotonylation, 2023, Science
  • Paraventricular hypothalamus mediates diurnal rhythm of metabolism, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons control grooming in mice, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Olfactory bulb astrocytes mediate sensory circuit processing through Sox9 in the mouse brain, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues where this scientist's work has appeared include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Metabolism, Cell Reports, and Frontiers in Neural Circuits. The highest number of publications has been in bioRxiv with 13 contributions, followed by Nature Communications with 5.

Collaboration is a key aspect of their research portfolio, with frequent co-authors including Joshua Ortiz-Guzman, Qingchun Tong, Yong Xu, Benjamin D. W. Belfort, and Snigdha Srivastava.

Best Publications

  • In Vivo Light-Induced Activation of Neural Circuitry in Transgenic Mice Expressing Channelrhodopsin-2

    Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Joao Peca;Joao Peca;Ian G. Davison;Ian G. Davison;Catia Feliciano

  • Identification of diverse astrocyte populations and their malignant analogs.

    Chia-Ching John Lin;Kwanha Yu;Asante Hatcher;Teng-Wei Huang

  • Imaging Neural Activity Using Thy1-GCaMP Transgenic mice

    Qian Chen;Joseph Cichon;Wenting Wang;Li Qiu

  • The roles of Fgf4 and Fgf8 in limb bud initiation and outgrowth

    Anne M. Boulet;Anne M. Moon;Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Mario R. Capecchi

  • Single-Cell RNA-Seq of Mouse Olfactory Bulb Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity and Activity-Dependent Molecular Census of Adult-Born Neurons.

    Burak Tepe;Matthew C. Hill;Brandon T. Pekarek;Patrick J. Hunt

  • Dopamine Regulates Aversive Contextual Learning and Associated In Vivo Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus.

    John I. Broussard;Kechun Yang;Amber T. Levine;Theodoros Tsetsenis

  • New Modules Are Added to Vibrissal Premotor Circuitry with the Emergence of Exploratory Whisking

    Jun Takatoh;Anders Nelson;Xiang Zhou;M. McLean Bolton

  • A cholinergic basal forebrain feeding circuit modulates appetite suppression

    Alexander M. Herman;Joshua Ortiz-Guzman;Mikhail Kochukov;Isabella Herman

  • Loss and Gain of MeCP2 Cause Similar Hippocampal Circuit Dysfunction that Is Rescued by Deep Brain Stimulation in a Rett Syndrome Mouse Model.

    Hui Lu;Hui Lu;Ryan T. Ash;Lingjie He;Lingjie He;Sara E. Kee

  • Synaptic Modifications in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Susceptibility and Resilience to Stress

    Minghui Wang;Zinaida Perova;Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Bo Li

  • Cell type-specific and time-dependent light exposure contribute to silencing in neurons expressing Channelrhodopsin-2

    Alexander M Herman;Longwen Huang;Dona K Murphey;Isabella Garcia

  • Mutations in ANKLE2, a ZIKA Virus Target, Disrupt an Asymmetric Cell Division Pathway in Drosophila Neuroblasts to Cause Microcephaly.

    Nichole Link;Nichole Link;Hyunglok Chung;Hyunglok Chung;Angad Jolly;Marjorie Withers

  • Glutamate mediates the function of melanocortin receptor 4 on Sim1 neurons in body weight regulation.

    Yuanzhong Xu;Zhaofei Wu;Hao Sun;Yaming Zhu

  • GABAergic projections from lateral hypothalamus to paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus promote feeding.

    Z. Wu;E. R. Kim;H. Sun;Y. Xu

  • Activity-Induced Remodeling of Olfactory Bulb Microcircuits Revealed by Monosynaptic Tracing

    Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Hiroshi Hasegawa;Jason J. Yi;Rylan S. Larsen

  • Genetic control of neuronal activity in mice conditionally expressing TRPV1

    Benjamin R Arenkiel;Marguerita E Klein;Ian G Davison;Lawrence C Katz

  • Profound and redundant functions of arcuate neurons in obesity development.

    Canjun Zhu;Canjun Zhu;Zhiying Jiang;Yuanzhong Xu;Zhao-Lin Cai;Zhao-Lin Cai

  • Identification of a neurocircuit underlying regulation of feeding by stress-related emotional responses

    Yuanzhong Xu;Yungang Lu;Ryan M. Cassidy;Leandra R. Mangieri

  • Molecular genetics and imaging technologies for circuit-based neuroanatomy.

    Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Like Induction Elevates β-Amyloid Levels, Which Directly Activates Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons to Exacerbate Stress Responses

    Nicholas J. Justice;Longwen Huang;Longwen Huang;Jin Bin Tian;Allysa Cole

  • Reciprocal connectivity between mitral cells and external plexiform layer interneurons in the mouse olfactory bulb.

    Longwen Huang;Isabella Garcia;Hsin-I Jen;Benjamin R. Arenkiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Qingchun Tong
Qingchun Tong The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Yong Xu
Yong Xu University of South Florida
Michael D. Ehlers
Michael D. Ehlers MPM BioImpact
Mario R. Capecchi
Mario R. Capecchi University of Utah
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Andreas S. Tolias
Andreas S. Tolias Baylor College of Medicine
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University

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