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Carl R. Lupica

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
10398
World Ranking
4735
National Ranking
2133

Carl R. Lupica 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 Carl R. Lupica sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 130 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Carl R. Lupica 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 Carl R. Lupica sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Carl R. Lupica is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a total of 36 publications in Neuroscience and 12 in Medicine. Their subfields of focus include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of Lupica's research encompass:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Lupica include:

  • "Positive Allosteric Modulation of the 5-HT1A Receptor by Indole-Based Synthetic Cannabinoids Abused by Humans," 2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • "Lateral Habenula Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Involvement in Drug-Associated Impulsive Behavior," 2021, Neuropharmacology
  • "Persistent Binding at Dopamine Transporters Determines Sustained Psychostimulant Effects," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Impairment of Synaptic Plasticity by Cannabis, Δ9-THC, and Synthetic Cannabinoids," 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
  • "Effects of Withdrawal from Cocaine Self-Administration on Rat Orbitofrontal Cortex Parvalbumin Neurons Expressing Cre recombinase: Sex-Dependent Changes in Neuronal Function and Unaltered Serotonin Signaling," 2021, eNeuro

Lupica's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alexander F. Hoffman
  • Agustin Zapata
  • Michael H. Baumann
  • Eun-Kyung Hwang
  • Kshitij Jadhav

Lupica has also contributed to the publication of books, including a 2023 book titled The Synaptic Basis of Neuropathology published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • It could be habit forming: drugs of abuse and striatal synaptic plasticity.

    Gregory L. Gerdeman;John G. Partridge;Carl R. Lupica;David M. Lovinger

  • Mechanisms of Cannabinoid Inhibition of GABAASynaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus

    Alexander F. Hoffman;Carl R. Lupica

  • Linking Context with Reward: A Functional Circuit from Hippocampal CA3 to Ventral Tegmental Area

    Alice H. Luo;Pouya Tahsili-Fahadan;Roy A. Wise;Carl R. Lupica

  • Powerful cocaine-like actions of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), a principal constituent of psychoactive 'bath salts' products.

    Michael H Baumann;John S Partilla;Kurt R Lehner;Eric B Thorndike

  • Single rodent mesohabenular axons release glutamate and GABA

    David H Root;Carlos A Mejias-Aponte;Shiliang Zhang;Hui-Ling Wang

  • Marijuana and cannabinoid regulation of brain reward circuits.

    Carl R Lupica;Arthur C Riegel;Alexander F Hoffman

  • Endocannabinoid release from midbrain dopamine neurons: a potential substrate for cannabinoid receptor antagonist treatment of addiction.

    Carl R. Lupica;Arthur C. Riegel

  • Dopaminergic and glutamatergic microdomains in a subset of rodent mesoaccumbens axons

    Shiliang Zhang;Jia Qi;Xueping Li;Hui-Ling Wang

  • New technologies for examining the role of neuronal ensembles in drug addiction and fear

    Fabio C. Cruz;Eisuke Koya;Eisuke Koya;Danielle H. Guez-Barber;Danielle H. Guez-Barber;Jennifer M. Bossert

  • Independent presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms regulate endocannabinoid signaling at multiple synapses in the ventral tegmental area

    Arthur C. Riegel;Carl R. Lupica

  • Cocaine Drives Aversive Conditioning via Delayed Activation of Dopamine-Responsive Habenular and Midbrain Pathways

    Thomas C. Jhou;Cameron H. Good;Courtney S. Rowley;Sheng-ping Xu

  • Functional tolerance and blockade of long-term depression at synapses in the nucleus accumbens after chronic cannabinoid exposure.

    Alexander F. Hoffman;Murat Oz;Tara Caulder;Carl R. Lupica

  • Direct actions of cannabinoids on synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens: a comparison with opioids.

    Alexander F. Hoffman;Carl R. Lupica

  • Activity-dependent release of endogenous adenosine modulates synaptic responses in the rat hippocampus

    John B. Mitchell;Carl R. Lupica;Thomas V. Dunwiddie

  • Effects of the selective adenosine A2 receptor agonist CGS 21680 on in vitro electrophysiology, cAMP formation and dopamine release in rat hippocampus and striatum.

    C R Lupica;W A Cass;N R Zahniser;T V Dunwiddie

  • A glutamatergic reward input from the dorsal raphe to ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons.

    Jia Qi;Shiliang Zhang;Hui-Ling Wang;Huikun Wang

  • Contribution of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Current (I h) to Membrane Potential and GABA Release in Hippocampal Interneurons

    Carl R. Lupica;James A. Bell;Alexander F. Hoffman;Patricia L. Watson

  • Antagonists of the Receptor-G Protein Interface Block Gi-coupled Signal Transduction

    Annette Gilchrist;Maria R. Mazzoni;Maria R. Mazzoni;Brigid Dineen;Andrew Dice

  • Opposing actions of chronic Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinoid antagonists on hippocampal long-term potentiation

    Alexander F. Hoffman;Murat Oz;Ruiqin Yang;Aron H. Lichtman

  • Delta and mu enkephalins inhibit spontaneous GABA-mediated IPSCs via a cyclic AMP-independent mechanism in the rat hippocampus.

    CR Lupica

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander F. Hoffman
Alexander F. Hoffman National Institute on Drug Abuse
Thomas V. Dunwiddie
Thomas V. Dunwiddie University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Sachin Patel
Sachin Patel Vanderbilt University Medical Center
William J. Freed
William J. Freed National Institute on Drug Abuse
Marisela Morales
Marisela Morales National Institute on Drug Abuse
Michael H. Baumann
Michael H. Baumann National Institute on Drug Abuse
Robert F. Berman
Robert F. Berman University of California, Davis
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Bruce T. Hope
Bruce T. Hope National Institute on Drug Abuse
Geoffrey Schoenbaum
Geoffrey Schoenbaum National Institutes of Health

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