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Donald G. Rainnie

Donald G. Rainnie

Emory University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
10850
World Ranking
4715
National Ranking
2126

Donald G. Rainnie 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 Donald G. Rainnie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 105 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Donald G. Rainnie 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 Donald G. Rainnie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

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

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

Overview

Donald G. Rainnie is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their work cover a range of areas: Diet, Metabolism, and Disease; Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment; Diet and metabolism studies; Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research; Memory and Neural Mechanisms; Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior; and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Donald G. Rainnie has published articles in several scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Their recent papers demonstrate a consistent interest in metabolic and neurobiological mechanisms. Selected publications are:

  • Early life exposure to high fructose diet induces metabolic dysregulation associated with sex-specific cognitive impairment in adolescent rats, 2022, The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Reward-related dynamical coupling between basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Stress History Modulates CRF Neurons to Establish Resilience, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Early life exposure to high fructose diet induces metabolic dysregulation associated with sex-specific cognitive impairment in adolescent rats, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stress History Modulates CRF Neurons to Establish Resilience, 2025, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Collaboration appears to be an important component of their research approach. Frequent coauthors include Aurélie Menigoz, Larry J. Young, Catherine Barrett, Megan Jiang, and Brendan G. O'Flaherty.

Best Publications

  • Neurotransmission in the rat amygdala related to fear and anxiety

    Michael Davis;Don Rainnie;Martin Cassell

  • NMDA-dependent modulation of CA1 local circuit inhibition

    Heinz C R Grunze;Donald G. Rainnie;Michael E. Hasselmo;Eddie Barkai

  • Adenosinergic modulation of basal forebrain and preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neuronal activity in the control of behavioral state

    Robert E Strecker;Stephen Morairty;Mahesh M Thakkar;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Adenosine inhibition of mesopontine cholinergic neurons: implications for EEG arousal.

    Donald G. Rainnie;Heinz C. R. Grunze;Robert W. McCarley;Robert W. Greene

  • Abnormal fear response and aggressive behavior in mutant mice deficient for α-calcium-calmodulin kinase II

    Chong Chen;Donald G. Rainnie;Robert W. Greene;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Serotonergic modulation of neurotransmission in the rat basolateral amygdala.

    Donald G. Rainnie

  • Corticotrophin Releasing Factor-Induced Synaptic Plasticity in the Amygdala Translates Stress into Emotional Disorders

    Donald G. Rainnie;Richard Bergeron;Tammy J. Sajdyk;Madhvi Patil

  • Neuroanatomical evidence for reciprocal regulation of the corticotrophin-releasing factor and oxytocin systems in the hypothalamus and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the rat: Implications for balancing stress and affect.

    Joanna Alicja Dabrowska;Rimi Hazra;Todd H. Ahern;Jidong Guo

  • Role of stress, corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) and amygdala plasticity in chronic anxiety

    Anantha Shekhar;William Truitt;Donald Rainnie;Tammy Sajdyk

  • Inhibitory transmission in the basolateral amygdala.

    Donald G. Rainnie;Eftihia K. Asprodini;Patricia Shinnick-Gallagher

  • Microdialysis perfusion of 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH- DPAT) in the dorsal raphe nucleus decreases serotonin release and increases rapid eye movement sleep in the freely moving cat

    CM Portas;M Thakkar;D Rainnie;RW McCarley

  • Role of adenosine in behavioral state modulation: A microdialysis study in the freely moving cat

    C. M. Portas;M. Thakkar;D. G. Rainnie;Robert Greene

  • Presynaptic nicotinic receptors facilitate monoaminergic transmission

    Xiangyang Li;Donald G. Rainnie;Robert W. McCarley;Robert W. Greene

  • Intracellular recordings from morphologically identified neurons of the basolateral amygdala

    D. G. Rainnie;E. K. Asprodini;P. Shinnick-Gallagher

  • Stress Modulation of Opposing Circuits in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis.

    Sarah E Daniel;Donald G Rainnie

  • Central CRF neurons are not created equal: phenotypic differences in CRF-containing neurons of the rat paraventricular hypothalamus and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

    Joanna Alicja Dabrowska;Rimi Hazra;Jidong Guo;Sarah DeWitt

  • Physiological and morphological characterization of parvalbumin-containing interneurons of the rat basolateral amygdala.

    Donald Gordon Rainnie;Irakli Mania;Franco Mascagni;Alexander Joseph McDonald

  • Disinhibition of ventrolateral preoptic area sleep-active neurons by adenosine: a new mechanism for sleep promotion.

    S. Morairty;D. Rainnie;R. McCarley;Robert Greene

  • Brainstem neuromodulation and REM sleep

    Robert W. McCarley;Robert W. Greene;Donald Rainnie;Chiara M. Portas

  • The amygdala, panic disorder, and cardiovascular responses.

    Anantha Shekhar;Tammy J. Sajdyk;Donald R. Gehlert;Donald G. Rainnie

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Robert W. Greene
Robert W. Greene The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Patricia Shinnick-Gallagher
Patricia Shinnick-Gallagher The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Heinz Grunze
Heinz Grunze Paracelsus Medical University
Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University
Alexander J. McDonald
Alexander J. McDonald University of South Carolina
Franco Mascagni
Franco Mascagni University of South Carolina
Shannon L. Gourley
Shannon L. Gourley Emory University
Mahesh M. Thakkar
Mahesh M. Thakkar University of Missouri

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