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Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele

Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
17639
World Ranking
1872
National Ranking
895

Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele 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 Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 227 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele 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 Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research centers around neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. This scientist's subfields of study include molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and social psychology.

The topics Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele has contributed to encompass memory and neural mechanisms, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, molecular biology techniques and applications, sleep and wakefulness research, neural dynamics and brain function, and nutritional studies and diet.

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher are:

  • Jennifer A. Ross
  • Sean O'Sullivan
  • Beverly A.S. Reyes
  • Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
  • James S. Schwaber

The scientist's work has been published in various scientific venues. These include:

  • Journal of Visualized Experiments (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Nutritional Neuroscience
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele are:

  • The Locus Coeruleus- Norepinephrine System in Stress and Arousal: Unraveling Historical, Current, and Future Perspectives, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Dietary sugar intake and risk of Alzheimer's disease in older women, 2021, Nutritional Neuroscience
  • The role of catecholamines in modulating responses to stress: Sex-specific patterns, implications, and therapeutic potential for post-traumatic stress disorder and opiate withdrawal, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Combining Laser Capture Microdissection and Microfluidic qPCR to Analyze Transcriptional Profiles of Single Cells: A Systems Biology Approach to Opioid Dependence, 2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Targeting the cannabinoid system to counteract the deleterious effects of stress in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Convergent regulation of locus coeruleus activity as an adaptive response to stress

    Rita J. Valentino;Elisabeth Van Bockstaele

  • Afferent regulation of locus coeruleus neurons: anatomy, physiology and pharmacology

    G. Aston-Jones;M. T. Shipley;G. Chouvet;M. Ennis

  • GABA-containing neurons in the ventral tegmental area project to the nucleus accumbens in rat brain

    E.J. Van Bockstaele;V.M. Pickel

  • Sex Differences in Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor Signaling and Trafficking: Potential Role in Female Vulnerability to Stress-Related Psychopathology

    D A Bangasser;A Curtis;Beverly A.S. Reyes;T T Bethea

  • Amygdaloid Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Targets Locus Coeruleus Dendrites: Substrate for the Co-ordination of Emotional and Cognitive Limbs of the Stress Response

    E. J. Van Bockstaele;E. E. O. Colago;R. J. Valentino

  • Functional Coupling between Neurons and Glia

    Veronica Alvarez-Maubecin;Fernando García-Hernández;John T. Williams;Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele

  • Topography of serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus that send axon collaterals to the rat prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens

    Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;Arunava Biswas;Virginia M. Pickel

  • Severe stress switches CRF action in the nucleus accumbens from appetitive to aversive

    Julia C. Lemos;Matthew J. Wanat;Jeffrey S. Smith;Beverly A. S. Reyes

  • Efferent projections of the nucleus of the solitary tract to peri-locus coeruleus dendrites in rat brain: evidence for a monosynaptic pathway.

    Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;James Peoples;Patti Telegan

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor innervation of the locus coeruleus region: distribution of fibers and sources of input.

    R.J. Valentino;M. Page;E. Van Bockstaele;G. Aston-Jones

  • Diverse afferents converge on the nucleus paragigantocellularis in the rat ventrolateral medulla: retrograde and anterograde tracing studies.

    Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;Vincent A. Pieribone;Gary Aston‐Jones

  • Fusion-related Release of Glutamate from Astrocytes

    Qi Zhang;Tina Pangrsic;Marko Kreft;Mojca Krzan

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor-containing axon terminals synapse onto catecholamine dendrites and may presynaptically modulate other afferents in the rostral pole of the nucleus locus coeruleus in the rat brain.

    Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;Eric E.O. Colago;Rita J. Valentino

  • Ultrastructure of serotonin-immunoreactive terminals in the core and shell of the rat nucleus accumbens : cellular substrates for interactions with catecholamine afferents

    Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;Virginia M. Pickel

  • Synaptotagmin IV regulates glial glutamate release

    Qi Zhang;Mitsunori Fukuda;Elisabeth Van Bockstaele;Olivier Pascual

  • Cannabinoid and opioid interactions: implications for opiate dependence and withdrawal

    J.L. Scavone;R.C. Sterling;E.J. Van Bockstaele

  • Topographic architecture of stress-related pathways targeting the noradrenergic locus coeruleus.

    E.J Van Bockstaele;D Bajic;H Proudfit;R.J Valentino

  • Anatomic basis for differential regulation of the rostrolateral peri–locus coeruleus region by limbic afferents

    Elisabeth J Van Bockstaele;James Peoples;Rita J Valentino

  • Subregions of the periaqueductal gray topographically innervate the rostral ventral medulla in the rat.

    Elisabeth J. van Bockstaele;Elisabeth J. van Bockstaele;Gary Aston-Jones;Vincent A. Pieribone;Matthew Ennis

  • Hypothalamic projections to locus coeruleus neurons in rat brain.

    Beverly A. S. Reyes;Rita J. Valentino;Guangping Xu;Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele

Frequent Co-Authors

Rita J. Valentino
Rita J. Valentino National Institute on Drug Abuse
Virginia M. Pickel
Virginia M. Pickel Cornell University
June Chan
June Chan Cornell University
Gary Aston-Jones
Gary Aston-Jones Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Esther L. Sabban
Esther L. Sabban New York Medical College
Charles Chavkin
Charles Chavkin University of Washington
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Wade H. Berrettini
Wade H. Berrettini University of Pennsylvania
Vincent A. Pieribone
Vincent A. Pieribone Yale University
Debra A. Bangasser
Debra A. Bangasser Georgia State University

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