2026 Frances M. Leslie: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	74	2119	1935	1009	902	178	19177

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Neuroscience

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1935

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902

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19177

Overview

Frances M. Leslie is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Social Psychology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientific work of Leslie concentrates on key topics such as Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Higher Education Research Studies, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and the Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Frequent publication venues for Leslie include:

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Neuropharmacology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of American College Health

Among notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Leslie are:

Unique, long-term effects of nicotine on adolescent brain, 2020, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
Positive factors related to graduate student mental health, 2021, Journal of American College Health
Nicotine on the developing brain, 2023, Pharmacological Research
Unique effects of nicotine across the lifespan, 2022, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats, 2021, Behavioural Pharmacology

Leslie has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Shahrdad Lotfipour, Emily M. Castro, Alexandra Rogers, James D. Belluzzi, and Yasamin Hajy Heydary.

Best Publications

Brain monoglyceride lipase participating in endocannabinoid inactivation

T. P. Dinh;D. Carpenter;F. M. Leslie;T. F. Freund

1691
Citations
Prokineticin 2 transmits the behavioural circadian rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Michelle Y. Cheng;Clayton M. Bullock;Chuanyu Li;Alex G. Lee

844
Citations
Molecular characterization of the melanin-concentrating-hormone receptor

Yumiko Saito;Hans Peter Nothacker;Zhiwei Wang;Steven Hsesheng Lin

663
Citations
The Dynamic Effects of Nicotine on the Developing Brain

Jennifer B. Dwyer;Susan C. McQuown;Frances M. Leslie

646
Citations
Distribution of dynorphin and enkephalin peptides in the rat brain.

James H. Fallon;Frances M. Leslie

644
Citations
Nicotine and the adolescent brain

Menglu Yuan;Sarah J. Cross;Sandra E. Loughlin;Frances M. Leslie

601
Citations
EFFECT OF MORPHINE ON ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION IN THE MOUSE VAS DEFERENS. ASSESSMENT OF AGONIST AND ANTAGONIST POTENCIES OF NARCOTIC ANALGESICS

J. Hughes;H.W. Kosterlitz;Frances M. Leslie

520
Citations
Impulsive and Self-Conscious: Adolescents' Vulnerability to Advertising and Promotion

Cornelia Pechmann;Linda Levine;Sandra Loughlin;Frances Leslie

465
Citations
Expression of the melanin‐concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor mRNA in the rat brain

Yumiko Saito;Michelle Cheng;Frances M. Leslie;Olivier Civelli

426
Citations
Dependence of olfactory bulb neurogenesis on prokineticin 2 signaling.

Kwan L. Ng;Jia-Da Li;Michelle Y. Cheng;Frances M. Leslie

410
Citations
Age-dependent effects of nicotine on locomotor activity and conditioned place preference in rats

James D. Belluzzi;James D. Belluzzi;Alex G. Lee;Heather S. Oliff;Frances M. Leslie;Frances M. Leslie

374
Citations
Trophic Stimulation of Cultured Neurons from Neonatal Rat Brain by Epidermal Growth Factor

Richard S. Morrison;Harley I. Kornblum;Frances M. Leslie;Ralph A. Bradshaw

350
Citations
Acetaldehyde Enhances Acquisition of Nicotine Self-Administration in Adolescent Rats

James D Belluzzi;Ruihua Wang;Frances M Leslie

327
Citations
Methods used for the study of opioid receptors.

F M Leslie

317
Citations
Nicotine and brain development.

Jennifer B. Dwyer;Ron S. Broide;Frances M. Leslie

311
Citations
The alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in neuronal plasticity.

Ron S. Broide;Frances M. Leslie

305
Citations
Expression of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNAs within midbrain dopamine neurons.

Layla Azam;Ursula H. Winzer-Serhan;Yiling Chen;Frances M. Leslie

291
Citations
Chronic nicotine administration exacerbates tau pathology in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease

Salvatore Oddo;Antonella Caccamo;Kim N. Green;Kevin Liang

269
Citations
Anatomical evidence for alpha-2 adrenoceptor heterogeneity: differential autoradiographic distributions of [3H]rauwolscine and [3H]idazoxan in rat brain

C L Boyajian;S E Loughlin;F M Leslie

241
Citations
ASSESSMENT IN THE GUINEA-PIG ILEUM AND MOUSE VAS DEFERENS OF BENZOMORPHANS WHICH HAVE STRONG ANTINOCICEPTIVE ACTIVITY BUT DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR MORPHINE IN THE DEPENDENT MONKEY

M. Hutchinson;H.W. Kosterlitz;Frances M. Leslie;Angela A. Waterfield

214
Citations