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75
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2024
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213

Gareth Leng 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 Gareth Leng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 339 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gareth Leng 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 Gareth Leng sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Gareth Leng is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

The primary topics of Gareth Leng's work include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Infant health and development
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Human-animal interaction studies

Their publications cover significant areas within social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, pharmacy, experimental and cognitive psychology, and reproductive medicine. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Gareth Leng's recent papers include:

  • "Social touch promotes interfemale communication via activation of parvocellular oxytocin neurons," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions," 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Oxytocin-a social peptide? Deconstructing the evidence," 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Oxytocin: A citation network analysis of 10,000 papers," 2021, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • "Neurophysin I is an analytically robust surrogate biomarker for oxytocin," 2023, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Their frequent coauthors include Rhodri Leng, Mike Ludwig, Maja Lozić, Duncan J. MacGregor, and Yan Tang.

In addition to articles, Gareth Leng has also contributed to book publications, including "The Matter of Facts" published by The MIT Press in 2020.

Gareth Leng was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.

Best Publications

  • GH-deficient dw/dw rats and lit/lit mice show increased Fos expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus following systemic injection of GH-releasing peptide-6.

    S L Dickson;O Doutrelant-Viltart;G Leng

  • Dendritic peptide release and peptide-dependent behaviours

    Mike Ludwig;Gareth Leng

  • Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions

    Gareth Leng;Mike Ludwig

  • “Eating addiction”, rather than “food addiction”, better captures addictive-like eating behavior

    Johannes Hebebrand;Özgür Albayrak;Roger Adan;Jochen Antel

  • Intracellular calcium stores regulate activity-dependent neuropeptide release from dendrites

    Mike Ludwig;Nancy Sabatier;Philip M Bull;Rainer Landgraf

  • Physiological Pathways Regulating the Activity of Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells

    Gareth Leng;Colin H Brown;John A Russell

  • The determinants of food choice

    Gareth Leng;Roger A H Adan;Michele Belot;Jeffrey M Brunstrom

  • Up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) gene expression together with NOS activity in the rat hypothalamo-hypophysial system after chronic salt loading: evidence of a neuromodulatory role of nitric oxide in arginine vasopressin and oxytocin secretion.

    K Kadowaki;J Kishimoto;G Leng;P C Emson

  • The magnocellular oxytocin system, the fount of maternity: adaptations in pregnancy.

    John A Russell;Gareth Leng;Alison J Douglas

  • Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone stimulates oxytocin release from the dendrites of hypothalamic neurons while inhibiting oxytocin release from their terminals in the neurohypophysis.

    Nancy Sabatier;Céline Caquineau;Govindan Dayanithi;Philip Bull

  • Endogenous opiates regulate oxytocin but not vasopressin secretion from the neurohypophysis

    R. J. Bicknell;G. Leng

  • Measuring Oxytocin and Vasopressin: Bioassays, Immunoassays and Random Numbers.

    Gareth Leng;Nancy Sabatier

  • Systemic administration of growth hormone-releasing peptide activates hypothalamic arcuate neurons

    S.L. Dickson;G. Leng;I.C.A.F. Robinson

  • Social touch promotes interfemale communication via activation of parvocellular oxytocin neurons

    Yan Tang;Yan Tang;Diego Benusiglio;Arthur Lefevre;Arthur Lefevre;Louis Hilfiger

  • An intrinsic vasopressin system in the olfactory bulb is involved in social recognition.

    Vicky A. Tobin;Hirofumi Hashimoto;Douglas W. Wacker;Yuki Takayanagi

  • Neurotransmitters and peptides: whispered secrets and public announcements

    Gareth Leng;Mike Ludwig

  • Induction of c-fos expression in hypothalamic magnocellular neurons requires synaptic activation and not simply increased spike activity

    Simon M. Luckman;Richard E J Dyball;Gareth Leng

  • Autoinhibition of Supraoptic Nucleus Vasopressin Neurons In Vivo: A Combined Retrodialysis/Electrophysiological Study in Rats

    Mike Ludwig;Gareth Leng

  • Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 knockout mice are refractory to growth hormone-negative feedback on arcuate neurons.

    Hui Zheng;Alex Bailey;Ming-Hao Jiang;Kazufumi Honda

  • Oxytocin and the maternal brain

    Gareth Leng;Simone L Meddle;Alison J Douglas

  • Sex, parturition and motherhood without oxytocin?

    JA Russell;G Leng

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Russell
John A. Russell University of Edinburgh
Mike Ludwig
Mike Ludwig University of Edinburgh
Suzanne L. Dickson
Suzanne L. Dickson University of Gothenburg
Jianfeng Feng
Jianfeng Feng Fudan University
Roy G. Smith
Roy G. Smith Scripps Research Institute
John Menzies
John Menzies Brock University
Govindan Dayanithi
Govindan Dayanithi University of Montpellier
Alan F. Murray
Alan F. Murray University of Edinburgh
Charles W. Bourque
Charles W. Bourque McGill University Health Centre
Rainer Landgraf
Rainer Landgraf Max Planck Society

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