2026 Georgia E. Hodes: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	44	7073	6511	3059	2756	85	10462

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Overview

Georgia E. Hodes is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and specializes in the field of neuroscience. Their research encompasses a range of topics within neuroscience, with a notable focus on behavioral neuroscience and biological psychiatry. Other subfields include neurology, social psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's primary areas of study include:

Stress Responses and Cortisol
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Sex and Gender in Healthcare
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Gut microbiota and health
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Georgia E. Hodes has authored and contributed to multiple research papers. Recent publications include:

"Sex Differences in Stress Response: Classical Mechanisms and Beyond" (2023), published in Current Neuropharmacology
"Testing the Limits of Sex Differences Using Variable Stress" (2020), published in Neuroscience
"Sex differences in depression: An immunological perspective" (2023), published in Brain Research Bulletin
"Practical solutions for including sex as a biological variable (SABV) in preclinical neuropsychopharmacological research" (2023), published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods
"Sex and region-specific effects of variable stress on microglia morphology" (2021), published in Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Georgia E. Hodes are:

Jennifer R. Rainville
Eric J. Nestler
Dawson R. Kropp
Mariya Tsyglakova
Catherine J. Peña

The scientist's publications have appeared in various reputable venues, including:

Biological Psychiatry
Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
Neuroscience
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Current Neuropharmacology

Best Publications

Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression.

Caroline Menard;Caroline Menard;Madeline L. Pfau;Georgia E. Hodes;Veronika Kana

995
Citations
Sex-specific transcriptional signatures in human depression.

Benoit Labonté;Olivia Engmann;Immanuel Purushothaman;Caroline Menard

793
Citations
Individual differences in the peripheral immune system promote resilience versus susceptibility to social stress.

Georgia E. Hodes;Madeline L. Pfau;Marylene Leboeuf;Sam A. Golden

757
Citations
Pathogenesis of depression: Insights from human and rodent studies

Caroline Ménard;Georgia E. Hodes;Scott J. Russo

619
Citations
Neuroimmune mechanisms of depression

Georgia E Hodes;Veronika Kana;Caroline Menard;Miriam Merad

603
Citations
Brain feminization requires active repression of masculinization via DNA methylation

Bridget M Nugent;Christopher L Wright;Amol C Shetty;Georgia E Hodes

434
Citations
Sex Differences in Nucleus Accumbens Transcriptome Profiles Associated with Susceptibility versus Resilience to Subchronic Variable Stress

Georgia E. Hodes;Madeline L. Pfau;Immanuel Purushothaman;H. Francisca Ahn

407
Citations
Sex Differences in Vulnerability and Resilience to Stress Across the Life Span.

Georgia E. Hodes;C. Neill Epperson

390
Citations
Immune and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Stress Vulnerability and Resilience.

Caroline Ménard;Madeline L Pfau;Georgia E Hodes;Scott J Russo

387
Citations
Paternal Transmission of Stress-Induced Pathologies

David M. Dietz;Quincey LaPlant;Emily L. Watts;Georgia E. Hodes

385
Citations
Epigenetic regulation of RAC1 induces synaptic remodeling in stress disorders and depression

Sam A Golden;Daniel J Christoffel;Mitra Heshmati;Georgia E Hodes

348
Citations
Integrating Interleukin-6 into depression diagnosis and treatment

Georgia E. Hodes;Caroline Ménard;Scott J. Russo

302
Citations
Epigenetic modulation of inflammation and synaptic plasticity promotes resilience against stress in mice

Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Georgia E. Hodes;Hongxing Zhang;Song Zhang

275
Citations
Basal forebrain projections to the lateral habenula modulate aggression reward

Sam A. Golden;Mitra Heshmati;Meghan Flanigan;Daniel J. Christoffel

268
Citations
Establishment of a repeated social defeat stress model in female mice

Aki Takahashi;Aki Takahashi;Aki Takahashi;Jia-Ru Chung;Song Zhang;Hongxing Zhang

247
Citations
Rac1 is essential in cocaine-induced structural plasticity of nucleus accumbens neurons

David M Dietz;Haosheng Sun;Mary Kay Lobo;Michael E. Cahill

195
Citations
Altered peripheral immune profiles in treatment-resistant depression: response to ketamine and prediction of treatment outcome

D. D. Kiraly;S. R. Horn;N. T. Van Dam;S. Costi

178
Citations
Prenatal Stress Induces Schizophrenia-Like Alterations of Serotonin 2A and Metabotropic Glutamate 2 Receptors in the Adult Offspring: Role of Maternal Immune System

Terrell Holloway;José L. Moreno;Adrienne Umali;Vinayak Rayannavar

142
Citations
Distinctive stress effects on learning during puberty.

Georgia E. Hodes;Tracey J. Shors

134
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Epigenetic basis of opiate suppression of Bdnf gene expression in the ventral tegmental area

Ja Wook Koo;Michelle S Mazei-Robison;Quincey LaPlant;Gabor Egervari

126
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