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Ian Kitchen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
8066
World Ranking
7599
National Ranking
578

Ian Kitchen 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 Ian Kitchen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 192 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Kitchen 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 Ian Kitchen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ian Kitchen is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research activity centers primarily within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus in subfields including Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a concentration on topics such as Infant Nutrition and Health, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Gut Microbiota and Health, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Anna Borsodi, Michael R. Bruchas, Girolamo Calò, Charles Chavkin, and MacDonald J. Christie. Their collaborative work often appears in venues such as the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, iScience, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Post-weaning A1/A2 β-casein milk intake modulates depressive-like behavior, brain μ-opioid receptors, and the metabolome of rats, 2021, iScience
  • Opioid receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Opioid receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3, 2021, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Casein Intake Post Weaning Modulates Gut Microbial, Metabolic and Behavioral Profiles in Rats, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Opioid receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.1, 2025, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Best Publications

  • Loss of morphine-induced analgesia, reward effect and withdrawal symptoms in mice lacking the mu-opioid-receptor gene.

    Hans W. D. Matthes;Rafael Maldonado;Frédéric Simonin;Olga Valverde

  • Disruption of the κ-opioid receptor gene in mice enhances sensitivity to chemical visceral pain, impairs pharmacological actions of the selective κ-agonist U-50,488H and attenuates morphine withdrawal

    Frédéric Simonin;Olga Valverde;Claire Smadja;Susan Slowe

  • Quantitative autoradiographic mapping of μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptors in knockout mice lacking the μ-opioid receptor gene

    Ian Kitchen;Susan J Slowe;Hans W.D Matthes;Brigitte Kieffer

  • Interaction with vesicle luminal protachykinin regulates surface expression of delta-opioid receptors and opioid analgesia

    Ji Song Guan;Zhen Zhong Xu;Hua Gao;Shao Qiu He

  • Development of opioid systems: peptides, receptors and pharmacology

    Julia McDowell;Ian Kitchen

  • Adenosine A2A receptors in ventral striatum, hypothalamus and nociceptive circuitry Implications for drug addiction, sleep and pain

    S. Ferré;I. Diamond;S.R. Goldberg;L. Yao

  • The Oxytocin Analogue Carbetocin Prevents Emotional Impairment and Stress-Induced Reinstatement of Opioid-Seeking in Morphine-Abstinent Mice

    P Zanos;P Georgiou;Wright;SM Hourani

  • Upregulation of opioid receptor binding following spontaneous epileptic seizures

    Alexander Hammers;Marie Claude Asselin;Rainer Hinz;Ian Kitchen

  • Opioids and respiration.

    M. Yeadon;I. Kitchen

  • Interindividual and interspecies variation in the metabolism of the hallucinogen 4-methoxyamphetamine.

    I. Kitchen;J. Tremblay;J. André;L. G. Dring

  • Textbook of 'in Vitro' Practical Pharmacology

    Ian Kitchen

  • Receptor-selective changes in mu-, delta- and kappa-opioid receptors after chronic naltrexone treatment in mice.

    Heidi M. B. Lesscher;Alexis Bailey;J. Peter H. Burbach;Jan M. Van Ree

  • Lead neurotoxicity: a review of the biochemical, neurochemical and drug induced behavioural evidence.

    Christopher Winder;Ian Kitchen

  • Effects of juvenile isolation and morphine treatment on social interactions and opioid receptors in adult rats: behavioural and autoradiographic studies.

    C L Van den Berg;J M Van Ree;B M Spruijt;I Kitchen

  • Quantitative autoradiography of μ-,δ- and κ1 opioid receptors in κ-opioid receptor knockout mice

    Susan J Slowe;Frederic Simonin;Brigitte Kieffer;Ian Kitchen

  • Analysis of [3H]bremazocine binding in single and combinatorial opioid receptor knockout mice.

    Frédéric Simonin;Susan Slowe;Jérôme A.J Becker;Hans W.D Matthes

  • Characterization of P1-purinoceptors on rat duodenum and urinary bladder.

    J. Nicholls;S.M.O. Hourani;I. Kitchen

  • Antinociception opioids and the cholinergic system.

    Paul G. Green;Ian Kitchen

  • Region selective up-regulation of μ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptors but not opioid receptor-like 1 receptors in the brains of enkephalin and dynorphin knockout mice

    S Clarke;A Zimmer;A.M Zimmer;R.G Hill

  • Quantitative autoradiographic mapping of opioid receptors in the brain of δ-opioid receptor gene knockout mice

    Robin J Goody;Sarah M Oakley;Dominique Filliol;Brigitte L Kieffer

  • Antagonism of swim-stress-induced antinociception by the δ-opioid receptor antagonist naltrindole in adult and young rats

    Ian Kitchen;Sally R. Pinker

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigitte L. Kieffer
Brigitte L. Kieffer University of Strasbourg
Catherine Ledent
Catherine Ledent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Rafael Maldonado
Rafael Maldonado Pompeu Fabra University
Géza Tóth
Géza Tóth University of the Basque Country
John E. Pintar
John E. Pintar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Olga Valverde
Olga Valverde Pompeu Fabra University
Eric J. Simon
Eric J. Simon New York University
Charles Chavkin
Charles Chavkin University of Washington
Andreas Zimmer
Andreas Zimmer University of Bonn
Mark Cropley
Mark Cropley University of Surrey

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