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Jackson C. Bittencourt

Jackson C. Bittencourt

Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
10184
World Ranking
8218
National Ranking
72

Jackson C. Bittencourt 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 Jackson C. Bittencourt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 145 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jackson C. Bittencourt 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 Jackson C. Bittencourt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jackson C. Bittencourt is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans fields primarily in Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Reproductive Medicine, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including regulation of appetite and obesity, circadian rhythm and melatonin, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, sleep and wakefulness research, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, stress responses and cortisol, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Ciliary melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1) is widely distributed in the murine CNS in a sex-independent manner, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Distribution of growth hormone-responsive cells in the brain of rats and mice, 2020, Brain Research
  • Norepinephrine and Glucocorticoids Modulate Chronic Unpredictable Stress-Induced Increase in the Type 2 CRF and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Brain Structures Related to the HPA Axis Activation, 2021, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Differences between rats and mice in the leptin action on the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Implications for the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis, 2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Perillyl Alcohol Reduces Parasite Sequestration and Cerebrovascular Dysfunction during Experimental Cerebral Malaria, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Jozélia Gomes Pacheco Ferreira
  • Marianne Klein
  • Jéssica Catharine Gomes Duarte
  • Luciane V. Sita
  • Giovanne B. Diniz

The primary venues where their work is published include:

  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

    Joan Vaughan;Cynthia Donaldson;Jackson Bittencourt;Marilyn H. Perrin

  • The melanin-concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: an immuno- and hybridization histochemical characterization.

    Jackson Cioni Bittencourt;F Presse;C Arias;C Peto

  • Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse

    Kasia Van Pett;Victor Viau;Jackson C. Bittencourt;Raymond K.W. Chan

  • Dopamine: Functions, Signaling, and Association with Neurological Diseases

    Marianne O. Klein;Daniella S. Battagello;Ariel R. Cardoso;David N. Hauser

  • Do Centrally Administered Neuropeptides Access Cognate Receptors?: An Analysis in the Central Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System

    Jackson C. Bittencourt;Paul E. Sawchenko

  • Urocortin Expression in Rat Brain: Evidence Against a Pervasive Relationship of Urocortin‐Containing Projections With Targets Bearing Type 2 CRF Receptors

    Jackson C. Bittencourt;Joan Vaughan;Carlos Arias;Robert A. Rissman

  • The rat melanin-concentrating hormone messenger ribonucleic acid encodes multiple putative neuropeptides coexpressed in the dorsolateral hypothalamus.

    J. L. Nahon;F. Presse;J. C. Bittencourt;P. E. Sawchenko

  • The Edinger-Westphal Nucleus: A Historical, Structural, and Functional Perspective on a Dichotomous Terminology

    Tamás Kozicz;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt;Paul J. May;Anton Reiner

  • Anatomical organization of the melanin-concentrating hormone peptide family in the mammalian brain.

    Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

  • Inhibin β, somatostatin, and enkephalin immunoreactivities coexist in caudal medullary neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

    P E Sawchenko;C Arias;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

  • Melanin-concentrating hormone and neuropeptide EI projections from the lateral hypothalamic area and zona incerta to the medial septal nucleus and spinal cord: a study using multiple neuronal tracers

    J.C Bittencourt;C.F Elias

  • The Ventral Premammillary Nucleus Links Fasting-Induced Changes in Leptin Levels and Coordinated Luteinizing Hormone Secretion

    Jose Donato;Renata J. Silva;Luciane V. Sita;Syann Lee

  • Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript neurons project to areas expressing gonadotropin releasing hormone immunoreactivity and to the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in male and female rats.

    T.A Rondini;S.P Baddini;L.F Sousa;J.C Bittencourt

  • Profound degeneration of wake-promoting neurons in Alzheimer's disease

    Jun Oh;Jun Oh;Rana A. Eser;Rana A. Eser;Alexander J. Ehrenberg;Alexander J. Ehrenberg;Dulce Morales

  • The Melanin-Concentrating Hormone as an Integrative Peptide Driving Motivated Behaviors.

    Giovanne B. Diniz;Jackson C. Bittencourt

  • Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity.

    Liqun Wang;Susan Rotzinger;Arij Al Chawaf;Carol F. Elias

  • Distribution and origins of substance P-immunoreactive projections to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei: partial overlap with ascending catecholaminergic projections.

    Jackson C. Bittencourt;Robert Benoit;Paul E. Sawchenko

  • Selective protection of the cerebellum against intracerebroventricular LPS is mediated by local melatonin synthesis.

    Luciana Pinato;Luciana Pinato;Sanseray da Silveira Cruz-Machado;Daiane G. Franco;Leila M. G. Campos

  • Connectivity pattern suggests that incerto-hypothalamic area belongs to the medial hypothalamic system

    L.V. Sita;C.F. Elias;J.C. Bittencourt

  • Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization.

    Luciana A.P. Vasconcelos;Luciana A.P. Vasconcelos;Cynthia Donaldson;Luciane V. Sita;Claudio A. Casatti;Claudio A. Casatti

  • Chemical identity and connections of medial preoptic area neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone during lactation.

    Tatiane Araujo Rondini;José Donato;Bruno de Crudis Rodrigues;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Sawchenko
Paul E. Sawchenko Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jean-Louis Nahon
Jean-Louis Nahon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jose Donato
Jose Donato Universidade de São Paulo
Lea T. Grinberg
Lea T. Grinberg University of California, San Francisco
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Antoine Roger Adamantidis
Antoine Roger Adamantidis University of Bern
Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Anton Reiner
Anton Reiner University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Newton S. Canteras
Newton S. Canteras Universidade de São Paulo
William W. Seeley
William W. Seeley University of California, San Francisco

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