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Jacqueline F. McGinty

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
65
Citations
12133
World Ranking
3181
National Ranking
1477

Jacqueline F. McGinty 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 Jacqueline F. McGinty sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jacqueline F. McGinty 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 Jacqueline F. McGinty sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jacqueline F. McGinty is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States and specializes in the field of Neuroscience. Their research work spans multiple subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of their research cover Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Sleep and Wakefulness, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and Vagus Nerve Stimulation.

Key research papers include:

  • Heterogeneity in the Paraventricular Thalamus: The Traffic Light of Motivated Behaviors (2020) published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • An opioid-gated thalamoaccumbal circuit for the suppression of reward seeking in mice (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • Restoration of a paraventricular thalamo-accumbal behavioral suppression circuit prevents reinstatement of heroin seeking (2023) published in Neuron
  • Heroin Self-Administration and Extinction Increase Prelimbic Cortical Astrocyte-Synapse Proximity and Alter Dendritic Spine Morphometrics That Are Reversed by N-Acetylcysteine (2023) published in Cells
  • Increased Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity of Drd1- and Drd2-Expressing Prelimbic Neurons Projecting to Nucleus Accumbens after Heroin Abstinence Are Reversed by Cue-Induced Relapse and Protein Kinase A Inhibition (2023) published in Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McGinty include James M. Otis, Bogdan Bordieanu, Annaka M. Westphal, Michael D. Scofield, and Lisa M. Green.

The scientist has published regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, Addiction Neuroscience, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Best Publications

  • The organization of projections from the cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamus to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rat.

    D van der Kooy;L Y Koda;J F McGinty;C R Gerfen

  • Dopamine differentially regulates dynorphin, substance P, and enkephalin expression in striatal neurons: in situ hybridization histochemical analysis

    CR Gerfen;JF McGinty;d Ws Young

  • Translocation of zinc may contribute to seizure-induced death of neurons

    C.J. Frederickson;M.D. Hernandez;J.F. McGinty

  • Dynorphin is contained within hippocampal mossy fibers: immunochemical alterations after kainic acid administration and colchicine-induced neurotoxicity.

    Jacqueline F. McGinty;Steven J. Henriksen;Avram Goldstein;Lars Terenius

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cocaine addiction.

    Jacqueline F. McGinty;Timothy W. Whitfield;William J. Berglind

  • A BDNF infusion into the medial prefrontal cortex suppresses cocaine seeking in rats.

    William J. Berglind;Ronald E. See;Rita A. Fuchs;Shannon M. Ghee

  • A subset of beta-endorphin- or dynorphin-containing neurons in the medial basal hypothalamus accumulates estradiol.

    Joan I. Morrell;Jacqueline F. McGinty;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Loss of zinc staining from hippocampal mossy fibers during kainic acid induced seizures: a histofluorescence study.

    C.J. Frederickson;M.D. Hernandez;S.A. Goik;J.D. Morton

  • Cocaine self-administration increases preprodynorphin, but not c-fos, mRNA in rat striatum.

    James B. Daunais;David C. S. Roberts;Jacqueline F. McGinty

  • Visceral cortex: A direct connection from prefrontal cortex to the solitary nucleus in rat

    Derek Van Der Kooy;Jacqueline F. McGinty;Leonard Y. Koda;Charles R. Gerfen

  • Loss of Object Recognition Memory Produced by Extended Access to Methamphetamine Self-Administration is Reversed by Positive Allosteric Modulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5

    Carmela M Reichel;Marek Schwendt;Jacqueline F McGinty;M Foster Olive

  • Characterization of the prodynorphin and proenkephalin neuropeptide systems in rat hippocampus

    C Chavkin;WJ Shoemaker;JF McGinty;A Bayon

  • The K‐Opioid Agonist, U‐69593, Decreases Acute Amphetamine‐Evoked Behaviors and Calcium‐Dependent Dialysate Levels of Dopamine and Glutamate in the Ventral Striatum

    Alex M. Gray;Scott M. Rawls;Toni S. Shippenberg;Jacqueline F. McGinty

  • Extended methamphetamine self-administration in rats results in a selective reduction of dopamine transporter levels in the prefrontal cortex and dorsal striatum not accompanied by marked monoaminergic depletion.

    Marek Schwendt;Angelica Rocha;Ronald E. See;Alejandra M. Pacchioni

  • A single intra-PFC infusion of BDNF prevents cocaine-induced alterations in extracellular glutamate within the nucleus accumbens.

    William J. Berglind;Timothy W. Whitfield;Ryan T. LaLumiere;Peter W. Kalivas

  • A single injection of amphetamine or methamphetamine induces dynamic alterations in c-fos,zif/268 and preprodynorphin messenger RNA expression in rat forebrain

    J.Q. Wang;A.J.W. Smith;J.F. McGinty

  • Acute and chronic cocaine administration differentially alters striatal opioid and nuclear transcription factor mRNAs.

    James B. Daunais;Jacqueline F. McGinty

  • The distribution and morphology of opioid peptide immunoreactive neurons in the cerebral cortex of rats

    JF McGinty;D van der Kooy;FE Bloom

  • The suppressive effect of an intra-prefrontal cortical infusion of BDNF on cocaine-seeking is Trk receptor and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase dependent.

    Timothy W. Whitfield;Xiangdang Shi;Wei-Lun Sun;Jacqueline F. McGinty

  • Kainic acid alters the metabolism of Met5-enkephalin and the level of dynorphin A in the rat hippocampus

    T Kanamatsu;J Obie;L Grimes;JF McGinty

  • Repeated amphetamine administration induces a prolonged augmentation of phosphorylated cyclase response element-binding protein and Fos-related antigen immunoreactivity in rat striatum

    J.N. Simpson;J.Q. Wang;J.F. McGinty

Frequent Co-Authors

Jau-Shyong Hong
Jau-Shyong Hong National Institutes of Health
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Ronald E. See
Ronald E. See Medical University of South Carolina
Peter W. Kalivas
Peter W. Kalivas Medical University of South Carolina
Steven J. Henriksen
Steven J. Henriksen Scripps Research Institute
Suzanne N. Haber
Suzanne N. Haber University of Rochester Medical Center
Harvey J. Karten
Harvey J. Karten University of California, San Diego
Enrico Mugnaini
Enrico Mugnaini Northwestern University
Mario Marchi
Mario Marchi University of Genoa
John Q. Wang
John Q. Wang University of Missouri–Kansas City

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