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Julie A. Blendy

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Neuroscience

D-Index
65
Citations
17905
World Ranking
3094
National Ranking
1441

Julie A. Blendy 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 Julie A. Blendy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Julie A. Blendy 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 Julie A. Blendy 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

Julie A. Blendy is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their work spans several fields of study, primarily Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader disciplines, their publications focus extensively on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics explored in Blendy's research include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, and Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response.

Blendy has contributed to multiple scientific papers, some of which are:

  • "Bidirectional Relationship between Opioids and Disrupted Sleep: Putative Mechanisms" (2020), Molecular Pharmacology
  • "The Hallucinogenic Serotonin2A Receptor Agonist, 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Iodoamphetamine, Promotes cAMP Response Element Binding Protein-Dependent Gene Expression of Specific Plasticity-Associated Genes in the Rodent Neocortex" (2021), Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "Consequences of prefrontal tDCS on inhibitory control and reactive aggression" (2020), Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • "Gene coexpression patterns predict opiate-induced brain-state transitions" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Neuronal Yin Yang1 in the prefrontal cortex regulates transcriptional and behavioral responses to chronic stress in mice" (2022), Nature Communications

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuropharmacology, Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, and Behavioural Brain Research.

Collaborations form a significant component of Blendy's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Darrell Eacret
  • Julia K. Brynildsen
  • Amelia D. Dunn
  • Gregory Corder
  • Crystal O. Lemchi

Best Publications

  • Deficient long-term memory in mice with a targeted mutation of the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein

    Roussoudan Bourtchuladze;Bruno Frenguelli;Julie Blendy;Diana Cioffi

  • Mediation by a CREB Family Transcription Factor of NGF-Dependent Survival of Sympathetic Neurons

    Antonella Riccio;Sohyun Ahn;Christopher M. Davenport;Julie A. Blendy

  • The role of CREB in depression and antidepressant treatment.

    Julie A. Blendy

  • repo encodes a glial-specific homeo domain protein required in the Drosophila nervous system.

    Wen Cheng Xiong;Hideyuki Okano;Nipam H. Patel;Julie A. Blendy

  • Targeted mutation of the CREB gene: Compensation within the CREB/ATF family of transcription factors

    Edith Hummler;Timothy J. Cole;Julie A. Blendy;Ruth Ganss

  • cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Is Essential for the Upregulation of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Transcription, But Not the Behavioral or Endocrine Responses to Antidepressant Drugs

    Alana C. Conti;John F. Cryan;Ashutosh Dalvi;Irwin Lucki

  • Musashi, a neural RNA-binding protein required for Drosophila adult external sensory organ development.

    Makoto Nakamura;Hideyuki Okano;Julie A. Blendy;Craig Montell

  • Spaced training induces normal long-term memory in CREB mutant mice.

    Jeffrey H Kogan;Paul W Frankland;Julie A Blendy;Jodi Coblentz

  • Reduction of Morphine Abstinence in Mice with a Mutation in the Gene Encoding CREB

    Rafael Maldonado;Julie A. Blendy;Eleni Tzavara;Peter Gass

  • Targeting of the CREB gene leads to up-regulation of a novel CREB mRNA isoform.

    Julie A. Blendy;Klaus H. Kaestner;Wolfgang Schmid;Peter Gass

  • μ-Opioid Receptor and CREB Activation Are Required for Nicotine Reward

    Carrie L. Walters;Jessica N. Cleck;Yuo-chen Kuo;Julie A. Blendy

  • Rett syndrome mutation MeCP2 T158A disrupts DNA binding, protein stability and ERP responses

    Darren Goffin;Megan Allen;Le Zhang;Maria Amorim

  • Antidepressant action: to the nucleus and beyond.

    Jessica E. Malberg;Julie A. Blendy

  • Different Requirements for cAMP Response Element Binding Protein in Positive and Negative Reinforcing Properties of Drugs of Abuse

    Carrie L. Walters;Julie A. Blendy

  • Loss of CDKL5 disrupts kinome profile and event-related potentials leading to autistic-like phenotypes in mice.

    I-Ting Judy Wang;Megan Allen;Darren Goffin;Xinjian Zhu

  • Loss of signaling through the G protein, Gz, results in abnormal platelet activation and altered responses to psychoactive drugs.

    Jing Yang;Jie Wu;M. Anna Kowalska;Ashutosh Dalvi

  • Antidepressant-like properties of novel HDAC6-selective inhibitors with improved brain bioavailability.

    Jeanine Jochems;Janette Boulden;Bridgin G Lee;Julie A Blendy

  • Mouse model of OPRM1 (A118G) polymorphism has sex-specific effects on drug-mediated behavior

    Stephen D. Mague;Carolina Isiegas;Peng Huang;Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen

  • Assessment of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit hypofunction in mice as a model for schizophrenia.

    Tobias B. Halene;Richard S. Ehrlichman;Yuling Liang;Edward P. Christian

  • OPRM1 SNP (A118G): involvement in disease development, treatment response, and animal models.

    Stephen D. Mague;Julie A. Blendy

  • Strain-dependent antidepressant-like effects of citalopram in the mouse tail suspension test

    James J. Crowley;Julie A. Blendy;Irwin Lucki

  • cAMP response element-binding protein is required for stress but not cocaine-induced reinstatement.

    Arati S Kreibich;Julie A Blendy

  • Molecular and genetic substrates linking stress and addiction.

    Lisa A. Briand;Julie A. Blendy

Frequent Co-Authors

Irwin Lucki
Irwin Lucki University of Pennsylvania
Caryn Lerman
Caryn Lerman University of Southern California
Thomas J. Gould
Thomas J. Gould Pennsylvania State University
Marisa S. Bartolomei
Marisa S. Bartolomei University of Pennsylvania
Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen
Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen Temple University
Brenda E. Porter
Brenda E. Porter Stanford University
R. Christopher Pierce
R. Christopher Pierce Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ute Habel
Ute Habel RWTH Aachen University
Frank Schneider
Frank Schneider Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania

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