2026 Karim Nader: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	67	2829	2586	160	143	136	23415

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Neuroscience

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23415

Research.com Recognitions

2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Karim Nader is affiliated with McGill University in Canada, conducting research primarily in the field of neuroscience. Their scholarly output focuses on various aspects of memory, neural mechanisms, and cognitive neuroscience, with a notable presence in related interdisciplinary topics.

Their main field of study is Neuroscience, within which the subfields they contribute to include:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Sociology and Political Science
Molecular Biology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Research topics frequently addressed by Nader involve:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Digital Games and Media
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Misinformation and Its Impacts

Karim Nader has authored several recent papers spanning neuroscience and society, including:

"eIF2α controls memory consolidation via excitatory and somatostatin neurons," 2020, published in Nature
"Public understanding of artificial intelligence through entertainment media," 2022, published in AI & Society
"Noradrenergic projections from the locus coeruleus to the amygdala constrain fear memory reconsolidation," 2020, published in eLife
"Impairments to Consolidation, Reconsolidation, and Long-Term Memory Maintenance Lead to Memory Erasure," 2020, published in Annual Review of Neuroscience
"Virtual competitions and the gamer's dilemma," 2020, published in Ethics and Information Technology

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Josué Haubrich
Matteo Bernabo
Jean-Claude Lacaille
Nahum Sonenberg
Karine Gamache

Karim Nader's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Nature
AI & Society
Science Advances

During their career, Karim Nader was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2003.

Best Publications

Fear memories require protein synthesis in the amygdala for reconsolidation after retrieval

Karim Nader;Glenn E. Schafe;Joseph E. Le Doux

3386
Citations
A single standard for memory: the case for reconsolidation.

Karim Nader;Oliver Hardt

999
Citations
Cellular and systems reconsolidation in the hippocampus.

Jacek Debiec;Jacek Debiec;Joseph E. LeDoux;Karim Nader

987
Citations
Memory traces unbound

Karim Nader

963
Citations
The labile nature of consolidation theory.

Karim Nader;Glenn E. Schafe;Joseph E. LeDoux

829
Citations
Effect of post-retrieval propranolol on psychophysiologic responding during subsequent script-driven traumatic imagery in post-traumatic stress disorder.

Alain Brunet;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr;Jacques Tremblay;Kate Robertson

800
Citations
Pharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory

Carmela Sidrauski;Diego Acosta-Alvear;Arkady Khoutorsky;Punitha Vedantham

749
Citations
Memory consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning: a cellular and molecular perspective.

Glenn E Schafe;Karim Nader;Hugh T Blair;Joseph E LeDoux

635
Citations
Autism-related deficits via dysregulated eIF4E-dependent translational control

Christos G. Gkogkas;Arkady Khoutorsky;Israeli Ran;Emmanouil Rampakakis

600
Citations
eIF2α Phosphorylation Bidirectionally Regulates the Switch from Short- to Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity and Memory

Mauro Costa-Mattioli;Delphine Gobert;Elad Stern;Karine Gamache

588
Citations
An update on memory reconsolidation updating

Jonathan L.C. Lee;Karim Nader;Daniela Schiller

565
Citations
Different lateral amygdala outputs mediate reactions and actions elicited by a fear-arousing stimulus

P. Amorapanth;J. E. LeDoux;K. Nader

527
Citations
Characterization of Fear Memory Reconsolidation

Sevil Duvarci;Karim Nader

520
Citations
Decay happens: the role of active forgetting in memory

Oliver Hardt;Karim Nader;Lynn Nadel

501
Citations
Memory reconsolidation: an update.

Karim Nader;Einar Örn Einarsson

491
Citations
Translational control of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory by the eIF2α kinase, GCN2

Mauro Costa-Mattioli;Delphine Gobert;Heather Harding;Barbara Herdy

481
Citations
Cellular and systems mechanisms of memory strength as a constraint on auditory fear reconsolidation

Szu-Han Wang;Lucas de Oliveira Alvares;Karim Nader

380
Citations
NMDA receptors are critical for unleashing consolidated auditory fear memories.

Cyrinne Ben Mamou;Karine Gamache;Karim Nader

377
Citations
PKMζ maintains memories by regulating GluR2-dependent AMPA receptor trafficking

Paola Virginia Migues;Oliver Hardt;Dong Chuan Wu;Karine Gamache

367
Citations
Damage to the lateral and central, but not other, amygdaloid nuclei prevents the acquisition of auditory fear conditioning.

Karim Nader;Pedram Majidishad;Prin Amorapanth;Joseph E. LeDoux

352
Citations