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Karim Nader

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Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
23415
World Ranking
2829
National Ranking
160

Karim Nader 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 Karim Nader sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 136 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Karim Nader 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 Karim Nader sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • A single standard for memory: the case for reconsolidation.

    Karim Nader;Oliver Hardt

  • Cellular and systems reconsolidation in the hippocampus.

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

  • Memory traces unbound

    Karim Nader

  • The labile nature of consolidation theory.

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

  • 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

  • Pharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory

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

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

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

  • Autism-related deficits via dysregulated eIF4E-dependent translational control

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

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

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

  • An update on memory reconsolidation updating

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

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

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

  • Characterization of Fear Memory Reconsolidation

    Sevil Duvarci;Karim Nader

  • Decay happens: the role of active forgetting in memory

    Oliver Hardt;Karim Nader;Lynn Nadel

  • Memory reconsolidation: an update.

    Karim Nader;Einar Örn Einarsson

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

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

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

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

  • NMDA receptors are critical for unleashing consolidated auditory fear memories.

    Cyrinne Ben Mamou;Karine Gamache;Karim Nader

  • PKMζ maintains memories by regulating GluR2-dependent AMPA receptor trafficking

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph E. LeDoux
Joseph E. LeDoux New York University
Nahum Sonenberg
Nahum Sonenberg McGill University
Jean-Claude Lacaille
Jean-Claude Lacaille University of Montreal
Roger K. Pitman
Roger K. Pitman Harvard University
Glenn E. Schafe
Glenn E. Schafe City University of New York
Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto
Satoshi Kida
Satoshi Kida University of Tokyo
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Valérie Doyère
Valérie Doyère Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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