2026 Kay M. Tye: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	57	4258	3907	1923	1734	95	25723

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
2014 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kay M. Tye is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple areas within neuroscience and psychology, focusing on understanding neural dynamics, memory, neuroendocrine regulation, and related behaviors.

The scientist's notable recent papers include the following:

Acute social isolation evokes midbrain craving responses similar to hunger, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
Cortical ensembles orchestrate social competition through hypothalamic outputs, 2022, Nature
Precision Calcium Imaging of Dense Neural Populations via a Cell-Body-Targeted Calcium Indicator, 2020, Neuron
The neural circuitry of social homeostasis: Consequences of acute versus chronic social isolation, 2021, Cell
Neurotensin orchestrates valence assignment in the amygdala, 2022, Nature

Their frequent coauthors include Laurel R. Keyes, Gillian A. Matthews, Romy Wichmann, Nancy Padilla-Coreano, and Matilde Borio.

Kay M. Tye publishes predominantly in these venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Nature
Neuron
Nature Neuroscience

Main fields of study encompass Neuroscience and Psychology, with contributions distributed across several subfields:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Social Psychology
Molecular Biology
Behavioral Neuroscience

The prominent research topics covered by Kay M. Tye include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Stress Responses and Cortisol

Among the awards received are the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2017 and the fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2014.

Best Publications

From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala

Patricia H. Janak;Kay M. Tye

2149
Citations
Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior

Lisa A. Gunaydin;Logan Grosenick;Joel C. Finkelstein;Isaac V. Kauvar

1491
Citations
Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety

Kay M. Tye;Rohit Prakash;Sung-Yon Kim;Lief E. Fenno

1468
Citations
Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

Stephan Lammel;Byung Kook Lim;Chen Ran;Kee Wui Huang

1444
Citations
Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour

Kay M. Tye;Julie J. Mirzabekov;Melissa R. Warden;Emily A. Ferenczi

1185
Citations
Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking

Garret D. Stuber;Garret D. Stuber;Dennis R. Sparta;Dennis R. Sparta;Alice M. Stamatakis;Wieke A. van Leeuwen

959
Citations
Optogenetic investigation of neural circuits underlying brain disease in animal models

Kay M. Tye;Karl Deisseroth

883
Citations
Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

Joanna Mattis;Kay M Tye;Emily A Ferenczi;Charu Ramakrishnan

878
Citations
Resolving the neural circuits of anxiety

Gwendolyn G Calhoon;Kay M Tye

793
Citations
GABA neurons of the VTA drive conditioned place aversion.

Kelly R. Tan;Cédric Yvon;Marc Turiault;Julie J. Mirzabekov

770
Citations
Recombinase-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques, and Optogenetic Application to Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

Ilana B. Witten;Elizabeth E. Steinberg;Soo Yeun Lee;Thomas J. Davidson

765
Citations
A prefrontal cortex–brainstem neuronal projection that controls response to behavioural challenge

Melissa R. Warden;Aslihan Selimbeyoglu;Julie J. Mirzabekov;Maisie Lo

716
Citations
Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety

Sung-Yon Kim;Avishek Adhikari;Soo Yeun Lee;James H. Marshel

699
Citations
Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

Amy S. Chuong;Mitra L. Miri;Volker Busskamp;Gillian A.C. Matthews

651
Citations
BLA to vHPC inputs modulate anxiety-related behaviors.

Ada C. Felix-Ortiz;Anna Beyeler;Changwoo Seo;Christopher A. Leppla

633
Citations
A Circuit Mechanism for Differentiating Positive and Negative Associations

Praneeth Namburi;Anna Beyeler;Suzuko Yorozu;Gwendolyn G. Calhoon

617
Citations
Amygdala Inputs to the Ventral Hippocampus Bidirectionally Modulate Social Behavior

Ada Celis Felix-Ortiz;Kay Tye

531
Citations
High-efficiency channelrhodopsins for fast neuronal stimulation at low light levels

André Berndt;Philipp Schoenenberger;Joanna Mattis;Kay M. Tye

520
Citations
Divergent Routing of Positive and Negative Information from the Amygdala during Memory Retrieval

Anna Beyeler;Praneeth Namburi;Gordon F. Glober;Clémence Simonnet

450
Citations
Decoding Neural Circuits that Control Compulsive Sucrose Seeking

Edward H. Nieh;Gillian A. Matthews;Stephen A. Allsop;Kara N. Presbrey

442
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