2026 Mark J. Thomas: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	41	7756	7158	3329	3009	70	10887

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Overview

Mark J. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a substantial body of work totaling 28 related publications. Within neuroscience, their studies engage deeply with cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and general decision sciences.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Ion channel regulation and function
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Mark J. Thomas has published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent venues being:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Communications Biology
Neuron
Journal of Neurophysiology
Psychopharmacology

Some recent notable papers authored by Thomas include:

"Dopamine-Evoked Synaptic Regulation in the Nucleus Accumbens Requires Astrocyte Activity" (2020, Neuron)
"A quadruple dissociation of reward-related behaviour in mice across excitatory inputs to the nucleus accumbens shell" (2023, Communications Biology)
"The ethanol metabolite acetic acid activates mouse nucleus accumbens shell medium spiny neurons" (2021, Journal of Neurophysiology)
"Caveolin-1 regulates medium spiny neuron structural and functional plasticity" (2020, Psychopharmacology)
"Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs" (2022, Communications Biology)

Frequent collaborators include:

Andrew D. Chapp
P. Mermelstein
Brian M. Sweis
Chinonso A. Nwakama
A. David Redish

Best Publications

A new prognostic classification of chronic lymphocytic leukemia derived from a multivariate survival analysis.

J. L. Binet;A. Auquier;G. Dighiero;C. Chastang

2466
Citations
Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine.

Mark J. Thomas;Corinne Beurrier;Antonello Bonci;Robert C. Malenka

757
Citations
Selective vulnerability of dentate hilar neurons following traumatic brain injury: a potential mechanistic link between head trauma and disorders of the hippocampus

Daniel H. Lowenstein;Mark J. Thomas;Douglas H. Smith;Tracy K. McIntosh

740
Citations
Biological substrates of reward and aversion: a nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis.

William A. Carlezon;Mark J. Thomas

651
Citations
Neuroplasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system and cocaine addiction

Mark J Thomas;P. W. Kalivas;Y. Shaham

552
Citations
Cocaine Experience Controls Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens

Saïd Kourrich;Patrick E. Rothwell;Jason R. Klug;Mark J. Thomas

517
Citations
Evaluation of memory dysfunction following experimental brain injury using the Morris water maze.

Douglas H. Smith;Koichi Okiyama;Mark J. Thomas;Brian Claussen

431
Citations
Activity-Dependent β-Adrenergic Modulation of Low Frequency Stimulation Induced LTP in the Hippocampal CA1 Region

Mark J Thomas;Teena D Moody;Mike Makhinson;Thomas J O'Dell

358
Citations
Dopamine-Evoked Synaptic Regulation in the Nucleus Accumbens Requires Astrocyte Activity.

Michelle Corkrum;Ana Covelo;Justin Lines;Luigi Bellocchio

325
Citations
Modulation of long-term depression by dopamine in the mesolimbic system.

Mark J. Thomas;Robert C. Malenka;Antonello Bonci

274
Citations
Postsynaptic Complex Spike Bursting Enables the Induction of LTP by Theta Frequency Synaptic Stimulation

Mark J. Thomas;Ayako M. Watabe;Teena D. Moody;Michael Makhinson

237
Citations
Hippocampal long-term potentiation is normal in heme oxygenase-2 mutant mice

Kenneth D. Poss;Mark J. Thomas;Alexander K. Ebralidze;Thomas J. O'Dell

197
Citations
Cocaine-induced potentiation of synaptic strength in dopamine neurons: Behavioral correlates in GluRA(–/–) mice

Y. Dong;D. Saal;M. Thomas;R. Faust

192
Citations
Behavioral and structural responses to chronic cocaine require a feedforward loop involving ΔFosB and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell.

Alfred J. Robison;Vincent Vialou;Michelle Mazei-Robison;Jian Feng

184
Citations
Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system.

Mark J Thomas;Robert C Malenka

184
Citations
Sensitivity to “sunk costs” in mice, rats, and humans

Brian M. Sweis;Samantha V. Abram;Brandy J. Schmidt;Kelsey D. Seeland

179
Citations
Reversal of morphine-induced cell-type–specific synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens shell blocks reinstatement

Matthew C. Hearing;Jakub Jedynak;Stephanie R. Ebner;Anna Ingebretson

157
Citations
Similar Neurons, Opposite Adaptations: Psychostimulant Experience Differentially Alters Firing Properties in Accumbens Core versus Shell

Saïd Kourrich;Mark J. Thomas

154
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Effects of the excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists kynurenate and indole-2-carboxylic acid on behavioral and neurochemical outcome following experimental brain injury

Douglas H. Smith;Koichi Okiyama;Mark J. Thomas;Tracy K. McIntosh

152
Citations
Development of prolonged focal cerebral edema and regional cation changes following experimental brain injury in the rat.

Holly D. Soares;Mark Thomas;Keri Cloherty;Tracy K. McIntosh

138
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