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Mark J. Thomas

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
10887
World Ranking
7756
National Ranking
3329

Mark J. Thomas 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 Mark J. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 70 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Mark J. Thomas 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 Mark J. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    William A. Carlezon;Mark J. Thomas

  • Neuroplasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system and cocaine addiction

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

  • Cocaine Experience Controls Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens

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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Michelle Corkrum;Ana Covelo;Justin Lines;Luigi Bellocchio

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system.

    Mark J Thomas;Robert C Malenka

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

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

  • 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

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

    Saïd Kourrich;Mark J. Thomas

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

A. David Redish
A. David Redish University of Minnesota
Thomas J. O'Dell
Thomas J. O'Dell University of California, Los Angeles
Robert C. Malenka
Robert C. Malenka Stanford University
Paul G. Mermelstein
Paul G. Mermelstein University of Minnesota
Mark Mayford
Mark Mayford University of California, San Diego
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Angus W. MacDonald
Angus W. MacDonald University of Minnesota
Joe Z. Tsien
Joe Z. Tsien Augusta University
Kirill A. Martemyanov
Kirill A. Martemyanov Scripps Research Institute
Terry E. Robinson
Terry E. Robinson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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