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Michael J. Kuhar

Michael J. Kuhar

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Neuroscience
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2026

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Medicine

D-Index
147
Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
746

Neuroscience

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147
Citations
77008
World Ranking
161
National Ranking
101

Michael J. Kuhar 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 Michael J. Kuhar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 596 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Michael J. Kuhar 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 Michael J. Kuhar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael J. Kuhar is affiliated with the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Physiology, Rheumatology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.

Kuhar's recent publication record includes contributions to various research topics, including Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments, Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments, Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes, Thermal Regulation in Medicine, Viral Infections and Vectors, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, and Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma.

  • NTRK expression is common in xanthogranuloma and is associated with the solitary variant (2023), published in Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
  • Fever education for caregivers in the emergency room (The FEVER study)-an interventional trial (2024), published in Pediatric Research
  • EP03.04-02 Evaluation of Potential Therapeutic Targets with Experimental or FDA-approved Therapies in Thymic Tumor Microarrays (2023), published in Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Their work has appeared in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
  • Pediatric Research
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Frequent collaborators include Brandon Umphress, Rachel Kowal, Ahmed Al-Omari, Lee Ann Baldridge, and Alastair Ross.

Michael J. Kuhar has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Cocaine receptors on dopamine transporters are related to self-administration of cocaine

    Mary C. Ritz;R. J.. Lamb;Steven R. Goldberg;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Neurotransmitter Transporters: Recent Progress

    Susan G. Amara;Michael J. Kuhar

  • The dopamine hypothesis of the reinforcing properties of cocaine

    M.J. Kuhar;M.C. Ritz;J.W. Boja

  • Autoradiographic localization of opiate receptors in rat brain. I. Spinal cord and lower medulla.

    Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Positron emission tomography reveals elevated D2 dopamine receptors in drug-naive schizophrenics

    Dean F. Wong;Henry N. Wagner;Larry E. Tune;Robert F. Dannals

  • Regional Distribution of Opiate Receptor Binding in Monkey and Human Brain

    Michael J. Kuhar;Candace B. Pert;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Distribution of α2 agonist binding sites in the rat and human central nervous system: Analysis of some functional, anatomic correlates of the pharmacologic effects of clonidine and related adrenergic agents

    James R. Unnerstall;Theresa A. Kopajtic;Michael J. Kuhar

  • A new method for receptor autoradiography: [3H]opioid receptors in rat brain.

    W. Scott Young;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

    Carol F. Elias;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly;Carl Aschkenasi

  • Imaging dopamine receptors in the human brain by positron tomography

    Henry N. Wagner;H. Donald Burns;Robert F. Dannals;Dean F. Wong

  • Effects of age on dopamine and serotonin receptors measured by positron tomography in the living human brain

    D F Wong;H N Wagner;R F Dannals;J M Links

  • Opiate receptor: autoradiographic localization in rat brain

    C. B. Pert;M. J. Kuhar;S. H. Snyder

  • Opioid peptide enkephalin: immunohistochemical mapping in rat central nervous system.

    Rabi Simantov;Michael J. Kuhar;George R. Uhl;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Cloning and expression of a cocaine-sensitive dopamine transporter complementary DNA

    Shoichi Shimada;Shigeo Kitayama;Chien Liang Lin;Amrat Patel

  • Autoradiographic localization of opiate receptors in rat brain. III. The telencephalon.

    Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Autoradiographic localization of opiate receptors in rat brain. II. The brain stem.

    Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Sodium-dependent high affinity choline uptake: a regulatory step in the synthesis of acetylcholine.

    J. R. Simon;S. Atweh;M. J. Kuhar

  • Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) cause selective ablation of serotonergic axon terminals in forebrain: immunocytochemical evidence for neurotoxicity

    E O'Hearn;G Battaglia;EB De Souza;MJ Kuhar

  • Differentiation of delta and mu opiate receptor localizations by light microscopic autoradiography

    R. R. Goodman;S. H. Snyder;M. J. Kuhar;W. S. Young

  • In situ injection of kainic acid: A new method for selectively lesioning neuronal cell bodies while sparing axons of passage

    Joseph T. Coyle;Mark E. Molliver;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Neurotransmitter receptor binding

    Henry I. Yamamura;S. J. Enna;M. J. Kuhar

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Ivy Carroll
F. Ivy Carroll Research Triangle Park Foundation
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James K. Wamsley
James K. Wamsley IQVIA (United States)
Robert F. Dannals
Robert F. Dannals Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Henry N. Wagner
Henry N. Wagner Penn State Cancer Institute
Dean F. Wong
Dean F. Wong Washington University in St. Louis
George R. Uhl
George R. Uhl University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yoland Smith
Yoland Smith Emory University
W. Scott Young
W. Scott Young National Institutes of Health
Errol B. De Souza
Errol B. De Souza National Institute on Drug Abuse

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