Michael J. Kuhar

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

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

  3460
  Citations

• Neurotransmitter Transporters: Recent Progress

  Susan G. Amara;Michael J. Kuhar

  1471
  Citations

• The dopamine hypothesis of the reinforcing properties of cocaine

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

  1450
  Citations

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

  Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  1253
  Citations

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

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

  1209
  Citations

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

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

  1126
  Citations

• 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

  1071
  Citations

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

  W. Scott Young;Michael J. Kuhar

  956
  Citations

• Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

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

  948
  Citations

• Imaging dopamine receptors in the human brain by positron tomography

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

  921
  Citations

• 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

  907
  Citations

• Opiate receptor: autoradiographic localization in rat brain

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

  860
  Citations

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

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

  855
  Citations

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

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

  838
  Citations

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

  Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  838
  Citations

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

  Samir F. Atweh;Michael J. Kuhar

  817
  Citations

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

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

  799
  Citations

• 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

  782
  Citations

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

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

  717
  Citations

• 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

  698
  Citations

• Neurotransmitter receptor binding

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

  632
  Citations