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Michael M. Morgan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
7800
World Ranking
5806
National Ranking
2555

Michael M. Morgan 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 M. Morgan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael M. Morgan 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 M. Morgan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael M. Morgan is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics in Morgan's research include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Recent publications by Michael M. Morgan include:

  • Use of home cage wheel running to assess the behavioural effects of administering a mu/delta opioid receptor heterodimer antagonist for spontaneous morphine withdrawal in the rat, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Sex differences in the impact of pain, morphine administration and morphine withdrawal on quality of life in rats, 2022, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Additional papers related to their research context, where Morgan is a co-author or relates to similar topics, include:

  • 'Reinventing the wheel' to advance the development of pain therapeutics, 2020, Behavioural Pharmacology
  • Social housing promotes recovery of wheel running depressed by inflammatory pain and morphine withdrawal in male rats, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Inducible Forward Programming of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Hemato-endothelial Progenitor Cells with Hematopoietic Progenitor Potential, 2020, Stem Cell Reports

Frequently, Michael M. Morgan collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Jonah D. Stickney
  • Kristin Ataras
  • Ram Kandasamy
  • Danielle L. Peecher
  • John M. Streicher

The predominant venues where Morgan's work is published are:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Journal of Pain
  • Behavioural Pharmacology
  • Stem Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Lorcaserin, a novel selective human 5-hydroxytryptamine2C agonist: in vitro and in vivo pharmacological characterization.

    William J. Thomsen;Andrew J. Grottick;Frederique Menzaghi;Hazel Reyes-Saldana

  • Disinhibition of off-cells and antinociception produced by an opioid action within the rostral ventromedial medulla

    M.M. Heinricher;M.M. Morgan;V. Tortorici;H.L. Fields

  • Analysis of opioid efficacy, tolerance, addiction and dependence from cell culture to human

    Michael M Morgan;MacDonald J Christie

  • Direct and indirect actions of morphine on medullary neurons that modulate nociception.

    M.M. Heinricher;M.M. Morgan;H.L. Fields

  • Eph/Ephrin signaling in injury and inflammation.

    Mark G. Coulthard;Michael Morgan;Trent M. Woodruff;Thiruma V. Arumugam

  • GABAergic modulation of the analgesic effects of morphine microinjected in the ventral periaqueductal gray matter of the rat

    Antoine Depaulis;Michael M. Morgan;John C. Liebeskind

  • Periaqueductal gray neurons project to spinally projecting GABAergic neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla

    Michael M. Morgan;Kelsey L. Whittier;Deborah M. Hegarty;Sue A. Aicher

  • Microinjection of morphine into the rostral ventromedial medulla produces greater antinociception in male compared to female rats

    Jill S Boyer;Michael M Morgan;Rebecca M Craft

  • Pros and Cons of Clinically Relevant Methods to Assess Pain in Rodents.

    Anke Tappe-Theodor;Tamara King;Michael M. Morgan

  • Circuitry linking opioid-sensitive nociceptive modulatory systems in periaqueductal gray and spinal cord with rostral ventromedial medulla.

    M.M. Morgan;M.M. Heinricher;H.L. Fields

  • The Influence of Non-Nociceptive Factors on Hot-Plate Latency in Rats

    Amanda Gunn;Erin N. Bobeck;Ceri Weber;Michael M. Morgan

  • Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter inhibits nociception at the supraspinal as well as spinal level.

    Michael M. Morgan;Jin-Hun Sohn;John C. Liebeskind

  • Antinociception mediated by the periaqueductal gray is attenuated by orphanin FQ

    Michael M. Morgan;Judith E. Grisel;Carolyn S. Robbins;David K. Grandy

  • Immobility and flight associated with antinociception produced by activation of the ventral and lateral/dorsal regions of the rat periaqueductal gray.

    M.M. Morgan;P.K. Whitney;M.S. Gold

  • Chronic nicotine and withdrawal effects on body weight and food and water consumption in female rats.

    Edward D. Levin;Michael M. Morgan;Caroline Galvez;Gaylord D. Ellison

  • Hydrogen peroxide enhances signal-responsive arachidonic acid release from neurons: role of mitogen-activated protein kinase

    Sujon Samanta;Michael S. Perkinton;Michael Morgan;Robert J. Williams

  • PAG Mu Opioid Receptor Activation Underlies Sex Differences in Morphine Antinociception

    Scott A. Bernal;Michael M. Morgan;Rebecca M. Craft

  • Pronounced changes in the activity of nociceptive modulatory neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla in response to prolonged thermal noxious stimuli.

    M. M. Morgan;H. L. Fields

  • Contribution of dopamine receptors to periaqueductal gray-mediated antinociception

    Paul J. Meyer;Paul J. Meyer;Michael M. Morgan;Laura B. Kozell;Susan L. Ingram

  • Morphine Preferentially Activates the Periaqueductal Gray – Rostral Ventromedial Medullary Pathway in the Male Rat: A Potential Mechanism for Sex Differences in Antinociception

    Dayna R. Loyd;Michael M. Morgan;Anne Z. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Sue A. Aicher
Sue A. Aicher Oregon Health & Science University
Mary M. Heinricher
Mary M. Heinricher Oregon Health & Science University
Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco
Christoph Stein
Christoph Stein Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael S. Gold
Michael S. Gold University of Pittsburgh
Edward D. Levin
Edward D. Levin Duke University
MacDonald J. Christie
MacDonald J. Christie University of Sydney
Pascal Carrive
Pascal Carrive University of New South Wales
Gaylord Ellison
Gaylord Ellison University of California, Los Angeles
Anne Z. Murphy
Anne Z. Murphy Georgia State University

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