2026 Michael M. Morgan: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	50	5806	5344	2556	2307	169	7800

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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

572
Citations
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

320
Citations
Analysis of opioid efficacy, tolerance, addiction and dependence from cell culture to human

Michael M Morgan;MacDonald J Christie

297
Citations
Direct and indirect actions of morphine on medullary neurons that modulate nociception.

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

275
Citations
Eph/Ephrin signaling in injury and inflammation.

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

255
Citations
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

192
Citations
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

182
Citations
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

154
Citations
Pros and Cons of Clinically Relevant Methods to Assess Pain in Rodents.

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

150
Citations
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

139
Citations
The Influence of Non-Nociceptive Factors on Hot-Plate Latency in Rats

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

139
Citations
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

137
Citations
Antinociception mediated by the periaqueductal gray is attenuated by orphanin FQ

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

134
Citations
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

126
Citations
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

125
Citations
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

124
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PAG Mu Opioid Receptor Activation Underlies Sex Differences in Morphine Antinociception

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

109
Citations
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

108
Citations
Contribution of dopamine receptors to periaqueductal gray-mediated antinociception

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

106
Citations
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

105
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