Michael Numan

Michael Numan publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Michael Numan D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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Best Publications

• The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

  Michael Numan;Thomas R. Insel

  895
  Citations

• Medial preoptic area and onset of maternal behavior in the rat.

  Michael Numan;Jay S. Rosenblatt;Barry R. Komisaruk

  531
  Citations

• Medial preoptic area and maternal behavior in the female rat.

  Michael Numan

  427
  Citations

• Motivational systems and the neural circuitry of maternal behavior in the rat

  Michael Numan

  419
  Citations

• Medial preoptic area interactions with dopamine neural systems in the control of the onset and maintenance of maternal behavior in rats

  Michael Numan;Danielle S. Stolzenberg

  417
  Citations

• Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications

  Michael Numan;Larry J. Young

  388
  Citations

• Neuroanatomical circuitry for mammalian maternal behavior.

  Michael Numan;Teige P. Sheehan

  335
  Citations

• Hormonal induction of maternal behavior in the ovariectomized nulliparous rat

  Howard Moltz;Michael Lubin;Michael Leon;Michael Numan

  322
  Citations

• Hypothalamic Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Responsiveness Toward Infants

  Michael Numan

  270
  Citations

• Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows oxytocin activates brain regions associated with mother-pup bonding during suckling

  Marcelo Febo;Michael Numan;Craig F. Ferris

  249
  Citations

• The effects of D1 or D2 dopamine receptor antagonism in the medial preoptic area, ventral pallidum, or nucleus accumbens on the maternal retrieval response and other aspects of maternal behavior in rats.

  Michael Numan;Marilyn J Numan;Natalia Pliakou;Danielle S Stolzenberg

  234
  Citations

• Maternal behavior in rats: evidence for the involvement of preoptic projections to the ventral tegmental area.

  Michael Numan;Holly G. Smith

  223
  Citations

• Axon-sparing lesions of the preoptic region and substantia innominata disrupt maternal behavior in rats.

  Michael Numan;Keith P. Corodimas;Marilyn J. Numan;Elizabeth M. Factor

  208
  Citations

• Functional, anatomical, and neurochemical differentiation of medial preoptic area subregions in relation to maternal behavior in the mouse

  Yousuke Tsuneoka;Teppo Maruyama;Sachine Yoshida;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  197
  Citations

• Projection Sites of Medial Preoptic Area and Ventral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Neurons that Express Fos during Maternal Behavior in Female Rats

  Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan

  189
  Citations

• Maternal behavior in rats: Evidence for the involvement of preoptic projections to the ventral tegmental area.

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  187
  Citations

• A functional neuroanatomical investigation of the role of the medial preoptic area in neural circuits regulating maternal behavior

  Edward C Stack;Revathi Balakrishnan;Marilyn J Numan;Michael Numan

  183
  Citations

• Expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the preoptic area of maternally behaving virgin and postpartum rats.

  Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan

  175
  Citations

• Using c-Fos immunocytochemistry to identify forebrain regions that may inhibit maternal behavior in rats.

  Teige P. Sheehan;John Cirrito;Marilyn J. Numan;Michael Numan

  173
  Citations

• Medial preoptic area interactions with the nucleus accumbens-ventral pallidum circuit and maternal behavior in rats.

  Michael Numan;Marilyn J. Numan;Jaclyn M. Schwarz;Christina M. Neuner

  169
  Citations