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Nachum Dafny 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 Nachum Dafny sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 324 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nachum Dafny 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 Nachum Dafny sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nachum Dafny is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Physiology.

Their work covers several key topics including Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Pharmacological Effects and Assays, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Dafny has published extensively, contributing research papers to various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • The prefrontal cortex and the caudate nucleus respond conjointly to methylphenidate (Ritalin). Concomitant behavioral and neuronal recording study, 2020, Brain Research Bulletin
  • The Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA), the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc), the Caudate Nucleus (CN) and the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) role in the Response to Acute and Chronic Methylphenidate, 2023, Journal of Experimental Neurology
  • Adolescent rats respond differently to methylphenidate as compared to adult rats- concomitant VTA neuronal and behavioral Recordings, 2022, Brain Research Bulletin
  • Age differences to methylphenidate-NAc neuronal and behavioral recordings from freely behaving animals, 2022, Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Dopamine, Norepinephrine and Serotonin Participate Differently in Methylphenidate Action in Concomitant Behavioral and Ventral Tegmental Area, Locus Coeruleus and Dorsal Raphe Neuronal Study in Young Rats, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Dafny's work include:

  • Journal of Experimental Neurology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Brain Research Bulletin
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Physiology & Behavior

Dafny collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among whom are Natasha Kharas, Catherine M. Claussen, Nicholas King, Anthony Yuan, and Pamela B. Yang. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications in the aforementioned research areas and journals.

Best Publications

  • Restraint and stimulation of bed nucleus of the stria terminalis produce similar stress-like behaviors.

    J. H. Casada;Nachum Dafny

  • Chronic exposure to MDMA (Ecstasy) elicits behavioral sensitization in rats but fails to induce cross-sensitization to other psychostimulants

    Gunjan M Modi;Pamela B Yang;Alan C Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • The role of age, genotype, sex, and route of acute and chronic administration of methylphenidate: a review of its locomotor effects.

    Nachum Dafny;Pamela B. Yang

  • Lateral hypothalamus: site involved in pain modulation.

    Nachum Dafny;W. Q. Dong;C. Prieto-Gomez;C. Reyes-Vazquez

  • Sensitization to locomotor effects of methylphenidate in the rat.

    Osvaldo Gaytan;Sarah al-Rahim;Alan Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • Acute and chronic methylphenidate dose-response assessment on three adolescent male rat strains.

    Pamela B. Yang;Alan C. Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • An ascending serotonergic pain modulation pathway from the dorsal raphe nucleus to the parafascicularis nucleus of the thalamus

    Eve Andersen;Nachum Dafny

  • Diurnal differences in sensitization to methylphenidate.

    Osvaldo Gaytan;Pamela Yang;Alan Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • Does the immune system communicate with the central nervous system?: Interferon modifies central nervous activity*

    N. Dafny;B. Prieto-Gomez;C. Reyes-Vazquez

  • Strain differences in the behavioral responses of male rats to chronically administered methylphenidate

    Pamela B. Yang;Behrang Amini;Alan C. Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • Interferon and the central nervous system.

    Nachum Dafny;Pamela B. Yang

  • Methylphenidate (Ritalin): behavioral studies in the rat.

    Erik P. Askenasy;Katherine H. Taber;Pamela B. Yang;Nachum Dafny

  • Dose effects of cortisol on single unit activity in hypothalamus, reticular formation and hippocampus of freely behaving rats correlated with plasma steroid levels.

    N. Dafny;N. Dafny;N. Dafny;M.I. Phillips;M.I. Phillips;M.I. Phillips;E. Newman Taylor;E. Newman Taylor;E. Newman Taylor;S. Gilman;S. Gilman;S. Gilman

  • D2 dopamine receptor involvement in spinal dopamine-produced antinociception.

    Qing-Song Liu;Jian-Tian Qiao;Nachum Dafny

  • Dose response characteristics of methylphenidate on different indices of rats' locomotor activity at the beginning of the dark cycle

    Osvaldo Gaytan;Dipak Ghelani;Steve Martin;Allan Swann

  • Dorsal raphe stimulation modulates nociceptive responses in thalamic parafascicular neurons via an ascending pathway: further studies on ascending pain modulation pathways.

    Jian Tian Qiao;Nachum Dafny

  • Chronic pretreatment with methylphenidate induces cross-sensitization with amphetamine.

    Pamela B Yang;Alan C Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • Unit responses and convergence of sensory stimuli in the hypothalamus

    Nachum Dafny;Shaul Feldman

  • Dorsal raphe stimulation reduces responses of parafascicular neurons to noxious stimulation 1

    Eve Andersen;Nachum Dafny

  • Diurnal differences in amphetamine sensitization

    Osvaldo Gaytan;Christopher Lewis;Alan Swann;Nachum Dafny

  • Is interferon-α a neuromodulator?

    Nachum Dafny

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan C. Swann
Alan C. Swann The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shaul Feldman
Shaul Feldman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gregory N. Fuller
Gregory N. Fuller The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Steve W. Martin
Steve W. Martin Iowa State University
Paolo Cappabianca
Paolo Cappabianca University of Naples Federico II
Avital Schurr
Avital Schurr University of Louisville
A. Van Harreveld
A. Van Harreveld California Institute of Technology
André Olivier
André Olivier McGill University
Qing-song Liu
Qing-song Liu Medical College of Wisconsin

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