World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Neil J. MacLusky

Neil J. MacLusky

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
90
Citations
25568
World Ranking
1124
National Ranking
58

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
25645
World Ranking
12341
National Ranking
500

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Neil J. MacLusky is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work contributes notably to both basic and applied aspects of these disciplines.

MacLusky's fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

The subfields of study explored by MacLusky encompass genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, behavioral neuroscience, and reproductive medicine.

  • Genetics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Reproductive Medicine

MacLusky's research covers several main topics, including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, estrogen and related hormone effects, stress responses and cortisol, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, menopause health impacts and treatments, hormonal and reproductive studies, and autism spectrum disorder research.

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

The scientist has published papers in various peer-reviewed journals, including the following recent publications:

  • "Membrane receptors mediate the rapid facilitation of short-term memory by estradiol in the dorsal hippocampus of female mice" (2023) in Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • "Androgen Effects on Neural Plasticity" (2021) in Androgens Clinical Research and Therapeutics
  • "Endocrine Insights into the Pathophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020) in The Neuroscientist
  • "Inhibition of 5α Reductase Impairs Cognitive Performance, Alters Dendritic Morphology and Increases Tau Phosphorylation in the Hippocampus of Male 3xTg-AD Mice" (2020) in Neuroscience
  • "Synaptic effects of estrogen" (2020) in Vitamins and hormones

Frequent collaborators in MacLusky's research include:

  • Kate Nicholson
  • Elena Choleris
  • Lauren Isaacs
  • Hayley A. Wilson
  • Helen E. Scharfman

The scientist has also been affiliated with several publication venues, reflecting the diverse aspects of their research:

  • Androgens Clinical Research and Therapeutics
  • The Neuroscientist
  • Neuroscience
  • Vitamins and hormones
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology

MacLusky was awarded a fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1980, marking a recognition of their professional contributions.

Best Publications

  • Sexual differentiation of the central nervous system

    Neil J. MacLusky;Frederick Naftolin

  • Glucose intolerance but normal satiety in mice with a null mutation in the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor gene.

    L A Scrocchi;T J Brown;N MaClusky;P L Brubaker

  • ER-X: a novel, plasma membrane-associated, putative estrogen receptor that is regulated during development and after ischemic brain injury.

    C. Dominique Toran-Allerand;Xiaoping Guan;Neil J. MacLusky;Tamas L. Horvath

  • Estrogen receptors colocalize with low-affinity nerve growth factor receptors in cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain.

    C. D. Toran-Allerand;R. C. Miranda;W. D. L. Bentham;F. Sohrabji

  • Gonadal hormones affect spine synaptic density in the CA1 hippocampal subfield of male rats.

    Csaba Leranth;Ors Petnehazy;Neil J. MacLusky

  • Oestrogen modulates progestin receptor concentrations in some rat brain regions but not in others

    Neil J. Maclusky;Bruce S. Mcewen

  • Rapid enhancement of visual and place memory by estrogens in rats.

    Victoria N. Luine;Luis F. Jacome;Neil J. MacLusky

  • Progestin receptors in rat brain: distribution and properties of cytoplasmic progestin-binding sites.

    Neil J. MAcLUSKY;Bruce S. McEWEN

  • Estrogen and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in hippocampus: complexity of steroid hormone-growth factor interactions in the adult CNS.

    Helen E. Scharfman;Neil J. MacLusky

  • Hippocampal excitability increases during the estrous cycle in the rat: a potential role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Helen E. Scharfman;Thomas C. Mercurio;Jeffrey H. Goodman;Marlene A. Wilson

  • The Temporal Relationship between Estrogen-Inducible Progestin Receptors in the Female Rat Brain and the Time Course of Estrogen Activation of Mating Behavior*

    Bruce Parsons;Neil J. Maclusky;Lewis Krey;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Glutamic acid decarboxylase-containing axons synapse on LHRH neurons in the rat medial preoptic area.

    Csaba Leranth;Neil J. MacLusky;Hideki Sakamoto;Marya Shanabrough

  • HLA-G expression during preimplantation human embryo development

    Andrea Jurisicova;Robert F. Casper;Neil J. Maclusky;Gordon B. Mills

  • Progestin receptor levels in rat hypothalamic and limbic nuclei

    B Parsons;TC Rainbow;NJ MacLusky;BS McEwen

  • The 17α and 17β Isomers of Estradiol Both Induce Rapid Spine Synapse Formation in the CA1 Hippocampal Subfield of Ovariectomized Female Rats

    Neil J. MacLusky;Victoria N. Luine;Tibor Hajszan;Tibor Hajszan;Csaba Leranth

  • Bisphenol A prevents the synaptogenic response to estradiol in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of ovariectomized nonhuman primates.

    Csaba Leranth;Tibor Hajszan;Klara Szigeti-Buck;Jeremy Bober

  • Short-term treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine triggers pyramidal dendritic spine synapse formation in rat hippocampus

    Tibor Hajszan;Neil J. MacLusky;Csaba Leranth

  • The environmental estrogen bisphenol a inhibits estradiol-induced hippocampal synaptogenesis.

    Neil J. MacLusky;Tibor Hajszan;Csaba Leranth

  • Androgens increase spine synapse density in the CA1 hippocampal subfield of ovariectomized female rats.

    Csaba Leranth;Tibor Hajszan;Neil J. MacLusky

  • The Influence of Gonadal Hormones on Neuronal Excitability, Seizures, and Epilepsy in the Female

    Helen E. Scharfman;Neil J. MacLusky

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick Naftolin
Frederick Naftolin New York University
Csaba Leranth
Csaba Leranth Yale University
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Tibor Hajszan
Tibor Hajszan Biological Research Centre
Marya Shanabrough
Marya Shanabrough Yale University
Peter E. Schwartz
Peter E. Schwartz Yale University
Robert F. Casper
Robert F. Casper Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Victoria N. Luine
Victoria N. Luine Hunter College
Helen E. Scharfman
Helen E. Scharfman New York University
Elena Choleris
Elena Choleris University of Guelph

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Neil J. MacLusky

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles