World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
71
Citations
13434
World Ranking
2454
National Ranking
1158

Overview

Paul E. Micevych is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

The areas of specialization within these fields include Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. The main topics addressed in their work cover hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, estrogen and related hormone effects, receptor mechanisms and signaling, regulation of appetite and obesity, plant reproductive biology, and ovarian function and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include Frontiers in Endocrinology, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Endocrinology, Transgender Health, and Journal of Neuroscience.

The scientist has collaborated with a range of frequent co-authors, including Margaret A. Mohr, Weizhe Hong, Caroline S. Johnson, Angela Wong, and Kevin Sinchak.

Representative recent publications by Paul E. Micevych include the following:

  • Consensus Parameter: Research Methodologies to Evaluate Neurodevelopmental Effects of Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth, 2020, Transgender Health
  • Progesterone Receptors in AVPV Kisspeptin Neurons Are Sufficient for Positive Feedback Induction of the LH Surge, 2021, Endocrinology
  • Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala Regulation of Female Social Behavior: GABA versus Glutamate Projections, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Hypothalamic Astrocyte Development and Physiology for Neuroprogesterone Induction of the Luteinizing Hormone Surge, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Optogenetic Activation of β-Endorphin Terminals in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus Regulates Female Sexual Receptivity, 2020, eNeuro

Best Publications

  • Direct Regulation of Adult Brain Function by the Male-Specific Factor SRY

    Phoebe Dewing;Charleston W K Chiang;Kevin Sinchak;Helena Sim

  • Membrane Estrogen Receptor-α Interactions with Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1a Modulate Female Sexual Receptivity in Rats

    Phoebe Dewing;Marissa I. Boulware;Kevin Sinchak;Kevin Sinchak;Amy Christensen

  • Estrogen-Induced Alteration of μ-Opioid Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus and Medial Amygdala

    Clair B. Eckersell;Paul Popper;Paul E Micevych

  • A Membrane Estrogen Receptor Mediates Intracellular Calcium Release in Astrocytes

    Victor V. Chaban;Alexander J. Lakhter;Paul Micevych

  • PI3 kinase/Akt activation mediates estrogen and IGF-1 nigral DA neuronal neuroprotection against a unilateral rat model of Parkinson's disease

    Arnulfo Quesada;Becky Y. Lee;Paul E. Micevych

  • Membrane estradiol signaling in the brain.

    Paul Micevych;Reymundo Dominguez

  • Osp/Claudin-11 Forms a Complex with a Novel Member of the Tetraspanin Super Family and β1 Integrin and Regulates Proliferation and Migration of Oligodendrocytes

    Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff;Alex G. Buznikov;Trung Q. Vu;Paul E. Micevych

  • Progesterone blockade of estrogen activation of mu-opioid receptors regulates reproductive behavior.

    Kevin Sinchak;Paul E Micevych

  • Hormonal Regulation of Female Reproduction

    A. Christensen;G. E. Bentley;G. E. Bentley;R. Cabrera;H. H. Ortega

  • Distribution of mRNAs coding for liver and heart gap junction proteins in the rat central nervous system.

    Paul E Micevych;Lauren Abelson

  • Membrane Estrogen Receptors Acting Through Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: An Emerging Mechanism of Estrogen Action in Brain

    Paul E. Micevych;Paul G. Mermelstein

  • Membrane Estrogen Receptors Stimulate Intracellular Calcium Release and Progesterone Synthesis in Hypothalamic Astrocytes

    John Kuo;Naheed Hamid;Galyna Bondar;Eric R. Prossnitz

  • Androgen regulates synaptic input to motoneurons of the adult rat spinal cord

    A Matsumoto;PE Micevych;AP Arnold

  • Sexually Dimorphic Control of Parenting Behavior by the Medial Amygdala.

    Patrick B. Chen;Rongfeng K. Hu;Ye Emily Wu;Lin Pan

  • Estrogen interacts with the IGF-1 system to protect nigrostriatal dopamine and maintain motoric behavior after 6-hydroxdopamine lesions

    Arnulfo Quesada;Paul E. Micevych

  • The luteinizing hormone surge is preceded by an estrogen-induced increase of hypothalamic progesterone in ovariectomized and adrenalectomized rats.

    Paul Micevych;Kevin Sinchak;Richard H. Mills;Leslie Tao

  • Distribution and localization patterns of estrogen receptor-beta and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptors in neurons and glial cells of the female rat substantia nigra: localization of ERbeta and IGF-1R in substantia nigra

    Arnulfo Quesada;Horacio E. Romeo;Paul Micevych

  • Estradiol-Induced Estrogen Receptor-α Trafficking

    Galyna Bondar;John Kuo;Naheed Hamid;Paul Micevych

  • Estradiol inhibits atp-induced intracellular calcium concentration increase in dorsal root ganglia neurons.

    V.V Chaban;E.A Mayer;H.S Ennes;P.E Micevych

  • Androgenic regulation of gap junctions between motoneurons in the rat spinal cord

    A Matsumoto;AP Arnold;GA Zampighi;PE Micevych

  • Estrogen-Induced μ-Opioid Receptor Internalization in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus Is Mediated via Neuropeptide Y-Y1 Receptor Activation in the Arcuate Nucleus of Female Rats

    Richard H. Mills;Richard K. Sohn;Paul E Micevych

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul G. Mermelstein
Paul G. Mermelstein University of Minnesota
Roger A. Gorski
Roger A. Gorski University of California, Los Angeles
Barney A. Schlinger
Barney A. Schlinger University of California, Los Angeles
Gary C. Sieck
Gary C. Sieck Mayo Clinic
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Claude G. Wasterlain
Claude G. Wasterlain University of California, Los Angeles
José Antunes-Rodrigues
José Antunes-Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Lauren Kenworthy
Lauren Kenworthy Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University

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 Paul E. Micevych

Trending Scientists