2026 René Hen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	139	204	184	134	118	405	76233
Medicine	139	1751	1626	1000	917	399	76229

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

139

204

184

134

118

405

76233

Medicine

139

1751

1626

1000

917

399

76229

Neuroscience

D-Index

139

Citations

76233

World Ranking

204

National Ranking

134

Medicine

D-Index

139

Citations

76229

World Ranking

1751

National Ranking

1000

Overview

René Hen is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on various aspects of neurobiology, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research encompasses key topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, memory and neural mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, receptor mechanisms and signaling, tryptophan and brain disorders, and neural dynamics and brain function.

René Hen has published numerous articles in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

Biological Psychiatry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Molecular Psychiatry
Neuron

The scientist has also collaborated with several researchers multiple times. Frequent co-authors include:

Indira Mendez-David
Denis J. David
Clay Lacefield
Wei-li Chang
Gergely F. Turi

Among their recent scientific papers are the following:

Dysregulation of adult hippocampal neuroplasticity in major depression: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications (2022), published in Molecular Psychiatry
A Distributed Neural Code in the Dentate Gyrus and in CA1 (2020), published in Neuron
Contextual fear memory retrieval by correlated ensembles of ventral CA1 neurons (2020), published in Nature Communications
Single-cell activity and network properties of dorsal raphe nucleus serotonin neurons during emotionally salient behaviors (2022), published in Neuron
Adult neurogenesis augmentation attenuates anhedonia and HPA axis dysregulation in a mouse model of chronic stress and depression (2020), published in Psychoneuroendocrinology

Best Publications

Requirement of Hippocampal Neurogenesis for the Behavioral Effects of Antidepressants

Luca Santarelli;Michael Saxe;Cornelius Gross;Alexandre Surget

5306
Citations
Increasing adult hippocampal neurogenesis is sufficient to improve pattern separation.

Amar Sahay;Kimberly N. Scobie;Alexis S. Hill;Colin M. O'Carroll

1890
Citations
An in vivo correlate of exercise-induced neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus.

Ana C. Pereira;Dan E. Huddleston;Adam M. Brickman;Alexander A. Sosunov

1791
Citations
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in depression.

Amar Sahay;Rene Hen

1448
Citations
Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging

Maura Boldrini;Camille A. Fulmore;Alexandria N. Tartt;Laika R. Simeon

1429
Citations
Neurogenesis-Dependent and -Independent Effects of Fluoxetine in an Animal Model of Anxiety/Depression

Denis J. David;Benjamin Adam Samuels;Quentin Rainer;Jing Wen Wang

1426
Citations
Reversal of Neuropathology and Motor Dysfunction in a Conditional Model of Huntington's Disease

Ai Yamamoto;José J Lucas;René Hen

1309
Citations
Enhanced aggressive behavior in mice lacking 5-HT1B receptor

Frédéric Saudou;Djamel Aït Amara;Andrée Dierich;Marianne LeMeur

1241
Citations
Ablation of hippocampal neurogenesis impairs contextual fear conditioning and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus

Michael D. Saxe;Fortunato Battaglia;Jing Wen Wang;Gael Malleret

1227
Citations
Decreased nuclear β‐catenin, tau hyperphosphorylation and neurodegeneration in GSK‐3β conditional transgenic mice

José Javier Lucas;José Javier Lucas;Félix Hernández;Félix Hernández;Pilar Gómez-Ramos;María A. Morán

1143
Citations
Serotonin1A receptor acts during development to establish normal anxiety-like behaviour in the adult.

Cornelius Gross;Xiaoxi Zhuang;Xiaoxi Zhuang;Kimberly Stark;Sylvie Ramboz

1113
Citations
Early-Life Blockade of the 5-HT Transporter Alters Emotional Behavior in Adult Mice

Mark S. Ansorge;Mingming Zhou;Alena Lira;René Hen

1020
Citations
Serotonin receptor 1A knockout: an animal model of anxiety-related disorder.

Sylvie Ramboz;Ronald Oosting;Djamel Aït Amara;Hank F. Kung

1013
Citations
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive flexibility - linking memory and mood.

Christoph Anacker;René Hen

990
Citations
Lrp5 Controls Bone Formation by Inhibiting Serotonin Synthesis in the Duodenum

Vijay K. Yadav;Je Hwang Ryu;Nina Suda;Kenji F. Tanaka

963
Citations
Hippocampal neurogenesis: regulation by stress and antidepressants.

Alex Dranovsky;René Hen

898
Citations
Antidepressants increase neural progenitor cells in the human hippocampus

Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;Mark D Underwood;René Hen;Gorazd B Rosoklija;Gorazd B Rosoklija

845
Citations
Effects of chronic fluoxetine in animal models of anxiety and depression.

Stephanie C Dulawa;Kerri A Holick;Brigitta Gundersen;Rene Hen

821
Citations
Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

Gerd Kempermann;Fred H. Gage;Ludwig Aigner;Hongjun Song

819
Citations
Individual Differences in Trait Anxiety Predict the Response of the Basolateral Amygdala to Unconsciously Processed Fearful Faces

Amit Etkin;Kristen C. Klemenhagen;Joshua T. Dudman;Michael T. Rogan

803
Citations
The developmental origins of anxiety.

Cornelius Gross;Rene Hen

745
Citations