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Robert O. Messing

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
72
Citations
15939
World Ranking
2335
National Ranking
1106

Robert O. Messing 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 Robert O. Messing sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 206 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert O. Messing 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 Robert O. Messing sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert O. Messing is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research covers a range of topics primarily within the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Neurology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Messing's research include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Phosphodiesterase function and regulation, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Recent papers authored by Robert O. Messing include:

  • A neural substrate of compulsive alcohol use (2021, Science Advances)
  • Abstinence-dependent dissociable central amygdala microcircuits control drug craving (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Cell-type specific changes in PKC-delta neurons of the central amygdala during alcohol withdrawal (2022, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Protein kinase Cδ as a neuronal mechanism for headache in a chronic intermittent nitroglycerin model of migraine in mice (2021, Pain)
  • Corticosteroid sensitization drives opioid addiction (2022, Molecular Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Messing include Yuri A. Blednov, Rajani Maiya, Jody Mayfield, Caleb Fleischer, and Stanton F. McHardy.

The scientist's publications often appear in journals such as Neuropharmacology, Molecular Psychiatry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Addiction Biology, and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Neuropharmacology has published the most of their papers, followed by Molecular Psychiatry and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Increased neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus after transient global ischemia in gerbils.

    Jialing Liu;Karen Solway;Robert O. Messing;Frank R. Sharp

  • Protein kinase C isozymes and the regulation of diverse cell responses

    Edward C. Dempsey;Edward C. Dempsey;Alexandra C. Newton;Daria Mochly-Rosen;Alan P. Fields

  • A novel nociceptor signaling pathway revealed in protein kinase c ε mutant mice

    Sachia G. Khasar;Yu Huei Lin;Annick Martin;Jahan Dadgar

  • Chronic Hypersensitivity For Inflammatory Nociceptor Sensitization Mediated by the ε Isozyme of Protein Kinase C

    K. O. Aley;Robert O. Messing;Daria Mochly-Rosen;Jon D. Levine

  • Supersensitivity to allosteric GABA A receptor modulators and alcohol in mice lacking PKCε

    Clyde W. Hodge;Kristin K. Mehmert;Stephen P. Kelley;Thomas McMahon

  • Cortical activation of accumbens hyperpolarization-active NMDARs mediates aversion-resistant alcohol intake

    Taban Seif;Shao Ju Chang;Jeffrey A. Simms;Stuart L. Gibb

  • The type 1 equilibrative nucleoside transporter regulates ethanol intoxication and preference.

    Doo Sup Choi;Maria Grazia Cascini;William Mailliard;Hannah Young

  • Prkcz null mice show normal learning and memory.

    Anna M. Lee;Benjamin R. Kanter;Dan Dan Wang;Jana P. Lim

  • Ethanol regulates calcium channels in clonal neural cells

    Robert O. Messing;Celia L. Carpenter;Ivan Diamond;David A. Greenberg

  • Nociceptor Sensitization by Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases

    K. O. Aley;Annick Martin;Thomas McMahon;Janine Mok

  • Chronic ethanol exposure increases levels of protein kinase C delta and epsilon and protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation in cultured neural cells.

    Robert O Messing;P. J. Petersen;C. J. Henrich

  • Mouse model of middle cerebral artery occlusion.

    Terrance Chiang;Robert O. Messing;Wen Hai Chou;Wen Hai Chou

  • Role of the Protein Kinase C-ε–Raf-1–MEK-1/2–p44/42 MAPK Signaling Cascade in the Activation of Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 1 and 3 and Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 After Ischemic Preconditioning

    Yu Ting Xuan;Yiru Guo;Yanqing Zhu;Ou Li Wang

  • Neutrophil protein kinase Cδ as a mediator of stroke-reperfusion injury

    Wen Hai Chou;Doo Sup Choi;Hong Zhang;Dezhi Mu

  • Cardioprotection mediated by sphingosine-1-phosphate and ganglioside GM-1 in wild-type and PKCε knockout mouse hearts

    Zhu Qiu Jin;Hui Zhong Zhou;Peili Zhu;Norman Honbo

  • Key role for the epsilon isoform of protein kinase C in painful alcoholic neuropathy in the rat.

    Olayinka A. Dina;Justine Barletta;Xiaojie Chen;Annick Mutero

  • Regulation of neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels by ethanol.

    Helen J Walter;Robert O Messing

  • Overexpression of -Protein Kinase C Enhances Nerve Growth Factor-induced Phosphorylation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases and Neurite Outgrowth

    Bhupinder Hundle;Thomas McMahon;Jahan Dadgar;Robert O. Messing

  • Preservation of Base-line Hemodynamic Function and Loss of Inducible Cardioprotection in Adult Mice Lacking Protein Kinase Cϵ

    Mary O. Gray;Hui Zhong Zhou;Ingeborg Schafhalter-Zoppoth;Peili Zhu

  • An Inhibitory Fragment Derived from Protein Kinase Cε Prevents Enhancement of Nerve Growth Factor Responses by Ethanol and Phorbol Esters

    Bhupinder Hundle;Thomas McMahon;Jahan Dadgar;Che Hong Chen

  • Protein kinase C inhibits adenylyl cyclase type VI activity during desensitization of the A2a-adenosine receptor-mediated cAMP response.

    Hsing Lin Lai;Te Hsun Yang;Robert O. Messing;Yung Hao Ching

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon D. Levine
Jon D. Levine University of California, San Francisco
Donna M. Ferriero
Donna M. Ferriero University of California, San Francisco
R. Adron Harris
R. Adron Harris The University of Texas at Austin
David A. Greenberg
David A. Greenberg Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Daniel H. Lowenstein
Daniel H. Lowenstein University of California, San Francisco
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Jorge R. Oksenberg
Jorge R. Oksenberg University of California, San Francisco
S. Claiborne Johnston
S. Claiborne Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen L. Hauser
Stephen L. Hauser University of California, San Francisco
Yuri A. Blednov
Yuri A. Blednov The University of Texas at Austin

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