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Scott M. Sternson 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 Scott M. Sternson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 69 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott M. Sternson 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 Scott M. Sternson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott M. Sternson is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

Their work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main scientific topics addressed in their research include:

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Recent publications by Sternson feature the following papers:

  • Behavioral state coding by molecularly defined paraventricular hypothalamic cell type ensembles, 2020, Science
  • EASI-FISH for thick tissue defines lateral hypothalamus spatio-molecular organization, 2021, Cell
  • Hindbrain Double-Negative Feedback Mediates Palatability-Guided Food and Water Consumption, 2020, Cell
  • Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala, 2023, eLife
  • Hunger or thirst state uncertainty is resolved by outcome evaluation in medial prefrontal cortex to guide decision-making, 2021, Nature Neuroscience

Their frequent co-authors include Bakhta Fedlaoui, Isabelle Giscos-Douriez, Fábio L. Fernandes-Rosa, Maria-Christina Zennaro, and Sheerazed Boulkroun, each collaborating on multiple publications.

Scott M. Sternson's research has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Science, Cell, and Nature Neuroscience. These outlets reflect the range of their scientific inquiry and contributions.

Best Publications

  • AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training

    Yexica Aponte;Deniz Atasoy;Scott M Sternson

  • The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections

    Leopoldo Petreanu;Tianyi Mao;Scott M. Sternson;Karel Svoboda

  • Deconstruction of a neural circuit for hunger

    Deniz Atasoy;J. Nicholas Betley;Helen H. Su;Scott M. Sternson

  • A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit Mapping

    Deniz Atasoy;Yexica Aponte;Helen Hong Su;Scott M. Sternson

  • Neurons for hunger and thirst transmit a negative-valence teaching signal

    J. Nicholas Betley;Shengjin Xu;Zhen Fang Huang Cao;Rong Gong

  • Parallel, Redundant Circuit Organization for Homeostatic Control of Feeding Behavior

    J. Nicholas Betley;Zhen Fang Huang Cao;Kimberly D. Ritola;Scott M. Sternson

  • Chemogenetic Tools to Interrogate Brain Functions

    Scott M. Sternson;Bryan L. Roth

  • Leptin targets in the mouse brain.

    Michael M. Scott;Jennifer L. Lachey;Scott M. Sternson;Charlotte E. Lee

  • Reconstruction of 1,000 Projection Neurons Reveals New Cell Types and Organization of Long-Range Connectivity in the Mouse Brain

    Johan Winnubst;Erhan Bas;Tiago A. Ferreira;Zhuhao Wu

  • Chemogenetic Synaptic Silencing of Neural Circuits Localizes a Hypothalamus→Midbrain Pathway for Feeding Behavior

    Tevye J. Stachniak;Anirvan Ghosh;Scott M. Sternson

  • Regulation of neuronal input transformations by tunable dendritic inhibition

    Matthew Lovett-Barron;Gergely F. Turi;Patrick Kaifosh;Peter H. Lee

  • Dissecting glucose signalling with diversity-oriented synthesis and small-molecule microarrays

    Finny G. Kuruvilla;Alykhan F. Shamji;Alykhan F. Shamji;Scott M. Sternson;Scott M. Sternson;Paul J. Hergenrother;Paul J. Hergenrother;Paul J. Hergenrother

  • Hunger States Switch a Flip-Flop Memory Circuit via a Synaptic AMPK-Dependent Positive Feedback Loop

    Yunlei Yang;Deniz Atasoy;Helen H. Su;Scott M. Sternson

  • Three Pillars for the Neural Control of Appetite

    Scott M Sternson;Anne-Kathrin Eiselt

  • Leptin Mediates the Increase in Blood Pressure Associated with Obesity

    Stephanie E. Simonds;Jack T. Pryor;Eric Ravussin;Frank L. Greenway

  • Topographic mapping of VMH → arcuate nucleus microcircuits and their reorganization by fasting

    Scott M Sternson;Gordon M G Shepherd;Jeffrey M Friedman

  • Hypothalamic Survival Circuits: Blueprints for Purposive Behaviors

    Scott M. Sternson

  • Chemical and Genetic Engineering of Selective Ion Channel–Ligand Interactions

    Christopher J. Magnus;Peter H. Lee;Deniz Atasoy;Helen H. Su

  • EASI-FISH for thick tissue defines lateral hypothalamus spatio-molecular organization

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  • Cell type-specific transcriptomics of hypothalamic energy-sensing neuron responses to weight-loss

    Fredrick E Henry;Ken Sugino;Adam Tozer;Tiago Branco

  • Optogenetics: 10 years after ChR2 in neurons--views from the community.

    Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Silvia Arber;Silvia Arber;Jaideep S Bains;Ernst Bamberg

  • Ultrapotent chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications

    Christopher J. Magnus;Peter H. Lee;Jordi Bonaventura;Roland Zemla

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber Harvard University
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Tiago Branco
Tiago Branco University College London
Loren L. Looger
Loren L. Looger Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Paul J. Hergenrother
Paul J. Hergenrother University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles R. Gerfen
Charles R. Gerfen National Institutes of Health
Nelson Spruston
Nelson Spruston Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Christina M. Grozinger
Christina M. Grozinger Pennsylvania State University
Botond Roska
Botond Roska University of Basel
Antoine Roger Adamantidis
Antoine Roger Adamantidis University of Bern

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