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Shaun F. Morrison 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 Shaun F. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 186 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shaun F. Morrison 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 Shaun F. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shaun F. Morrison is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research encompasses several areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on physiological and autonomic systems related to thermoregulation and metabolism.

Their recent publications include studies on neural and physiological mechanisms underlying thermoregulatory processes. Key papers are:

  • Thermoregulation in mice: The road to understanding torpor hypothermia and the shortcomings of a circuit for generating fever, 2022, Temperature
  • Central sympathetic network for thermoregulatory responses to psychological stress, 2021, Autonomic Neuroscience
  • Median preoptic area neurons are required for the cooling and febrile activations of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in rat, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Activation of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Channels in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract and Activation of Dynorphin Input to the Median Preoptic Nucleus Contribute to Impaired BAT Thermogenesis in Diet-Induced Obesity, 2021, eNeuro
  • The neural pathway of the hyperthermic response to antagonists of the transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 channel, 2023, Temperature

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Domenico Tupone
  • Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Ellen Paula Santos da Conceição
  • Georgina Cano
  • Pierfrancesco Chiavetta

Most of Shaun F. Morrison's publications appear in the following venues:

  • Temperature
  • Autonomic Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • eNeuro
  • Current Biology

Their main fields of study are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The research expands into several subfields, including:

  • Physiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine

Best Publications

  • Central neural pathways for thermoregulation.

    Shaun F Morrison;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • A thermosensory pathway that controls body temperature

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F Morrison

  • Central control of thermogenesis in mammals.

    Shaun F. Morrison;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Christopher J. Madden

  • Central Mechanisms for Thermoregulation

    S F Morrison;K Nakamura

  • Anatomical substrates for the central control of sympathetic outflow to interscapular adipose tissue during cold exposure

    Georgina Cano;Alicia M. Passerin;Jennifer C. Schiltz;J. Patrick Card

  • Serotonin and Blood Pressure Regulation

    Stephanie W. Watts;Shaun F. Morrison;Robert Patrick Davis;Susan M. Barman

  • Central neural regulation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and energy expenditure.

    Shaun F. Morrison;Christopher J. Madden;Domenico Tupone

  • Differential control of sympathetic outflow.

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  • Medullary pathways mediating specific sympathetic responses to activation of dorsomedial hypothalamus

    W.-H Cao;W Fan;S.F Morrison

  • GABA-mediated inhibition of raphe pallidus neurons regulates sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue

    Shaun F. Morrison;Alan F. Sved;Alicia M. Passerin

  • The Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 Channel in Thermoregulation: A Thermosensor It Is Not

    Andrej A. Romanovsky;Maria C. Almeida;Andras Garami;Alexandre A. Steiner;Alexandre A. Steiner

  • A thermosensory pathway mediating heat-defense responses.

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central efferent pathways mediating skin cooling-evoked sympathetic thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central pathways controlling brown adipose tissue thermogenesis.

    Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central efferent pathways for cold-defensive and febrile shivering

    Kazuhiro Nakamura;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central control of body temperature.

    Shaun F. Morrison

  • An Orexinergic Projection from Perifornical Hypothalamus to Raphe Pallidus Increases Rat Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis

    Domenico Tupone;Christopher J. Madden;Georgina Cano;Shaun F. Morrison

  • Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase-containing terminals synapse directly on sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the rat.

    Teresa A. Milner;Shaun F. Morrison;Cory Abate;Donald J. Reis

  • Central neural control of thermoregulation and brown adipose tissue

    Shaun F. Morrison

  • Central control of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis

    Shaun F. Morrison;Christopher J. Madden;Domenico Tupone

  • Monosynaptic projections from the nucleus tractus solitarii to C1 adrenergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: Comparison with input from the caudal ventrolateral medulla

    Sue A. Aicher;Rebecca H. Saravay;Sergio Cravo;Iwona Jeske

  • Direct pyrogenic input from prostaglandin EP3 receptor‐expressing preoptic neurons to the dorsomedial hypothalamus

    Yoshiko Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Kiyoshi Matsumura;Shigeo Kobayashi

  • Disinhibition of rostral raphe pallidus neurons increases cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate

    Wei Hua Cao;Shaun F Morrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura Nagoya University
Kim J. Burchiel
Kim J. Burchiel Oregon Health & Science University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Eduardo Colombari
Eduardo Colombari Sao Paulo State University
Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
M. Susan Smith
M. Susan Smith Oregon Health & Science University
Michael C. Andresen
Michael C. Andresen Oregon Health & Science University
J. Patrick Card
J. Patrick Card University of Pittsburgh
Luiz G.S. Branco
Luiz G.S. Branco Universidade de São Paulo
Alan G. Watts
Alan G. Watts University of Southern California

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