Soon Lee

Soon Lee 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 Soon Lee sits on this spectrum.

Soon Lee 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 Soon Lee sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Characterization of somatostatin transactivating factor-1, a novel homeobox factor that stimulates somatostatin expression in pancreatic islet cells.

  J. Leonard;B. Peers;T. Johnson;K. Ferreri

  441
  Citations

• Alcohol self‐administration acutely stimulates the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis, but alcohol dependence leads to a dampened neuroendocrine state

  Heather N. Richardson;Soon Y. Lee;Laura E. O’Dell;George F. Koob

  333
  Citations

• Acute alcohol administration stimulates the activity of hypothalamic neurons that express corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin.

  Catherine Rivier;Soon Lee

  213
  Citations

• Agonist recognition sites in the cytosolic tails of vanilloid receptor 1.

  Jooyoung Jung;Soon Youl Lee;Sun Wook Hwang;Hawon Cho

  204
  Citations

• Effect of Three Different Modes of Alcohol Administration on the Activity of the Rat Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

  Kathleen Ogilvie;Soon Lee;Catherine Rivier

  164
  Citations

• Ontogeny of the rat hypothalamic nitric oxide synthase and colocalization with neuropeptides.

  German Torres;Soon Lee;Catherine Rivier

  156
  Citations

• Corticotropin-releasing factor activates c-fos, NGFI-B, and corticotropin-releasing factor gene expression within the paraventricular nucleus of the rat hypothalamus.

  D. Parkes;S. Rivest;Soon Lee;C. Rivier

  156
  Citations

• Effect of prenatal exposure to ethanol on the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of the offspring: Importance of the time of exposure to ethanol and possible modulating mechanisms☆

  Soon Lee;Toshihiro Imaki;Wylie Vale;Catherine Rivier

  149
  Citations

• Anatomical and functional evidence for a neural hypothalamic-testicular pathway that is independent of the pituitary.

  Soon Lee;Richard Miselis;Catherine Rivier

  145
  Citations

• Mechanisms of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stimulation by Immune Signals in the Adult Rata

  Andrew V. Turnbull;Soon Lee;Catherine Rivier

  141
  Citations

• Pancreatic Islet Expression of the Homeobox Factor STF-1 Relies on an E-box Motif That Binds USF

  Seema Sharma;Seema Sharma;James Leonard;Soon Lee;Harold D. Chapman

  139
  Citations

• An Initial, Three-Day-Long Treatment with Alcohol Induces a Long-Lasting Phenomenon of Selective Tolerance in the Activity of the Rat Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis

  Soon Lee;Catherine Rivier

  138
  Citations

• CRF Type I Receptor-Deficient Mice Exhibit a Pronounced Pituitary-Adrenal Response to Local Inflammation

  Andrew V. Turnbull;George W. Smith;Soon Lee;Wylie W. Vale

  137
  Citations

• Characterization of the genomic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene from Xenopus laevis: two members of the CRF family exist in amphibians.

  M. P. Stenzel-Poore;K. A. Heldwein;P. Stenzel;S. Lee

  129
  Citations

• The chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of interleukin-1 beta alters the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis of cycling rats. I. Effect on LHRH and gonadotropin biosynthesis and secretion.

  S. Rivest;Soon Lee;B. Attardi;C. Rivier

  127
  Citations

• Nitric oxide stimulates ACTH secretion and the transcription of the genes encoding for NGFI-B, corticotropin-releasing factor, corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1, and vasopressin in the hypothalamus of the intact rat.

  Soon Lee;C. Kwon Kim;Catherine Rivier

  122
  Citations

• Site of Action of Acute Alcohol Administration in Stimulating the Rat Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: Comparison between the Effect of Systemic and Intracerebroventricular Injection of this Drug on Pituitary and Hypothalamic Responses

  Soon Lee;Daniel Selvage;Keith Hansen;Catherine Rivier

  118
  Citations

• Increased activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of rats exposed to alcohol in utero: role of altered pituitary and hypothalamic function.

  Soon Lee;Donné Schmidt;Fred Tilders;Catherine Rivier

  117
  Citations

• Systemic endotoxin increases steady-state gene expression of hypothalamic nitric oxide synthase: comparison with corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin gene transcripts

  Soon Lee;Gérard Barbanel;Catherine Rivier

  116
  Citations

• Gender differences in the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to immune signals

  Soon Lee;Catherine Rivier

  112
  Citations

• Isolation and Characterization of Novel Presenilin Binding Protein

  Atsushi Kashiwa;Hirotaka Yoshida;Soon Lee;Toni Paladino

  101
  Citations