Steven J. Henriksen

Steven J. Henriksen 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 Steven J. Henriksen sits on this spectrum.

Steven J. Henriksen 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 Steven J. Henriksen sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Chemical characterization of a family of brain lipids that induce sleep.

  Benjamin F. Cravatt;Oscar Prospero-Garcia;Gary Siuzdak;Norton B. Gilula

  792
  Citations

• Hypocretin-1 modulates rapid eye movement sleep through activation of locus coeruleus neurons.

  Patrice Bourgin;Salvador Huitrón-Reséndiz;Avron D. Spier;Véronique Fabre

  615
  Citations

• Neuropeptide S: A Neuropeptide Promoting Arousal and Anxiolytic-like Effects

  Yan Ling Xu;Rainer K. Reinscheid;Salvador Huitron-Resendiz;Stewart D. Clark

  579
  Citations

• Electrophysiological Characterization of GABAergic Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area

  Scott C. Steffensen;Adena L. Svingos;Virginia M. Pickel;Steven J. Henriksen

  559
  Citations

• A cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties

  Luis de Lecea;José R. Criado;Óscar Prospero-Garcia;Kaare M. Gautvik

  491
  Citations

• Corticotropin releasing factor produces increases in brain excitability and convulsive seizures in rats

  C.L. Ehlers;S.J. Henriksen;M. Wang;J. Rivier

  453
  Citations

• Transgenic mice with a reduced core body temperature have an increased life span

  Bruno Conti;Manuel Sanchez-Alavez;Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer;Maria Concetta Morale

  443
  Citations

• Effects of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor on Sleep and Activity in Rats

  Cindy L. Ehlers;Trisha K. Reed;Steven J. Henriksen

  432
  Citations

• 5-HT7 Receptor Inhibition and Inactivation Induce Antidepressantlike Behavior and Sleep Pattern

  Peter B. Hedlund;Salvador Huitron-Resendiz;Steven J. Henriksen;J. Gregor Sutcliffe

  382
  Citations

• Dynorphin is contained within hippocampal mossy fibers: immunochemical alterations after kainic acid administration and colchicine-induced neurotoxicity.

  Jacqueline F. McGinty;Steven J. Henriksen;Avram Goldstein;Lars Terenius

  360
  Citations

• Opiate state controls bi-directional reward signaling via GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area.

  Steven R Laviolette;Roger A Gallegos;Steven J Henriksen;Derek van der Kooy

  296
  Citations

• beta-Endorphin induces nonconvulsive limbic seizures.

  Steven J. Henriksen;Floyd E. Bloom;Frank McCoy;Nicholas Ling

  263
  Citations

• Mice devoid of prion protein have cognitive deficits that are rescued by reconstitution of PrP in neurons.

  José R. Criado;Manuel Sánchez-Alavez;Bruno Conti;Jeannie L. Giacchino

  248
  Citations

• Profound increase in sensitivity to glutamatergic- but not cholinergic agonist-induced seizures in transgenic mice with astrocyte production of IL-6.

  Helen Samland;Salvador Huitron-Resendiz;Eliezer Masliah;Jose Criado

  238
  Citations

• Differential sensitivity of c-Fos expression in hippocampus and other brain regions to moderate and low doses of alcohol

  A E Ryabinin;A E Ryabinin;J R Criado;S J Henriksen;F E Bloom

  220
  Citations

• Structural and functional neuropathology in transgenic mice with CNS expression of IFN-alpha.

  Iain L Campbell;Thomas Krucker;Scott Steffensen;Yvette Akwa

  212
  Citations

• Bedtime ethanol increases resistance of upper airways and produces sleep apneas in asymptomatic snorers.

  Merrill M. Mitler;Arthur Dawson;Steven J. Henriksen;Mark Sobers

  208
  Citations

• β-Endorphin: cellular localization, electrophysiological and behavioral effects

  F. E. Bloom;J. Rossier;E. L F Battenberg;A. Bayon

  196
  Citations

• Induction of pathogenic sets of genes in macrophages and neurons in NeuroAIDS.

  Eleanor S. Roberts;Michelle A. Zandonatti;Debbie D. Watry;Lisa J. Madden

  193
  Citations

• Oleamide: an endogenous sleep-inducing lipid and prototypical member of a new class of biological signaling molecules.

  D L Boger;S J Henriksen;B F Cravatt

  185
  Citations