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Susan R. Sesack

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
20497
World Ranking
2848
National Ranking
1323

Susan R. Sesack 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 Susan R. Sesack sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 99 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan R. Sesack 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 Susan R. Sesack sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susan R. Sesack is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, and imaging techniques relevant to radiology and nuclear medicine.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

They have published notable papers such as:

  • "Cocaine Triggers Astrocyte-Mediated Synaptogenesis," 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Astrocytes in cocaine addiction and beyond," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Cortical and Thalamic Interaction with Amygdala-to-Accumbens Synapses," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Dopamine Transporter Localization in Medial Forebrain Bundle Axons Indicates Its Long-Range Transport Primarily by Membrane Diffusion with a Limited Contribution of Vesicular Traffic on Retromer-Positive Compartments," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Contingent Amygdala Inputs Trigger Heterosynaptic LTP at Hippocampus-To-Accumbens Synapses," 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

Research articles have appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have collaborated with multiple co-authors, highlighting ongoing partnerships in their research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yan Dong
  • Yanhua H. Huang
  • Oliver M. Schlüter
  • Junshi Wang
  • Xiaojie Huang

Best Publications

  • Topographical organization of the efferent projections of the medial prefrontal cortex in the rat: An anterograde tract-tracing study with Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

    Susan R. Sesack;Ariel Y. Deutch;Robert H. Roth;Benjamin S. Bunney

  • Projections from the rat prefrontal cortex to the ventral tegmental area: target specificity in the synaptic associations with mesoaccumbens and mesocortical neurons.

    David B. Carr;Susan R. Sesack

  • Prefrontal cortical efferents in the rat synapse on unlabeled neuronal targets of catecholamine terminals in the nucleus accumbens septi and on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area.

    Susan R. Sesack;Susan R. Sesack;Virginia M. Pickel

  • Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

    Susan R Sesack;Anthony A Grace

  • Dopamine axon varicosities in the prelimbic division of the rat prefrontal cortex exhibit sparse immunoreactivity for the dopamine transporter

    Susan R. Sesack;Valerie A. Hawrylak;Claudia Matus;Margaret A. Guido

  • Selective elimination of glutamatergic synapses on striatopallidal neurons in Parkinson disease models

    Michelle Day;Zhongfeng Wang;Jun Ding;Xinhai An

  • In the rat medial nucleus accumbens, hippocampal and catecholaminergic terminals converge on spiny neurons and are in apposition to each other.

    Susan R. Sesack;Virginia M. Pickel

  • Ultrastructural localization of D2 receptor-like immunoreactivity in midbrain dopamine neurons and their striatal targets

    Susan R. Sesack;Chiye Aoki;Virginia M. Pickel

  • Anatomical Substrates for Glutamate‐Dopamine Interactions

    Susan R. Sesack;David B. Carr;Natalia Omelchenko;Aline Pinto

  • GABA-containing neurons in the rat ventral tegmental area project to the prefrontal cortex.

    David B. Carr;Susan R. Sesack

  • Dopamine transporter immunoreactivity in monkey cerebral cortex: regional, laminar, and ultrastructural localization.

    David A. Lewis;Darlene S. Melchitzky;Susan R. Sesack;Richard E. Whitehead

  • Habenula - Crossroad between the Basal Ganglia and the Limbic System

    Okihide Hikosaka;Susan R. Sesack;Lucas Lecourtier;Paul D. Shepard

  • Immunolocalization of the cocaine- and antidepressant-sensitive l-norepinephrine transporter.

    Sally Schroeter;Subbu Apparsundaram;Ronald G. Wiley;Leeann H. Miner

  • Hippocampal afferents to the rat prefrontal cortex: synaptic targets and relation to dopamine terminals.

    David B. Carr;Susan R. Sesack

  • Bidirectional Modulation of Incubation of Cocaine Craving by Silent Synapse-Based Remodeling of Prefrontal Cortex to Accumbens Projections

    Yao Ying Ma;Brian R. Lee;Xiusong Wang;Changyong Guo

  • Selective prefrontal cortex inputs to dopamine cells: implications for schizophrenia.

    Susan R. Sesack;David B. Carr

  • Axon terminals immunolabeled for dopamine or tyrosine hydroxylase synapse on GABA‐immunoreactive dendrites in rat and monkey cortex

    Susan R. Sesack;Christopher L. Snyder;David A. Lewis

  • Laterodorsal tegmental projections to identified cell populations in the rat ventral tegmental area.

    Natalia Omelchenko;Susan R. Sesack

  • Maturation of silent synapses in amygdala-accumbens projection contributes to incubation of cocaine craving

    Brian R. Lee;Yao Ying Ma;Yanhua H. Huang;Xiusong Wang

  • Lateral habenula projections to dopamine and GABA neurons in the rat ventral tegmental area.

    Natalia Omelchenko;Roland Bell;Susan R. Sesack

  • The inhibitory influence of the lateral habenula on midbrain dopamine cells: Ultrastructural evidence for indirect mediation via the rostromedial mesopontine tegmental nucleus

    Judith Joyce Balcita-Pedicino;Natalia Omelchenko;Roland Bell;Susan R. Sesack

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Lewis
David A. Lewis University of Pittsburgh
Yan Dong
Yan Dong University of Pittsburgh
Eric J. Nestler
Eric J. Nestler Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Virginia M. Pickel
Virginia M. Pickel Cornell University
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Michel Barrot
Michel Barrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marina E. Wolf
Marina E. Wolf Oregon Health & Science University
Patricio O'Donnell
Patricio O'Donnell Alto Neuroscience
Anthony A. Grace
Anthony A. Grace University of Pittsburgh
Allan I. Levey
Allan I. Levey Emory University

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