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Thomas J. McHugh is affiliated with the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, encompassing 120 publications, with significant contributions to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The main topics of their work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior.

The frequent publication venues for McHugh's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Molecular Psychiatry

McHugh has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Arthur Huang, Denis Polygalov, Steven J. Middleton, Roman Boehringer, and Anupratap Tomar.

Recent selected papers authored or co-authored by McHugh include:

  • A hypothalamic novelty signal modulates hippocampal memory, 2020, Nature
  • An Integrated Index: Engrams, Place Cells, and Hippocampal Memory, 2020, Neuron
  • Distinct temporal integration of noradrenaline signaling by astrocytic second messengers during vigilance, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Stepwise synaptic plasticity events drive the early phase of memory consolidation, 2021, Science
  • Sparse Activity of Hippocampal Adult-Born Neurons during REM Sleep Is Necessary for Memory Consolidation, 2020, Neuron

Best Publications

  • Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network

    Thomas J. McHugh;Matthew W. Jones;Matthew W. Jones;Jennifer J. Quinn;Jennifer J. Quinn;Nina Balthasar;Nina Balthasar

  • Near-infrared deep brain stimulation via upconversion nanoparticle–mediated optogenetics

    Shuo Chen;Adam Z. Weitemier;Xiao Zeng;Linmeng He

  • Young Dentate Granule Cells Mediate Pattern Separation, whereas Old Granule Cells Facilitate Pattern Completion

    Toshiaki Nakashiba;Jesse D. Cushman;Kenneth A. Pelkey;Sophie Renaudineau

  • Impaired Hippocampal Representation of Space in CA1-Specific NMDAR1 Knockout Mice

    Thomas J McHugh;Kenneth I Blum;Joe Z Tsien;Susumu Tonegawa

  • NMDA receptors, place cells and hippocampal spatial memory.

    Kazu Nakazawa;Thomas J. McHugh;Thomas J. McHugh;Matthew A. Wilson;Susumu Tonegawa;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Transgenic Inhibition of Synaptic Transmission Reveals Role of CA3 Output in Hippocampal Learning

    Toshiaki Nakashiba;Jennie Z. Young;Thomas J. McHugh;Derek L. Buhl

  • Single-cell bioluminescence imaging of deep tissue in freely moving animals

    Satoshi Iwano;Mayu Sugiyama;Hiroshi Hama;Akiya Watakabe

  • Human immunodeficiency virus can productively infect cultured human glial cells.

    Cecilia Cheng-Mayer;James T. Rutka;Mark L. Rosenblum;Thomas McHugh

  • Gamma Entrainment Binds Higher-Order Brain Regions and Offers Neuroprotection.

    Chinnakkaruppan Adaikkan;Steven J. Middleton;Asaf Marco;Asaf Marco;Ping-Chieh Pao;Ping-Chieh Pao

  • Hippocampal CA3 output is crucial for ripple-associated reactivation and consolidation of memory

    Toshiaki Nakashiba;Derek L. Buhl;Thomas J. McHugh;Susumu Tonegawa

  • The hippocampal engram maps experience but not place

    Kazumasa Z. Tanaka;Hongshen He;Anupratap Tomar;Kazue Niisato

  • A hypothalamic novelty signal modulates hippocampal memory

    Shuo Chen;Linmeng He;Arthur J. Y. Huang;Roman Boehringer

  • A dopaminergic switch for fear to safety transitions.

    Ray Luo;Akira Uematsu;Adam Weitemier;Luca Aquili;Luca Aquili

  • Stepwise synaptic plasticity events drive the early phase of memory consolidation.

    Akihiro Goto;Akihiro Goto;Ayaka Bota;Ayaka Bota;Ayaka Bota;Ken Miya;Ken Miya;Jingbo Wang

  • Updating hippocampal representations: CA2 joins the circuit

    Matthew W. Jones;Thomas J. McHugh

  • An Integrated Index: Engrams, Place Cells, and Hippocampal Memory

    Travis D. Goode;Kazumasa Z. Tanaka;Amar Sahay;Thomas J. McHugh

  • Distinct temporal integration of noradrenaline signaling by astrocytic second messengers during vigilance

    Yuki Oe;Xiaowen Wang;Tommaso Patriarchi;Ayumu Konno

  • Top-down cortical input during NREM sleep consolidates perceptual memory

    D. Miyamoto;D. Hirai;C. C. A. Fung;A. Inutsuka

  • High prevalence of antibodies to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated retrovirus (ARV) in AIDS and related conditions but not in other disease states.

    Lawrence S. Kaminsky;Thomas McHugh;Daniel Stites;Paul Volberding

  • Sparse Activity of Hippocampal Adult-Born Neurons during REM Sleep Is Necessary for Memory Consolidation

    Deependra Kumar;Iyo Koyanagi;Alvaro Carrier-Ruiz;Pablo Vergara

  • Silencing CA3 disrupts temporal coding in the CA1 ensemble

    Steven J Middleton;Thomas J McHugh;Thomas J McHugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeyoshi Itohara
Shigeyoshi Itohara RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Xiaogang Liu
Xiaogang Liu National University of Singapore
Kaspar E. Vogt
Kaspar E. Vogt University of Tsukuba
Sumantra Chattarji
Sumantra Chattarji National Centre for Biological Sciences
Steven G. Kernie
Steven G. Kernie Columbia University
Alexey Semyanov
Alexey Semyanov Jiaxing University
Kazuhiro Yamakawa
Kazuhiro Yamakawa Nagoya City University

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