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Valery Grinevich

Valery Grinevich

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
9186
World Ranking
5964
National Ranking
499

Valery Grinevich 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 Valery Grinevich sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 141 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valery Grinevich 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 Valery Grinevich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Valery Grinevich is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has significant contributions in the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their research predominantly focuses on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, with additional work in the neuroscience of respiration and sleep, stress responses and cortisol, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, infant health and development, attachment and relationship dynamics, and neuropeptides and animal physiology.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Social touch promotes interfemale communication via activation of parvocellular oxytocin neurons, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Astrocytes mediate the effect of oxytocin in the central amygdala on neuronal activity and affective states in rodents, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Extrahypothalamic oxytocin neurons drive stress-induced social vigilance and avoidance, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in Grinevich's publications include Arthur Lefèvre, Alexandre Charlet, Ferdinand Althammer, Quirin Krabichler, and Javier E. Stern.

Grinevich has published multiple works in various academic venues with notable frequency in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Nature Communications, Current Biology, and STAR Protocols.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 18 publications
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology - 7 publications
  • Nature Communications - 4 publications
  • Current Biology - 3 publications
  • STAR Protocols - 3 publications

In addition to journal articles, Grinevich has contributed to book literature, having published in Springer International Publishing including the 2021 work titled Neuroanatomy of Neuroendocrine Systems.

The main areas of study extend across several subfields such as social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, behavioral neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and pharmacy. Publications reflect a blend of these sub-disciplines, emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach.

  • Social Psychology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Pharmacy

Grinevich's body of work, spanning papers, collaborations, and publication venues, contributes to multiple dimensions of neuroendocrine and behavioral sciences.

Best Publications

  • Evoked Axonal Oxytocin Release in the Central Amygdala Attenuates Fear Response

    H. Sophie Knobloch;Alexandre Charlet;Lena C. Hoffmann;Marina Eliava

  • A new population of parvocellular oxytocin neurons controlling magnocellular neuron activity and inflammatory pain processing

    Marina Eliava;Meggane Melchior;H. Sophie Knobloch-Bollmann;H. Sophie Knobloch-Bollmann;Jérôme Wahis

  • Oxytocin Enhances Social Recognition by Modulating Cortical Control of Early Olfactory Processing

    Lars Lennart Oettl;Namasivayam Ravi;Miriam Schneider;Max F. Scheller

  • Assembling the Puzzle: Pathways of Oxytocin Signaling in the Brain.

    Valery Grinevich;Valery Grinevich;H. Sophie Knobloch-Bollmann;H. Sophie Knobloch-Bollmann;Marina Eliava;Marina Eliava;Marta Busnelli

  • Oxytocin Facilitates the Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Humans

    Monika Eckstein;Benjamin Becker;Dirk Scheele;Claudia Scholz

  • Independent hypothalamic circuits for social and predator fear

    Bianca A Silva;Camilla Mattucci;Piotr Krzywkowski;Emanuele Murana

  • Evolution of oxytocin pathways in the brain of vertebrates

    H. Sophie Knobloch;Valery Grinevich

  • Prefrontal cortical control of a brainstem social behavior circuit

    Tamara B Franklin;Tamara B Franklin;Bianca A Silva;Zinaida Perova;Livia Marrone

  • Social touch promotes interfemale communication via activation of parvocellular oxytocin neurons

    Yan Tang;Yan Tang;Diego Benusiglio;Arthur Lefevre;Arthur Lefevre;Louis Hilfiger

  • Oxytocin Signaling in the Central Amygdala Modulates Emotion Discrimination in Mice.

    Valentina Ferretti;Federica Maltese;Gabriella Contarini;Marco Nigro

  • Oxytocin Signaling in the Lateral Septum Prevents Social Fear during Lactation

    Rohit Menon;Thomas Grund;Iulia Zoicas;Ferdinand Althammer

  • Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry.

    Valery Grinevich;Inga D. Neumann

  • Astrocytes mediate the effect of oxytocin in the central amygdala on neuronal activity and affective states in rodents

    Jérôme Wahis;Jérôme Wahis;Angel Baudon;Ferdinand Althammer;Damien Kerspern

  • Effect of Repeated Lipopolysaccharide Administration on Tissue Cytokine Expression and Hypothalamic−Pituitary−Adrenal Axis Activity in Rats

    Valery Grinevich;Xin−Ming Ma;J. P. Herman;D. Jezova

  • Monosynaptic Pathway from Rat Vibrissa Motor Cortex to Facial Motor Neurons Revealed by Lentivirus-Based Axonal Tracing

    Valery Grinevich;Michael Brecht;Pavel Osten

  • Oxytocin in the nucleus accumbens shell reverses CRFR2-evoked passive stress-coping after partner loss in monogamous male prairie voles.

    Oliver J. Bosch;Joanna Dabrowska;Meera E. Modi;Meera E. Modi;Zachary V. Johnson;Zachary V. Johnson

  • Interplay between Oxytocin and Sensory Systems in the Orchestration of Socio-Emotional Behaviors

    Valery Grinevich;Valery Grinevich;Ron Stoop

  • Oxytocin and Pain Perception: From Animal Models to Human Research.

    S. Boll;A.C. Almeida de Minas;A. Raftogianni;S.C. Herpertz

  • A Fear Memory Engram and Its Plasticity in the Hypothalamic Oxytocin System.

    Mazahir T. Hasan;Ferdinand Althammer;Miriam Silva da Gouveia;Stephanie Goyon

  • Chronic CRH depletion from GABAergic, long-range projection neurons in the extended amygdala reduces dopamine release and increases anxiety.

    Nina Dedic;Claudia Kühne;Mira Jakovcevski;Jakob Hartmann;Jakob Hartmann

  • The Action Radius of Oxytocin Release in the Mammalian CNS : From Single Vesicles to Behavior

    Bice Chini;Matthijs Verhage;Valery Grinevich

  • Diversity of oxytocin neurons: beyond magno- and parvocellular cell types?

    Ferdinand Althammer;Valery Grinevich;Valery Grinevich

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Osten
Pavel Osten Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Inga D. Neumann
Inga D. Neumann University of Regensburg
Greti Aguilera
Greti Aguilera National Institutes of Health
Bice Chini
Bice Chini University of Milan
René Hurlemann
René Hurlemann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Mike Ludwig
Mike Ludwig University of Edinburgh
Joseph G. Verbalis
Joseph G. Verbalis Georgetown University Medical Center
Sabine C. Herpertz
Sabine C. Herpertz Heidelberg University
Jan M. Deussing
Jan M. Deussing Max Planck Society
Brian C. Trainor
Brian C. Trainor University of California, Davis

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