2026 William A. Carlezon: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	84	1380	1253	696	617	260	28884
Medicine	84	14996	14117	7580	7018	262	28929

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

1380

1253

696

617

260

28884

Medicine

14996

14117

7580

7018

262

28929

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

28884

World Ranking

1380

National Ranking

696

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

28929

World Ranking

14996

National Ranking

7580

Overview

William A. Carlezon is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The main research topics covered by Carlezon's work include:

Stress Responses and Cortisol
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology

Carlezon's recent publications demonstrate a focus on neuropsychiatric disorders, stress, and neural circuit mechanisms. These include:

"Post-traumatic stress disorder: clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits," 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
"Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes Differentially Regulate Stress-Associated Alterations in Sleep Architecture," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
"Single-Nucleus Transcriptome Profiling of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Mechanistic Roles for Neuronal Gene Expression, Including the 17q21.31 Locus, in PTSD Stress Response," 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
"Genome-wide translational profiling of amygdala Crh-expressing neurons reveals role for CREB in fear extinction learning," 2020, Nature Communications
"Concordant neurophysiological signatures of cognitive control in humans and rats," 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent co-authors working with Carlezon include:

Scott L. Rauch
Anissa Abi-Dargham
New York
Deanna M. Barch
St Louis

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

Biological Psychiatry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neuropsychopharmacology
Nature Communications
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

The Mesolimbic Dopamine Reward Circuit in Depression

Eric J. Nestler;William A. Carlezon

2488
Citations
The many faces of CREB

William A. Carlezon;Ronald S. Duman;Eric J. Nestler

1626
Citations
Regulation of Cocaine Reward by CREB

William A. Carlezon;Johannes Thome;Valerie G. Olson;Sarah B. Lane-Ladd

978
Citations
Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK.

Kole Roybal;David Theobold;Ami Graham;Jennifer A. DiNieri

936
Citations
Expression of the transcription factor ΔFosB in the brain controls sensitivity to cocaine

Max B. Kelz;Jingshan Chen;William A. Carlezon;William A. Carlezon;Kim Whisler

835
Citations
GTP cyclohydrolase and tetrahydrobiopterin regulate pain sensitivity and persistence

Irmgard Tegeder;Michael Costigan;Robert S Griffin;Andrea Abele

653
Citations
Biological substrates of reward and aversion: a nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis.

William A. Carlezon;Mark J. Thomas

651
Citations
Altered Responsiveness to Cocaine and Increased Immobility in the Forced Swim Test Associated with Elevated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Expression in Nucleus Accumbens

Andrea M. Pliakas;Richard R. Carlson;Rachael L. Neve;Christine Konradi

606
Citations
Antidepressant-Like Effects of κ-Opioid Receptor Antagonists in the Forced Swim Test in Rats

Stephen D. Mague;Andrea M. Pliakas;Mark S. Todtenkopf;Hilarie C. Tomasiewicz

591
Citations
Long-term memory is facilitated by cAMP response element-binding protein overexpression in the amygdala.

Sheena A. Josselyn;Chanjun Shi;William A. Carlezon;William A. Carlezon;Rachael L. Neve

565
Citations
Dynorphin, stress, and depression

Allison T. Knoll;William A. Carlezon

545
Citations
Post-traumatic stress disorder: clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits

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485
Citations
Depressive-Like Effects of the κ-Opioid Receptor Agonist Salvinorin A on Behavior and Neurochemistry in Rats

William A. Carlezon;Cécile Béguin;Jennifer A. DiNieri;Michael H. Baumann

476
Citations
Rewarding Actions of Phencyclidine and Related Drugs in Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Frontal Cortex

William A. Carlezon;Roy A. Wise

450
Citations
Intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) in rodents to study the neurobiology of motivation.

William A Carlezon;Elena H Chartoff

423
Citations
Fear Conditioning Occludes LTP-Induced Presynaptic Enhancement of Synaptic Transmission in the Cortical Pathway to the Lateral Amygdala

Evgeny Tsvetkov;William A. Carlezon;Francine M. Benes;Eric R. Kandel

398
Citations
Elevated levels of GluR1 in the midbrain: a trigger for sensitization to drugs of abuse?

William A. Carlezon;Eric J. Nestler

365
Citations
Anxiolytic-like effects of kappa-opioid receptor antagonists in models of unlearned and learned fear in rats.

Allison T. Knoll;Edward G. Meloni;James B. Thomas;F. Ivy Carroll

335
Citations
Effects of κ-opioid receptor ligands on intracranial self-stimulation in rats

Mark S. Todtenkopf;Jacqueline F. Marcus;Philip S. Portoghese;William A. Carlezon

333
Citations
Sensitization to morphine induced by viral-mediated gene transfer

William A. Carlezon;Virginia A. Boundy;Virginia A. Boundy;Colin N. Haile;Colin N. Haile;Sarah B. Lane;Sarah B. Lane

332
Citations
Altered responsiveness to cocaine in rats exposed to methylphenidate during development.

Susan L. Andersen;Andreas Arvanitogiannis;Andrea M. Pliakas;Celeste LeBlanc

332
Citations