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Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Hany Ahmed
University of Turku
2
Ayele Argaw-Denboba
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
3
Qianqian Xin
Zhejiang Lab
4
Sinem Gencturk
Boğaziçi University
5
Luna Jammal
University of Regensburg
6
Qiancheng Zhao
Sun Yat-sen University
7
Clément Solié
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8
ChatGPT Generative Pre-trained Transformer
OpenAI (United States)
9
Ilana Gabanyi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Megan D. McCurry
Harvard University

Papers

1
Publication in Nature (2024) [138 citations, W4396544402]
Nature|2024
138 cit.
2
Publication in Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (2024) [121 citations, W4392186914]
Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience|2024
121 cit.
3
Publication in Science (2024) [119 citations, W4391428433]
Science|2024
119 cit.
4
Gut bacteria convert glucocorticoids into progestins in the presence of hydrogen gas
Cell|2024
88 cit.
5
Publication in Science (2025) [1 citation, W4411983892]
Science|2025
1 cit.
6
An Unified Approach for Dynamics Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Pursuit Problem
Nonlinear Dynamics|2025
1 cit.
7
Comparison of fecal and plasma metabolite correlations following nutrition or exercise interventions
Metabolomics|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Weizhe Hong
University of California, Los Angeles
2
Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku
University of California San Diego
3
Stephen W. Eichhorn
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4
Rais Rais
Tadulako University
5
Alexandre Charlet
Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives
6
Nadine Gogolla
ClearMotion (United States)
7
Johannes Bohacek
University of Zurich
8
Jun R. Huh
Harvard University
9
Sophie Neuner
Johns Hopkins University
10
Jai S. Polepalli
National University of Singapore

Papers

1
Multiomic profiling of the acute stress response in the mouse hippocampus
Nature Communications|2022
73 cit.
2
Cortical regulation of helping behaviour towards others in pain
Nature|2024
62 cit.
3
An analgesic pathway from parvocellular oxytocin neurons to the periaqueductal gray in rats
Nature Communications|2023
56 cit.
4
Isolation and analyses of lamina propria lymphocytes from mouse intestines
STAR Protocols|2022
41 cit.
5
Brain-wide mapping of immune receptors uncovers a neuromodulatory role of IL-17E and the receptor IL-17RB
Cell|2025
37 cit.
6
Noradrenaline release from the locus coeruleus shapes stress-induced hippocampal gene expression
eLife|2023
22 cit.
7
A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals
Science|2025
22 cit.
8
Analysis of behavioral flow resolves latent phenotypes
Nature Methods|2024
18 cit.
9
Single‐Nucleus RNA‐Sequencing in Brain Tissue
Current Protocols|2023
14 cit.
10
Inter-brain neural dynamics in biological and artificial intelligence systems
Nature|2025
12 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Michael J. Meaney
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
2
Moshe Szyf
Singapore Polytechnic
3
Bruce S. McEwen
Rockefeller University
4
Larry J. Young
Stanford University
5
Donald W. Pfaff
Rockefeller University
6
Inga D. Neumann
University of Regensburg
7
Thomas R. Insel
Stanford Health Care
8
Markus Heinrichs
University of Freiburg
9
Eric J. Nestler
Allen Institute for Brain Science
10
Jack L. Feldman
University of California, Los Angeles

Papers

1
Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): Toward a New Classification Framework for Research on Mental Disorders
American Journal of Psychiatry|2010
7.1k cit.
2
Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
Nature Neuroscience|2004
6.1k cit.
3
Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse
Nature Neuroscience|2009
3.5k cit.
4
Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Stress
Science|1997
3.2k cit.
5
Toward the future of psychiatric diagnosis: the seven pillars of RDoC
BMC Medicine|2013
3.1k cit.
6
Molecular Adaptations Underlying Susceptibility and Resistance to Social Defeat in Brain Reward Regions
Cell|2007
2.3k cit.
7
Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities
JAMA|2009
2.3k cit.
8
Pre-Bötzinger Complex: a Brainstem Region that May Generate Respiratory Rhythm in Mammals
Science|1991
2.2k cit.
9
Essential Role of BDNF in the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway in Social Defeat Stress
Science|2006
2.1k cit.
10
Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress
Biological Psychiatry|2003
2.1k cit.

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