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Concepts (180)

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Concepts are listed by decreasing relevance which is based on many factors, including how many publications the person wrote about that topic, how long ago those publications were written, and how many publications other people have written on that same topic.

Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Ventral Tegmental Area
14
2026
63
6.790
Why?
Glutamic Acid
12
2026
255
5.890
Why?
Neurons
21
2026
1652
3.840
Why?
Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2
8
2025
15
3.040
Why?
Cocaine
12
2021
162
2.950
Why?
GABAergic Neurons
6
2025
37
2.820
Why?
Dopamine
8
2026
295
2.210
Why?
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
8
2025
194
1.950
Why?
Behavior, Animal
11
2025
520
1.760
Why?
Reward
5
2026
248
1.690
Why?
Septal Nuclei
2
2025
24
1.670
Why?
Habenula
6
2017
13
1.650
Why?
Globus Pallidus
5
2019
25
1.590
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
7
2013
133
1.470
Why?
Avoidance Learning
3
2025
63
1.460
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
5
2025
119
1.420
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
3
2026
68
1.210
Why?
Sucrose
3
2025
114
1.090
Why?
Basal Forebrain
2
2019
2
1.060
Why?
Motivation
6
2021
602
1.040
Why?
Animals
45
2026
38097
0.950
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
2
2019
88
0.950
Why?
Vesicular Glutamate Transport Proteins
1
2025
2
0.910
Why?
Self Administration
12
2021
122
0.900
Why?
Action Potentials
7
2014
502
0.880
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
8
2025
94
0.880
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
4
2016
135
0.870
Why?
Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins
4
2025
10
0.810
Why?
Neural Pathways
5
2024
317
0.790
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
3
2019
22
0.780
Why?
Rats
22
2025
5585
0.780
Why?
Oxycodone
2
2023
52
0.770
Why?
Mice
15
2026
18355
0.750
Why?
Neuropeptides
1
2021
75
0.690
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
13
2025
128
0.680
Why?
Cues
7
2025
329
0.670
Why?
Synapses
3
2024
439
0.660
Why?
Fear
2
2022
368
0.630
Why?
Substance Abuse, Oral
1
2019
1
0.610
Why?
Brain
4
2022
2969
0.600
Why?
Glutamates
1
2018
66
0.550
Why?
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
2022
782
0.520
Why?
Male
34
2026
73003
0.520
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
4
2013
59
0.520
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2025
5223
0.520
Why?
Axons
2
2018
204
0.490
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
7
2025
5992
0.490
Why?
Mesencephalon
1
2016
65
0.480
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
6
2025
2525
0.450
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D4
1
2015
27
0.440
Why?
Neostriatum
3
2022
37
0.430
Why?
Motor Activity
4
2025
718
0.420
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
1
2014
5
0.420
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2023
1154
0.420
Why?
Stress, Psychological
1
2022
1149
0.410
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
2015
201
0.410
Why?
Nerve Net
1
2017
286
0.410
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2017
560
0.380
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
4
2013
28
0.370
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
2013
180
0.360
Why?
Goals
1
2013
185
0.350
Why?
Basal Ganglia
1
2011
57
0.340
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2019
605
0.330
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
3
2024
292
0.320
Why?
Motor Skills
1
2011
104
0.310
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
2
2009
92
0.310
Why?
Association Learning
1
2010
70
0.300
Why?
Movement
1
2010
293
0.260
Why?
Cycloserine
1
2007
5
0.260
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
1
2007
42
0.260
Why?
Mice, Transgenic
2
2025
2191
0.230
Why?
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
1
2025
12
0.230
Why?
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
1
2025
34
0.220
Why?
GABA Modulators
1
2025
11
0.220
Why?
Diazepam
1
2025
33
0.220
Why?
Sleep Deprivation
1
2007
206
0.220
Why?
Brain Mapping
2
2022
542
0.210
Why?
Reaction Time
5
2014
434
0.210
Why?
Receptors, GABA-A
1
2025
137
0.200
Why?
Corpus Striatum
3
2022
179
0.190
Why?
Receptors, Opioid, mu
1
2023
66
0.190
Why?
Behavior Control
1
2022
12
0.190
Why?
Risk
1
2005
923
0.180
Why?
Light
1
2025
403
0.180
Why?
Histological Techniques
1
2022
39
0.180
Why?
Recurrence
2
2019
1139
0.180
Why?
Workflow
1
2022
183
0.160
Why?
Circadian Rhythm
1
2025
513
0.160
Why?
Female
8
2025
79035
0.150
Why?
Entopeduncular Nucleus
1
2018
1
0.140
Why?
Analysis of Variance
3
2012
1300
0.140
Why?
Ultrasonics
3
2013
50
0.140
Why?
Synaptic Vesicles
1
2018
40
0.140
Why?
Preoptic Area
1
2017
8
0.130
Why?
Glutamate Decarboxylase
1
2018
165
0.130
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2018
335
0.130
Why?
Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
1
2017
18
0.130
Why?
Leukemia, Myeloid
1
2017
48
0.130
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
1
2017
56
0.120
Why?
Administration, Oral
1
2019
867
0.120
Why?
Callithrix
1
2016
10
0.120
Why?
Pars Compacta
1
2016
4
0.120
Why?
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
1
2016
72
0.120
Why?
Head Movements
2
2013
37
0.120
Why?
Anxiety
1
2023
1122
0.120
Why?
Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins
1
2015
9
0.110
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
1
2015
26
0.110
Why?
Risk Assessment
1
2005
3752
0.110
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
1
2015
41
0.110
Why?
Isoxazoles
1
2015
56
0.110
Why?
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2015
59
0.110
Why?
Olfactory Tubercle
1
2014
1
0.110
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
1
2014
108
0.100
Why?
Electrophysiology
2
2014
218
0.100
Why?
Microelectrodes
1
2014
49
0.100
Why?
Sex Factors
1
2019
2110
0.100
Why?
Electrodes, Implanted
1
2014
114
0.100
Why?
Calbindins
1
2013
6
0.100
Why?
Piperidines
1
2015
222
0.100
Why?
S100 Calcium Binding Protein G
1
2013
8
0.100
Why?
Neurotensin
1
2013
14
0.100
Why?
RNA-Binding Proteins
1
2017
447
0.100
Why?
Locomotion
1
2014
101
0.100
Why?
Hypothalamus
1
2014
163
0.100
Why?
Amphetamine
1
2013
38
0.090
Why?
Substance P
1
2013
38
0.090
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
3
2013
2028
0.090
Why?
Piperazines
1
2015
375
0.090
Why?
Subthalamic Nucleus
1
2013
84
0.090
Why?
Probability
1
2012
308
0.090
Why?
Satiety Response
1
2011
11
0.080
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2018
1764
0.080
Why?
Habits
1
2010
52
0.080
Why?
Orientation
1
2010
50
0.080
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2022
3915
0.070
Why?
Electroshock
1
2009
146
0.070
Why?
Evoked Potentials
1
2010
131
0.070
Why?
Head
1
2010
123
0.070
Why?
Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic
1
2007
27
0.070
Why?
Sleep, REM
1
2007
44
0.060
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2015
2805
0.060
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
2009
324
0.060
Why?
Humans
7
2020
145763
0.060
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
1
2007
782
0.060
Why?
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
1
2007
229
0.060
Why?
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
1
2025
19
0.060
Why?
Learning
1
2009
444
0.060
Why?
United States Environmental Protection Agency
1
2005
28
0.060
Why?
Meta-Analysis as Topic
1
2005
173
0.050
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2025
264
0.050
Why?
Melatonin
1
2025
163
0.050
Why?
Pain
1
2009
791
0.050
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
1
2022
34
0.050
Why?
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
1
2022
328
0.040
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
1
2011
4568
0.040
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
1
2022
336
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2005
1139
0.040
Why?
Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute
1
2017
4
0.030
Why?
Myeloid Progenitor Cells
1
2017
16
0.030
Why?
Hematopoiesis
1
2017
193
0.030
Why?
Neurotransmitter Agents
1
2016
84
0.030
Why?
Behavior
1
2016
90
0.030
Why?
RNA, Small Interfering
1
2017
638
0.030
Why?
Cell Survival
1
2017
1103
0.030
Why?
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
1
2017
936
0.030
Why?
Pleasure
1
2013
18
0.020
Why?
Stereotyped Behavior
1
2013
21
0.020
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2017
523
0.020
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
1
2012
25
0.020
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2012
57
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
2012
219
0.020
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
1
2013
185
0.020
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2017
3130
0.020
Why?
Ultrasonography
1
2013
788
0.020
Why?
Affect
1
2010
321
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2005
16123
0.020
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
1
2012
2123
0.020
Why?
Retrospective Studies
1
2005
17325
0.020
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
1
2016
1102
0.010
Why?
Depression
1
2016
1557
0.010
Why?
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