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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
13
2025
60
5.930
Why?
Glutamic Acid
11
2025
254
5.080
Why?
Neurons
20
2025
1639
3.360
Why?
Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2
8
2025
15
3.060
Why?
Cocaine
12
2021
161
2.960
Why?
GABAergic Neurons
6
2025
37
2.830
Why?
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
8
2025
194
1.950
Why?
Behavior, Animal
11
2025
521
1.770
Why?
Septal Nuclei
2
2025
24
1.680
Why?
Habenula
6
2017
13
1.660
Why?
Globus Pallidus
5
2019
25
1.600
Why?
Reward
4
2025
245
1.490
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
7
2013
133
1.470
Why?
Avoidance Learning
3
2025
63
1.470
Why?
Dopamine
7
2023
291
1.430
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
5
2025
119
1.420
Why?
Sucrose
3
2025
114
1.100
Why?
Basal Forebrain
2
2019
2
1.060
Why?
Motivation
6
2021
601
1.040
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
2
2019
87
0.950
Why?
Vesicular Glutamate Transport Proteins
1
2025
2
0.910
Why?
Animals
44
2025
37948
0.910
Why?
Self Administration
12
2021
124
0.900
Why?
Action Potentials
7
2014
502
0.890
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
8
2025
98
0.880
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
4
2016
135
0.880
Why?
Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins
4
2025
10
0.810
Why?
Neural Pathways
5
2024
311
0.800
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
3
2019
22
0.790
Why?
Rats
22
2025
5570
0.780
Why?
Oxycodone
2
2023
53
0.770
Why?
Neuropeptides
1
2021
74
0.690
Why?
Mice
14
2025
18261
0.680
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
13
2025
127
0.680
Why?
Cues
7
2025
326
0.680
Why?
Synapses
3
2024
437
0.660
Why?
Fear
2
2022
366
0.640
Why?
Substance Abuse, Oral
1
2019
1
0.610
Why?
Brain
4
2022
2933
0.610
Why?
Glutamates
1
2018
66
0.550
Why?
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
2022
779
0.520
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2025
5185
0.520
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
4
2013
59
0.520
Why?
Axons
2
2018
203
0.500
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
7
2025
5967
0.490
Why?
Male
33
2025
72425
0.490
Why?
Mesencephalon
1
2016
65
0.480
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
6
2025
2521
0.450
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D4
1
2015
26
0.440
Why?
Neostriatum
3
2022
37
0.440
Why?
Motor Activity
4
2025
723
0.420
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
1
2014
5
0.420
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2023
1142
0.420
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
2015
196
0.410
Why?
Stress, Psychological
1
2022
1148
0.410
Why?
Nerve Net
1
2017
283
0.410
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2017
567
0.380
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
4
2013
28
0.370
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
2013
179
0.360
Why?
Goals
1
2013
184
0.350
Why?
Basal Ganglia
1
2011
57
0.340
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2019
601
0.330
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
3
2024
292
0.320
Why?
Motor Skills
1
2011
104
0.310
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
2
2009
91
0.310
Why?
Association Learning
1
2010
71
0.300
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
2
2023
66
0.290
Why?
Cycloserine
1
2007
4
0.270
Why?
Movement
1
2010
295
0.260
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
1
2007
42
0.260
Why?
Mice, Transgenic
2
2025
2184
0.230
Why?
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
1
2025
12
0.230
Why?
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
1
2025
33
0.230
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
535
0.210
Why?
Reaction Time
5
2014
438
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
911
0.180
Why?
Light
1
2025
405
0.180
Why?
Histological Techniques
1
2022
39
0.180
Why?
Recurrence
2
2019
1136
0.180
Why?
Workflow
1
2022
182
0.160
Why?
Circadian Rhythm
1
2025
510
0.160
Why?
Female
8
2025
78301
0.150
Why?
Entopeduncular Nucleus
1
2018
1
0.140
Why?
Analysis of Variance
3
2012
1301
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
0.130
Why?
Administration, Oral
1
2019
851
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
36
0.120
Why?
Anxiety
1
2023
1122
0.120
Why?
Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins
1
2015
9
0.110
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
1
2015
25
0.110
Why?
Risk Assessment
1
2005
3729
0.110
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
1
2015
41
0.110
Why?
Isoxazoles
1
2015
52
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
107
0.100
Why?
Electrophysiology
2
2014
218
0.100
Why?
Microelectrodes
1
2014
48
0.100
Why?
Sex Factors
1
2019
2104
0.100
Why?
Electrodes, Implanted
1
2014
115
0.100
Why?
Calbindins
1
2013
6
0.100
Why?
S100 Calcium Binding Protein G
1
2013
8
0.100
Why?
Piperidines
1
2015
219
0.100
Why?
Neurotensin
1
2013
14
0.100
Why?
Locomotion
1
2014
102
0.100
Why?
Hypothalamus
1
2014
160
0.100
Why?
Amphetamine
1
2013
38
0.100
Why?
RNA-Binding Proteins
1
2017
461
0.100
Why?
Substance P
1
2013
38
0.090
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
3
2013
2019
0.090
Why?
Piperazines
1
2015
378
0.090
Why?
Subthalamic Nucleus
1
2013
83
0.090
Why?
Probability
1
2012
309
0.090
Why?
Satiety Response
1
2011
11
0.090
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2018
1811
0.080
Why?
Habits
1
2010
52
0.080
Why?
Orientation
1
2010
50
0.080
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2022
3887
0.070
Why?
Electroshock
1
2009
145
0.070
Why?
Evoked Potentials
1
2010
127
0.070
Why?
Head
1
2010
120
0.070
Why?
Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic
1
2007
27
0.070
Why?
Sleep, REM
1
2007
44
0.060
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2015
2815
0.060
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
2009
328
0.060
Why?
Humans
7
2020
144665
0.060
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
1
2007
779
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
448
0.060
Why?
United States Environmental Protection Agency
1
2005
28
0.060
Why?
Meta-Analysis as Topic
1
2005
170
0.050
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2025
264
0.050
Why?
Melatonin
1
2025
163
0.050
Why?
Pain
1
2009
785
0.050
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
1
2022
34
0.050
Why?
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
1
2022
323
0.040
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
1
2011
4539
0.040
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
1
2022
331
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2005
1129
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
83
0.030
Why?
Behavior
1
2016
90
0.030
Why?
RNA, Small Interfering
1
2017
631
0.030
Why?
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
1
2017
925
0.030
Why?
Cell Survival
1
2017
1092
0.030
Why?
Pleasure
1
2013
18
0.020
Why?
Stereotyped Behavior
1
2013
22
0.020
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2017
523
0.020
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
1
2012
25
0.020
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2012
56
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
2012
217
0.020
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
1
2013
185
0.020
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2017
3109
0.020
Why?
Ultrasonography
1
2013
776
0.020
Why?
Affect
1
2010
322
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2005
16018
0.020
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
1
2012
2117
0.020
Why?
Retrospective Studies
1
2005
17147
0.020
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
1
2016
1090
0.020
Why?
Depression
1
2016
1561
0.010
Why?
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