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Concepts (328)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Amphetamine
51
2022
101
11.450
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
55
2022
113
10.840
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
30
2020
216
6.850
Why?
Motor Activity
46
2018
327
5.540
Why?
Dopamine
32
2022
275
5.040
Why?
Ventral Tegmental Area
19
2022
43
3.520
Why?
Rats
76
2022
3992
2.660
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
50
2022
1221
2.410
Why?
Nicotine
12
2021
194
2.130
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
12
2020
73
2.050
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
8
2020
394
1.980
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
9
2021
130
1.920
Why?
Locomotion
11
2017
131
1.900
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
7
2017
34
1.880
Why?
Receptors, AMPA
8
2017
66
1.860
Why?
Self Administration
26
2018
73
1.850
Why?
Behavior, Animal
18
2016
373
1.840
Why?
Cocaine
9
2022
76
1.790
Why?
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
11
2008
52
1.780
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
6
2013
72
1.770
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
5
2018
10
1.710
Why?
Glutamic Acid
7
2022
152
1.550
Why?
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
4
2013
21
1.510
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
8
2018
18
1.480
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
16
2018
48
1.420
Why?
Animals
94
2022
26589
1.420
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
6
2011
44
1.330
Why?
Cues
6
2016
175
1.170
Why?
Morphine
13
2012
130
1.160
Why?
Saccharin
3
2018
8
1.140
Why?
Reward
7
2013
181
1.120
Why?
Dendritic Spines
3
2016
15
1.050
Why?
Microinjections
16
2017
70
1.020
Why?
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
2
2014
12
1.000
Why?
Gambling
2
2020
146
0.950
Why?
Male
78
2022
40973
0.940
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D2
4
2017
57
0.940
Why?
Uncertainty
2
2020
71
0.860
Why?
Central Nervous System Sensitization
2
2020
10
0.850
Why?
Neostriatum
2
2012
26
0.820
Why?
Amphetamine-Related Disorders
3
2018
27
0.820
Why?
Motivation
6
2013
287
0.770
Why?
Neurons
10
2016
1546
0.720
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
5
2013
129
0.660
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3243
0.640
Why?
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
2
2016
35
0.640
Why?
Mesencephalon
3
2004
64
0.610
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
3
2018
25
0.610
Why?
Amphetamines
3
2010
18
0.600
Why?
Protein Kinase C
2
2016
270
0.590
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
4
2011
27
0.590
Why?
Benzazepines
8
2017
89
0.580
Why?
Dopamine Agents
2
2017
29
0.580
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
8
1994
12
0.540
Why?
Cytoskeleton
1
2016
193
0.520
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
3
2004
45
0.510
Why?
Time Factors
14
2017
5210
0.510
Why?
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
2
2017
107
0.500
Why?
Corpus Striatum
2
2012
86
0.500
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
2
2017
214
0.490
Why?
Phosphorylation
7
2017
1106
0.480
Why?
Cell Membrane
1
2017
666
0.470
Why?
Nervous System
1
2014
86
0.470
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
12
2017
1961
0.440
Why?
Association
1
2012
5
0.440
Why?
Microdialysis
6
2009
32
0.440
Why?
Space Perception
1
2013
115
0.430
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
5
2008
78
0.420
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2011
17
0.410
Why?
Up-Regulation
3
2013
715
0.410
Why?
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
3
2018
153
0.410
Why?
Benzoates
4
2000
44
0.410
Why?
Casein Kinase Idelta
1
2011
2
0.410
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
3
2014
589
0.410
Why?
Glycine
4
2000
92
0.400
Why?
Hyperkinesis
3
2008
15
0.400
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
3
2022
35
0.390
Why?
Analysis of Variance
7
2017
912
0.380
Why?
Ethanol
3
2018
249
0.380
Why?
Psychotropic Drugs
1
2011
75
0.370
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
6
2004
35
0.370
Why?
Dronabinol
1
2011
53
0.370
Why?
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
3
2017
87
0.370
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2012
493
0.360
Why?
Dendrites
2
2009
99
0.360
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2013
281
0.350
Why?
alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
2
2010
10
0.350
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
3
2006
76
0.340
Why?
Aggression
1
2013
320
0.340
Why?
Central Nervous System Agents
1
2008
15
0.330
Why?
Amino Acids
3
2006
252
0.330
Why?
Indoles
1
2009
318
0.300
Why?
Leptin
2
2017
105
0.300
Why?
Behavior
1
2007
85
0.300
Why?
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
3
2017
315
0.300
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
6
2006
916
0.290
Why?
Avoidance Learning
1
2006
16
0.290
Why?
Quinpirole
2
2005
7
0.290
Why?
Brain
4
2013
2216
0.290
Why?
Environment
3
2018
219
0.290
Why?
Association Learning
1
2006
34
0.290
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2010
1284
0.280
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine
4
2000
38
0.270
Why?
Brain Chemistry
3
2007
121
0.260
Why?
Septal Nuclei
3
1990
9
0.260
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
1
2005
34
0.250
Why?
Discrimination Learning
2
2016
63
0.250
Why?
Injections, Intraperitoneal
5
2009
102
0.240
Why?
Purines
2
2014
91
0.240
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
2
2001
44
0.240
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
4
2009
129
0.240
Why?
Mental Disorders
1
2007
371
0.240
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
3
2012
19
0.240
Why?
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
2
2003
87
0.230
Why?
Receptors, Glutamate
1
2003
24
0.230
Why?
Presynaptic Terminals
2
2012
40
0.220
Why?
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
2
2001
4
0.220
Why?
Rats, Inbred Strains
11
1992
312
0.220
Why?
Drug Interactions
4
2006
248
0.210
Why?
Peptide Fragments
1
2003
460
0.200
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
1
2001
5
0.200
Why?
Humans
16
2021
86653
0.190
Why?
Oxidopamine
3
1998
8
0.180
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
2
2010
152
0.170
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2017
503
0.170
Why?
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
1
2017
37
0.160
Why?
Raclopride
1
2017
3
0.160
Why?
Channelrhodopsins
1
2017
7
0.150
Why?
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
1
2017
23
0.150
Why?
Tobacco Use Disorder
2
2009
108
0.150
Why?
Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2017
6
0.150
Why?
Post-Synaptic Density
1
2017
7
0.150
Why?
Optogenetics
1
2017
30
0.150
Why?
Anesthetics, Local
1
2017
76
0.150
Why?
Transduction, Genetic
1
2017
153
0.150
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
1
2017
144
0.150
Why?
Tissue Culture Techniques
1
2017
79
0.150
Why?
Subcellular Fractions
1
2016
93
0.140
Why?
Carbazoles
1
2016
51
0.140
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2016
68
0.140
Why?
Naltrexone
1
1997
135
0.140
Why?
Narcotic Antagonists
1
1997
154
0.130
Why?
Point Mutation
1
2016
246
0.130
Why?
Adenylyl Cyclases
3
2011
100
0.130
Why?
Synapses
2
2014
265
0.130
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
1998
492
0.130
Why?
Central Nervous System Depressants
1
2014
45
0.120
Why?
Cycloleucine
3
1998
10
0.120
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
2
2012
222
0.120
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2016
615
0.120
Why?
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
1
2014
73
0.120
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
1996
454
0.120
Why?
Appetitive Behavior
2
2006
15
0.120
Why?
Spinal Puncture
1
2013
38
0.110
Why?
Limbic System
2
2012
23
0.110
Why?
Housing, Animal
1
2013
41
0.110
Why?
Narcotics
2
2011
69
0.110
Why?
GABAergic Neurons
1
2013
16
0.110
Why?
Neurotransmitter Agents
1
2013
106
0.110
Why?
Long-Term Potentiation
1
2013
47
0.110
Why?
Suicidal Ideation
1
2013
67
0.110
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1
1
2012
7
0.110
Why?
Dextroamphetamine
2
1994
107
0.110
Why?
Immunoblotting
1
2013
268
0.110
Why?
Pimozide
2
1989
3
0.110
Why?
Extracellular Space
2
2003
90
0.110
Why?
Selegiline
1
1992
1
0.110
Why?
Linear Models
1
2013
421
0.100
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Visual
1
2012
87
0.100
Why?
Serotonergic Neurons
1
2011
4
0.100
Why?
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2011
20
0.100
Why?
Apomorphine
1
2011
10
0.100
Why?
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
1
2013
487
0.100
Why?
Enzyme Inhibitors
1
2014
639
0.100
Why?
Drug Synergism
2
2002
303
0.100
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2017
864
0.100
Why?
Raphe Nuclei
1
2011
37
0.100
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
3
2009
584
0.100
Why?
Parkinson Disease
1
1992
132
0.090
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
2
2011
2232
0.090
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2011
270
0.090
Why?
Dicarboxylic Acids
2
2001
22
0.090
Why?
CREB-Binding Protein
1
2010
16
0.090
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2012
329
0.090
Why?
Threonine
1
2010
33
0.090
Why?
Thionucleotides
1
2010
56
0.090
Why?
Aspartic Acid
1
2010
64
0.090
Why?
Substantia Nigra
1
1989
27
0.090
Why?
Pyrrolidines
2
2001
58
0.090
Why?
Serine
1
2010
99
0.090
Why?
Cyclic AMP
1
2010
273
0.090
Why?
Simplexvirus
1
2010
151
0.080
Why?
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
2
2003
12
0.080
Why?
Benzylamines
1
2008
16
0.080
Why?
Heroin Dependence
1
1988
14
0.080
Why?
Heroin
1
1988
11
0.080
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
1
2013
1753
0.080
Why?
Female
7
2021
44537
0.080
Why?
Enkephalins
1
1987
16
0.080
Why?
Methamphetamine
1
2008
82
0.080
Why?
Complement Factor B
1
2007
9
0.080
Why?
Complement Pathway, Alternative
1
2007
13
0.080
Why?
Injections, Intravenous
2
2001
244
0.080
Why?
Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
1
2007
11
0.080
Why?
Spatial Behavior
1
1987
20
0.070
Why?
Injections
3
1994
109
0.070
Why?
Xanthenes
1
2006
23
0.070
Why?
Taste
1
2006
28
0.070
Why?
Sulfonamides
1
2008
300
0.070
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2007
263
0.070
Why?
Pregnancy
3
2018
2894
0.070
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
1987
160
0.070
Why?
Indans
2
2008
31
0.070
Why?
Glutamates
2
2008
89
0.070
Why?
Neuronal Plasticity
1
2007
187
0.070
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
1
1985
56
0.060
Why?
Salicylamides
1
2004
2
0.060
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2007
161
0.060
Why?
Receptors, Kainic Acid
1
2003
13
0.060
Why?
Autoreceptors
1
2003
2
0.060
Why?
Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
1
2003
27
0.060
Why?
Homovanillic Acid
1
2003
35
0.060
Why?
Mutation
1
2014
3968
0.060
Why?
Halorhodopsins
1
2022
5
0.060
Why?
Genes, Immediate-Early
1
2002
17
0.060
Why?
Drug Administration Routes
1
2002
19
0.050
Why?
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
1
2001
2
0.050
Why?
Young Adult
1
2013
5977
0.050
Why?
Rats, Inbred F344
1
2021
156
0.050
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2010
1921
0.050
Why?
Time
1
2001
77
0.050
Why?
2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate
1
2000
11
0.050
Why?
Electric Stimulation
2
2014
347
0.050
Why?
Forecasting
1
2001
304
0.050
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
2
2014
396
0.050
Why?
Quinolines
1
2001
95
0.050
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2012
3362
0.050
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2014
989
0.040
Why?
Arousal
1
2000
170
0.040
Why?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
1
2018
2
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
1999
429
0.040
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
1998
19
0.040
Why?
Risk Factors
2
2018
5417
0.040
Why?
STAT3 Transcription Factor
1
2017
78
0.040
Why?
Animals, Newborn
1
2018
510
0.040
Why?
Mice
3
2022
11356
0.040
Why?
Brain Mapping
1
2000
548
0.040
Why?
Individuality
1
1997
109
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic Agents
1
2014
6
0.030
Why?
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
1
2014
44
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2021
2380
0.030
Why?
Naloxone
2
1985
59
0.030
Why?
Premedication
1
1994
54
0.030
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2014
134
0.030
Why?
Biophysics
1
2014
152
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists
1
1994
8
0.030
Why?
Adult
1
2013
25649
0.030
Why?
Diffusion
1
1994
93
0.030
Why?
Micromanipulation
1
1993
6
0.030
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
1
2021
1621
0.030
Why?
Dialysis
1
1993
24
0.030
Why?
Research Design
1
1996
594
0.030
Why?
Infusions, Intraventricular
1
2012
5
0.030
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
1996
1991
0.020
Why?
Organ Culture Techniques
1
2011
135
0.020
Why?
Sulpiride
1
1989
2
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
1
1990
72
0.020
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
1990
130
0.020
Why?
Isoquinolines
1
1989
72
0.020
Why?
Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32
1
2008
6
0.020
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2009
122
0.020
Why?
Bicuculline
1
2007
18
0.020
Why?
Protein Transport
1
2009
411
0.020
Why?
Hormone Antagonists
1
2007
20
0.020
Why?
Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
1
1987
22
0.020
Why?
Stimulation, Chemical
1
1987
63
0.020
Why?
Complement C3d
1
2007
6
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid
1
1987
24
0.020
Why?
Mifepristone
1
2007
33
0.020
Why?
Punishment
1
2007
10
0.020
Why?
Corticosterone
1
2007
35
0.020
Why?
Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
1
2007
36
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid, mu
1
1987
45
0.020
Why?
Drug Tolerance
1
2007
63
0.020
Why?
Neutrophil Infiltration
1
2007
28
0.020
Why?
Complement C3
1
2007
58
0.020
Why?
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
1
2007
48
0.020
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
1987
27
0.020
Why?
Antigen-Antibody Complex
1
2007
87
0.020
Why?
Caspase 3
1
2007
159
0.020
Why?
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
1
2009
371
0.020
Why?
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
1
2007
123
0.020
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2007
238
0.020
Why?
Protein Conformation
1
2009
881
0.020
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
1
2007
128
0.020
Why?
Membrane Potentials
1
2007
435
0.020
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2008
370
0.020
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
1
2007
322
0.020
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2007
227
0.020
Why?
Action Potentials
1
2009
573
0.020
Why?
Metergoline
1
1985
1
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic
1
1985
15
0.020
Why?
Phenoxybenzamine
1
1985
15
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Serotonin
1
1985
34
0.020
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2007
456
0.020
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2007
879
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Cholinergic
1
1985
76
0.020
Why?
Stereotaxic Techniques
1
1985
69
0.020
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
1
2008
577
0.020
Why?
Fever
1
1985
125
0.020
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2007
442
0.010
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2007
413
0.010
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2007
1924
0.010
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2007
2819
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2008
3095
0.010
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2007
1683
0.010
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2008
2357
0.010
Why?
Dioxanes
1
1994
1
0.010
Why?
Prazosin
1
1994
9
0.010
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
1
1994
35
0.010
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
1994
167
0.010
Why?
Reaction Time
1
1994
309
0.010
Why?
Hydroxydopamines
1
1990
7
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