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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
9.860
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
55
2022
113
9.380
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
30
2020
233
5.890
Why?
Motor Activity
46
2018
323
4.840
Why?
Dopamine
32
2022
276
4.380
Why?
Ventral Tegmental Area
19
2022
46
3.000
Why?
Rats
76
2022
4072
2.330
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
50
2022
1245
2.100
Why?
Nicotine
12
2021
208
1.820
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
12
2020
68
1.770
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
9
2021
137
1.660
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
8
2020
441
1.650
Why?
Locomotion
11
2017
145
1.620
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
7
2017
34
1.620
Why?
Receptors, AMPA
8
2017
67
1.600
Why?
Self Administration
26
2018
76
1.590
Why?
Behavior, Animal
18
2016
390
1.560
Why?
Cocaine
9
2022
79
1.540
Why?
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
11
2008
50
1.530
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
6
2013
73
1.530
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
5
2018
12
1.460
Why?
Glutamic Acid
7
2022
147
1.340
Why?
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
4
2013
24
1.290
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
8
2018
16
1.260
Why?
Animals
94
2022
28155
1.220
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
16
2018
49
1.210
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
6
2011
43
1.150
Why?
Morphine
13
2012
128
1.000
Why?
Cues
6
2016
186
0.990
Why?
Saccharin
3
2018
9
0.970
Why?
Reward
7
2013
209
0.940
Why?
Dendritic Spines
3
2016
16
0.900
Why?
Microinjections
16
2017
68
0.880
Why?
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
2
2014
13
0.860
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D2
4
2017
57
0.800
Why?
Gambling
2
2020
168
0.800
Why?
Male
78
2022
44557
0.790
Why?
Uncertainty
2
2020
78
0.730
Why?
Central Nervous System Sensitization
2
2020
10
0.730
Why?
Neostriatum
2
2012
23
0.700
Why?
Amphetamine-Related Disorders
3
2018
29
0.700
Why?
Motivation
6
2013
310
0.660
Why?
Neurons
10
2016
1582
0.630
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
5
2013
132
0.570
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3502
0.550
Why?
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
2
2016
37
0.550
Why?
Mesencephalon
3
2004
68
0.520
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
3
2018
30
0.520
Why?
Protein Kinase C
2
2016
261
0.520
Why?
Amphetamines
3
2010
18
0.510
Why?
Benzazepines
8
2017
65
0.500
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
4
2011
27
0.500
Why?
Dopamine Agents
2
2017
32
0.490
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
8
1994
12
0.460
Why?
Cytoskeleton
1
2016
198
0.450
Why?
Time Factors
14
2017
5410
0.440
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
3
2004
43
0.440
Why?
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
2
2017
111
0.430
Why?
Corpus Striatum
2
2012
83
0.430
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
2
2017
216
0.420
Why?
Phosphorylation
7
2017
1133
0.420
Why?
Cell Membrane
1
2017
664
0.410
Why?
Nervous System
1
2014
92
0.400
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
12
2017
1914
0.390
Why?
Microdialysis
6
2009
23
0.380
Why?
Association
1
2012
5
0.380
Why?
Space Perception
1
2013
112
0.370
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
5
2008
79
0.360
Why?
Up-Regulation
3
2013
730
0.360
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
3
2014
603
0.360
Why?
Benzoates
4
2000
33
0.350
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2011
17
0.350
Why?
Casein Kinase Idelta
1
2011
2
0.350
Why?
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
3
2018
176
0.350
Why?
Glycine
4
2000
93
0.340
Why?
Hyperkinesis
3
2008
14
0.340
Why?
Analysis of Variance
7
2017
884
0.340
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
3
2022
38
0.330
Why?
Ethanol
3
2018
273
0.320
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
6
2004
33
0.320
Why?
Psychotropic Drugs
1
2011
82
0.320
Why?
Dronabinol
1
2011
58
0.320
Why?
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
3
2017
86
0.310
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2012
509
0.310
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2013
290
0.310
Why?
Dendrites
2
2009
97
0.310
Why?
Aggression
1
2013
330
0.300
Why?
alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
2
2010
10
0.300
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
3
2006
98
0.290
Why?
Central Nervous System Agents
1
2008
15
0.280
Why?
Amino Acids
3
2006
249
0.280
Why?
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
3
2017
307
0.260
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
6
2006
829
0.260
Why?
Indoles
1
2009
303
0.260
Why?
Leptin
2
2017
100
0.260
Why?
Behavior
1
2007
85
0.260
Why?
Quinpirole
2
2005
7
0.250
Why?
Avoidance Learning
1
2006
21
0.250
Why?
Brain
4
2013
2391
0.250
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2010
1301
0.240
Why?
Environment
3
2018
230
0.240
Why?
Association Learning
1
2006
38
0.240
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine
4
2000
32
0.230
Why?
Brain Chemistry
3
2007
120
0.230
Why?
Septal Nuclei
3
1990
10
0.220
Why?
Discrimination Learning
2
2016
63
0.210
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
1
2005
40
0.210
Why?
Injections, Intraperitoneal
5
2009
102
0.210
Why?
Purines
2
2014
91
0.210
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
2
2001
48
0.200
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
4
2009
149
0.200
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
3
2012
21
0.200
Why?
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
2
2003
87
0.200
Why?
Receptors, Glutamate
1
2003
22
0.190
Why?
Mental Disorders
1
2007
455
0.190
Why?
Presynaptic Terminals
2
2012
41
0.190
Why?
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
2
2001
4
0.190
Why?
Rats, Inbred Strains
11
1992
304
0.190
Why?
Drug Interactions
4
2006
239
0.180
Why?
Peptide Fragments
1
2003
470
0.180
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
1
2001
6
0.170
Why?
Humans
16
2021
93515
0.170
Why?
Oxidopamine
3
1998
9
0.160
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
2
2010
154
0.150
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2017
502
0.150
Why?
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
1
2017
43
0.130
Why?
Raclopride
1
2017
3
0.130
Why?
Channelrhodopsins
1
2017
9
0.130
Why?
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
1
2017
24
0.130
Why?
Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2017
6
0.130
Why?
Tobacco Use Disorder
2
2009
121
0.130
Why?
Post-Synaptic Density
1
2017
7
0.130
Why?
Optogenetics
1
2017
46
0.130
Why?
Transduction, Genetic
1
2017
160
0.130
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
1
2017
141
0.130
Why?
Anesthetics, Local
1
2017
83
0.130
Why?
Tissue Culture Techniques
1
2017
81
0.120
Why?
Subcellular Fractions
1
2016
88
0.120
Why?
Carbazoles
1
2016
31
0.120
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2016
66
0.120
Why?
Naltrexone
1
1997
139
0.120
Why?
Narcotic Antagonists
1
1997
170
0.110
Why?
Point Mutation
1
2016
238
0.110
Why?
Adenylyl Cyclases
3
2011
105
0.110
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
1998
497
0.110
Why?
Synapses
2
2014
274
0.110
Why?
Central Nervous System Depressants
1
2014
45
0.110
Why?
Cycloleucine
3
1998
10
0.100
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
2
2012
223
0.100
Why?
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
1
2014
75
0.100
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2016
696
0.100
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
1996
492
0.100
Why?
Appetitive Behavior
2
2006
14
0.100
Why?
Spinal Puncture
1
2013
38
0.100
Why?
Limbic System
2
2012
25
0.100
Why?
Housing, Animal
1
2013
51
0.100
Why?
Narcotics
2
2011
72
0.100
Why?
GABAergic Neurons
1
2013
19
0.100
Why?
Neurotransmitter Agents
1
2013
102
0.090
Why?
Dextroamphetamine
2
1994
108
0.090
Why?
Suicidal Ideation
1
2013
75
0.090
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1
1
2012
6
0.090
Why?
Immunoblotting
1
2013
273
0.090
Why?
Long-Term Potentiation
1
2013
51
0.090
Why?
Pimozide
2
1989
3
0.090
Why?
Extracellular Space
2
2003
88
0.090
Why?
Selegiline
1
1992
1
0.090
Why?
Linear Models
1
2013
413
0.090
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Visual
1
2012
90
0.090
Why?
Serotonergic Neurons
1
2011
5
0.090
Why?
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
1
2013
502
0.090
Why?
Enzyme Inhibitors
1
2014
641
0.090
Why?
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2011
20
0.090
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2017
878
0.090
Why?
Apomorphine
1
2011
8
0.090
Why?
Drug Synergism
2
2002
315
0.090
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
3
2009
578
0.080
Why?
Raphe Nuclei
1
2011
37
0.080
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2012
349
0.080
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2011
295
0.080
Why?
CREB-Binding Protein
1
2010
16
0.080
Why?
Dicarboxylic Acids
2
2001
24
0.080
Why?
Threonine
1
2010
33
0.080
Why?
Thionucleotides
1
2010
54
0.080
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
2
2011
2495
0.080
Why?
Aspartic Acid
1
2010
66
0.080
Why?
Parkinson Disease
1
1992
175
0.080
Why?
Pyrrolidines
2
2001
61
0.080
Why?
Substantia Nigra
1
1989
27
0.080
Why?
Simplexvirus
1
2010
66
0.080
Why?
Serine
1
2010
105
0.080
Why?
Cyclic AMP
1
2010
276
0.070
Why?
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
2
2003
11
0.070
Why?
Benzylamines
1
2008
17
0.070
Why?
Heroin Dependence
1
1988
16
0.070
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
1
2013
1799
0.070
Why?
Heroin
1
1988
14
0.070
Why?
Enkephalins
1
1987
14
0.070
Why?
Female
7
2021
48702
0.070
Why?
Injections, Intravenous
2
2001
212
0.070
Why?
Complement Factor B
1
2007
9
0.070
Why?
Complement Pathway, Alternative
1
2007
13
0.070
Why?
Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
1
2007
11
0.070
Why?
Methamphetamine
1
2008
104
0.060
Why?
Spatial Behavior
1
1987
20
0.060
Why?
Injections
3
1994
124
0.060
Why?
Xanthenes
1
2006
22
0.060
Why?
Taste
1
2006
29
0.060
Why?
Sulfonamides
1
2008
331
0.060
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2007
282
0.060
Why?
Pregnancy
3
2018
3147
0.060
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
1987
159
0.060
Why?
Glutamates
2
2008
84
0.060
Why?
Indans
2
2008
37
0.060
Why?
Neuronal Plasticity
1
2007
194
0.060
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
1
1985
59
0.060
Why?
Salicylamides
1
2004
2
0.050
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2007
233
0.050
Why?
Receptors, Kainic Acid
1
2003
13
0.050
Why?
Autoreceptors
1
2003
2
0.050
Why?
Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
1
2003
26
0.050
Why?
Homovanillic Acid
1
2003
35
0.050
Why?
Halorhodopsins
1
2022
6
0.050
Why?
Genes, Immediate-Early
1
2002
17
0.050
Why?
Mutation
1
2014
4272
0.050
Why?
Drug Administration Routes
1
2002
20
0.050
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2010
1985
0.040
Why?
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
1
2001
2
0.040
Why?
Rats, Inbred F344
1
2021
160
0.040
Why?
Time
1
2001
79
0.040
Why?
Young Adult
1
2013
6930
0.040
Why?
2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate
1
2000
11
0.040
Why?
Forecasting
1
2001
293
0.040
Why?
Quinolines
1
2001
85
0.040
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
2
2014
378
0.040
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2012
3476
0.040
Why?
Electric Stimulation
2
2014
344
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2014
948
0.040
Why?
Arousal
1
2000
171
0.040
Why?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
1
2018
2
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
1999
401
0.040
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
1998
19
0.030
Why?
Risk Factors
2
2018
5899
0.030
Why?
STAT3 Transcription Factor
1
2017
87
0.030
Why?
Animals, Newborn
1
2018
522
0.030
Why?
Brain Mapping
1
2000
569
0.030
Why?
Mice
3
2022
12269
0.030
Why?
Individuality
1
1997
114
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic Agents
1
2014
6
0.030
Why?
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
1
2014
41
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2021
2544
0.030
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2014
137
0.030
Why?
Premedication
1
1994
57
0.030
Why?
Naloxone
2
1985
72
0.030
Why?
Biophysics
1
2014
153
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists
1
1994
8
0.030
Why?
Diffusion
1
1994
90
0.030
Why?
Adult
1
2013
27918
0.030
Why?
Micromanipulation
1
1993
6
0.020
Why?
Dialysis
1
1993
23
0.020
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
1
2021
1762
0.020
Why?
Research Design
1
1996
617
0.020
Why?
Infusions, Intraventricular
1
2012
5
0.020
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
1996
1922
0.020
Why?
Organ Culture Techniques
1
2011
121
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
1
1990
68
0.020
Why?
Sulpiride
1
1989
2
0.020
Why?
Isoquinolines
1
1989
57
0.020
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
1990
126
0.020
Why?
Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32
1
2008
6
0.020
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2009
120
0.020
Why?
Bicuculline
1
2007
18
0.020
Why?
Protein Transport
1
2009
438
0.020
Why?
Hormone Antagonists
1
2007
19
0.020
Why?
Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
1
1987
21
0.020
Why?
Stimulation, Chemical
1
1987
57
0.020
Why?
Complement C3d
1
2007
6
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid
1
1987
23
0.020
Why?
Corticosterone
1
2007
35
0.020
Why?
Punishment
1
2007
10
0.020
Why?
Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
1
2007
36
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid, mu
1
1987
49
0.020
Why?
Drug Tolerance
1
2007
59
0.020
Why?
Neutrophil Infiltration
1
2007
32
0.020
Why?
Complement C3
1
2007
58
0.020
Why?
Mifepristone
1
2007
51
0.020
Why?
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
1
2007
53
0.020
Why?
Antigen-Antibody Complex
1
2007
88
0.020
Why?
Caspase 3
1
2007
162
0.020
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
1987
31
0.020
Why?
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
1
2007
132
0.020
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2007
228
0.020
Why?
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
1
2009
411
0.020
Why?
Protein Conformation
1
2009
914
0.020
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
1
2007
147
0.020
Why?
Membrane Potentials
1
2007
405
0.020
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2008
384
0.010
Why?
Action Potentials
1
2009
581
0.010
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
1
2007
366
0.010
Why?
Metergoline
1
1985
1
0.010
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2007
246
0.010
Why?
Phenoxybenzamine
1
1985
15
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic
1
1985
14
0.010
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2007
887
0.010
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2007
464
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Serotonin
1
1985
34
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Cholinergic
1
1985
75
0.010
Why?
Stereotaxic Techniques
1
1985
83
0.010
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
1
2008
630
0.010
Why?
Fever
1
1985
122
0.010
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2007
452
0.010
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2007
513
0.010
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2007
2850
0.010
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2007
2121
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2008
3435
0.010
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2007
1721
0.010
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2008
2484
0.010
Why?
Dioxanes
1
1994
1
0.010
Why?
Prazosin
1
1994
8
0.010
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
1
1994
30
0.010
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
1994
169
0.010
Why?
Reaction Time
1
1994
317
0.010
Why?
Hydroxydopamines
1
1990
7
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Isoproterenol
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1990
57
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1990
25
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1990
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1990
63
0.000
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1
1990
248
0.000
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