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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
103
10.810
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
55
2022
113
10.250
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
30
2020
219
6.500
Why?
Motor Activity
46
2018
327
5.260
Why?
Dopamine
32
2022
276
4.780
Why?
Ventral Tegmental Area
19
2022
44
3.300
Why?
Rats
76
2022
4048
2.520
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
50
2022
1237
2.280
Why?
Nicotine
12
2021
200
2.010
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
12
2020
71
1.930
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
8
2020
420
1.830
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
9
2021
134
1.810
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
7
2017
33
1.780
Why?
Locomotion
11
2017
140
1.770
Why?
Receptors, AMPA
8
2017
66
1.750
Why?
Self Administration
26
2018
72
1.750
Why?
Behavior, Animal
18
2016
381
1.730
Why?
Cocaine
9
2022
77
1.690
Why?
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
11
2008
51
1.680
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
6
2013
74
1.670
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
5
2018
10
1.610
Why?
Glutamic Acid
7
2022
154
1.470
Why?
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
4
2013
23
1.420
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
8
2018
17
1.390
Why?
Animals
94
2022
27528
1.330
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
16
2018
50
1.330
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
6
2011
44
1.260
Why?
Cues
6
2016
174
1.110
Why?
Morphine
13
2012
130
1.090
Why?
Saccharin
3
2018
9
1.070
Why?
Reward
7
2013
193
1.040
Why?
Dendritic Spines
3
2016
15
0.990
Why?
Microinjections
16
2017
71
0.960
Why?
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
2
2014
12
0.950
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D2
4
2017
57
0.880
Why?
Gambling
2
2020
161
0.880
Why?
Male
78
2022
42674
0.870
Why?
Uncertainty
2
2020
76
0.810
Why?
Central Nervous System Sensitization
2
2020
10
0.800
Why?
Neostriatum
2
2012
26
0.770
Why?
Amphetamine-Related Disorders
3
2018
28
0.770
Why?
Motivation
6
2013
296
0.720
Why?
Neurons
10
2016
1591
0.680
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
5
2013
131
0.630
Why?
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
2
2016
36
0.600
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3404
0.600
Why?
Mesencephalon
3
2004
64
0.580
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
3
2018
25
0.570
Why?
Amphetamines
3
2010
18
0.570
Why?
Protein Kinase C
2
2016
267
0.560
Why?
Benzazepines
8
2017
64
0.550
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
4
2011
27
0.550
Why?
Dopamine Agents
2
2017
28
0.540
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
8
1994
12
0.510
Why?
Cytoskeleton
1
2016
195
0.490
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
3
2004
45
0.480
Why?
Time Factors
14
2017
5358
0.480
Why?
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
2
2017
108
0.470
Why?
Corpus Striatum
2
2012
88
0.470
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
2
2017
217
0.460
Why?
Phosphorylation
7
2017
1130
0.460
Why?
Cell Membrane
1
2017
677
0.450
Why?
Nervous System
1
2014
90
0.440
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
12
2017
1929
0.420
Why?
Association
1
2012
5
0.410
Why?
Microdialysis
6
2009
32
0.410
Why?
Space Perception
1
2013
117
0.410
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
5
2008
80
0.400
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
3
2014
586
0.390
Why?
Up-Regulation
3
2013
726
0.390
Why?
Benzoates
4
2000
33
0.390
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2011
17
0.390
Why?
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
3
2018
159
0.390
Why?
Casein Kinase Idelta
1
2011
2
0.380
Why?
Glycine
4
2000
95
0.380
Why?
Hyperkinesis
3
2008
15
0.380
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
3
2022
36
0.370
Why?
Analysis of Variance
7
2017
899
0.370
Why?
Ethanol
3
2018
253
0.360
Why?
Psychotropic Drugs
1
2011
79
0.350
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
6
2004
34
0.350
Why?
Dronabinol
1
2011
56
0.350
Why?
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
3
2017
88
0.340
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2012
502
0.340
Why?
Dendrites
2
2009
102
0.340
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2013
288
0.330
Why?
alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
2
2010
10
0.330
Why?
Aggression
1
2013
323
0.330
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
3
2006
91
0.320
Why?
Central Nervous System Agents
1
2008
15
0.310
Why?
Amino Acids
3
2006
246
0.310
Why?
Indoles
1
2009
300
0.280
Why?
Leptin
2
2017
102
0.280
Why?
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
3
2017
315
0.280
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
6
2006
864
0.280
Why?
Behavior
1
2007
85
0.280
Why?
Avoidance Learning
1
2006
16
0.280
Why?
Quinpirole
2
2005
7
0.280
Why?
Brain
4
2013
2305
0.270
Why?
Environment
3
2018
225
0.270
Why?
Association Learning
1
2006
34
0.270
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2010
1309
0.260
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine
4
2000
37
0.260
Why?
Brain Chemistry
3
2007
122
0.250
Why?
Septal Nuclei
3
1990
9
0.240
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
1
2005
36
0.230
Why?
Discrimination Learning
2
2016
63
0.230
Why?
Injections, Intraperitoneal
5
2009
101
0.230
Why?
Purines
2
2014
93
0.230
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
2
2001
48
0.220
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
4
2009
136
0.220
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
3
2012
19
0.220
Why?
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
2
2003
87
0.220
Why?
Mental Disorders
1
2007
417
0.220
Why?
Receptors, Glutamate
1
2003
24
0.210
Why?
Presynaptic Terminals
2
2012
41
0.210
Why?
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
2
2001
4
0.210
Why?
Rats, Inbred Strains
11
1992
312
0.210
Why?
Drug Interactions
4
2006
244
0.200
Why?
Peptide Fragments
1
2003
463
0.190
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
1
2001
5
0.190
Why?
Humans
16
2021
89961
0.180
Why?
Oxidopamine
3
1998
8
0.170
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
2
2010
153
0.160
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2017
511
0.160
Why?
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
1
2017
44
0.150
Why?
Raclopride
1
2017
3
0.150
Why?
Channelrhodopsins
1
2017
7
0.150
Why?
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
1
2017
23
0.150
Why?
Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2017
6
0.140
Why?
Tobacco Use Disorder
2
2009
116
0.140
Why?
Post-Synaptic Density
1
2017
7
0.140
Why?
Optogenetics
1
2017
37
0.140
Why?
Anesthetics, Local
1
2017
77
0.140
Why?
Transduction, Genetic
1
2017
160
0.140
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
1
2017
144
0.140
Why?
Tissue Culture Techniques
1
2017
82
0.140
Why?
Subcellular Fractions
1
2016
94
0.140
Why?
Carbazoles
1
2016
33
0.130
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2016
68
0.130
Why?
Naltrexone
1
1997
137
0.130
Why?
Narcotic Antagonists
1
1997
161
0.130
Why?
Point Mutation
1
2016
246
0.120
Why?
Adenylyl Cyclases
3
2011
102
0.120
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
1998
497
0.120
Why?
Synapses
2
2014
280
0.120
Why?
Central Nervous System Depressants
1
2014
45
0.120
Why?
Cycloleucine
3
1998
10
0.120
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
2
2012
228
0.110
Why?
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
1
2014
73
0.110
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2016
646
0.110
Why?
Appetitive Behavior
2
2006
15
0.110
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
1996
467
0.110
Why?
Spinal Puncture
1
2013
37
0.110
Why?
Limbic System
2
2012
24
0.110
Why?
Housing, Animal
1
2013
45
0.110
Why?
Narcotics
2
2011
71
0.110
Why?
GABAergic Neurons
1
2013
17
0.110
Why?
Neurotransmitter Agents
1
2013
108
0.100
Why?
Dextroamphetamine
2
1994
108
0.100
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1
1
2012
7
0.100
Why?
Long-Term Potentiation
1
2013
48
0.100
Why?
Suicidal Ideation
1
2013
74
0.100
Why?
Immunoblotting
1
2013
272
0.100
Why?
Pimozide
2
1989
3
0.100
Why?
Extracellular Space
2
2003
92
0.100
Why?
Selegiline
1
1992
1
0.100
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
0.090
Why?
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
1
2013
494
0.090
Why?
Apomorphine
1
2011
10
0.090
Why?
Enzyme Inhibitors
1
2014
644
0.090
Why?
Drug Synergism
2
2002
307
0.090
Why?
Raphe Nuclei
1
2011
37
0.090
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2017
901
0.090
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
3
2009
591
0.090
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2011
278
0.090
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2012
338
0.090
Why?
Dicarboxylic Acids
2
2001
23
0.090
Why?
CREB-Binding Protein
1
2010
16
0.090
Why?
Parkinson Disease
1
1992
150
0.090
Why?
Threonine
1
2010
35
0.090
Why?
Thionucleotides
1
2010
55
0.090
Why?
Aspartic Acid
1
2010
64
0.090
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
2
2011
2393
0.090
Why?
Substantia Nigra
1
1989
28
0.080
Why?
Pyrrolidines
2
2001
60
0.080
Why?
Serine
1
2010
105
0.080
Why?
Cyclic AMP
1
2010
277
0.080
Why?
Simplexvirus
1
2010
151
0.080
Why?
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
2
2003
12
0.080
Why?
Benzylamines
1
2008
17
0.080
Why?
Heroin Dependence
1
1988
14
0.080
Why?
Heroin
1
1988
11
0.080
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
1
2013
1801
0.080
Why?
Enkephalins
1
1987
16
0.070
Why?
Female
7
2021
46587
0.070
Why?
Methamphetamine
1
2008
88
0.070
Why?
Complement Factor B
1
2007
9
0.070
Why?
Complement Pathway, Alternative
1
2007
13
0.070
Why?
Injections, Intravenous
2
2001
238
0.070
Why?
Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
1
2007
11
0.070
Why?
Spatial Behavior
1
1987
20
0.070
Why?
Injections
3
1994
116
0.070
Why?
Xanthenes
1
2006
23
0.070
Why?
Taste
1
2006
28
0.070
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2007
277
0.070
Why?
Sulfonamides
1
2008
319
0.070
Why?
Pregnancy
3
2018
3046
0.060
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
1987
160
0.060
Why?
Glutamates
2
2008
88
0.060
Why?
Indans
2
2008
35
0.060
Why?
Neuronal Plasticity
1
2007
194
0.060
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
1
1985
56
0.060
Why?
Salicylamides
1
2004
2
0.060
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2007
192
0.060
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
5
0.050
Why?
Genes, Immediate-Early
1
2002
17
0.050
Why?
Drug Administration Routes
1
2002
19
0.050
Why?
Mutation
1
2014
4168
0.050
Why?
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
1
2001
2
0.050
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2010
1983
0.050
Why?
Rats, Inbred F344
1
2021
154
0.050
Why?
Time
1
2001
76
0.050
Why?
Young Adult
1
2013
6409
0.050
Why?
2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate
1
2000
11
0.050
Why?
Quinolines
1
2001
86
0.040
Why?
Forecasting
1
2001
304
0.040
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
2
2014
397
0.040
Why?
Electric Stimulation
2
2014
365
0.040
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2012
3475
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2014
996
0.040
Why?
Arousal
1
2000
170
0.040
Why?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
1
2018
2
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
1999
416
0.040
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
1998
19
0.040
Why?
Risk Factors
2
2018
5558
0.040
Why?
STAT3 Transcription Factor
1
2017
86
0.040
Why?
Animals, Newborn
1
2018
524
0.030
Why?
Brain Mapping
1
2000
570
0.030
Why?
Mice
3
2022
11851
0.030
Why?
Individuality
1
1997
110
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic Agents
1
2014
6
0.030
Why?
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
1
2014
44
0.030
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2014
136
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2021
2456
0.030
Why?
Naloxone
2
1985
68
0.030
Why?
Premedication
1
1994
57
0.030
Why?
Biophysics
1
2014
153
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists
1
1994
8
0.030
Why?
Diffusion
1
1994
93
0.030
Why?
Adult
1
2013
26816
0.030
Why?
Micromanipulation
1
1993
6
0.030
Why?
Dialysis
1
1993
24
0.030
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
1
2021
1691
0.030
Why?
Research Design
1
1996
591
0.030
Why?
Infusions, Intraventricular
1
2012
5
0.030
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
1996
2018
0.020
Why?
Organ Culture Techniques
1
2011
135
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
1
1990
73
0.020
Why?
Sulpiride
1
1989
2
0.020
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
1990
132
0.020
Why?
Isoquinolines
1
1989
73
0.020
Why?
Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32
1
2008
6
0.020
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2009
123
0.020
Why?
Bicuculline
1
2007
18
0.020
Why?
Hormone Antagonists
1
2007
19
0.020
Why?
Protein Transport
1
2009
423
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
23
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?
Mifepristone
1
2007
33
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid, mu
1
1987
45
0.020
Why?
Neutrophil Infiltration
1
2007
28
0.020
Why?
Drug Tolerance
1
2007
64
0.020
Why?
Complement C3
1
2007
58
0.020
Why?
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
1
2007
47
0.020
Why?
Antigen-Antibody Complex
1
2007
87
0.020
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
1987
28
0.020
Why?
Caspase 3
1
2007
162
0.020
Why?
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
1
2009
383
0.020
Why?
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
1
2007
127
0.020
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2007
234
0.020
Why?
Protein Conformation
1
2009
895
0.020
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
1
2007
137
0.020
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2008
371
0.020
Why?
Membrane Potentials
1
2007
436
0.020
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2007
232
0.020
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
1
2007
341
0.020
Why?
Action Potentials
1
2009
601
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?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2007
885
0.020
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2007
469
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Cholinergic
1
1985
77
0.020
Why?
Stereotaxic Techniques
1
1985
80
0.010
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
1
2008
615
0.010
Why?
Fever
1
1985
127
0.010
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2007
449
0.010
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2007
451
0.010
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2007
2016
0.010
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2007
2887
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2008
3252
0.010
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2007
1718
0.010
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2008
2415
0.010
Why?
Dioxanes
1
1994
1
0.010
Why?
Prazosin
1
1994
10
0.010
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
1
1994
32
0.010
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
1994
172
0.010
Why?
Reaction Time
1
1994
311
0.010
Why?
Hydroxydopamines
1
1990
7
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1990
25
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1990
62
0.010
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1990
48
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1990
78
0.010
Why?
Cerebellum
1
1990
250
0.000
Why?
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