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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
102
10.030
Why?
Nucleus Accumbens
55
2022
113
9.550
Why?
Central Nervous System Stimulants
30
2020
235
5.980
Why?
Motor Activity
46
2018
331
4.900
Why?
Dopamine
32
2022
282
4.450
Why?
Ventral Tegmental Area
19
2022
46
3.060
Why?
Rats
76
2022
4154
2.350
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
50
2022
1267
2.130
Why?
Nicotine
12
2021
210
1.850
Why?
Conditioning, Operant
12
2020
68
1.800
Why?
Behavior, Addictive
9
2021
137
1.690
Why?
Substance-Related Disorders
8
2020
451
1.670
Why?
Locomotion
11
2017
146
1.650
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D1
7
2017
34
1.640
Why?
Receptors, AMPA
8
2017
68
1.620
Why?
Self Administration
26
2018
76
1.620
Why?
Behavior, Animal
18
2016
394
1.590
Why?
Cocaine
9
2022
81
1.560
Why?
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
11
2008
50
1.560
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
6
2013
74
1.550
Why?
Drug-Seeking Behavior
5
2018
12
1.490
Why?
Glutamic Acid
7
2022
159
1.360
Why?
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
4
2013
24
1.310
Why?
Reinforcement Schedule
8
2018
16
1.290
Why?
Rats, Long-Evans
16
2018
49
1.230
Why?
Animals
94
2022
28945
1.220
Why?
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
6
2011
44
1.170
Why?
Morphine
13
2012
130
1.020
Why?
Cues
6
2016
189
1.010
Why?
Saccharin
3
2018
9
0.990
Why?
Reward
7
2013
209
0.950
Why?
Dendritic Spines
3
2016
16
0.910
Why?
Microinjections
16
2017
71
0.890
Why?
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
2
2014
13
0.870
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine D2
4
2017
57
0.820
Why?
Gambling
2
2020
168
0.820
Why?
Male
78
2022
45870
0.790
Why?
Uncertainty
2
2020
82
0.750
Why?
Central Nervous System Sensitization
2
2020
10
0.740
Why?
Neostriatum
2
2012
25
0.720
Why?
Amphetamine-Related Disorders
3
2018
29
0.710
Why?
Motivation
6
2013
310
0.670
Why?
Neurons
10
2016
1653
0.630
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
5
2013
134
0.580
Why?
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
2
2016
37
0.560
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3586
0.550
Why?
Mesencephalon
3
2004
68
0.530
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
3
2018
30
0.530
Why?
Protein Kinase C
2
2016
267
0.520
Why?
Amphetamines
3
2010
19
0.520
Why?
Benzazepines
8
2017
65
0.510
Why?
Dopamine Agonists
4
2011
27
0.510
Why?
Dopamine Agents
2
2017
32
0.500
Why?
Tegmentum Mesencephali
8
1994
12
0.470
Why?
Cytoskeleton
1
2016
200
0.460
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
3
2004
45
0.450
Why?
Time Factors
14
2017
5585
0.440
Why?
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
2
2017
112
0.440
Why?
Corpus Striatum
2
2012
92
0.430
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
2
2017
223
0.430
Why?
Phosphorylation
7
2017
1157
0.420
Why?
Cell Membrane
1
2017
696
0.410
Why?
Nervous System
1
2014
92
0.410
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
12
2017
1973
0.390
Why?
Microdialysis
6
2009
23
0.390
Why?
Association
1
2012
5
0.380
Why?
Space Perception
1
2013
120
0.380
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
5
2008
82
0.370
Why?
Up-Regulation
3
2013
741
0.360
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
3
2014
611
0.360
Why?
Benzoates
4
2000
33
0.360
Why?
Sweetening Agents
1
2011
17
0.360
Why?
Casein Kinase Idelta
1
2011
2
0.350
Why?
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
3
2018
176
0.350
Why?
Glycine
4
2000
96
0.350
Why?
Hyperkinesis
3
2008
15
0.350
Why?
Analysis of Variance
7
2017
910
0.340
Why?
Conditioning, Classical
3
2022
38
0.340
Why?
Ethanol
3
2018
270
0.330
Why?
Dopamine Antagonists
6
2004
34
0.320
Why?
Psychotropic Drugs
1
2011
82
0.320
Why?
Dronabinol
1
2011
59
0.320
Why?
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
3
2017
90
0.320
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2012
514
0.320
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2013
290
0.310
Why?
Dendrites
2
2009
104
0.310
Why?
alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
2
2010
10
0.310
Why?
Aggression
1
2013
330
0.310
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
3
2006
103
0.290
Why?
Central Nervous System Agents
1
2008
15
0.290
Why?
Amino Acids
3
2006
262
0.290
Why?
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
3
2017
311
0.260
Why?
Drug Administration Schedule
6
2006
873
0.260
Why?
Indoles
1
2009
317
0.260
Why?
Leptin
2
2017
102
0.260
Why?
Behavior
1
2007
87
0.260
Why?
Quinpirole
2
2005
7
0.250
Why?
Avoidance Learning
1
2006
21
0.250
Why?
Environment
3
2018
231
0.250
Why?
Association Learning
1
2006
38
0.250
Why?
Brain
4
2013
2482
0.250
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2010
1322
0.250
Why?
Receptors, Dopamine
4
2000
37
0.240
Why?
Brain Chemistry
3
2007
120
0.230
Why?
Septal Nuclei
3
1990
10
0.220
Why?
Discrimination Learning
2
2016
65
0.210
Why?
Cocaine-Related Disorders
1
2005
41
0.210
Why?
Injections, Intraperitoneal
5
2009
103
0.210
Why?
Purines
2
2014
97
0.210
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
2
2001
49
0.210
Why?
Prefrontal Cortex
4
2009
150
0.210
Why?
Extinction, Psychological
3
2012
21
0.210
Why?
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
2
2003
90
0.200
Why?
Receptors, Glutamate
1
2003
24
0.200
Why?
Mental Disorders
1
2007
463
0.200
Why?
Presynaptic Terminals
2
2012
42
0.200
Why?
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
2
2001
4
0.190
Why?
Rats, Inbred Strains
11
1992
311
0.190
Why?
Drug Interactions
4
2006
245
0.190
Why?
Peptide Fragments
1
2003
477
0.180
Why?
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
1
2001
6
0.170
Why?
Humans
16
2021
96127
0.170
Why?
Oxidopamine
3
1998
8
0.160
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
2
2010
156
0.150
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2017
515
0.150
Why?
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
1
2017
45
0.140
Why?
Raclopride
1
2017
3
0.130
Why?
Channelrhodopsins
1
2017
9
0.130
Why?
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
1
2017
25
0.130
Why?
Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2017
6
0.130
Why?
Post-Synaptic Density
1
2017
7
0.130
Why?
Tobacco Use Disorder
2
2009
122
0.130
Why?
Optogenetics
1
2017
46
0.130
Why?
Transduction, Genetic
1
2017
162
0.130
Why?
Anesthetics, Local
1
2017
84
0.130
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
1
2017
145
0.130
Why?
Tissue Culture Techniques
1
2017
82
0.130
Why?
Subcellular Fractions
1
2016
95
0.130
Why?
Carbazoles
1
2016
31
0.120
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2016
67
0.120
Why?
Naltrexone
1
1997
139
0.120
Why?
Narcotic Antagonists
1
1997
170
0.120
Why?
Point Mutation
1
2016
247
0.110
Why?
Adenylyl Cyclases
3
2011
106
0.110
Why?
Psychomotor Performance
1
1998
505
0.110
Why?
Synapses
2
2014
291
0.110
Why?
Central Nervous System Depressants
1
2014
45
0.110
Why?
Cycloleucine
3
1998
10
0.110
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
2
2012
233
0.110
Why?
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
1
2014
76
0.100
Why?
Appetitive Behavior
2
2006
14
0.100
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
1996
501
0.100
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2016
706
0.100
Why?
Spinal Puncture
1
2013
39
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
111
0.100
Why?
Dextroamphetamine
2
1994
108
0.100
Why?
Suicidal Ideation
1
2013
77
0.090
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1
1
2012
7
0.090
Why?
Immunoblotting
1
2013
280
0.090
Why?
Long-Term Potentiation
1
2013
51
0.090
Why?
Pimozide
2
1989
3
0.090
Why?
Extracellular Space
2
2003
90
0.090
Why?
Selegiline
1
1992
1
0.090
Why?
Linear Models
1
2013
438
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
504
0.090
Why?
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
1
2011
20
0.090
Why?
Apomorphine
1
2011
10
0.090
Why?
Enzyme Inhibitors
1
2014
657
0.090
Why?
Drug Synergism
2
2002
318
0.090
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
1
2017
922
0.090
Why?
Raphe Nuclei
1
2011
38
0.090
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
3
2009
615
0.080
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2012
354
0.080
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2011
297
0.080
Why?
CREB-Binding Protein
1
2010
16
0.080
Why?
Dicarboxylic Acids
2
2001
24
0.080
Why?
Threonine
1
2010
34
0.080
Why?
Thionucleotides
1
2010
56
0.080
Why?
Aspartic Acid
1
2010
67
0.080
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
2
2011
2551
0.080
Why?
Parkinson Disease
1
1992
178
0.080
Why?
Pyrrolidines
2
2001
62
0.080
Why?
Substantia Nigra
1
1989
30
0.080
Why?
Serine
1
2010
108
0.080
Why?
Cyclic AMP
1
2010
284
0.080
Why?
Simplexvirus
1
2010
150
0.070
Why?
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid
2
2003
12
0.070
Why?
Benzylamines
1
2008
17
0.070
Why?
Heroin Dependence
1
1988
16
0.070
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
1
2013
1829
0.070
Why?
Heroin
1
1988
14
0.070
Why?
Enkephalins
1
1987
15
0.070
Why?
Injections, Intravenous
2
2001
238
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?
Female
7
2021
50063
0.070
Why?
Methamphetamine
1
2008
104
0.070
Why?
Spatial Behavior
1
1987
20
0.060
Why?
Injections
3
1994
126
0.060
Why?
Xanthenes
1
2006
23
0.060
Why?
Taste
1
2006
29
0.060
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2007
288
0.060
Why?
Sulfonamides
1
2008
338
0.060
Why?
Choice Behavior
1
1987
165
0.060
Why?
Pregnancy
3
2018
3240
0.060
Why?
Glutamates
2
2008
90
0.060
Why?
Indans
2
2008
37
0.060
Why?
Neuronal Plasticity
1
2007
205
0.060
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
1
1985
60
0.060
Why?
Salicylamides
1
2004
2
0.060
Why?
Opioid-Related Disorders
1
2007
232
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
18
0.050
Why?
Drug Administration Routes
1
2002
21
0.050
Why?
Mutation
1
2014
4374
0.050
Why?
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
1
2001
2
0.040
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2010
2059
0.040
Why?
Rats, Inbred F344
1
2021
165
0.040
Why?
Time
1
2001
79
0.040
Why?
Young Adult
1
2013
7025
0.040
Why?
2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate
1
2000
11
0.040
Why?
Quinolines
1
2001
89
0.040
Why?
Forecasting
1
2001
317
0.040
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
2
2014
402
0.040
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2012
3651
0.040
Why?
Electric Stimulation
2
2014
397
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2014
1010
0.040
Why?
Arousal
1
2000
173
0.040
Why?
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
1
2018
2
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
1999
423
0.040
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
1998
20
0.030
Why?
Risk Factors
2
2018
5960
0.030
Why?
STAT3 Transcription Factor
1
2017
89
0.030
Why?
Animals, Newborn
1
2018
535
0.030
Why?
Brain Mapping
1
2000
594
0.030
Why?
Mice
3
2022
12562
0.030
Why?
Individuality
1
1997
114
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic Agents
1
2014
6
0.030
Why?
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
1
2014
45
0.030
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2014
138
0.030
Why?
Premedication
1
1994
58
0.030
Why?
Phenotype
1
2021
2579
0.030
Why?
Naloxone
2
1985
72
0.030
Why?
Biophysics
1
2014
157
0.030
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists
1
1994
8
0.030
Why?
Diffusion
1
1994
95
0.030
Why?
Adult
1
2013
28718
0.030
Why?
Micromanipulation
1
1993
6
0.030
Why?
Dialysis
1
1993
24
0.020
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
1
2021
1763
0.020
Why?
Research Design
1
1996
631
0.020
Why?
Infusions, Intraventricular
1
2012
6
0.020
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
1996
2040
0.020
Why?
Organ Culture Techniques
1
2011
129
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
1
1990
73
0.020
Why?
Sulpiride
1
1989
2
0.020
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
1990
131
0.020
Why?
Isoquinolines
1
1989
74
0.020
Why?
Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32
1
2008
6
0.020
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2009
126
0.020
Why?
Bicuculline
1
2007
19
0.020
Why?
Protein Transport
1
2009
439
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
63
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
37
0.020
Why?
Receptors, Opioid, mu
1
1987
49
0.020
Why?
Drug Tolerance
1
2007
64
0.020
Why?
Complement C3
1
2007
58
0.020
Why?
Neutrophil Infiltration
1
2007
33
0.020
Why?
Mifepristone
1
2007
50
0.020
Why?
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
1
2007
53
0.020
Why?
Antigen-Antibody Complex
1
2007
89
0.020
Why?
Caspase 3
1
2007
164
0.020
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
1987
32
0.020
Why?
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
1
2007
130
0.020
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2007
236
0.020
Why?
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
1
2009
416
0.020
Why?
Protein Conformation
1
2009
935
0.020
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
1
2007
149
0.020
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2008
386
0.020
Why?
Membrane Potentials
1
2007
442
0.020
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
1
2007
367
0.010
Why?
Action Potentials
1
2009
618
0.010
Why?
Metergoline
1
1985
1
0.010
Why?
Phenoxybenzamine
1
1985
15
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Adrenergic
1
1985
15
0.010
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2007
252
0.010
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2007
898
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Serotonin
1
1985
34
0.010
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2007
481
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Cholinergic
1
1985
77
0.010
Why?
Stereotaxic Techniques
1
1985
85
0.010
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
1
2008
632
0.010
Why?
Fever
1
1985
131
0.010
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2007
459
0.010
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
1
2007
513
0.010
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2007
2943
0.010
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2007
2163
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2008
3490
0.010
Why?
Apoptosis
1
2007
1763
0.010
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2008
2494
0.010
Why?
Dioxanes
1
1994
1
0.010
Why?
Prazosin
1
1994
9
0.010
Why?
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
1
1994
31
0.010
Why?
Norepinephrine
1
1994
174
0.010
Why?
Reaction Time
1
1994
323
0.010
Why?
Hydroxydopamines
1
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1990
62
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1990
25
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1990
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1990
78
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1990
253
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