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Papers

(The median citation count of Behavioural Pharmacology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of stigmasterol in mice: insight into its mechanism of action	28
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats	26
Oxycodone decreases anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze test in male and female rats	16
Translational models of cannabinoid vapor exposure in laboratory animals	15
Effects of 5-HT2A receptor agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine on alcohol consumption in Long–Evans rats	13
TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia	13
Antinociceptive effects of minor cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in Cannabis	12
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	12
The selective 5-HT2A receptor agonist 25CN-NBOH does not affect reversal learning in mice	11
Antinociception produced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats	11
Tetracyclines, a promise for neuropsychiatric disorders: from adjunctive therapy to the discovery of new targets for rational drug design in psychiatry	11
Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats	10
Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats	10
Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake	9
Cannabinoid drugs against chemotherapy-induced adverse effects: focus on nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy and chemofog in animal models	9
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	9
Discriminative stimulus effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and structurally related synthetic cathinones	9
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	9
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	8
The effects of subchronic agmatine on passive avoidance memory, anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal Akt/GSK-3β in mice	8
Buspirone, a 5-HT1A agonist attenuates social isolation-induced behavior deficits in rats: a comparative study with fluoxetine	8
Cholinergic models of memory impairment in animals and man: scopolamine vs. biperiden	7
The modulatory role of dopamine receptors within the hippocampal cornu ammonis area 1 in stress-induced analgesia in an animal model of persistent inflammatory pain	7
Behavioral pharmacology of five novel synthetic cannabinoids	7
Fenofibrate promotes neuroprotection in a model of rotenone-induced Parkinson’s disease	6

Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	6
Spontaneous alternation and stereotypical behaviour in deer mice: response to escitalopram and levetiracetam	6
Effects of N-acetylcysteine treatment on ethanol’s rewarding properties and dopaminergic alterations in mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal pathways	6
Modeling spontaneous opioid withdrawal in male and female outbred mice using traditional endpoints and hyperalgesia	6
Antidepressant-like effects of dezocine in mice: involvement of 5-HT1A and κ opioid receptors	6
The endocannabinoid system and drug-associated contextual memories	6
Evidence for spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in mice	6
Reward-enhancing effects of d-amphetamine and its interactions with nicotine were greater in female rats and persisted across schedules of reinforcement	6
Positive effects of roflumilast on behavior, neuroinflammation, and white matter injury in mice with global cerebral ischemia	6
Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure	6
Significant association of nicotine reinforcement and cue reactivity: a translational study in humans and rats	5
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid and treatment with intranasal oxytocin have sex-specific effects on behavior in Long Evans rats	5
Relapse to cotinine seeking in rats: differential effects of sex	5
Effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the elevated plus maze in mice	5
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	5
Granisetron, a selective 5-HT3 antagonist, reduces L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced abnormal involuntary movements in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat	5
Subanesthetic ketamine with an AMPAkine attenuates motor impulsivity in rats	5
Pharmacological evaluation of NO/cGMP/KATP channels pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of carbamazepine in mice	5
Amelioration of cognition impairments in the valproic acid-induced animal model of autism by ciproxifan, a histamine H3-receptor antagonist	5
Methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization in mice is not associated with deficits in a range of cognitive, affective and social behaviours: interaction with brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val	5
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	5
The anti-nociceptive activity of naringenin passes through L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway and opioid receptors	5
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	5
The interactive effects of verapamil and CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, AM251 on passive avoidance learning and memory in rat	5
Sodium butyrate enhances fear extinction and rescues hippocampal acetylcholinesterase activity in a rat model of posttraumatic stress disorder	4
Blockade of α1 subtype GABAA receptors attenuates the development of tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of midazolam in rats	4
Involvement of GABAA receptors of lateral habenula in the acquisition and expression phases of morphine-induced place preference in male rats	4
Valproate selectively suppresses adolescent anabolic/androgenic steroid-induced aggressive behavior: implications for a role of hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid neural signaling	4
Use of drug purchase tasks in medications development research: orexin system regulation of cocaine and drug demand	4
Development of a nicotine aerosol self-administration model in rats and the effects of e-liquid flavors	4
Gait analysis as a robust pain behavioural endpoint in the chronic phase of the monoiodoacetate-induced knee joint pain in the rat	4
Nicotinic aspects of the discriminative stimulus effects of arecoline	4
Fenofibrate ameliorates olanzapine’s side effects without altering its central effect: emphasis on FGF-21–adiponectin axis	4
Dual effects of anandamide in the antiepileptic activity of diazepam in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice	4
Opposite genotype-specific effects of serotoninergic treatments on Pavlovian Conditioned Approach in mice of two inbred strains C57 BL/6J and DBA/2J	4
Some effects of putative G-protein biased mu-opioid receptor agonists in male rhesus monkeys	4
Orexin-2 receptor antagonism in the cornu ammonis 1 region of hippocampus prevented the antinociceptive responses induced by chemical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in the animal model of per	4
Multigenerational effects of paternal spatial training are lasting in the F1 and F2 male offspring	3
Sex differences in the acute ethanol effects on object recognition memory: influence of estrous cycle	3
The α1-adrenergic receptors in the amygdala regulate the induction of learned despair through protein kinase C-beta signaling	3
Serial feature positive and feature negative discrimination learning in a taste avoidance preparation: implications for interoceptive control of behavior	3
Biphasic reward effects are characteristic of both lorcaserin and drugs of abuse: implications for treatment of substance use disorders	3
Blockade of orexin receptors in the ventral tegmental area reduced the extinction period of the lateral hypothalamic-induced conditioned place preference in rats	3
Phencynonate hydrochloride exerts antidepressant effects by regulating the dendritic spine density and altering glutamate receptor expression	3
Effects of chemotherapy on operant responding for palatable food in male and female mice	3
The effects of acute oral naltrexone pretreatment on the abuse potential of intranasal methamphetamine, and the relationship between reward/punishment sensitivity and methamphetamine’s effects	3
The 5-HT6R agonist E-6837 and the antagonist SB-271046 reverse the psychotic-like behaviors induced by ketamine	3
Effects of Ketanserin, M100907 and Olanzapine on hallucinogenic like action induced by 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine	3
Effects of the psychoactive compounds in green tea on risky decision-making	3
Identification of the antidepressive properties of C1, a specific inhibitor of Skp2, in mice	3

Maternal treatment with aripiprazole prevents the development of a valproic acid-induced autism-like phenotype in juvenile male mice	3
Chronic pharmacological activation of SERCA with CDN1163 affects spatial cognitive flexibility but not attention and impulsivity in mice	3
Effort-based decision making in response to high-dose androgens: role of dopamine receptors	3
Anti-aversive effect of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray of male rats in contextual fear conditioning and Vogel tests	2
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2–associated changes in pharmacokinetics, locomotor function and peripheral glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid levels during acute alcohol intoxication in male mice	2
Histamine and its H1 receptors in the ventral pallidum mediate formalin-induced pain-related behaviors through this region and spinal cord opioid receptors	2
Effects of JL13, a pyridobenzoxazepine compound, in dopaminergic and glutamatergic models of antipsychotic activity	2
Synergistic effects of combined therapy with cerebrolysin and enriched environment on anxiety-like behavior and spatial cognitive deficits in posttraumatic stress disorder-like mouse model	2
Involvement of the NO/cGMP/KATP pathway in the antinociceptive effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) essential oil in mice	2
Assessment of antidepressant-like effects of dextromethorphan on differential reinforcement of low-rate 72-s performance in rats	2
Evaluation of acute and chronic nociception in subchronically administered MK-801-induced rat model of schizophrenia	2
OREX-1038: a potential new treatment for pain with low abuse liability and limited adverse effects	2
Alteration of the PKA-CREB cascade in the mPFC accompanying prepulse inhibition deficits: evidence from adolescent social isolation and chronic SKF38393 injection during early adolescence	2
The selective 5-HT1A receptor agonist, NLX-112, overcomes tetrabenazine-induced catalepsy and depression-like behavior in the rat	2
Acute intrathecal administration of quipazine elicits air-stepping behavior	2
Activation of L-type calcium channels and attenuation of oxidative stress are involved in the improving effect of methyl jasmonate on learning and memory and its anxiolytic property in rats	2
Discriminative stimulus properties of the 5-HT1A receptor biased agonists NLX-101 and F13714, in rats trained to discriminate 8-OH-DPAT from saline	2
Mitragynine, a primary constituent of kratom reinstates morphine-seeking behaviour in rats	2
The effects of curcumin in learning and memory impairment associated with hypothyroidism in juvenile rats: the role of nitric oxide, oxidative stress, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor	2
Contingency learning in zebrafish exposed to apomorphine- and levetiracetam	2
Zymosan A produces a rapid and sustained antidepressant effect in chronically stressed mice by stimulating hippocampal microglia	1
Minocycline as a potential anxiolytic drug: systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence in murine models	1
Involvement of dopaminergic system in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in modulating the orofacial pain-related behaviors in the rats	1
Attenuation of morphine conditioned place preference and reinstatement by vitamin D	1
Effects of food restriction on the conditioned reinforcing properties of an opioid-associated stimulus	1
Preweaning environmental enrichment alters neonatal ultrasonic vocalisations in a rat model for prenatal infections	1
Antidepressant activity of Riparin A in murine model	1
Alterations of amygdala-prefrontal cortical coupling and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-like behaviors induced by neonatal habenula lesion: normalization by Ecklonia stolonifera extract and	1
Nicotine-like discriminative and aversive effects of two α4β2-selective nicotine agonists, ispronicline and metanicotine	1
Pharmacological evaluation of lateral habenula and rostromedial tegmental nucleus in the expression of ethanol-induced place preference	1
The role of opioidergic system in modulating cost/benefit decision-making in alcohol-preferring AA rats and Wistar rats	1
The M1-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype may play a role in learning and memory performance in the hippocampus of neonatal monosodium glutamate-obese rats	1
Antinociceptive and adverse effects of morphine:ketamine mixtures in rats	1
Methodological approach: using a within-subjects design in the marble burying assay	1
Agmatine prevents the memory impairment and the dysfunction of hippocampal GSK-3β and ERK signaling induced by aluminum nanoparticle in mice	1
5-(4-Hydroxy-3-dimethoxybenzylidene)-thiazolidinone improves motor functions and exerts antioxidant potential in hemiparkinsonian rats	1
Characterization of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone discrimination in female Sprague–Dawley rats	1
Contribution of the intra-hippocampal orexin system in the regulation of restraint stress response to pain-related behaviors in the formalin test	1
Propranolol blocks the unconditioned and conditioned hyperactive effects of methamphetamine in CD-1 mice	1
Initial development of a brief assessment of cocaine demand	1
miR-124 Exacerbates depressive-like behavior by targeting Ezh2 to induce autophagy	1
The integrative role of orexin-1 and orexin-2 receptors within the hippocampal dentate gyrus in the modulation of the stress-induced antinociception in the formalin pain test in the rat	1
Burrowing as an index of inflammatory pain in male vs. female rats	1
Antidepressant-like effect of acute dose of Naringin involves suppression of NR1 and activation of protein kinase A/cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein/brain-derived neurot	1
Male and female rats exhibit comparable gaping behavior but activate brain regions differently during expression of conditioned nausea	1
Effects of olanzapine on anxiety-related behaviour in male and female rats assessed after 21–24 and 42–45 days of chronic treatment	1
GPR171 activation regulates morphine tolerance but not withdrawal in a test-dependent manner in mice	1
Intra-accumbal orexinergic system contributes to the stress-induced antinociceptive behaviors in the animal model of acute pain in rats	1
Pharmacological activation of kappa opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens core and ventral tegmental area increases the aversive effects of nicotine	1
Astaxanthin ameliorates serum level and spinal expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor following spinal cord injury	1