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Papers

(The median citation count of Behavioural Pharmacology is 2. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The role of the gut microbiome in opioid use	38
‘Reinventing the wheel’ to advance the development of pain therapeutics	25
Cannabidiol disrupts conditioned fear expression and cannabidiolic acid reduces trauma-induced anxiety-related behaviour in mice	25
Peripherally acting opioid analgesics and peripherally-induced analgesia	24
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats	23
Neuroprotective effect of chronic administration of cannabidiol during the abstinence period on methamphetamine-induced impairment of recognition memory in the rats	22
Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of stigmasterol in mice: insight into its mechanism of action	22
The influence of the duration of chronic unpredictable mild stress on the behavioural responses of C57BL/6J mice	19
Preference for vigorous exercise versus sedentary sucrose drinking: an animal model of anergia induced by dopamine receptor antagonism	18
Translational models of cannabinoid vapor exposure in laboratory animals	17
Morus nigra leaves extract revokes the depressive-like behavior, oxidative stress, and hippocampal damage induced by corticosterone: a pivotal role of the phenolic syringic acid	14
A further assessment of a role for Toll-like receptor 4 in the reinforcing and reinstating effects of opioids	13
Oxycodone decreases anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze test in male and female rats	13
Early adolescent subchronic low-dose nicotine exposure increases subsequent cocaine and fentanyl self-administration in Sprague–Dawley rats	13
Repeated nicotine vapor inhalation induces behavioral sensitization in male and female C57BL/6 mice	12
Antinociception produced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats	10
The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, nalfurafine, blocks acquisition of oxycodone self-administration and oxycodone’s conditioned rewarding effects in male rats	10
Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake	10
The antinociceptive mechanisms of melatonin: role of l-arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/KATP channel signaling pathway	10
TRPV1 blockers as potential new treatments for psychiatric disorders	10
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	10
Tetracyclines, a promise for neuropsychiatric disorders: from adjunctive therapy to the discovery of new targets for rational drug design in psychiatry	9
The aroylhydrazone INHHQ prevents memory impairment induced by Alzheimer’s-linked amyloid-β oligomers in mice	9
Cannabinoid drugs against chemotherapy-induced adverse effects: focus on nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy and chemofog in animal models	9
The selective 5-HT2A receptor agonist 25CN-NBOH does not affect reversal learning in mice	9

The antinociceptive effects of a dual kappa-delta opioid receptor agonist in the mouse formalin test	9
Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats	8
TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia	8
Kissorphin improves spatial memory and cognitive flexibility impairment induced by ethanol treatment in the Barnes maze task in rats	8
Opioid system modulation of cognitive affective bias: implications for the treatment of mood disorders	8
Discriminative stimulus effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and structurally related synthetic cathinones	8
Antinociceptive effects of minor cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in Cannabis	8
Effects of naltrexone on alcohol, sucrose, and saccharin binge-like drinking in C57BL/6J mice: a study with a multiple bottle choice procedure	8
Current rodent models for the study of empathic processes	8
Deletion of mu opioid receptors reduces palatable solution intake in a mouse model of binge eating	7
D1- but not D2-like dopamine receptor antagonist in the CA1 region of the hippocampus reduced stress-induced reinstatement in extinguished morphine-conditioning place preference in the food-deprived r	7
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	7
The orexin receptors in the ventral tegmental area are involved in the development of sensitization to expression of morphine-induced preference in rats	7
Effects of the GluN2B antagonist, Ro 25-6981, on extinction consolidation following adolescent- or adult-onset methamphetamine self-administration in male and female rats	7
Pain and stress: functional evidence that supra-spinal mechanisms involved in pain-induced analgesia mediate stress-induced analgesia	7
Effects of 5-HT2A receptor agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine on alcohol consumption in Long–Evans rats	7
Combined effects of mephedrone and cocaine on locomotor activity and conditioned place preference in male Sprague–Dawley rats	6
Positive effects of roflumilast on behavior, neuroinflammation, and white matter injury in mice with global cerebral ischemia	6
Neonatal exposure to genistein affects reproductive physiology and behavior in female and male Long-Evans rats	6
Reward-enhancing effects of d-amphetamine and its interactions with nicotine were greater in female rats and persisted across schedules of reinforcement	6
Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats	6
Evaluation of the antidepressive property of β-hydroxybutyrate in mice	6
The effects of subchronic agmatine on passive avoidance memory, anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal Akt/GSK-3β in mice	6
Roflumilast attenuates cognitive deficits in estrogen insufficient rats	6
Repeated ketamine administration induces recognition memory impairment together with morphological changes in neurons from ventromedial prefrontal cortex, dorsal striatum, and hippocampus	6
Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure	5
Effects of opioid/cannabinoid mixtures on impulsivity and memory in rhesus monkeys	5
Impact of order of fixed-ratio presentation on demand for self-administered remifentanil in male rats	5
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	5
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects of seven cathinones in rats	5
Effects of N-acetylcysteine treatment on ethanol’s rewarding properties and dopaminergic alterations in mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal pathways	5
Behavioral pharmacology of five novel synthetic cannabinoids	5
The role of glutamate receptors and their interactions with dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the development of tardive dyskinesia: preclinical and clinical results	5
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	5
Significant association of nicotine reinforcement and cue reactivity: a translational study in humans and rats	5
Effects of treadmill exercise and sex hormones on learning, memory and hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in transient congenital hypothyroid rats	5
Effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the elevated plus maze in mice	5
Naturalistic operant responses in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) and its response to outcome manipulation and serotonergic intervention	5
Trait specific modulatory effects of caffeine exposure on compulsive-like behaviors in a spontaneous mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder	5
Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	5
Effects of oxycodone and diazepam alone and in combination on operant nociception	5
The endocannabinoid system and drug-associated contextual memories	5
Some effects of putative G-protein biased mu-opioid receptor agonists in male rhesus monkeys	4
Buspirone, a 5-HT1A agonist attenuates social isolation-induced behavior deficits in rats: a comparative study with fluoxetine	4
Spontaneous alternation and stereotypical behaviour in deer mice: response to escitalopram and levetiracetam	4
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	4
Pharmacological evaluation of NO/cGMP/KATP channels pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of carbamazepine in mice	4
Evidence for spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal 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
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	4

Cholinergic models of memory impairment in animals and man: scopolamine vs. biperiden	4
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	4
Effects of oxycodone on sensitivity to reinforcement magnitude: implications for effects of opioids on impulsive and risky choice	4
Spinal cannabinoid CB1 or CB2 receptors activation attenuates mechanical allodynia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats	4
Modeling spontaneous opioid withdrawal in male and female outbred mice using traditional endpoints and hyperalgesia	4
Antidepressant-like effects of dezocine in mice: involvement of 5-HT1A and κ opioid receptors	4
Granisetron, a selective 5-HT3 antagonist, reduces L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced abnormal involuntary movements in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat	4
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid and treatment with intranasal oxytocin have sex-specific effects on behavior in Long Evans rats	4
Re-evaluation of the discriminative stimulus effects of lysergic acid diethylamide with male and female Sprague-Dawley rats	4
Glucocorticoid and brain-derived neurotrophic factor relationship: a brief investigation into the model of depression by chronic administration of corticosterone	4
Amelioration of cognition impairments in the valproic acid-induced animal model of autism by ciproxifan, a histamine H3-receptor antagonist	4
Gait analysis as a robust pain behavioural endpoint in the chronic phase of the monoiodoacetate-induced knee joint pain in the rat	4
Neuroimaging reveals functionally distinct neuronal networks associated with high-level alcohol consumption in two genetic rat models	3
Valproate selectively suppresses adolescent anabolic/androgenic steroid-induced aggressive behavior: implications for a role of hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid neural signaling	3
Fenofibrate ameliorates olanzapine’s side effects without altering its central effect: emphasis on FGF-21–adiponectin axis	3
Relapse to cotinine seeking in rats: differential effects of sex	3
The anti-nociceptive activity of naringenin passes through L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway and opioid receptors	3
Blockade of α1 subtype GABAA receptors attenuates the development of tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of midazolam in rats	3
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	3
Biphasic reward effects are characteristic of both lorcaserin and drugs of abuse: implications for treatment of substance use disorders	3
Glibenclamide treatment prevents depressive-like behavior and memory impairment induced by chronic unpredictable stress in female mice	3
Nicotinic aspects of the discriminative stimulus effects of arecoline	3
Heightened reward response is associated with HCN2 overexpression in the ventral tegmental area in morphine-sensitized rats	3
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	3
Male and female rats exhibit comparable gaping behavior but activate brain regions differently during expression of conditioned nausea	3
Response to opioids is dependent on sociability levels	3
Effort-based decision making in response to high-dose androgens: role of dopamine receptors	3
Phencynonate hydrochloride exerts antidepressant effects by regulating the dendritic spine density and altering glutamate receptor expression	3
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	3
Crossover associations of alcohol and smoking, craving and biochemically verified alcohol and nicotine use in heavy drinking smokers	3
Subanesthetic ketamine with an AMPAkine attenuates motor impulsivity in rats	3
The synthetic cathinone 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone increases impulsive action in rats	3
Development of a nicotine aerosol self-administration model in rats and the effects of e-liquid flavors	3
The interactive effects of verapamil and CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, AM251 on passive avoidance learning and memory in rat	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
Fenofibrate promotes neuroprotection in a model of rotenone-induced Parkinson’s disease	2
Alterations of amygdala-prefrontal cortical coupling and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder-like behaviors induced by neonatal habenula lesion: normalization by Ecklonia stolonifera extract and	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
Sex differences in the acute ethanol effects on object recognition memory: influence of estrous cycle	2
Comparison of the muscarinic antagonist effects of scopolamine and L-687,306	2
Gamma-decanolactone attenuates acute and chronic seizures in mice: a possible role of adenosine A1 receptors	2
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	2
Effect of heat shock protein 70 modulators on the development of morphine analgesic tolerance in rats	2
Effects of JL13, a pyridobenzoxazepine compound, in dopaminergic and glutamatergic models of antipsychotic activity	2
Behavioral economics of cocaine self-administration in male and female rats	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 α1-adrenergic receptors in the amygdala regulate the induction of learned despair through protein kinase C-beta signaling	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
Sequential habituation to space, object and stranger is differentially modulated by glutamatergic, cholinergic and dopaminergic transmission	2
Pharmacological depletion of serotonin and norepinephrine with para-chlorophenylalanine and alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine reverses the antidepressant-like effects of adolescent caffeine exposure in the male	2
Involvement of GABAA receptors of lateral habenula in the acquisition and expression phases of morphine-induced place preference in male rats	2
Effects of the psychoactive compounds in green tea on risky decision-making	2
Effects of chemotherapy on operant responding for palatable food in male and female mice	2
Interactions between reproductive transitions during aging and addiction: promoting translational crosstalk between different fields of research	2
Acute intrathecal administration of quipazine elicits air-stepping behavior	2
The 5-HT6R agonist E-6837 and the antagonist SB-271046 reverse the psychotic-like behaviors induced by ketamine	2