OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Addiction Biology is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

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The ReCoDe addiction research consortium: Losing and regaining control over drug intake—Findings and future perspectives	37
Sex differences in acute cannabis effects revisited: Results from two randomized, controlled trials	32
Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo‐controlled, dose–response study	31
Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Change Implicit Associations Against Alcohol in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Preregistered Clinical Trial	30
Cannabinoid receptor availability modulates the magnitude of dopamine release in vivo in the human reward system: A preliminary multitracer positron emission tomography study	29
Alcohol and cannabis co‐use and longitudinal gray matter volumetric changes in early and late adolescence	28
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Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for smoking cessation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	26
Increased AGE–RAGE axis stress in methamphetamine abuse and methamphetamine‐induced psychosis: Associations with oxidative stress and increased atherogenicity	26
Vaping—An Emerging Threat to Youngsters of Pakistan	25
Microglia activity in the human basal ganglia is altered in alcohol use disorder and reversed with remission from alcohol	25
Repeated blast mild traumatic brain injury and oxycodone self‐administration produce interactive effects on neuroimaging outcomes	25
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A multivariate approach to understanding the genetic overlap between externalizing phenotypes and substance use disorders	24
Insular volumetry in severe alcohol use disorder and Korsakoff's syndrome through an anatomical parcellation: Let us go back to basics	23
The Impact of Physical Activity on Sleep in Alcohol Users: A Systematic Review	22
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Interaction of JNK and mGluR5 in the regulation of psychomotor behaviours after repeated cocaine administration	21
Adolescent exposure to sucrose increases cocaine‐mediated behaviours in adulthood via Smad3	21
A single‐nucleus transcriptomics study of alcohol use disorder in the nucleus accumbens	19
Cocaine cue‐induced mesocorticolimbic activation in cocaine users: Effects of personality traits, lifetime drug use, and acute stimulant ingestion	19
Vicarious defeat stress induces increased alcohol consumption in female mice: Role of neurokinin‐1 receptor and interleukin‐6	18
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An epigenetic candidate–gene association study of parental styles in suicide attempters with substance use disorders	18

Prelimbic cortex dynorphin/κ opioid receptor system modulates methamphetamine‐induced cognitive impairment	18
Serotonergic and dopaminergic control of impulsivity in gambling disorder	18
Repeated cocaine or methamphetamine treatment alters astrocytic CRF2 and GLAST expression in the ventral midbrain	17
Brain and cortisol responses to smoking cues are linked in tobacco‐smoking individuals	17
Standardised cannabis metrics: Opportunities for tracking how cannabis use affects neurodevelopmental trajectories in youth cohorts worldwide	16
Exploring Post‐Retrieval Strategies to Reduce Drug Craving in Methamphetamine Use Disorders	16
Epigenome‐wide association study on methamphetamine dependence	16
N‐acetylcysteine as a treatment for substance use cravings: A meta‐analysis	16
Extreme phenotypic diversity in operant response to intravenous cocaine or saline infusion in the hybrid mouse diversity panel	15
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Voluntary alcohol binge‐drinking in adolescent C57Bl6 mice induces delayed appearance of behavioural defects in both males and females	14
Orbitofrontal cortex to dorsal striatum circuit is critical for incubation of oxycodone craving after forced abstinence	14
Blockade of endocannabinoid system by oxytocin attenuates memory deficits in oxycodone‐treated rats	13
Within‐person decline in pregnancy smoking is observable prior to pregnancy awareness: Evidence across two independent observational cohorts	13
Circadian gene × environment perturbations influence alcohol drinking in Cryptochrome‐deficient mice	13
Paternal preconception alcohol consumption increased Angiotensin II‐mediated vasoconstriction in male offspring cerebral arteries via oxidative stress‐AT1R pathway	13
Mifepristone as a pharmacological intervention for stress‐induced alcohol craving: A human laboratory study	13
Activation of trace amine‐associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) transiently reduces alcohol drinking in socially housed mice	13
Increased ventral anterior insular connectivity to sports betting availability indexes problem gambling	12
Cortical thickness and related depressive symptoms in early abstinence from chronic methamphetamine use	12
Changes in interoception after alcohol administration correlate with expectancies and subjective effects	12
Δ⁹‐Tetrahydrocannabinol self‐administration induces cell type‐specific adaptations in the nucleus accumbens core	12
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Correction to “Epigenetic and Sex Differences in Opioid Use Disorder in Chronic Pain: A Real‐World Study Linked With OPRM1 DNA Methylation”	12
Effective alleviation of depressive and anxious symptoms and sleep disorders in benzodiazepine‐dependent patients through repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation	12
Sex‐specific metabolic signatures in methamphetamine addicts	12
Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Opioid Dependence: Evidence of Neuroimmune Activation and Ion Composition Changes, Without Alteration in Orexin‐A	11
Effects of Cigarette Smoking and 3‐Day Smoking Abstinence on Translocator Protein 18 kDa Availability: A [¹⁸F]FEPPA Positron Emission Tomography Study	11
Altered Functional Connectivity Dynamics Serving Cognitive Flexibility in Regular Cannabis Users	11
Transcriptional signatures of fentanyl use in the mouse ventral tegmental area	11
Combined effects of methadone and quetiapine on respiratory rate, haemodynamic variables, and temperature in conscious rats	11
Chemogenetic inhibition of corticostriatal circuits reduces cued reinstatement of methamphetamine seeking	11
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Ovarian Hormones and Addictive Behaviour Vulnerability: Insights From Preclinical Studies	11
Neural responses to stress and alcohol cues in individuals with pain with and without alcohol use disorder	10
Substance use patterns, quantities, and associated risk factors in women with polysubstance misuse	10
A dual mechanism fully blocks ethanol relapse: Role of vagal innervation	10
Alcohol use disorder in the COVID‐19 era: Position paper of the Italian Society on Alcohol (SIA)	10
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The switching process from buprenorphine sublingual tablets to the monthly buprenorphine subcutaneous depot injection in opioid dependent patients	10
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Chronic ethanol exposure induced anxiety‐like behaviour by altering gut microbiota and GABA system	10
Activation of Epac in the BLA disrupts reconsolidation and attenuates heroin‐seeking behaviour	10
Midazolam, methamphetamine, morphine and nicotine intake in high‐drinking‐in‐the‐dark mice	10
Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol	10
Self‐control impacts symptoms defining Internet gaming disorder through dorsal anterior cingulate–ventral striatal pathway	10
The potential of 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: A first look at therapeutic mechanisms of action	10

Immediate and lasting effects of different regulation of craving strategies on cue‐induced craving and the late positive potential in smokers	10
Methamphetamine‐related working memory difficulties underpinned by reduced frontoparietal responses	10
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Effects of acute and repeated administration of the selective M₄ PAM VU0152099 on cocaine versus food choice in male rats	9
Cannabis use selectively modulates circulating biomarkers in the blood of schizophrenia patients	9
Neurobeachin, a promising target for use in the treatment of alcohol use disorder	9
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Aversive drug cues reduce cigarette craving and increase prefrontal cortex activation during processing of cigarette cues in quitting motivated smokers	9
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Sex‐specific neurobehavioural outcomes and brain stimulation pattern in adult offspring paternally exposed to methamphetamine	9
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The effects of age on the severity of problem drinking: Mediating effects of positive alcohol expectancy and neural correlates	8
K_v7 channel opener retigabine reduces self‐administration of cocaine but not sucrose in rats	8
Prognostic factors for low‐risk drinking and relapse in alcohol use disorder: A multimodal analysis	8
The glucagon‐like peptide‐1 system is modulated by acute and chronic alcohol exposure: Findings from human laboratory experiments and a post‐mortem brain study	8
Structural Cerebellar and Lateral Frontoparietal Networks are altered in CUD: An SBM Analysis	8
Integrated metabolomics and network pharmacology to reveal the mechanism of areca nut addiction	8
Alcohol sensitivity and tolerance encoding in sleep regulatory circadian neurons in Drosophila	8
Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders	8
Intra‐striatal dopaminergic inter‐subject covariance in social drinkers and non‐treatment‐seeking alcohol use disorder participants	8
Cocaine falls into oblivion during volitional initiation of choice trials	8
Global, interhemispheric and intrahemispheric functional connection patterns in male adults with alcohol use disorder	8
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Brain‐specific serine/threonine‐protein kinase 1 is a substrate of protein kinase C epsilon involved in sex‐specific ethanol and anxiety phenotypes	8
Impact of online poker gambling on behavioural and neurophysiological responses to a virtual gambling task	8
How alcohol makes the epigenetic clock tick faster and the clock reversing effect of abstinence	8
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Restores Cognitive Impairment in Morphine‐Withdrawn Rats: Role of BDNF and Glial Cells in the Hippocampus	8
Multi‐omics analysis of alcohol effects on the liver in young and aged mice	7
Lymphocyte‐related ratios in methamphetamine‐induced psychotic disorder in Taiwan, comparing with patients with schizophrenia	7
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Alcoholic Hepatitis in a Japanese Hospital: Losing Contact With Some Patients After Delirium Tremens May Lead to Missed Critical Events	7
Evaluating instrumental learning and striatal–cortical functional connectivity in adolescent alcohol and cannabis use	7
Gonadal hormones and sex chromosome complement differentially contribute to ethanol intake, preference, and relapse‐like behaviour in four core genotypes mice	7
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Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure produces sex‐specific social impairments and attenuates prelimbic excitability and amygdala‐cortex modulation of adult social behaviour	7
Anomalies in global network connectivity associated with early recovery from alcohol dependence: A network transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography study	7
The association between adverse childhood experiences and alterations in brain volume and cortical thickness in adults with alcohol use disorder	7
The risk of cannabis use disorder is mediated by altered brain connectivity: A chronnectome study	7
Fentanyl‐induced respiratory depression in rodents is inhibited by bioabsorbable, subcutaneous naltrexone implants at 3.5 months	7
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Extinction and reinstatement of methamphetamine‐induced conditioned place preference in zebrafish	7
Prenatal methadone exposure leads to long‐term memory impairments and disruptions of dentate granule cell function in a sex‐dependent manner	7