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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

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Alcohol and cannabis co‐use and longitudinal gray matter volumetric changes in early and late adolescence	46
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Repeated blast mild traumatic brain injury and oxycodone self‐administration produce interactive effects on neuroimaging outcomes	33
Increased AGE–RAGE axis stress in methamphetamine abuse and methamphetamine‐induced psychosis: Associations with oxidative stress and increased atherogenicity	30
Vaping—An Emerging Threat to Youngsters of Pakistan	29
Insular volumetry in severe alcohol use disorder and Korsakoff's syndrome through an anatomical parcellation: Let us go back to basics	29
Cannabinoid receptor availability modulates the magnitude of dopamine release in vivo in the human reward system: A preliminary multitracer positron emission tomography study	28
Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for smoking cessation: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis	27
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Sex differences in acute cannabis effects revisited: Results from two randomized, controlled trials	26
The ReCoDe addiction research consortium: Losing and regaining control over drug intake—Findings and future perspectives	26
Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Change Implicit Associations Against Alcohol in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Preregistered Clinical Trial	26
A multivariate approach to understanding the genetic overlap between externalizing phenotypes and substance use disorders	26
Microglia activity in the human basal ganglia is altered in alcohol use disorder and reversed with remission from alcohol	25
Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo‐controlled, dose–response study	23
Serotonergic and dopaminergic control of impulsivity in gambling disorder	23
Video‐game play and non‐symbolic numerical comparison	23
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Prelimbic cortex dynorphin/κ opioid receptor system modulates methamphetamine‐induced cognitive impairment	23
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Cocaine cue‐induced mesocorticolimbic activation in cocaine users: Effects of personality traits, lifetime drug use, and acute stimulant ingestion	20
An epigenetic candidate–gene association study of parental styles in suicide attempters with substance use disorders	20
Interaction of JNK and mGluR5 in the regulation of psychomotor behaviours after repeated cocaine administration	20
Adolescent exposure to sucrose increases cocaine‐mediated behaviours in adulthood via Smad3	20
A single‐nucleus transcriptomics study of alcohol use disorder in the nucleus accumbens	19

Vicarious defeat stress induces increased alcohol consumption in female mice: Role of neurokinin‐1 receptor and interleukin‐6	19
Epigenome‐wide association study on methamphetamine dependence	18
Repeated cocaine or methamphetamine treatment alters astrocytic CRF2 and GLAST expression in the ventral midbrain	17
N‐acetylcysteine as a treatment for substance use cravings: A meta‐analysis	17
Standardised cannabis metrics: Opportunities for tracking how cannabis use affects neurodevelopmental trajectories in youth cohorts worldwide	17
Brain dysfunction of methamphetamine‐associated psychosis in resting state: Approaching schizophrenia and critical role of right superior temporal deficit	17
Brain and cortisol responses to smoking cues are linked in tobacco‐smoking individuals	17
Orbitofrontal cortex to dorsal striatum circuit is critical for incubation of oxycodone craving after forced abstinence	16
Extreme phenotypic diversity in operant response to intravenous cocaine or saline infusion in the hybrid mouse diversity panel	16
Increased ventral anterior insular connectivity to sports betting availability indexes problem gambling	15
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Paternal preconception alcohol consumption increased Angiotensin II‐mediated vasoconstriction in male offspring cerebral arteries via oxidative stress‐AT1R pathway	15
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Δ⁹‐Tetrahydrocannabinol self‐administration induces cell type‐specific adaptations in the nucleus accumbens core	14
Within‐person decline in pregnancy smoking is observable prior to pregnancy awareness: Evidence across two independent observational cohorts	14
Adolescent social isolation induced alterations in nucleus accumbens glutamate signalling	14
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Cortical thickness and related depressive symptoms in early abstinence from chronic methamphetamine use	14
Effective alleviation of depressive and anxious symptoms and sleep disorders in benzodiazepine‐dependent patients through repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation	13
Correction to “Epigenetic and Sex Differences in Opioid Use Disorder in Chronic Pain: A Real‐World Study Linked With OPRM1 DNA Methylation”	13
Circadian gene × environment perturbations influence alcohol drinking in Cryptochrome‐deficient mice	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
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Blockade of endocannabinoid system by oxytocin attenuates memory deficits in oxycodone‐treated rats	12
Sex‐specific metabolic signatures in methamphetamine addicts	12
Combined effects of methadone and quetiapine on respiratory rate, haemodynamic variables, and temperature in conscious rats	12
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The histone methyltransferase G9a mediates stress‐regulated alcohol drinking	12
Changes in interoception after alcohol administration correlate with expectancies and subjective effects	12
Chemogenetic inhibition of corticostriatal circuits reduces cued reinstatement of methamphetamine seeking	12
Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol	12
Voluntary alcohol binge‐drinking in adolescent C57Bl6 mice induces delayed appearance of behavioural defects in both males and females	12
Midazolam, methamphetamine, morphine and nicotine intake in high‐drinking‐in‐the‐dark mice	12
Transcriptional signatures of fentanyl use in the mouse ventral tegmental area	12
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Acute alcohol intoxication modulates the temporal dynamics of resting electroencephalography networks	11
Altered Functional Connectivity Dynamics Serving Cognitive Flexibility in Regular Cannabis Users	11
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Self‐control impacts symptoms defining Internet gaming disorder through dorsal anterior cingulate–ventral striatal pathway	11
Effects of Cigarette Smoking and 3‐Day Smoking Abstinence on Translocator Protein 18 kDa Availability: A [¹⁸F]FEPPA Positron Emission Tomography Study	11
The switching process from buprenorphine sublingual tablets to the monthly buprenorphine subcutaneous depot injection in opioid dependent patients	11
Alcohol use disorder in the COVID‐19 era: Position paper of the Italian Society on Alcohol (SIA)	11
Neurobeachin, a promising target for use in the treatment of alcohol use disorder	10
A dual mechanism fully blocks ethanol relapse: Role of vagal innervation	10
Sex‐specific neurobehavioural outcomes and brain stimulation pattern in adult offspring paternally exposed to methamphetamine	10
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The potential of 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: A first look at therapeutic mechanisms of action	10

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Methamphetamine‐related working memory difficulties underpinned by reduced frontoparietal responses	9
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Substance use patterns, quantities, and associated risk factors in women with polysubstance misuse	9
Impact of online poker gambling on behavioural and neurophysiological responses to a virtual gambling task	9
Chronic ethanol exposure induced anxiety‐like behaviour by altering gut microbiota and GABA system	9
Alcohol sensitivity and tolerance encoding in sleep regulatory circadian neurons in Drosophila	9
Activation of Epac in the BLA disrupts reconsolidation and attenuates heroin‐seeking behaviour	9
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Neural responses to stress and alcohol cues in individuals with pain with and without alcohol use disorder	9
The effects of age on the severity of problem drinking: Mediating effects of positive alcohol expectancy and neural correlates	9
Effects of acute and repeated administration of the selective M₄ PAM VU0152099 on cocaine versus food choice in male rats	9
Brain imaging of cannabinoid type I (CB₁) receptors in women with cannabis use disorder and male and female healthy controls	9
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Immediate and lasting effects of different regulation of craving strategies on cue‐induced craving and the late positive potential in smokers	9
Integrated metabolomics and network pharmacology to reveal the mechanism of areca nut addiction	9
Intra‐striatal dopaminergic inter‐subject covariance in social drinkers and non‐treatment‐seeking alcohol use disorder participants	8
Brain‐specific serine/threonine‐protein kinase 1 is a substrate of protein kinase C epsilon involved in sex‐specific ethanol and anxiety phenotypes	8
How alcohol makes the epigenetic clock tick faster and the clock reversing effect of abstinence	8
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Evaluating instrumental learning and striatal–cortical functional connectivity in adolescent alcohol and cannabis use	8
Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders	8
Global, interhemispheric and intrahemispheric functional connection patterns in male adults with alcohol use disorder	8
Cannabis use selectively modulates circulating biomarkers in the blood of schizophrenia patients	8
Lymphocyte‐related ratios in methamphetamine‐induced psychotic disorder in Taiwan, comparing with patients with schizophrenia	8
Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure produces sex‐specific social impairments and attenuates prelimbic excitability and amygdala‐cortex modulation of adult social behaviour	8
K_v7 channel opener retigabine reduces self‐administration of cocaine but not sucrose in rats	8
Aversive drug cues reduce cigarette craving and increase prefrontal cortex activation during processing of cigarette cues in quitting motivated smokers	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
The risk of cannabis use disorder is mediated by altered brain connectivity: A chronnectome study	8
More than just statics: Temporal dynamic changes of intrinsic brain activity in cigarette smoking	8
Connectome‐based prediction of craving for gaming in internet gaming disorder	7
Multi‐omics analysis of alcohol effects on the liver in young and aged mice	7
Gonadal hormones and sex chromosome complement differentially contribute to ethanol intake, preference, and relapse‐like behaviour in four core genotypes mice	7
Cocaine falls into oblivion during volitional initiation of choice trials	7
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Restores Cognitive Impairment in Morphine‐Withdrawn Rats: Role of BDNF and Glial Cells in the Hippocampus	7
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Extinction and reinstatement of methamphetamine‐induced conditioned place preference in zebrafish	7
Prognostic factors for low‐risk drinking and relapse in alcohol use disorder: A multimodal analysis	7
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Prenatal methadone exposure leads to long‐term memory impairments and disruptions of dentate granule cell function in a sex‐dependent manner	7
Fentanyl‐induced respiratory depression in rodents is inhibited by bioabsorbable, subcutaneous naltrexone implants at 3.5 months	7
Structural Cerebellar and Lateral Frontoparietal Networks are altered in CUD: An SBM Analysis	7