Standout Papers

Oxytocin: The Great Facilitator o... 1979 2026 1994 2010 739
  1. Oxytocin: The Great Facilitator of Life (2009)
    Heon‐Jin Lee, Abbe H. Macbeth et al. Progress in Neurobiology
  2. A new method for receptor autoradiography: [3H]Opioid receptors in rat brain (1979)
    W. Scott Young, Michael J. Kuhar Brain Research
  3. Mesencephalic dopamine neurons regulate the expression of neuropeptide mRNAs in the rat forebrain. (1986)
    W. Scott Young, T I Bonner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  4. Distribution of striatonigral and striatopallidal peptidergic neurons in both patch and matrix compartments: an in situ hybridization histochemistry and fluorescent retrograde tracing study (1988)
    Charles R. Gerfen, W. Scott Young Brain Research
  5. A central nervous system defect in biosynthesis of corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with susceptibility to streptococcal cell wall-induced arthritis in Lewis rats. (1989)
    E Sternberg, W. Scott Young et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  6. A Deletion Truncating the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Is Responsible for Hypogonadism in the hpg Mouse (1986)
    Anthony J. Mason, Joel S. Hayflick et al. Science

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Targeted activation of the hippocampal CA2 area strongly enhances social memory
2016
A Conditional Knockout Mouse Line of the Oxytocin Receptor
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Teresa A. Milner 2002 9075 6207 268 19.3k
Joachim Spiess 5274 5253 5231 173 21.1k
Menek Goldstein 2433 15392 9467 339 24.6k
D. de Wied 6850 6645 4562 338 15.0k
Paul E. Sawchenko 9846 8042 6157 168 31.6k
Harold Gainer 3842 5637 3962 248 12.5k
Hubert Vaudry 2961 12304 8164 694 21.6k
Elizabeth Gould 4770 12725 4953 163 32.5k

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