Anton Ilango

980 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 784 citations indexed

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Anton Ilango is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anton Ilango has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Anton Ilango's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers). Anton Ilango is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers). Anton Ilango collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Anton Ilango's co-authors include Mary Kay Lobo, Satoshi Ikemoto, Andrew J. Kesner, Frank W. Ohl, Wolfram Wetzel, Henning Scheich, Kristine L. Keller, Garret D. Stuber, Antonello Bonci and Jason Shumake and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Anton Ilango

11 papers receiving 776 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Shining light on motivation, emotion, and memory processes

2015 363 citations Anton Ilango, Mary Kay Lobo Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anton Ilango United States	10	359	351	172	117	92	11	784
Zachary T. Pennington United States	12	355 1.0×	385 1.1×	110 0.6×	121 1.0×	85 0.9×	18	768
L.G. De la Casa Spain	14	342 1.0×	469 1.3×	107 0.6×	82 0.7×	100 1.1×	55	789
Melis Yilmaz Balban United States	4	283 0.8×	328 0.9×	219 1.3×	169 1.4×	54 0.6×	4	800
Sietse Jonkman United Kingdom	11	516 1.4×	309 0.9×	254 1.5×	100 0.9×	55 0.6×	15	729
Matthew R. Bailey United States	11	291 0.8×	223 0.6×	147 0.9×	102 0.9×	96 1.0×	22	696
Xiaojuan Xu United States	17	299 0.8×	213 0.6×	166 1.0×	94 0.8×	48 0.5×	48	893
Mercedes Arroyo United Kingdom	6	724 2.0×	469 1.3×	352 2.0×	143 1.2×	77 0.8×	6	979
Sarah A. Halbert United States	2	330 0.9×	352 1.0×	135 0.8×	227 1.9×	61 0.7×	2	665
Suzanna Forwood United Kingdom	12	457 1.3×	502 1.4×	117 0.7×	131 1.1×	38 0.4×	25	1.0k
Alex S. James United States	11	351 1.0×	307 0.9×	206 1.2×	44 0.4×	67 0.7×	11	735

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Ilango, Anton & Mary Kay Lobo. (2015). Shining light on motivation, emotion, and memory processes. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9. 1–1. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Xu, Anton Ilango, Mazahir T. Hasan, & Yu Zhou. (2014). Identification and optogenetic manipulation of memory engrams in the hippocampus. Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies. 3 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, et al.. (2014). Phasic excitation of ventral tegmental dopamine neurons potentiates the initiation of conditioned approach behavior: parametric and reinforcement-schedule analyses. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 155–155. 37 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, Jason Shumake, Wolfram Wetzel, & Frank W. Ohl. (2014). Contribution of Emotional and Motivational Neurocircuitry to Cue-Signaled Active Avoidance Learning. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 372–372. 15 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, Andrew J. Kesner, Kristine L. Keller, et al.. (2014). Similar Roles of Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons in Reward and Aversion. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(3). 817–822. 190 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, Jason Shumake, Wolfram Wetzel, Henning Scheich, & Frank W. Ohl. (2013). Electrical Stimulation of Lateral Habenula during Learning: Frequency-Dependent Effects on Acquisition but Not Retrieval of a Two-Way Active Avoidance Response. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65684–e65684. 15 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, Jason Shumake, Wolfram Wetzel, Henning Scheich, & Frank W. Ohl. (2012). The Role of Dopamine in the Context of Aversive Stimuli with Particular Reference to Acoustically Signaled Avoidance Learning. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 6. 132–132. 38 indexed citations

Ilango, Anton, Jason Shumake, Wolfram Wetzel, Henning Scheich, & Frank W. Ohl. (2011). Effects of ventral tegmental area stimulation on the acquisition and long-term retention of active avoidance learning. Behavioural Brain Research. 225(2). 515–521. 9 indexed citations

Shumake, Jason, Anton Ilango, Henning Scheich, Wolfram Wetzel, & Frank W. Ohl. (2010). Differential Neuromodulation of Acquisition and Retrieval of Avoidance Learning by the Lateral Habenula and Ventral Tegmental Area. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(17). 5876–5883. 70 indexed citations

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Ilango, Anton, Wolfram Wetzel, Henning Scheich, & Frank W. Ohl. (2010). The combination of appetitive and aversive reinforcers and the nature of their interaction during auditory learning. Neuroscience. 166(3). 752–762. 18 indexed citations

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Goldschmidt, Jürgen, Tim Wanger, Max F. K. Happel, et al.. (2009). High-resolution mapping of neuronal activity using the lipophilic thallium chelate complex TlDDC: Protocol and validation of the method. NeuroImage. 49(1). 303–315. 26 indexed citations

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