Benjamin T. Saunders

3.4k total citations
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Benjamin T. Saunders is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin T. Saunders has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin T. Saunders's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers). Benjamin T. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers). Benjamin T. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Benjamin T. Saunders's co-authors include Terry E. Robinson, Lindsay M. Yager, Patricia H. Janak, Vedran Lovic, Jocelyn M. Richard, Elyssa B. Margolis, Elizabeth S. Cogan, Jonathan D. Morrow, Paul Meyer and Shelly B. Flagel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin T. Saunders

25 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin T. Saunders United States 17 1.7k 1.1k 708 474 364 27 2.2k
Jeremy J. Clark United States 21 1.7k 1.0× 961 0.9× 753 1.1× 355 0.7× 237 0.7× 24 2.5k
Rutsuko Ito Canada 21 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 688 1.0× 339 0.7× 299 0.8× 49 2.6k
Donna J. Calu United States 23 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 673 1.0× 347 0.7× 313 0.9× 39 2.6k
Howard C. Cromwell United States 27 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 599 0.8× 474 1.0× 289 0.8× 71 2.7k
Natalie C. Tronson United States 27 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 675 1.0× 614 1.3× 687 1.9× 43 2.9k
Michael P. Saddoris United States 27 1.9k 1.2× 2.2k 2.1× 574 0.8× 503 1.1× 467 1.3× 37 3.2k
Anna Beyeler France 14 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 427 0.6× 630 1.3× 483 1.3× 26 2.4k
Marco Vènniro United States 29 1.8k 1.1× 763 0.7× 620 0.9× 700 1.5× 375 1.0× 50 2.4k
Yann Pelloux France 23 1.7k 1.0× 819 0.8× 573 0.8× 394 0.8× 222 0.6× 40 2.3k
Hans S. Crombag United States 27 2.5k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 898 1.3× 504 1.1× 343 0.9× 59 3.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wolff, Amy R., et al.. (2025). Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons integrate positive and negative valence. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10357–10357.
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Fraser, Kurt M., et al.. (2025). Contextual cues facilitate dynamic value encoding in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Current Biology. 35(4). 746–760.e5. 2 indexed citations
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Ottenheimer, David J., et al.. (2024). Orbitofrontal Cortex Mediates Sustained Basolateral Amygdala Encoding of Cued Reward-Seeking States. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(46). e0013242024–e0013242024.
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Wolff, Amy R., et al.. (2022). Hierarchical cue control of cocaine seeking in the face of cost. Psychopharmacology. 240(3). 461–476. 6 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T., et al.. (2021). Dopamine Circuit Mechanisms of Addiction-Like Behaviors. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 15. 752420–752420. 45 indexed citations
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Collins, Anne L. & Benjamin T. Saunders. (2020). Heterogeneity in striatal dopamine circuits: Form and function in dynamic reward seeking. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(6). 1046–1069. 65 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T., et al.. (2014). A Cocaine Context Renews Drug Seeking Preferentially in a Subset of Individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(12). 2816–2823. 50 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Elizabeth E., Josiah R. Boivin, Benjamin T. Saunders, et al.. (2014). Positive Reinforcement Mediated by Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Requires D1 and D2 Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94771–e94771. 106 indexed citations
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Morrow, Jonathan D., Benjamin T. Saunders, Stephen Maren, & Terry E. Robinson. (2014). Sign-tracking to an appetitive cue predicts incubation of conditioned fear in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 276. 59–66. 36 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T., Lindsay M. Yager, & Terry E. Robinson. (2013). Cue-Evoked Cocaine "Craving": Role of Dopamine in the Accumbens Core. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(35). 13989–14000. 120 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T. & Terry E. Robinson. (2013). Individual variation in resisting temptation: Implications for addiction. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 37(9). 1955–1975. 123 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Christopher J., Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Elizabeth S. Cogan, et al.. (2013). Variation in the Form of Pavlovian Conditioned Approach Behavior among Outbred Male Sprague-Dawley Rats from Different Vendors and Colonies: Sign-Tracking vs. Goal-Tracking. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75042–e75042. 103 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T. & Patricia H. Janak. (2013). Nucleus Accumbens Plasticity Underlies Multifaceted Behavioral Changes Associated with Addiction. Biological Psychiatry. 75(2). 92–93. 2 indexed citations
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Robinson, Terry E., Lindsay M. Yager, Elizabeth S. Cogan, & Benjamin T. Saunders. (2013). On the motivational properties of reward cues: Individual differences. Neuropharmacology. 76. 450–459. 180 indexed citations
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Meyer, Paul, Vedran Lovic, Benjamin T. Saunders, et al.. (2012). Quantifying Individual Variation in the Propensity to Attribute Incentive Salience to Reward Cues. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38987–e38987. 232 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T. & Terry E. Robinson. (2012). The role of dopamine in the accumbens core in the expression of Pavlovian‐conditioned responses. European Journal of Neuroscience. 36(4). 2521–2532. 231 indexed citations
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Wescott, Seth A., et al.. (2012). Aversive Stimuli Differentially Modulate Real-Time Dopamine Transmission Dynamics within the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(45). 15779–15790. 143 indexed citations
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Lovic, Vedran, Benjamin T. Saunders, Lindsay M. Yager, & Terry E. Robinson. (2011). Rats prone to attribute incentive salience to reward cues are also prone to impulsive action. Behavioural Brain Research. 223(2). 255–261. 133 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T. & Terry E. Robinson. (2011). Individual Variation in the Motivational Properties of Cocaine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 36(8). 1668–1676. 125 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T. & Terry E. Robinson. (2010). A Cocaine Cue Acts as an Incentive Stimulus in Some but not Others: Implications for Addiction. Biological Psychiatry. 67(8). 730–736. 169 indexed citations

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