Brandon J. Aragona

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Brandon J. Aragona is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon J. Aragona has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Social Psychology and 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brandon J. Aragona's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Brandon J. Aragona is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Brandon J. Aragona collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. Brandon J. Aragona's co-authors include Zuoxin Wang, J. Thomas Curtis, R. Mark Wightman, Regina M. Carelli, Yan Liu, Caitlin M. Vander Weele, Robert T. Kennedy, Omar S. Mabrouk, Jeremy J. Day and Joseph F. Cheer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Brandon J. Aragona

44 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work

2015 526 citations Arif Hamid, Jeffrey R. Pettibone et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brandon J. Aragona United States	31	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	902	798	45	3.8k
Carlos Tomaz Brazil	35	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	667 0.7×	295 0.4×	200	4.2k
Jennifer L. Cornish Australia	37	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	749 0.7×	951 1.1×	335 0.4×	93	4.0k
Gül Dölen United States	17	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	369 0.5×	21	3.6k
J. Wayne Aldridge United States	28	2.2k 1.1×	742 0.5×	2.1k 2.0×	657 0.7×	539 0.7×	46	4.9k
Adam C. Mar United Kingdom	32	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.8×	918 1.0×	427 0.5×	56	5.1k
Kee Wui Huang United States	14	1.7k 0.9×	863 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	806 0.9×	256 0.3×	16	3.0k
Shelly B. Flagel United States	30	2.7k 1.4×	979 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	380 0.5×	65	4.2k
Anders Ågmo Norway	37	1.3k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	451 0.4×	485 0.5×	647 0.8×	150	4.8k
Markus Fendt Germany	42	3.1k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	2.8k 2.6×	1.1k 1.2×	474 0.6×	151	6.0k
Sam A. Golden United States	32	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	989 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	239 0.3×	53	4.5k

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Singer, Bryan F., et al.. (2017). Rapid induction of dopamine sensitization in the nucleus accumbens shell induced by a single injection of cocaine. Behavioural Brain Research. 324. 66–70. 5 indexed citations

Patel, Paras R., Ali Mohebi, Arif Hamid, et al.. (2017). (Invited) Carbon Fiber Electrode Array for the Detection of Electrophysiological and Dopaminergic Activity. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2017-02(55). 2311–2311. 1 indexed citations

Singer, Bryan F., et al.. (2016). The sensory features of a food cue influence its ability to act as an incentive stimulus and evoke dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core. Learning & Memory. 23(11). 595–606. 26 indexed citations

Hamid, Arif, Jeffrey R. Pettibone, Omar S. Mabrouk, et al.. (2015). Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work. Nature Neuroscience. 19(1). 117–126. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

Weele, Caitlin M. Vander, Kirsten A. Porter‐Stransky, Omar S. Mabrouk, et al.. (2014). Rapid dopamine transmission within the nucleus accumbens: Dramatic difference between morphine and oxycodone delivery. European Journal of Neuroscience. 40(7). 3041–3054. 89 indexed citations

Resendez, Shanna L., et al.. (2013). μ-Opioid Receptors within Subregions of the Striatum Mediate Pair Bond Formation through Parallel Yet Distinct Reward Mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(21). 9140–9149. 73 indexed citations

Resendez, Shanna L. & Brandon J. Aragona. (2013). Aversive motivation and the maintenance of monogamous pair bonding. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 24(1). 51–60. 47 indexed citations

Slaney, Thomas R., Omar S. Mabrouk, Kirsten A. Porter‐Stransky, Brandon J. Aragona, & Robert T. Kennedy. (2012). Chemical Gradients within Brain Extracellular Space Measured using Low Flow Push–Pull Perfusion Sampling in Vivo. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 4(2). 321–329. 37 indexed citations

Resendez, Shanna L., et al.. (2012). κ-Opioid Receptors within the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Mediate Pair Bond Maintenance. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(20). 6771–6784. 87 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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Wheeler, Robert, Brandon J. Aragona, Joshua L. Jones, et al.. (2011). Cocaine Cues Drive Opposing Context-Dependent Shifts in Reward Processing and Emotional State. Biological Psychiatry. 69(11). 1067–1074. 99 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, Kimberly A. Young, J. Thomas Curtis, Brandon J. Aragona, & Zuoxin Wang. (2011). Social Bonding Decreases the Rewarding Properties of Amphetamine through a Dopamine D1 Receptor-Mediated Mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(22). 7960–7966. 75 indexed citations

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Aragona, Brandon J., et al.. (2010). In vivo voltammetric monitoring of catecholamine release in subterritories of the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuroscience. 169(1). 132–142. 70 indexed citations

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Jones, Joshua L., Jeremy J. Day, Brandon J. Aragona, et al.. (2009). Basolateral Amygdala Modulates Terminal Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens and Conditioned Responding. Biological Psychiatry. 67(8). 737–744. 84 indexed citations

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Aragona, Brandon J., et al.. (2009). Regional specificity in the real‐time development of phasic dopamine transmission patterns during acquisition of a cue–cocaine association in rats. European Journal of Neuroscience. 30(10). 1889–1899. 104 indexed citations

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Aragona, Brandon J., et al.. (2008). Preferential Enhancement of Dopamine Transmission within the Nucleus Accumbens Shell by Cocaine Is Attributable to a Direct Increase in Phasic Dopamine Release Events. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(35). 8821–8831. 183 indexed citations

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Wightman, R. Mark, Michael L. Heien, Kate M. Wassum, et al.. (2007). Dopamine release is heterogeneous within microenvironments of the rat nucleus accumbens. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(7). 2046–2054. 145 indexed citations

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Curtis, J. Thomas, Yan Liu, Brandon J. Aragona, & Zuoxin Wang. (2006). Dopamine and monogamy. Brain Research. 1126(1). 76–90. 55 indexed citations

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Smeltzer, Michael D., J. Thomas Curtis, Brandon J. Aragona, & Zuoxin Wang. (2005). Dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin receptor binding in the medial prefrontal cortex of monogamous and promiscuous voles. Neuroscience Letters. 394(2). 146–151. 166 indexed citations

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Wang, Zuoxin & Brandon J. Aragona. (2004). Neurochemical regulation of pair bonding in male prairie voles. Physiology & Behavior. 83(2). 319–328. 98 indexed citations

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