Howard L. Fields

40.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
250 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Howard L. Fields is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard L. Fields has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Physiology, 141 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 89 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Howard L. Fields's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (142 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (76 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (58 papers). Howard L. Fields is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (142 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (76 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (58 papers). Howard L. Fields collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Howard L. Fields's co-authors include Allan I. Basbaum, Elyssa B. Margolis, Mary M. Heinricher, Gregory O. Hjelmstad, Michael C. Rowbotham, Saleem M. Nicola, Charles H. Clanton, Jennifer Mitchell, Jon D. Levine and Joshua P. Johansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Howard L. Fields

247 papers receiving 29.9k citations

Hit Papers

Endogenous Pain Control Systems: Brainstem Spinal Pathway... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1984 1978 1991 2012 1978 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Endogenous Pain Control Systems: Brainstem Spinal Pathways and Endorphin Circuitry
    1984 2.2k citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  2. Endogenous pain control mechanisms: Review and hypothesis
    1978 949 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  3. Neurotransmitters in Nociceptive Modulatory Circuits
    1991 825 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  4. Corticostriatal functional connectivity predicts transition to chronic back pain
    2012 790 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  5. Brainstem Control of Spinal Pain-Transmission Neurons
    1978 688 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  6. State-dependent opioid control of pain
    2004 673 citations Howard L. Fields profile →
  7. Orexin A in the VTA Is Critical for the Induction of Synaptic Plasticity and Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine
    2006 596 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  8. Three bulbospinal pathways from the rostral medulla of the cat: An autoradiographic study of pain modulating systems
    1978 546 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  9. The origin of descending pathways in the dorsolateral funiculus of the spinal cord of the cat and rat: Further studies on the anatomy of pain modulation
    1979 543 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →
  10. The affective component of pain in rodents: Direct evidence for a contribution of the anterior cingulate cortex
    2001 527 citations Howard L. Fields, Barton H. Manning et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Multiple opiate receptor sites on primary afferent fibres
    1980 505 citations Howard L. Fields et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Howard L. Fields United States 92 17.0k 15.5k 9.3k 6.4k 4.5k 250 30.9k
Ronald Dubner United States 94 23.0k 1.4× 11.5k 0.7× 5.5k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 5.9k 1.3× 293 33.9k
William D. Willis United States 82 13.4k 0.8× 8.8k 0.6× 3.9k 0.4× 4.8k 0.8× 2.9k 0.6× 353 22.7k
Patrick D. Wall United Kingdom 77 15.1k 0.9× 8.5k 0.5× 5.8k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 6.7k 1.5× 196 29.3k
Huda Akil United States 107 8.8k 0.5× 21.6k 1.4× 5.8k 0.6× 15.1k 2.4× 1.9k 0.4× 498 40.5k
Marshall Devor Israel 69 10.4k 0.6× 7.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 3.5k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 223 17.6k
Min Zhuo Canada 82 10.3k 0.6× 13.2k 0.9× 6.2k 0.7× 8.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.4× 359 23.3k
Clifford B. Saper United States 122 9.1k 0.5× 16.1k 1.0× 25.8k 2.8× 6.4k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 304 55.5k
Michel Le Moal France 93 4.0k 0.2× 18.9k 1.2× 7.1k 0.8× 7.6k 1.2× 1.6k 0.3× 355 33.4k
Stanley J. Watson United States 105 6.1k 0.4× 19.6k 1.3× 4.8k 0.5× 14.6k 2.3× 1.6k 0.4× 435 38.2k
Kathleen A. Sluka United States 80 10.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.2× 2.4k 0.3× 3.0k 0.5× 7.2k 1.6× 305 21.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Darnall, Beth D. & Howard L. Fields. (2021). Clinical and neuroscience evidence supports the critical importance of patient expectations and agency in opioid tapering. Pain. 163(5). 824–826. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Yanxia, Aubin Moutal, Edita Navratilova, et al.. (2020). The prolactin receptor long isoform regulates nociceptor sensitization and opioid-induced hyperalgesia selectively in females. Science Translational Medicine. 12(529). 53 indexed citations
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Richard, Jocelyn M. & Howard L. Fields. (2016). Mu-opioid receptor activation in the medial shell of nucleus accumbens promotes alcohol consumption, self-administration and cue-induced reinstatement. Neuropharmacology. 108. 14–23. 27 indexed citations
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Navratilova, Edita, Jennifer Y. Xie, Diana Meske, et al.. (2015). Endogenous Opioid Activity in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Is Required for Relief of Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(18). 7264–7271. 156 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Jennifer, James P. O’Neil, William J. Jagust, & Howard L. Fields. (2013). Catechol‐O‐Methyltransferase Genotype Modulates Opioid Release in Decision Circuitry. Clinical and Translational Science. 6(5). 400–403. 9 indexed citations
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Ghazizadeh, Ali, et al.. (2012). Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Extinction of Responding by Two Distinct Neural Mechanisms in Accumbens Shell. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(2). 726–737. 66 indexed citations
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Ambroggi, Frédéric, Ali Ghazizadeh, Saleem M. Nicola, & Howard L. Fields. (2011). Roles of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell in Incentive-Cue Responding and Behavioral Inhibition. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(18). 6820–6830. 151 indexed citations
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Margolis, Elyssa B., Howard L. Fields, Gregory O. Hjelmstad, & Jennifer Mitchell. (2008). δ-Opioid Receptor Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Protects Against Elevated Alcohol Consumption. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(48). 12672–12681. 72 indexed citations
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Margolis, Elyssa B., et al.. (2006). κ opioids selectively control dopaminergic neurons projecting to the prefrontal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(8). 2938–2942. 263 indexed citations
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Hjelmstad, Gregory O. & Howard L. Fields. (2003). Kappa Opioid Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens Inhibits Glutamate and GABA Release Through Different Mechanisms. Journal of Neurophysiology. 89(5). 2389–2395. 93 indexed citations
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Ballantyne, Jane C., Scott M. Fishman, Salahadin Abdi, & Howard L. Fields. (2002). The Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of pain management. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Hirakawa, Naomi, et al.. (2000). Bi-directional changes in affective state elicited by manipulation of medullary pain-modulatory circuitry. Neuroscience. 100(4). 861–871. 39 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L.. (1999). POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT. 6(1). 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Staats, Peter S., Jon D. Levine, Howard L. Fields, et al.. (1998). Treatment of Intractable Pain with Topical Large-Dose Capsaicin. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 86(3). 579–583. 108 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L.. (1997). Pain: Anatomy and Physiology. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 3(supplement 1). s–41. 1 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L.. (1994). Mechanisms and Management of Neuropathic Pain. 1(3). 371–380. 3 indexed citations
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Carr, Daniel B., Ada Jacox, C. Richard Chapman, et al.. (1993). Acute pain management in adults: Operative procedures, Quick Reference Guide for clinicians. 1(1). 63–84. 20 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L. & Stuart D. Anderson. (1978). Evidence that raphe-spinal neurons mediate opiate and midbrain stimulation-produced analgesias. Pain. 5(4). 333–349. 193 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L., et al.. (1962). The overweight nullipara.. PubMed. 19. 423–7. 1 indexed citations

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