Ingo Willuhn

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ingo Willuhn is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ingo Willuhn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ingo Willuhn's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (28 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers). Ingo Willuhn is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (28 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers). Ingo Willuhn collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Ingo Willuhn's co-authors include Paul E. M. Phillips, Jeremy J. Clark, Matthew J. Wanat, Lauren M. Burgeno, Heinz Steiner, Huda Akil, Shelly B. Flagel, Terry E. Robinson, Leah M. Mayo and Sarah M. Clinton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ingo Willuhn

43 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

2010 722 citations Jeremy J. Clark, Ingo Willuhn et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ingo Willuhn	1.8k	1.1k	772	368	333	46	2.6k
Jeremy J. Clark	1.7k 1.0×	961 0.9×	753 1.0×	355 1.0×	171 0.5×	24	2.5k
Kate M. Wassum	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	873 1.1×	388 1.1×	165 0.5×	46	3.1k
Mitchell F. Roitman	3.2k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	1.9k 2.4×	483 1.3×	313 0.9×	77	5.2k
Evgeny A. Budygin	2.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	450 1.2×	97 0.3×	74	3.7k
Joseph F. Cheer	4.0k 2.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.9×	430 1.2×	266 0.8×	99	5.8k
David Theobald	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	546 0.7×	401 1.1×	390 1.2×	24	2.6k
Lisa A. Gunaydin	3.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	878 1.1×	650 1.8×	151 0.5×	20	4.3k
Emily Ferenczi	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	662 0.9×	321 0.9×	75 0.2×	29	3.6k
Erin S. Calipari	2.1k 1.2×	838 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	448 1.2×	137 0.4×	92	3.5k
Marie‐Françoise Suaud‐Chagny	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	960 1.2×	159 0.4×	196 0.6×	71	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ingo Willuhn

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Moore, Michael C., et al.. (2025). Optogenetic Stimulation of Novel Tph2-Cre Rats Advances Insight into Serotonin's Role in Locomotion, Reinforcement, and Compulsivity. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(21). e1424242025–e1424242025.

Figee, Martijn, Isidoor O. Bergfeld, P. Richard Schuurman, et al.. (2025). Intracranial electrophysiological biomarkers of compulsivity in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Nature Mental Health. 3(8). 889–898.

Burgeno, Lauren M., Marios C. Panayi, Jennifer S. Steger, et al.. (2025). Cocaine seeking and consumption are oppositely regulated by mesolimbic dopamine in male rats. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9954–9954.

Smith, Rachel J., et al.. (2024). Value-Driven Adaptations of Mesolimbic Dopamine Release Are Governed by Both Model-Based and Model-Free Mechanisms. eNeuro. 11(7). ENEURO.0223–24.2024. 1 indexed citations

Willuhn, Ingo, et al.. (2023). Anticipation of Appetitive Operant Action Induces Sustained Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(21). 3922–3932. 5 indexed citations

Cousijn, Janna, et al.. (2023). The impact of age on olfactory alcohol cue‐reactivity: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in adolescent and adult male drinkers. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 47(4). 668–677. 4 indexed citations

Polling, Jan Roelof, J. Willem L. Tideman, Magda A. Meester‐Smoor, et al.. (2023). Myopia control in Mendelian forms of myopia. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 43(3). 494–504. 7 indexed citations

Boom, Bastijn J.G. van den, et al.. (2022). Nucleus accumbens dopamine tracks aversive stimulus duration and prediction but not value or prediction error. eLife. 11. 19 indexed citations

Denys, Damiaan, et al.. (2022). Striatal dopamine signals are region specific and temporally stable across action-sequence habit formation. Current Biology. 32(5). 1163–1174.e6. 36 indexed citations

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Feenstra, Matthijs G.P., et al.. (2020). Instrumental learning in a mouse model for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Impaired habit formation in Sapap3 mutants. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 168. 107162–107162. 22 indexed citations

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Boom, Bastijn J.G. van den, et al.. (2019). Behavioral flexibility in a mouse model for obsessive‐compulsive disorder: Impaired Pavlovian reversal learning in SAPAP3 mutants. Genes Brain & Behavior. 18(4). e12557–e12557. 33 indexed citations

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Verharen, Jeroen P. H., Johannes W. de Jong, Ruud van Zessen, et al.. (2018). A neuronal mechanism underlying decision-making deficits during hyperdopaminergic states. Nature Communications. 9(1). 731–731. 44 indexed citations

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Boom, Bastijn J.G. van den, et al.. (2017). Automated classification of self-grooming in mice using open-source software. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 289. 48–56. 38 indexed citations

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Klanker, Marianne, Tessa P. Sandberg, Ruud N.J.M.A. Joosten, et al.. (2015). Phasic dopamine release induced by positive feedback predicts individual differences in reversal learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 125. 135–145. 29 indexed citations

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Willuhn, Ingo, Matthew J. Wanat, Andrew S. Hart, et al.. (2014). Phasic Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens in Response to Pro-Social 50 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(32). 10616–10623. 109 indexed citations

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Ünal, Çağrı Temuçin, Joel A. Beverley, Ingo Willuhn, & Heinz Steiner. (2009). Long‐lasting dysregulation of gene expression in corticostriatal circuits after repeated cocaine treatment in adult rats: effects on zif 268 and homer 1a. European Journal of Neuroscience. 29(8). 1615–1626. 34 indexed citations

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Clark, Jeremy J., Stefan G. Sandberg, Matthew J. Wanat, et al.. (2009). Chronic microsensors for longitudinal, subsecond dopamine detection in behaving animals. Nature Methods. 7(2). 126–129. 291 indexed citations

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Willuhn, Ingo & Heinz Steiner. (2008). Motor-skill learning in a novel running-wheel task is dependent on D1 dopamine receptors in the striatum. Neuroscience. 153(1). 249–258. 41 indexed citations

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Topic, Bianca, Ingo Willuhn, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (2006). Impaired maze performance in aged rats is accompanied by increased density of NMDA, 5‐HT_1A, and α‐adrenoceptor binding in hippocampus. Hippocampus. 17(1). 68–77. 40 indexed citations

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Willuhn, Ingo, Weiwen Sun, & Heinz Steiner. (2003). Topography of cocaine‐induced gene regulation in the rat striatum: relationship to cortical inputs and role of behavioural context. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(5). 1053–1066. 93 indexed citations

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