Leah M. Mayo

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Leah M. Mayo is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah M. Mayo has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pharmacology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Leah M. Mayo's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (20 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (10 papers). Leah M. Mayo is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (20 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (17 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (10 papers). Leah M. Mayo collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Leah M. Mayo's co-authors include Harriet de Wit, Markus Heilig, Huda Akil, Shelly B. Flagel, Ingo Willuhn, Sarah M. Clinton, Jeremy J. Clark, Paul E. M. Phillips, Terry E. Robinson and Michael T. Treadway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Leah M. Mayo

45 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning
    2010 722 citations Leah M. Mayo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leah M. Mayo Sweden 20 966 802 478 316 296 55 1.9k
Eric J. Nunes United States 22 1.0k 1.0× 443 0.6× 284 0.6× 452 1.4× 147 0.5× 39 1.7k
Lauri Tuominen Finland 27 537 0.6× 518 0.6× 243 0.5× 225 0.7× 407 1.4× 61 2.0k
Erik B. Oleson United States 23 1.5k 1.6× 764 1.0× 429 0.9× 687 2.2× 155 0.5× 43 2.1k
Teresa R. Franklin United States 28 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 234 0.5× 666 2.1× 295 1.0× 54 2.7k
Laura López‐Cruz United States 22 951 1.0× 439 0.5× 187 0.4× 335 1.1× 165 0.6× 44 1.7k
Andre Der‐Avakian United States 26 932 1.0× 643 0.8× 236 0.5× 428 1.4× 280 0.9× 41 2.6k
Maric Tse Canada 14 1.0k 1.1× 878 1.1× 157 0.3× 349 1.1× 91 0.3× 16 1.7k
Lise Gutknecht Germany 29 1.2k 1.2× 661 0.8× 172 0.4× 605 1.9× 504 1.7× 39 2.7k
Jeremy J. Clark United States 21 1.7k 1.8× 961 1.2× 151 0.3× 753 2.4× 171 0.6× 24 2.5k
Andrew M. Farrar United States 21 1.2k 1.3× 661 0.8× 111 0.2× 487 1.5× 147 0.5× 26 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leah M. Mayo

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All Works

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Marusak, Hilary A., et al.. (2025). Research Review: What we have learned about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 66(12). 1904–1915.
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Cuttler, Carrie, et al.. (2025). Down the Rabbit Hole: A Large-Scale Survey of Psychedelic Users’ Patterns of Use and Perceived Effects. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 1–13. 1 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Hayley H. A., Leah M. Mayo, Lucas R. Trambaiolli, et al.. (2025). Optimizing social media initiatives to promote Neuropsychopharmacology (NPP) publications. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(13). 2072–2078.
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Meshkat, Shakila, Yanbo Zhang, Andrew J. Greenshaw, et al.. (2025). Role of ketamine in the treatment of substance use disorders: A systematic review. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 175. 209705–209705. 4 indexed citations
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Meshkat, Shakila, Benjamin T. Dunkley, Amy C. Reichelt, et al.. (2024). Impact of psilocybin on cognitive function: A systematic review. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 78(12). 744–764. 3 indexed citations
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Mazurka, Raegan, Kate L. Harkness, Stefanie Hassel, et al.. (2024). Endocannabinoid concentrations in major depression: effects of childhood maltreatment and relation to hippocampal volume. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 431–431. 7 indexed citations
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Mayo, Leah M., et al.. (2024). Endocannabinoids and related lipids linked to social exclusion in individuals with chronic non-medical prescription opioid use. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(10). 1630–1639. 5 indexed citations
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Heilig, Markus, et al.. (2023). Endocannabinoid and neuroendocrine contributions to fear learning in humans. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 153. 106152–106152.
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Perini, Irene, Leah M. Mayo, Andrea Johansson Capusan, et al.. (2023). Resilience to substance use disorder following childhood maltreatment: association with peripheral biomarkers of endocannabinoid function and neural indices of emotion regulation. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(6). 2563–2571. 14 indexed citations
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Ney, Luke J., et al.. (2023). Hair endocannabinoids predict physiological fear conditioning and salivary endocannabinoids predict subjective stress reactivity in humans. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 154. 106296–106296. 9 indexed citations
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Ney, Luke J., Wọlé Akóṣílè, Christopher G. Davey, et al.. (2023). Challenges and considerations for treating PTSD with medicinal cannabis: the Australian clinician’s perspective. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology. 16(11). 1093–1108. 2 indexed citations
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Perini, Irene, Per A. Gustafsson, Kajsa Igelström, et al.. (2021). Altered relationship between subjective perception and central representation of touch hedonics in adolescents with autism-spectrum disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 224–224. 33 indexed citations
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Hedger, Kathryne Van, et al.. (2021). Effects of Acute Drug Administration on Emotion: a Review of Pharmacological MRI Studies. Current Addiction Reports. 8(2). 181–193. 2 indexed citations
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Perini, Irene, Per A. Gustafsson, J. Paul Hamilton, et al.. (2019). Brain-based Classification of Negative Social Bias in Adolescents With Nonsuicidal Self-injury: Findings From Simulated Online Social Interaction. EClinicalMedicine. 13. 81–90. 29 indexed citations
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Mayo, Leah M., et al.. (2018). Touch targeting C-tactile afferent fibers has a unique physiological pattern: A combined electrodermal and facial electromyography study. Biological Psychology. 140. 55–63. 28 indexed citations
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Mayo, Leah M., Anna Asratian, Lovisa Holm, et al.. (2018). Protective effects of elevated anandamide on stress and fear-related behaviors: translational evidence from humans and mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(5). 993–1005. 117 indexed citations
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Wardle, Margaret C., Michael T. Treadway, Leah M. Mayo, David H. Zald, & Harriet de Wit. (2011). Amping Up Effort: Effects ofd-Amphetamine on Human Effort-Based Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(46). 16597–16602. 208 indexed citations

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