Mark O. West

3.0k total citations
71 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mark O. West is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark O. West has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mark O. West's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (46 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (42 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (23 papers). Mark O. West is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (46 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (42 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (23 papers). Mark O. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Mark O. West's co-authors include Laura L. Peoples, Sam A. Deadwyler, Regina M. Carelli, Anthony P. Pawlak, David J. Barker, Gary Lynch, Anthony T. Fabbricatore, Sisi Ma, David H. Root and John H. Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Mark O. West

69 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark O. West United States 29 1.9k 1.3k 611 301 281 71 2.4k
David H. Root United States 23 1.4k 0.7× 780 0.6× 651 1.1× 308 1.0× 113 0.4× 42 1.9k
Jon C. Horvitz United States 20 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 513 0.8× 333 1.1× 171 0.6× 37 2.5k
Sandro Fenu Italy 26 2.0k 1.0× 382 0.3× 933 1.5× 233 0.8× 664 2.4× 53 2.7k
Chi Yiu Yim Canada 13 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 721 1.2× 339 1.1× 267 1.0× 15 2.8k
François Georges France 34 2.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 346 1.1× 381 1.4× 50 3.6k
Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera United States 16 862 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 279 0.5× 347 1.2× 146 0.5× 26 1.8k
Yann Pelloux France 23 1.7k 0.9× 819 0.6× 573 0.9× 394 1.3× 171 0.6× 40 2.3k
Katherine E. DeLoach United States 7 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 623 1.0× 247 0.8× 104 0.4× 8 2.1k
Yukiori Goto Japan 21 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 786 1.3× 314 1.0× 239 0.9× 53 3.0k
Viveka Hillegaart Sweden 24 1.2k 0.6× 576 0.4× 466 0.8× 712 2.4× 148 0.5× 43 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark O. West

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All Works

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Estrin, David J., et al.. (2023). Acquired alterations in nucleus accumbens responsiveness to a cocaine-paired discriminative stimulus preceding rats’ daily cocaine consumption. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100121–100121. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Sisi, et al.. (2022). Reward versus motoric activations in nucleus accumbens core of rats during Pavlovian conditioning. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(1). 3570–3590. 3 indexed citations
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Coffey, Kevin R., et al.. (2021). Lateral preoptic area neurons signal cocaine self‐administration behaviors. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(7). 6397–6405.
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West, Mark O., et al.. (2019). The role of the nucleus accumbens in learned approach behavior diminishes with training. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(9). 3403–3415. 6 indexed citations
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Barker, David J., Brendan M. Striano, David H. Root, et al.. (2014). Sensitivity to self-administered cocaine within the lateral preoptic–rostral lateral hypothalamic continuum. Brain Structure and Function. 220(3). 1841–1854. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Sisi, Anthony P. Pawlak, Jeiwon Cho, et al.. (2013). Amphetamine's dose-dependent effects on dorsolateral striatum sensorimotor neuron firing. Behavioural Brain Research. 244. 152–161. 7 indexed citations
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Barker, David J., Steven J. Simmons, Sisi Ma, et al.. (2013). Ultrasonic vocalizations: evidence for an affective opponent process during cocaine self-administration. Psychopharmacology. 231(5). 909–918. 32 indexed citations
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Root, David H., Sisi Ma, David J. Barker, et al.. (2012). Differential roles of ventral pallidum subregions during cocaine self‐administration behaviors. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 521(3). 558–588. 45 indexed citations
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Fabbricatore, Anthony T., et al.. (2009). Electrophysiological evidence of mediolateral functional dichotomy in the rat accumbens during cocaine self‐administration: tonic firing patterns. European Journal of Neuroscience. 30(12). 2387–2400. 21 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Anthony P., et al.. (2009). Acute Effects of Cocaine on Movement-Related Firing of Dorsolateral Striatal Neurons Depend on Predrug Firing Rate and Dose. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 332(2). 667–683. 9 indexed citations
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Ghitza, Udi E., et al.. (2005). Higher magnitude accumbal phasic firing changes among core neurons exhibiting tonic firing increases during cocaine self-administration. Neuroscience. 137(3). 1075–1085. 18 indexed citations
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West, Mark O., et al.. (1997). A removable peripheral device for intracerebral microinjection in freely moving rats. Brain Research Protocols. 2(1). 31–34. 3 indexed citations
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Pederson, Cathy L., et al.. (1997). Firing rate dependent effect of cocaine on single neurons of the rat lateral striatum. Brain Research. 760(1-2). 261–265. 21 indexed citations
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West, Mark O., et al.. (1997). Low-dose amphetamine elevates movement-related firing of rat striatal neurons. Brain Research. 745(1-2). 331–335. 29 indexed citations
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West, Mark O., et al.. (1994). Representation of the body in the lateral striatum of the freely moving rat: single neurons related to licking. Experimental Brain Research. 98(1). 163–7. 49 indexed citations
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Carelli, Regina M. & Mark O. West. (1991). Representation of the body by single neurons in the dorsolateral striatum of the awake, unrestrained rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 309(2). 231–249. 150 indexed citations

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