Mercè Correa

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Mercè Correa is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercè Correa has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mercè Correa's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (97 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (37 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (22 papers). Mercè Correa is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (97 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (37 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (22 papers). Mercè Correa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Mercè Correa's co-authors include John D. Salamone, Susana Mingote, Laura López‐Cruz, Andrew M. Farrar, Samantha E. Yohn, Carlos M.G. Aragón, Marta Pardo, Noemí San Miguel, Eric J. Nunes and Patrick A. Randall and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mercè Correa

137 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine

2012 991 citations John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa profile →
Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits

2007 732 citations John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa et al. Psychopharmacology profile →
Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine

2002 626 citations John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mercè Correa United States	48	5.3k	2.7k	1.8k	1.3k	1.2k	141	8.6k
K.C.F. Fone United Kingdom	48	4.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	142	7.9k
Ronald E. See United States	50	6.1k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	125	7.9k
Walter Adriani Italy	45	3.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	149	6.6k
Michael Koch Germany	49	4.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	148	7.3k
Mark G. Baxter United States	60	4.7k 0.9×	6.1k 2.3×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	961 0.8×	173	12.1k
Stephanie C. Dulawa United States	33	3.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	966 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	58	7.3k
Barry Setlow United States	48	4.3k 0.8×	4.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	135	7.3k
Stefano Puglisi‐Allegra Italy	54	4.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.9×	244	9.5k
Richard J Beninger Canada	49	5.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	728 0.6×	228	8.3k
Peter Gass Germany	49	3.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	996 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	199	7.7k

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Rotolo, Renee A., et al.. (2025). Effort-related motivational effects of methylphenidate: Reversal of the low-effort bias induced by tetrabenazine and enhancement of progressive ratio responding in male and female rats. Neuropharmacology. 269. 110345–110345. 4 indexed citations

Rotolo, Renee A., et al.. (2025). Theta oscillations vary with local response rate and are moderated by the dopamine-depleting agent, tetrabenazine, during effort-based behavior. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience.

López‐Cruz, Laura, et al.. (2024). Mild forced exercise in young mice prevents anergia induced by dopamine depletion in late adulthood: Relation to CDNF and DARPP-32 phosphorylation patterns in nucleus accumbens. Neuropharmacology. 262. 110197–110197.

Salamone, John D., et al.. (2023). Effects of the dopamine depleting agent tetrabenazine in tests evaluating different components of depressive-like behavior in mice: sex-dependent response to antidepressant drugs with SERT and DAT blocker profiles. Psychopharmacology. 240(8). 1615–1628. 11 indexed citations

Rotolo, Renee A., Predrag Kalaba, Ernst Urban, et al.. (2019). The Novel Atypical Dopamine Uptake Inhibitor (S)-CE-123 Partially Reverses the Effort-Related Effects of the Dopamine Depleting Agent Tetrabenazine and Increases Progressive Ratio Responding. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 682–682. 35 indexed citations

Yang, Jen-Hau, Rose E. Presby, Renee A. Rotolo, et al.. (2019). Pharmacological studies of effort-related decision making using mouse touchscreen procedures: effects of dopamine antagonism do not resemble reinforcer devaluation by removal of food restriction. Psychopharmacology. 237(1). 33–43. 30 indexed citations

López‐Cruz, Laura, et al.. (2018). Dopamine depletion shifts behavior from activity based reinforcers to more sedentary ones and adenosine receptor antagonism reverses that shift: Relation to ventral striatum DARPP32 phosphorylation patterns. Neuropharmacology. 138. 349–359. 25 indexed citations

Yohn, Samantha E., Daniela Alberati, Mercè Correa, & John D. Salamone. (2017). Assessment of a glycine uptake inhibitor in animal models of effort-related choice behavior: implications for motivational dysfunctions. Psychopharmacology. 234(9-10). 1525–1534. 9 indexed citations

Salamone, John D., Samantha E. Yohn, Laura López‐Cruz, Noemí San Miguel, & Mercè Correa. (2016). Activational and effort-related aspects of motivation: neural mechanisms and implications for psychopathology. Brain. 139(5). 1325–1347. 251 indexed citations

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Yohn, Samantha E., et al.. (2016). Evaluation of the effort-related motivational effects of the novel dopamine uptake inhibitor PRX-14040. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 148. 84–91. 36 indexed citations

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Podurgiel, Samantha J., et al.. (2015). Fluoxetine Administration Exacerbates Oral Tremor and Striatal Dopamine Depletion in a Rodent Pharmacological Model of Parkinsonism. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(9). 2240–2247. 18 indexed citations

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Nunes, Eric J., Patrick A. Randall, Evan E. Hart, et al.. (2013). Effort-related motivational effects of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1-beta: studies with the concurrent fixed ratio 5/ chow feeding choice task. Psychopharmacology. 231(4). 727–736. 86 indexed citations

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López‐Cruz, Laura, John D. Salamone, & Mercè Correa. (2013). The Impact of Caffeine on the Behavioral Effects of Ethanol Related to Abuse and Addiction: A Review of Animal Studies. PubMed. 3(1). 9–21. 26 indexed citations

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Pardo, Marta, Laura López‐Cruz, Olga Valverde, et al.. (2012). Adenosine A2A receptor antagonism and genetic deletion attenuate the effects of dopamine D2 antagonism on effort-based decision making in mice. Neuropharmacology. 62(5-6). 2068–2077. 100 indexed citations

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Salamone, John D. & Mercè Correa. (2012). Dopamine and Food Addiction: Lexicon Badly Needed. Biological Psychiatry. 73(9). e15–e24. 56 indexed citations

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Salamone, John D., Lyndsey E. Collins‐Praino, Marta Pardo, et al.. (2012). Conditional neural knockout of the adenosine A2A receptor and pharmacological A2A antagonism reduce pilocarpine-induced tremulous jaw movements: Studies with a mouse model of parkinsonian tremor. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 23(8). 972–977. 21 indexed citations

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Wisniecki, Anna, Mercè Correa, Maria N. Arizzi, Keita Ishiwari, & John D. Salamone. (2003). Motor effects of GABA A antagonism in globus pallidus: studies of locomotion and tremulous jaw movements in rats. Psychopharmacology. 170(2). 140–149. 26 indexed citations

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Correa, Mercè, Marta Miquel, Carles Sanchis‐Segura, & Carlos M.G. Aragón. (1999). Effects of Chronic Lead Administration on Ethanol-Induced Locomotor and Brain Catalase Activity. Alcohol. 19(1). 43–49. 39 indexed citations

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Sanchis‐Segura, Carles, Marta Miquel, Mercè Correa, & Carlos M.G. Aragón. (1999). The Catalase Inhibitor Sodium Azide Reduces Ethanol-Induced Locomotor Activity. Alcohol. 19(1). 37–42. 58 indexed citations

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Sanchis‐Segura, Carles, et al.. (1999). Daily injections of cyanamide enhance both ethanol-induced locomotion and brain catalase activity. Behavioural Pharmacology. 10(5). 459–465. 32 indexed citations

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