Neil McNaughton

17.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
168 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Neil McNaughton is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil McNaughton has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 96 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Neil McNaughton's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (89 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (82 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (29 papers). Neil McNaughton is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (89 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (82 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (29 papers). Neil McNaughton collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. Neil McNaughton's co-authors include Jeffrey A. Gray, Philip J. Corr, J.A. Gray, Ian J. Kirk, Wei‐Xing Pan, Danny Flanagan, Richard Morris, Ming Ruan, Calvin K. Young and D.T.D. James and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Neil McNaughton

164 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Neuropsychology of Anxiety 1983 2026 1997 2011 2003 2004 1983 250 500 750 1000
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. The Neuropsychology of Anxiety
    2003 1.1k citations Jeffrey A. Gray, Neil McNaughton profile →
  2. A two-dimensional neuropsychology of defense: fear/anxiety and defensive distance
    2004 924 citations Neil McNaughton et al. profile →
  3. Comparison between the behavioural effects of septal and hippocampal lesions: A review
    1983 544 citations Neil McNaughton et al. profile →

Peers

Neil McNaughton
Mauricio R. Delgado United States
Rudolf N. Cardinal United Kingdom
Rick Richardson Australia
Larry Cahill United States
Hans J. Markowitsch Germany
Michael N. Smolka Germany
Barbara J. Knowlton United States
Raffaël Kalisch Germany
Turhan Canli United States
Merel Kindt Netherlands
Mauricio R. Delgado United States
Neil McNaughton
Citations per year, relative to Neil McNaughton Neil McNaughton (= 1×) peers Mauricio R. Delgado

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All Works

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Neo, Phoebe S.‐H., Shabah M. Shadli, Neil McNaughton, & Martin Sellbom. (2024). Midfrontal theta reactivity to conflict and error are linked to externalizing and internalizing respectively. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. e8–e8. 3 indexed citations
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Neo, Phoebe S.‐H., et al.. (2024). Examination of associations between psychopathy and neural reinforcement sensitivity theory constructs. Personality and Mental Health. 18(4). 284–299. 1 indexed citations
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Glue, Paul, Shona Neehoff, Ben Beaglehole, et al.. (2024). Ketamine for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: Double-blind active-controlled crossover study. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 38(2). 162–167. 9 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Teruel, Alberto & Neil McNaughton. (2023). Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 24(7). 451–452. 3 indexed citations
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Shadli, Shabah M., et al.. (2022). Right Frontal Theta: Is It a Response Biomarker for Ketamine’s Therapeutic Action in Anxiety Disorders?. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 900105–900105. 3 indexed citations
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Barnett, Sue, Louise C. Parr‐Brownlie, Calvin K. Young, et al.. (2021). Anterior thalamic nuclei neurons sustain memory. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100022–100022. 15 indexed citations
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McIntosh, Julia A., et al.. (2019). Does behavioural inhibition system dysfunction contribute to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. e5–e5. 5 indexed citations
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Abraham, Wickliffe C., et al.. (2018). Environmental enrichment increases prefrontal EEG power and synchrony with the hippocampus in rats with anterior thalamus lesions. Hippocampus. 29(2). 128–140. 6 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil. (2017). What do you mean ‘anxiety’? Developing the first anxiety syndrome biomarker. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 48(2-3). 177–190. 19 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ming, Calvin K. Young, & Neil McNaughton. (2010). Minimal driving of hippocampal theta by the supramammillary nucleus during water maze learning. Hippocampus. 21(10). 1074–1081. 17 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil, et al.. (2008). Frontal-midline theta from the perspective of hippocampal “theta”. Progress in Neurobiology. 86(3). 156–185. 385 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil, Bernát Kocsis, & Mihály Hajós. (2007). Elicited hippocampal theta rhythm: a screen for anxiolytic and procognitive drugs through changes in hippocampal function?. Behavioural Pharmacology. 18(5-6). 329–346. 131 indexed citations
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Pan, Wei‐Xing & Neil McNaughton. (2004). The supramammillary area: its organization, functions and relationship to the hippocampus. Progress in Neurobiology. 74(3). 127–166. 150 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil & Jeffrey A. Gray. (2000). Anxiolytic action on the behavioural inhibition system implies multiple types of arousal contribute to anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders. 61(3). 161–176. 399 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil. (1997). Cognitive Dysfunction Resulting from Hippocampal Hyperactivity—A Possible Cause of Anxiety Disorder?. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 56(4). 603–611. 115 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiao-ou & Neil McNaughton. (1994). A comparison of the acute effects of a tricyclic and a MAOI antidepressant on septal driving of hippocampal rhythmical slow activity. Psychopharmacology. 114(2). 337–344. 7 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil, et al.. (1991). Neurochemically dissimilar anxiolytic drugs have common effects on hippocampal rhythmic slow activity. Neuropharmacology. 30(8). 855–863. 44 indexed citations
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McNaughton, Neil, et al.. (1990). Effects of ethanol and Ro 15-4513 in an electrophysiological model of anxiolytic action. Neuroscience. 35(3). 669–674. 26 indexed citations

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