Nora D. Volkow

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nora D. Volkow is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nora D. Volkow has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Nora D. Volkow's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). Nora D. Volkow is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). Nora D. Volkow collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nora D. Volkow's co-authors include Jean Logan, Joanna S. Fowler, S. John Gatley, R. Hitzemann, Geoffrey Smith, Yu‐Shin Ding, Y.‐S. Ding, P. J. Moberg, Raquel E. Gur and Gou‐Jen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, American Journal of Psychiatry and Journal of Neurochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nora D. Volkow

20 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

Association between decline in brain dopamine activity with age and cognitive and motor impairment in healthy individuals.

1998 654 citations Nora D. Volkow, Raquel E. Gur et al. PubMed profile →
Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence

2001 540 citations Nora D. Volkow, Linda Chang et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nora D. Volkow United States	17	1.3k	768	529	466	323	20	2.4k
Joanna S. Fowler United States	15	1.5k 1.1×	552 0.7×	376 0.7×	466 1.0×	241 0.7×	18	2.2k
Robert Hitzemann United States	7	1.5k 1.1×	493 0.6×	316 0.6×	436 0.9×	207 0.6×	8	2.0k
G J Wang United States	12	1.2k 0.9×	558 0.7×	348 0.7×	447 1.0×	250 0.8×	14	1.9k
G.-J. Wang United States	13	1.7k 1.3×	975 1.3×	323 0.6×	833 1.8×	366 1.1×	15	3.1k
Y.‐S. Ding United States	8	936 0.7×	550 0.7×	392 0.7×	254 0.5×	195 0.6×	10	1.7k
Allegra Broft United States	19	1.5k 1.1×	916 1.2×	537 1.0×	424 0.9×	276 0.9×	25	2.5k
Mitsumoto Sato Japan	33	2.0k 1.5×	782 1.0×	1.4k 2.6×	915 2.0×	282 0.9×	131	3.7k
Yeming Ma United States	20	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	1.0k 1.9×	552 1.2×	167 0.5×	21	3.6k
Rajesh Narendran United States	29	1.8k 1.3×	835 1.1×	687 1.3×	793 1.7×	220 0.7×	85	3.0k
Burton Angrist United States	34	1.7k 1.3×	787 1.0×	1.4k 2.6×	594 1.3×	316 1.0×	62	3.2k

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Butelman, Eduardo R., et al.. (2025). Sex disparities in outcome of medication-assisted therapy of opioid use disorder: Nationally representative outpatient clinic data. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 267. 112535–112535. 2 indexed citations

Volkow, Nora D., Linda Chang, G.-J. Wang, et al.. (2001). Higher Cortical and Lower Subcortical Metabolism in Detoxified Methamphetamine Abusers. American Journal of Psychiatry. 158(3). 383–389. 189 indexed citations

Fowler, Joanna S., et al.. (2001). [11]Cocaine: PET studies of cocaine pharmacokinetics, dopamine transporter availability and dopamine transporter occupancy. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 28(5). 561–572. 55 indexed citations

Volkow, Nora D., Linda Chang, Gene‐Jack Wang, et al.. (2001). Loss of Dopamine Transporters in Methamphetamine Abusers Recovers with Protracted Abstinence. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(23). 9414–9418. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

Ding, Yu‐Shin, Jean Logan, Victor Garza, et al.. (2000). Dopamine Receptor‐Mediated Regulation of Striatal Cholinergic Activity. Journal of Neurochemistry. 74(4). 1514–1521. 36 indexed citations

Fowler, Joanna S., Nora D. Volkow, Jean Logan, et al.. (1998). An acute dose of nicotine does not inhibit MAO B in baboon brain in vivo. Life Sciences. 63(2). PL19–PL23. 28 indexed citations

Dewey, S. L., Alexander E. Morgan, Charles R. Ashby, et al.. (1998). A novel strategy for the treatment of cocaine addiction. Synapse. 30(2). 119–129. 171 indexed citations

Fowler, Joanna S., Nora D. Volkow, Jean Logan, et al.. (1998). Measuring dopamine transporter occupancy by cocaine in vivo: Radiotracer considerations. Synapse. 28(2). 111–116. 61 indexed citations

Gatley, S. John & Nora D. Volkow. (1998). Addiction and imaging of the living human brain. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 51(1-2). 97–108. 32 indexed citations

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Volkow, Nora D., Raquel E. Gur, Gou‐Jen Wang, et al.. (1998). Association between decline in brain dopamine activity with age and cognitive and motor impairment in healthy individuals.. PubMed. 155(3). 344–9. 654 indexed citations breakdown →

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Volkow, Nora D., Joanna S. Fowler, Jean Logan, et al.. (1997). Effects of methylphenidate on regional brain glucose metabolism in humans: relationship to dopamine D2 receptors. American Journal of Psychiatry. 154(1). 50–55. 145 indexed citations

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Logan, Jean, Nora D. Volkow, Joanna S. Fowler, et al.. (1997). Concentration and occupancy of dopamine transporters in cocaine abusers with [11C]cocaine and PET. Synapse. 27(4). 347–356. 35 indexed citations

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Gatley, S. John, et al.. (1997). Model for estimating dopamine transporter occupancy and subsequent increases in synaptic dopamine using positron emission tomography and carbon-11-labeled cocaine. Biochemical Pharmacology. 53(1). 43–52. 29 indexed citations

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Volkow, Nora D., Gene‐Jack Wang, John E. Overall, et al.. (1997). Regional Brain Metabolic Response to Lorazepam in Alcoholics during Early and Late Alcohol Detoxification. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 21(7). 1278–1284. 69 indexed citations

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Fowler, Joanna S., Nora D. Volkow, S. L. Dewey, et al.. (1996). [18F]Haloperidol binding in baboon brain in vivo. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 23(1). 47–52. 9 indexed citations

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Volkow, Nora D., Yu‐Shin Ding, Joanna S. Fowler, et al.. (1996). Dopamine transporters decrease with age.. PubMed. 37(4). 554–9. 216 indexed citations

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Gatley, S.J., et al.. (1995). Sensitivity of striatal [¹¹C]cocaine binding to decreases in synaptic dopamine. Synapse. 20(2). 137–144. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Gene‐Jack, Nora D. Volkow, Joanna S. Fowler, et al.. (1995). Comparison of two PET radioligands for imaging extrastriatal dopamine transporters in human brain. Life Sciences. 57(14). PL187–PL191. 39 indexed citations

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Volkow, Nora D., David J. Schlyer, Joanna S. Fowler, et al.. (1995). Haloperidol blocks the uptake of [¹⁸F]N‐methylspiroperidol by extrastriatal dopamine receptors in schizophrenic patients. Synapse. 19(1). 14–17. 13 indexed citations

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Schlyer, David J., Nora D. Volkow, Joanna S. Fowler, et al.. (1992). Regional distribution and kinetics of haloperidol binding in human brain: A pet study with [¹⁸F]haloperidol. Synapse. 11(1). 10–19. 38 indexed citations

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