R. Frederick Westbrook

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
250 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

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R. Frederick Westbrook is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Frederick Westbrook has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 133 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 86 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in R. Frederick Westbrook's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (139 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (105 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (86 papers). R. Frederick Westbrook is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (139 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (105 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (86 papers). R. Frederick Westbrook collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. R. Frederick Westbrook's co-authors include Justin A. Harris, Vincent Laurent, Margaret J. Morris, Gavan P. McNally, Nathan M. Holmes, Frances V. Abbott, Keith B.J. Franklin, Amy C. Reichelt, Anthony J. Good and Matthew C. Kiernan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

R. Frederick Westbrook

238 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Contextual and Temporal Modulation of Extinction: Behavioral and Biological Mechanisms

2006 543 citations R. Frederick Westbrook et al. profile →
The formalin test: scoring properties of the first and second phases of the pain response in rats

1995 495 citations R. Frederick Westbrook et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Frederick Westbrook Australia	49	4.5k	3.9k	2.1k	1.4k	1.4k	250	7.9k
Marcus Lira Brandão Brazil	51	3.6k 0.8×	5.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	237	8.5k
Serge Campeau United States	46	2.5k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	970 0.7×	81	7.3k
Mark G. Baxter United States	60	6.1k 1.4×	4.7k 1.2×	961 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	853 0.6×	173	12.1k
Robert J. McDonald Canada	49	6.3k 1.4×	5.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	152	10.4k
Francisco Silveira Guimarães Brazil	69	4.0k 0.9×	8.2k 2.1×	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	389	17.3k
Craig W. Berridge United States	53	4.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	941 0.7×	94	10.1k
Barry Setlow United States	48	4.2k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	429 0.3×	135	7.3k
Stefano Puglisi‐Allegra Italy	54	2.3k 0.5×	4.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	244	9.5k
Rainer K.W. Schwarting Germany	50	2.1k 0.5×	3.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	3.0k 2.2×	656 0.5×	208	9.1k
Frederico Guilherme Graeff Brazil	59	3.9k 0.9×	6.3k 1.6×	2.9k 1.4×	3.0k 2.2×	1.2k 0.9×	211	11.8k

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Clemens, Kelly J., et al.. (2025). The Molecular Substrates of Second-Order Conditioned Fear in the Basolateral Amygdala Complex. PubMed Central. 45(25). e1087242025–e1087242025.

Lee, Jessica C., et al.. (2024). Prediction error determines how memories are organized in the brain. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Westbrook, R. Frederick, et al.. (2024). Context and time regulate fear memory consolidation and reconsolidation in the basolateral amygdala complex. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(9). e1698232023–e1698232023.

Killcross, Simon, et al.. (2024). Integration of sensory and fear memories in the rat medial temporal lobe. eLife. 13.

Kendig, Michael D., Sarah‐Jane Leigh, Kyoko Hasebe, et al.. (2023). Obesogenic Diet Cycling Produces Graded Effects on Cognition and Microbiota Composition in Rats. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 67(12). e2200809–e2200809. 10 indexed citations

Delaney, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Prediction Error Determines Whether NMDA Receptors in the Basolateral Amygdala Complex Are Involved in Pavlovian Fear Conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(21). 4360–4379. 8 indexed citations

Kendig, Michael D., et al.. (2022). The Benefits of Switching to a Healthy Diet on Metabolic, Cognitive, and Gut Microbiome Parameters Are Preserved in Adult Rat Offspring of Mothers Fed a High‐Fat, High‐Sugar Diet. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 67(1). e2200318–e2200318. 5 indexed citations

Clemens, Kelly J., et al.. (2021). Chronic exposure to cafeteria-style diet in rats alters sweet taste preference and reduces motivation for, but not ‘liking’ of sucrose. Appetite. 168. 105742–105742. 15 indexed citations

Leigh, Sarah‐Jane, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, R. Frederick Westbrook, & Margaret J. Morris. (2020). Minocycline-induced microbiome alterations predict cafeteria diet-induced spatial recognition memory impairments in rats. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 92–92. 21 indexed citations

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Westbrook, R. Frederick, et al.. (2019). The Conditions under Which Consolidation of Serial-Order Conditioned Fear Requires De Novo Protein Synthesis in the Basolateral Amygdala Complex. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(37). 7357–7368. 10 indexed citations

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Kendig, Michael D., R. Frederick Westbrook, & Margaret J. Morris. (2019). Pattern of access to cafeteria-style diet determines fat mass and degree of spatial memory impairments in rats. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13516–13516. 16 indexed citations

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Lingawi, Nura W., et al.. (2018). The conditions that regulate formation of a false fear memory in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 156. 53–59. 9 indexed citations

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Lingawi, Nura W., Vincent Laurent, R. Frederick Westbrook, & Nathan M. Holmes. (2018). The role of the basolateral amygdala and infralimbic cortex in (re)learning extinction. Psychopharmacology. 236(1). 303–312. 24 indexed citations

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Holmes, Nathan M., et al.. (2016). Varenicline impairs extinction and enhances reinstatement across repeated cycles of nicotine self-administration in rats. Neuropharmacology. 105. 463–470. 11 indexed citations

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Tran, Dominic M. D. & R. Frederick Westbrook. (2016). A high-fat high-sugar diet-induced impairment in place-recognition memory is reversible and training-dependent. Appetite. 110. 61–71. 38 indexed citations

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Parkes, Shauna L. & R. Frederick Westbrook. (2010). The Basolateral Amygdala Is Critical for the Acquisition and Extinction of Associations between a Neutral Stimulus and a Learned Danger Signal But Not between Two Neutral Stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(38). 12608–12618. 56 indexed citations

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Westbrook, R. Frederick, Mihaela D Iordanova, Gavan P. McNally, Rick Richardson, & Justin A. Harris. (2002). Reinstatement of fear to an extinguished conditioned stimulus: Two roles for context.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 28(1). 97–110. 101 indexed citations

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Harris, Justin A., et al.. (2000). Contextual control over conditioned responding in an extinction paradigm.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 26(2). 174–185. 163 indexed citations

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Boakes, Robert A., et al.. (1992). Potentiation by a taste of toxicosis-based context conditioning: effects of varying the test fluid.. PubMed. 45(4). 303–25. 16 indexed citations

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Westbrook, R. Frederick & Neville Brookes. (1988). Potentiation and blocking of conditioned flavour and context aversions.. PubMed. 40(1). 3–30. 27 indexed citations

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