Robert C. Malenka

92.5k citations
263 papers · 67.8k indexed · 52 hit papers · h-index 131

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Robert C. Malenka

262 papers receiving 66.8k citations

Hit Papers

Anterior cingulate inputs to nucleus accumbens control the social transfer of pain and analgesia 2021 · 237 citations
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Robert C. Malenka
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  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 49.2k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 22.7k
  • Developmental Neuroscience 4.3k
  • Neurology 8.2k
  • Behavioral Neuroscience 2.8k
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All Works

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Anterior cingulate inputs to nucleus accumbens control the social transfer of pain and analgesia
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2021237
11 201972
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Gating of social reward by oxytocin in the ventral tegmental area
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2017383
13 20152
14 2015263
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Glutamate receptor subunit GluA1 is necessary for long-term potentiation and synapse unsilencing, but not long-term depression in mouse hippocampus
20111
16 200946
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Endocannabinoid-mediated rescue of striatal LTD and motor deficits in Parkinson's disease models
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2007561
18 2006203
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Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine
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20 1998253

About Robert C. Malenka

Robert C. Malenka is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology, having authored 263 papers that have together received 67.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (184 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (61 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (52 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (51 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (42 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (37 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (34 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (49.2k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (22.7k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (4.3k citations), Neurology (8.2k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (2.8k citations). Robert C. Malenka has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Roger A. Nicoll, Mark F. Bear, Julie A. Kauer, Steven E. Hyman, David Stellwagen, Roberto Malinow, Thomas C. Südhof, Eric J. Nestler, Antonello Bonci and Ami Citri. Their work appears in journals such as Neuron, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Science.

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