Terry E. Robinson

42.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
207 papers, 31.0k citations indexed

About

Terry E. Robinson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terry E. Robinson has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 31.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 80 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 54 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Terry E. Robinson's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (156 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (81 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (57 papers). Terry E. Robinson is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (156 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (81 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (57 papers). Terry E. Robinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Terry E. Robinson's co-authors include Kent Berridge, Jill B. Becker, Bryan Kolb, Shelly B. Flagel, Huda Akil, Benjamin T. Saunders, J. Wayne Aldridge, C.H. Vanderwolf, Dianne M. Camp and Aldo Badiani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Terry E. Robinson

207 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

What is the role of dopam... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1998 1986 2003 2009 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. What is the role of dopamine in reward: hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience?
    1998 2.9k citations Kent Berridge, Terry E. Robinson profile →
  2. Enduring changes in brain and behavior produced by chronic amphetamine administration: A review and evaluation of animal models of amphetamine psychosis
    1986 1.6k citations Terry E. Robinson, Jill B. Becker profile →
  3. Parsing reward
    2003 1.3k citations Kent Berridge, Terry E. Robinson profile →
  4. Dissecting components of reward: ‘liking’, ‘wanting’, and learning
    2009 1.2k citations Kent Berridge, Terry E. Robinson et al. profile →
  5. Addiction
    2002 1.2k citations Terry E. Robinson, Kent Berridge Annual Review of Psychology profile →
  6. The incentive sensitization theory of addiction: some current issues
    2008 1.2k citations Terry E. Robinson, Kent Berridge profile →
  7. Incentive‐sensitization and addiction
    2001 1.1k citations Terry E. Robinson, Kent Berridge profile →
  8. Structural plasticity associated with exposure to drugs of abuse
    2004 844 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb profile →
  9. Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction.
    2016 764 citations Kent Berridge, Terry E. Robinson profile →
  10. A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning
    2010 722 citations Shelly B. Flagel, Terry E. Robinson et al. profile →
  11. Alterations in the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex following repeated treatment with amphetamine or cocaine
    1999 594 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb European Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  12. Persistent Structural Modifications in Nucleus Accumbens and Prefrontal Cortex Neurons Produced by Previous Experience with Amphetamine
    1997 591 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Terry E. Robinson 20.6k 10.6k 7.9k 5.5k 4.1k 207 31.0k
Roy A. Wise 23.2k 1.1× 10.1k 0.9× 10.5k 1.3× 3.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 238 32.9k
Mark A. Geyer 18.4k 0.9× 9.5k 0.9× 9.4k 1.2× 4.8k 0.9× 3.9k 1.0× 443 34.5k
Anthony A. Grace 22.4k 1.1× 14.3k 1.3× 9.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 350 35.3k
René Hen 23.6k 1.1× 10.6k 1.0× 14.5k 1.8× 5.5k 1.0× 7.8k 1.9× 326 49.2k
Yavin Shaham 22.2k 1.1× 9.3k 0.9× 8.8k 1.1× 4.9k 0.9× 5.4k 1.3× 252 28.4k
Michel Le Moal 18.9k 0.9× 7.1k 0.7× 7.6k 1.0× 7.7k 1.4× 10.0k 2.5× 355 33.4k
Kent Berridge 16.7k 0.8× 14.9k 1.4× 5.7k 0.7× 6.8k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 197 39.4k
Neal R. Swerdlow 13.6k 0.7× 9.0k 0.8× 6.5k 0.8× 2.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 321 24.6k
Klaus‐Peter Lesch 18.0k 0.9× 8.1k 0.8× 10.4k 1.3× 6.7k 1.2× 6.5k 1.6× 635 42.3k
Harriet de Wit 12.9k 0.6× 7.5k 0.7× 4.1k 0.5× 3.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 427 28.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robinson, Terry E. & Kent Berridge. (2024). The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On. Annual Review of Psychology. 76(1). 29–58. 19 indexed citations
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Fetterly, Tracy L., et al.. (2023). Cocaine-induced sensitization and glutamate plasticity in the nucleus accumbens core: effects of sex. Biology of Sex Differences. 14(1). 41–41. 8 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Christopher J., Apurva S. Chitre, Celine L. St. Pierre, et al.. (2022). Genetic characterization of outbred Sprague Dawley rats and utility for genome-wide association studies. PLoS Genetics. 18(5). e1010234–e1010234. 30 indexed citations
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Kawa, Alex B., Alec C. Valenta, Robert T. Kennedy, & Terry E. Robinson. (2019). Incentive and dopamine sensitization produced by intermittent but not long access cocaine self‐administration. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(4). 2663–2682. 41 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Christopher J., et al.. (2018). Single prolonged stress decreases sign-tracking and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking. Behavioural Brain Research. 359. 799–806. 13 indexed citations
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Badiani, Aldo, Kent Berridge, Markus Heilig, David Nutt, & Terry E. Robinson. (2017). Addiction research and theory: a commentary on the Surgeon General's Report on alcohol, drugs, and health. Addiction Biology. 23(1). 3–5. 8 indexed citations
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Singer, Bryan F., et al.. (2017). Rapid induction of dopamine sensitization in the nucleus accumbens shell induced by a single injection of cocaine. Behavioural Brain Research. 324. 66–70. 5 indexed citations
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Morrow, Jonathan D., Benjamin T. Saunders, Stephen Maren, & Terry E. Robinson. (2014). Sign-tracking to an appetitive cue predicts incubation of conditioned fear in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 276. 59–66. 36 indexed citations
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Meyer, Paul, Elizabeth S. Cogan, & Terry E. Robinson. (2014). The Form of a Conditioned Stimulus Can Influence the Degree to Which It Acquires Incentive Motivational Properties. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e98163–e98163. 69 indexed citations
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Saunders, Benjamin T., et al.. (2014). A Cocaine Context Renews Drug Seeking Preferentially in a Subset of Individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(12). 2816–2823. 50 indexed citations
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Paolone, Giovanna, Christopher C. Angelakos, Paul Meyer, Terry E. Robinson, & Martin Sarter. (2013). Cholinergic Control over Attention in Rats Prone to Attribute Incentive Salience to Reward Cues. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(19). 8321–8335. 108 indexed citations
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Badiani, Aldo & Terry E. Robinson. (2004). Drug-induced neurobehavioral plasticity: the role of environmental context. Behavioural Pharmacology. 15(5). 327–339. 118 indexed citations
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Kabbaj, Mohamed, Christine Norton, Sara Kollack‐Walker, et al.. (2001). Social defeat alters the acquisition of cocaine self-administration in rats: role of individual differences in cocaine-taking behavior. Psychopharmacology. 158(4). 382–387. 119 indexed citations
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Robinson, Terry E. & Bryan Kolb. (1999). Alterations in the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex following repeated treatment with amphetamine or cocaine. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(5). 1598–1604. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robinson, Terry E. & Bryan Kolb. (1999). Morphine alters the structure of neurons in the nucleus accumbens and neocortex of rats. Synapse. 33(2). 160–162. 223 indexed citations
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Paulson, Pamela E., Dianne M. Camp, & Terry E. Robinson. (1991). Time course of transient behavioral depression and persistent behavioral sensitization in relation to regional brain monoamine concentrations during amphetamine withdrawal in rats. Psychopharmacology. 103(4). 480–492. 343 indexed citations
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Whishaw, Ian Q., Brian H. Bland, Terry E. Robinson, & C.H. Vanderwolf. (1976). Neuromuscular blockade: The effects on two hippocampal RSA (theta) systems and neocortical desynchronization. Brain Research Bulletin. 1(6). 573–581. 76 indexed citations

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