Trevor W. Robbins

194.6k total citations · 57 hit papers
1.1k papers, 140.3k citations indexed

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Trevor W. Robbins is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Trevor W. Robbins has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 140.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 630 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 502 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 213 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Trevor W. Robbins's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (382 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (284 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (260 papers). Trevor W. Robbins is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (382 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (284 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (260 papers). Trevor W. Robbins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Trevor W. Robbins's co-authors include Barry J. Everitt, Barbara J. Sahakian, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Angela Roberts, Adam R. Aron, Luke Clark, Adrian M. Owen, Roger A. Barker, Russell A. Poldrack and Edward T. Bullmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Trevor W. Robbins

1.0k papers receiving 137.2k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion
    2005 2.8k citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins Nature Neuroscience profile →
  2. Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex
    2004 2.4k citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  3. Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex: one decade on
    2014 1.4k citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  4. Stop-signal inhibition disrupted by damage to right inferior frontal gyrus in humans
    2003 1.4k citations Edward T. Bullmore, Barbara J. Sahakian et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  5. Inhibition and impulsivity: Behavioral and neural basis of response control
    2013 1.4k citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  6. Dissociation in prefrontal cortex of affective and attentional shifts
    1996 1.2k citations Trevor W. Robbins, Angela Roberts et al. profile →
  7. Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Top-Down Cognitive Control
    2011 1.1k citations Jeffrey W. Dalley, Barry J. Everitt et al. profile →
  8. The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors
    2019 1.1k citations Matthias Brand, Elisa Wegmann et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
  9. CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC SYSTEMS AND COGNITION
    1997 1.1k citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins profile →
  10. Prefrontal executive and cognitive functions in rodents: neural and neurochemical substrates
    2004 1.0k citations Jeffrey W. Dalley, Rudolf N. Cardinal et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
  11. The 5-choice serial reaction time task: behavioural pharmacology and functional neurochemistry
    2002 1.0k citations Trevor W. Robbins profile →
  12. Planning and spatial working memory following frontal lobe lesions in man
    1990 1.0k citations Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  13. Nucleus Accumbens D2/3 Receptors Predict Trait Impulsivity and Cocaine Reinforcement
    2007 921 citations Jeffrey W. Dalley, Kristjan Lääne et al. Science profile →
  14. Neurobehavioural mechanisms of reward and motivation
    1996 917 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt profile →
  15. Putting a spin on the dorsal–ventral divide of the striatum
    2004 894 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  16. Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): A Factor Analytic Study of a Large Sample of Normal Elderly Volunteers
    1994 855 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian et al. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders profile →
  17. The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function
    2021 793 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
  18. Drug Addiction: Updating Actions to Habits to Compulsions Ten Years On
    2015 765 citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins profile →
  19. The distinct cognitive syndromes of Parkinson's disease: 5 year follow-up of the CamPaIGN cohort
    2009 736 citations Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Thomas Foltynie et al. Brain profile →
  20. The Neuropsychopharmacology of Fronto-Executive Function: Monoaminergic Modulation
    2009 729 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  21. Evolution of cognitive dysfunction in an incident Parkinson's disease cohort
    2007 729 citations Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Thomas Foltynie et al. Brain profile →
  22. High Impulsivity Predicts the Switch to Compulsive Cocaine-Taking
    2008 714 citations David Belin, Jeffrey W. Dalley et al. Science profile →
  23. Neurocognitive endophenotypes of impulsivity and compulsivity: towards dimensional psychiatry
    2011 701 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Claire M. Gillan et al. profile →
  24. Neuropsychological and clinical heterogeneity of cognitive impairment and dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease
    2010 700 citations Roger A. Barker, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  25. Impulsive Choice Induced in Rats by Lesions of the Nucleus Accumbens Core
    2001 697 citations Rudolf N. Cardinal, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Science profile →
  26. Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction
    2008 693 citations Barry J. Everitt, David Belin et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  27. FRONTO-STRIATAL COGNITIVE DEFICITS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
    1992 681 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. Brain profile →
  28. Choosing between small, likely rewards and large, unlikely rewards activates inferior and orbital prefrontal cortex.
    1999 651 citations Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  29. Decision-making processes following damage to the prefrontal cortex
    2002 637 citations Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Brain profile →
  30. The neuropsychology of obsessive compulsive disorder: the importance of failures in cognitive and behavioural inhibition as candidate endophenotypic markers
    2005 636 citations Naomi Fineberg, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
  31. Choosing between Small, Likely Rewards and Large, Unlikely Rewards Activates Inferior and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex
    1999 612 citations Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  32. Effects of lesions to ascending noradrenergic neurones on performance of a 5-choice serial reaction task in rats; implications for theories of dorsal noradrenergic bundle function based on selective attention and arousal
    1983 612 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt et al. profile →
  33. Defining the Neural Mechanisms of Probabilistic Reversal Learning Using Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    2002 609 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  34. Behavioral models of impulsivity in relation to ADHD: Translation between clinical and preclinical studies
    2006 598 citations Dawn M. Eagle, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  35. The neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviour
    2001 561 citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  36. Associative Processes in Addiction and Reward The Role of Amygdala‐Ventral Striatal Subsystems
    1999 561 citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  37. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY AND LEARNING IN ALZHEIMER-TYPE DEMENTIA AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE
    1988 558 citations Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Brain profile →
  38. Involvement of the amygdala in stimulus-reward associations: Interaction with the ventral striatum
    1989 535 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt et al. Neuroscience profile →
  39. Contrasting mechanisms of impaired attentional set-shifting in patients with frontal lobe damage or Parkinson's disease
    1993 528 citations Angela Roberts, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Brain profile →
  40. Extra-dimensional versus intra-dimensional set shifting performance following frontal lobe excisions, temporal lobe excisions or amygdalo-hippocampectomy in man
    1991 528 citations Angela Roberts, Barbara J. Sahakian et al. profile →
  41. Different types of fear-conditioned behaviour mediated by separate nuclei within amygdala
    1997 526 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt et al. profile →
  42. Emotional bias and inhibitory control processes in mania and depression
    1999 513 citations Barbara J. Sahakian, A. Michael et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  43. Evidence for executive dysfunction in autism
    1994 505 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  44. Neural systems engaged by planning: a PET study of the Tower of London task
    1996 503 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  45. From the ventral to the dorsal striatum: Devolving views of their roles in drug addiction
    2013 503 citations Barry J. Everitt, Trevor W. Robbins Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
  46. A study of performance on tests from the CANTAB battery sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in a large sample of normal volunteers: Implications for theories of executive functioning and cognitive aging
    1998 501 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian et al. profile →
  47. The cognitive ability of an incident cohort of Parkinson’s patients in the UK. The CamPaIGN study
    2004 501 citations Thomas Foltynie, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Brain profile →
  48. Cognitive Inflexibility After Prefrontal Serotonin Depletion
    2004 500 citations Jeffrey W. Dalley, Trevor W. Robbins et al. Science profile →
  49. l-Dopa withdrawal in Parkinson's disease selectively impairs cognitive performance in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction
    1992 500 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  50. The CamPaIGN study of Parkinson's disease: 10-year outlook in an incident population-based cohort
    2013 469 citations Caroline H. Williams‐Gray, Thomas Foltynie et al. profile →
  51. Decision-making in the adolescent brain
    2012 467 citations Trevor W. Robbins et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  52. Disorders of compulsivity: a common bias towards learning habits
    2014 428 citations Claire M. Gillan, Naomi Fineberg et al. profile →
  53. Fractionating impulsivity: neuropsychiatric implications
    2017 416 citations Jeffrey W. Dalley, Trevor W. Robbins profile →
  54. Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: The Dual Syndrome Hypothesis
    2012 414 citations Roger A. Barker, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  55. Characterizing mild cognitive impairment in incident Parkinson disease
    2013 330 citations James B. Rowe, Trevor W. Robbins et al. profile →
  56. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Puzzles and Prospects
    2019 315 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Matilde M. Vaghi et al. profile →
  57. The transition to compulsion in addiction
    2020 277 citations Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Trevor W. Robbins United Kingdom 213 74.4k 60.6k 24.6k 20.7k 19.9k 1.1k 140.3k
Daniel R. Weinberger United States 141 33.9k 0.5× 22.7k 0.4× 25.5k 1.0× 8.8k 0.4× 17.1k 0.9× 719 83.1k
Nora D. Volkow United States 146 27.3k 0.4× 35.1k 0.6× 13.3k 0.5× 13.5k 0.7× 14.0k 0.7× 902 91.3k
Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom 182 80.7k 1.1× 13.4k 0.2× 13.8k 0.6× 10.1k 0.5× 3.8k 0.2× 829 113.0k
Dennis S. Charney United States 151 16.8k 0.2× 19.3k 0.3× 16.0k 0.6× 27.1k 1.3× 6.8k 0.3× 582 84.3k
Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom 154 71.2k 1.0× 10.1k 0.2× 17.6k 0.7× 10.0k 0.5× 6.0k 0.3× 648 99.0k
Bruce S. McEwen United States 193 18.5k 0.2× 31.3k 0.5× 9.0k 0.4× 18.4k 0.9× 17.7k 0.9× 1.0k 158.6k
Barbara J. Sahakian United Kingdom 131 28.3k 0.4× 12.1k 0.2× 15.6k 0.6× 12.3k 0.6× 4.1k 0.2× 604 55.3k
John H. Krystal United States 133 17.0k 0.2× 20.5k 0.3× 11.3k 0.5× 11.5k 0.6× 7.8k 0.4× 651 60.2k
George F. Koob United States 149 16.5k 0.2× 50.9k 0.8× 4.4k 0.2× 6.0k 0.3× 24.2k 1.2× 749 84.1k
R. S. J. Frackowiak United Kingdom 166 70.5k 0.9× 11.8k 0.2× 17.3k 0.7× 3.9k 0.2× 5.0k 0.2× 544 110.1k

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Banca, Paula, et al.. (2023). Excessive Checking in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Neurochemical Correlates Revealed by 7T Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 4(1). 363–373. 5 indexed citations
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Langley, Christelle, Sophia Armand, Qiang Luo, et al.. (2023). Chronic escitalopram in healthy volunteers has specific effects on reinforcement sensitivity: a double-blind, placebo-controlled semi-randomised study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(4). 664–670. 20 indexed citations
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Horst, Nicole K., et al.. (2021). Flexible versus Fixed Spatial Self-Ordered Response Sequencing: Effects of Inactivation and Neurochemical Modulation of Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(34). 7246–7258. 7 indexed citations
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O’Callaghan, Claire, Frank H. Hezemans, Rong Ye, et al.. (2021). Locus coeruleus integrity and the effect of atomoxetine on response inhibition in Parkinson’s disease. Brain. 144(8). 2513–2526. 59 indexed citations
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Ersche, Karen D., Alexander G. Murley, Catarina Rua, et al.. (2020). Reduced Glutamate Turnover in the Putamen Is Linked With Automatic Habits in Human Cocaine Addiction. Biological Psychiatry. 89(10). 970–979. 37 indexed citations
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Brand, Matthias, Elisa Wegmann, Rudolf Stark, et al.. (2019). The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 104. 1–10. 1132 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tyagi, Himanshu, Annemieke M. Apergis-Schoute, Harith Akram, et al.. (2019). A Randomized Trial Directly Comparing Ventral Capsule and Anteromedial Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Clinical and Imaging Evidence for Dissociable Effects. Biological Psychiatry. 85(9). 726–734. 142 indexed citations
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Nemmi, Federico, Charlotte Nymberg, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2018). Interaction between striatal volume and DAT1 polymorphism predicts working memory development during adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 30. 191–199. 6 indexed citations
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Sjoerds, Zsuzsika, Sanne de Wit, Wim van den Brink, et al.. (2013). Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for overreliance on habit learning in alcohol-dependent patients. Translational Psychiatry. 3(12). e337–e337. 231 indexed citations
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Ersche, Karen D., P. Simon Jones, Guy Williams, et al.. (2012). Abnormal Brain Structure Implicated in Stimulant Drug Addiction. Science. 335(6068). 601–604. 402 indexed citations
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Gillan, Claire M., Martina Papmeyer, Sharon Morein‐Zamir, et al.. (2011). Disruption in the Balance Between Goal-Directed Behavior and Habit Learning in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 168(7). 718–726. 430 indexed citations
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Delgado, Mauricio R., Elizabeth A. Phelps, & Trevor W. Robbins. (2011). Decision Making, Affect, and Learning: Attention and Performance XXIII. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 12 indexed citations
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Frank, Michael J., et al.. (2009). Approach and avoidance learning in patients with major depression and healthy controls: relation to anhedonia. Psychological Medicine. 40(3). 433–440. 122 indexed citations
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Everitt, Barry J., David Belin, Daina Economidou, et al.. (2008). Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 363(1507). 3125–3135. 693 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dalley, Jeffrey W., Kristjan Lääne, David Theobald, et al.. (2005). Time-limited modulation of appetitive Pavlovian memory by D1 and NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(17). 6189–6194. 179 indexed citations
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Everitt, Barry J. & Trevor W. Robbins. (2005). Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion. Nature Neuroscience. 8(11). 1481–1489. 2754 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eagle, Dawn M. & Trevor W. Robbins. (2003). Inhibitory Control in Rats Performing a Stop-Signal Reaction-Time Task: Effects of Lesions of the Medial Striatum and d-Amphetamine.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 117(6). 1302–1317. 198 indexed citations
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Swainson, Rachel, J. R. Hodges, Clare Galton, et al.. (2001). Early Detection and Differential Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Depression with Neuropsychological Tasks. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 12(4). 265–280. 292 indexed citations
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Caine, S. Barak, Trevor Humby, Trevor W. Robbins, & Barry J. Everitt. (2001). Behavioral effects of psychomotor stimulants in rats with dorsal or ventral subiculum lesions: Locomotion, cocaine self-administration, and prepulse inhibition of startle.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 115(4). 880–894. 17 indexed citations
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Roberts, Angela, Trevor W. Robbins, Barry J. Everitt, et al.. (1990). The effects of excitotoxic lesions of the basal forebrain on the acquisition, retention and serial reversal of visual discriminations in marmosets. Neuroscience. 34(2). 311–329. 80 indexed citations

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