Wayne E. Pratt

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Wayne E. Pratt is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne E. Pratt has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 25 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wayne E. Pratt's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (25 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers). Wayne E. Pratt is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (25 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers). Wayne E. Pratt collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Wayne E. Pratt's co-authors include Ann E. Kelley, Brian A. Baldo, Matthew J. Will, Sheri J. Y. Mizumori, Dianne P. Figlewicz, Eric Stice, Blake A. Gosnell, Allen S. Levine, Eugene Choi and Kaitlin Blackstone and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Wayne E. Pratt

38 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Corticostriatal-hypothalamic circuitry and food motivatio... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Corticostriatal-hypothalamic circuitry and food motivation: Integration of energy, action and reward
    2005 591 citations Ann E. Kelley, Brian A. Baldo et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne E. Pratt United States 21 1.1k 848 750 417 407 39 2.1k
Susana Peciña United States 17 1.4k 1.3× 656 0.8× 915 1.2× 506 1.2× 456 1.1× 22 2.6k
Jocelyn M. Richard United States 21 1.3k 1.2× 376 0.4× 918 1.2× 229 0.5× 652 1.6× 31 2.4k
Sara J. Shammah‐Lagnado Brazil 24 1.3k 1.2× 662 0.8× 948 1.3× 428 1.0× 439 1.1× 27 2.7k
Johannes W. de Jong Netherlands 21 991 0.9× 345 0.4× 589 0.8× 177 0.4× 501 1.2× 27 1.9k
James E. McCutcheon United States 23 1.2k 1.1× 444 0.5× 482 0.6× 261 0.6× 663 1.6× 39 1.9k
Thomas R. Stratford United States 21 1.1k 1.0× 769 0.9× 629 0.8× 353 0.8× 357 0.9× 32 1.7k
Benjamin Boutrel Switzerland 29 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 1.7k 2.2× 186 0.4× 774 1.9× 41 3.4k
Kenny J. Simansky United States 25 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 328 0.4× 537 1.3× 555 1.4× 56 2.8k
Teresa L. Steininger United States 19 928 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.8× 216 0.5× 294 0.7× 37 2.3k
Stephen V. Mahler United States 30 1.5k 1.4× 697 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 162 0.4× 612 1.5× 52 3.0k

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All Works

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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2021). Stimulation of mu opioid, but not GABAergic, receptors of the lateral habenula alters free feeding in rats. Neuroscience Letters. 771. 136417–136417. 2 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2020). Shifting motivational states: The effects of nucleus accumbens dopamine and opioid receptor activation on a modified effort-based choice task. Behavioural Brain Research. 399. 112999–112999. 9 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2017). Contrasting effects of 5-HT3 receptor stimulation of the nucleus accumbens or ventral tegmentum on food intake in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research. 323. 15–23. 17 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2014). The effects of nucleus accumbens μ-opioid and adenosine 2A receptor stimulation and blockade on instrumental learning. Behavioural Brain Research. 274. 84–94. 11 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2013). Overlapping striatal sites mediate scopolamine-induced feeding suppression and mu-opioid-mediated hyperphagia in the rat. Psychopharmacology. 231(5). 919–928. 10 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., et al.. (2013). Systemic treatment with d-fenfluramine, but not sibutramine, blocks cue-induced reinstatement of food-seeking behavior in the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 556. 232–237. 4 indexed citations
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Baldo, Brian A., Wayne E. Pratt, Matthew J. Will, et al.. (2013). Principles of motivation revealed by the diverse functions of neuropharmacological and neuroanatomical substrates underlying feeding behavior. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 37(9). 1985–1998. 41 indexed citations
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Choi, Eugene, et al.. (2011). Nucleus accumbens dopamine and mu-opioid receptors modulate the reinstatement of food-seeking behavior by food-associated cues. Behavioural Brain Research. 219(2). 265–272. 36 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E. & Megan E. Connolly. (2010). Contrasting effects of systemic and central sibutramine administration on the intake of a palatable diet in the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 484(1). 30–34. 10 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., Kaitlin Blackstone, Megan E. Connolly, & Mary Jane Skelly. (2009). Selective serotonin receptor stimulation of the medial nucleus accumbens causes differential effects on food intake and locomotion.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 123(5). 1046–1057. 38 indexed citations
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Pratt, Wayne E., Robert C. Spencer, & Ann E. Kelley. (2007). Muscarinic receptor antagonism of the nucleus accumbens core causes avoidance to flavor and spatial cues.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 121(6). 1215–1223. 26 indexed citations
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Kelley, Ann E., Brian A. Baldo, & Wayne E. Pratt. (2005). A proposed hypothalamic–thalamic–striatal axis for the integration of energy balance, arousal, and food reward. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 493(1). 72–85. 273 indexed citations
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Kelley, Ann E., Matthew E. Andrzejewski, Anne E. Baldwin, Pepe J. Hernandez, & Wayne E. Pratt. (2003). Glutamate‐Mediated Plasticity in Corticostriatal Networks. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1003(1). 159–168. 58 indexed citations
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Nichols, Charles D., Jennifer Ronesi, Wayne E. Pratt, & Elaine Sanders‐Bush. (2002). Hallucinogens and Drosophila: linking serotonin receptor activation to behavior. Neuroscience. 115(3). 979–984. 32 indexed citations

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