Rainer Spanagel

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1 Behavioural assessment of drug reinforcement and addictive features in rodents: an overview. Addict Biol 2006 3.94
2 Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 3.08
3 Withdrawal phenomena and dependence syndrome after the consumption of "spice gold". Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009 2.94
4 Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity: persistence in the VTA triggers adaptations in the NAc. Nat Neurosci 2009 2.50
5 Cocaine sensitization and reward are under the influence of circadian genes and rhythm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 2.40
6 Glutamate receptors on dopamine neurons control the persistence of cocaine seeking. Neuron 2008 2.37
7 Stress-induced anhedonia in mice is associated with deficits in forced swimming and exploration. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004 2.16
8 Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 2.01
9 Adolescent impulsivity phenotypes characterized by distinct brain networks. Nat Neurosci 2012 1.98
10 Regulation of monoamine oxidase A by circadian-clock components implies clock influence on mood. Curr Biol 2008 1.97
11 Impaired long-term memory and NR2A-type NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in mice lacking c-Fos in the CNS. J Neurosci 2003 1.94
12 Enhanced and delayed stress-induced alcohol drinking in mice lacking functional CRH1 receptors. Science 2002 1.93
13 Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.89
14 mGluR5 antagonist MPEP reduces ethanol-seeking and relapse behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004 1.83
15 Genetic variation in the PNPLA3 gene is associated with alcoholic liver injury in caucasians. Hepatology 2010 1.65
16 Risk taking and the adolescent reward system: a potential common link to substance abuse. Am J Psychiatry 2011 1.56
17 Ambiguous-cue interpretation is biased under stress- and depression-like states in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009 1.54
18 Systematic analysis of glutamatergic neurotransmission genes in alcohol dependence and adolescent risky drinking behavior. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008 1.39
19 Influence of age at drinking onset on long-term ethanol self-administration with deprivation and stress phases. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005 1.36
20 The glucocorticoid receptor as a potential target to reduce cocaine abuse. J Neurosci 2003 1.34
21 Acamprosate: recent findings and future research directions. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008 1.33
22 Involvement of the AMPA receptor GluR-C subunit in alcohol-seeking behavior and relapse. J Neurosci 2006 1.24
23 Rescue of infralimbic mGluR2 deficit restores control over drug-seeking behavior in alcohol dependence. J Neurosci 2013 1.22
24 Neurocircuitry for modeling drug effects. Addict Biol 2012 1.22
25 A comparative study on alcohol-preferring rat lines: effects of deprivation and stress phases on voluntary alcohol intake. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003 1.21
26 Effect of acamprosate on magnetic resonance spectroscopy measures of central glutamate in detoxified alcohol-dependent individuals: a randomized controlled experimental medicine study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010 1.21
27 Translational magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals excessive central glutamate levels during alcohol withdrawal in humans and rats. Biol Psychiatry 2011 1.18
28 Effects of the circadian rhythm gene period 1 (per1) on psychosocial stress-induced alcohol drinking. Am J Psychiatry 2011 1.15
29 The role of the NMDA receptor in alcohol relapse: a pharmacological mapping study using the alcohol deprivation effect. Neuropharmacology 2005 1.15
30 Compulsive alcohol drinking in rodents. Addict Biol 2009 1.15
31 cDNA microarray analysis reveals novel candidate genes expressed in human peripheral blood following exhaustive exercise. Physiol Genomics 2005 1.13
32 The effects of acamprosate and neramexane on cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in rat. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005 1.12
33 The dopamine D3 receptor plays an essential role in alcohol-seeking and relapse. FASEB J 2006 1.12
34 Reduced sensitivity to reward in CB1 knockout mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2004 1.11
35 Influence of age at drinking onset on the alcohol deprivation effect and stress-induced drinking in female rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006 1.10
36 Glutamatergic targets for new alcohol medications. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2013 1.10
37 RASGRF2 regulates alcohol-induced reinforcement by influencing mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity and dopamine release. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.06
38 Rats with congenital learned helplessness respond less to sucrose but show no deficits in activity or learning. Behav Brain Res 2004 1.05
39 D-cycloserine facilitates extinction of conditioned alcohol-seeking behaviour in rats. Alcohol Alcohol 2008 1.04
40 Circadian regulation of central ethanol sensitivity by the mPer2 gene. Addict Biol 2009 1.03
41 Determinants of early alcohol use in healthy adolescents: the differential contribution of neuroimaging and psychological factors. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011 1.03
42 Ethanol self-administration and reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in Per1(Brdm1) mutant mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2006 1.01
43 Social and structural housing conditions influence the development of a depressive-like phenotype in the learned helplessness paradigm in male mice. Behav Brain Res 2005 1.00
44 Circadian expression of clock- and tumor suppressor genes in human oral mucosa. Cell Physiol Biochem 2010 0.99
45 Glycine transporter-1 blockade leads to persistently reduced relapse-like alcohol drinking in rats. Biol Psychiatry 2010 0.99
46 Fractalkine-upregulated milk-fat globule EGF factor-8 protein in cultured rat microglia. J Neuroimmunol 2005 0.99
47 Stress triggers anhedonia in rats bred for learned helplessness. Behav Brain Res 2010 0.97
48 Clock genes running amok. Clock genes and their role in drug addiction and depression. EMBO Rep 2007 0.96
49 Importance of NO/cGMP signalling via cGMP-dependent protein kinase II for controlling emotionality and neurobehavioural effects of alcohol. Eur J Neurosci 2004 0.96
50 Cue-induced alcohol-seeking behaviour is reduced by disrupting the reconsolidation of alcohol-related memories. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009 0.96
51 Cocaine-induced dopamine overflow within the nucleus accumbens measured by in vivo microdialysis: a meta-analysis. Synapse 2008 0.95
52 Reward sensitivity for a palatable food reward peaks during pubertal developmental in rats. Front Behav Neurosci 2010 0.95
53 Candidate genes for alcohol dependence: animal studies. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003 0.94
54 Loss of the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV in dopaminoceptive neurons enhances behavioral effects of cocaine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 0.93
55 Inhibition of the casein-kinase-1-ε/δ/ prevents relapse-like alcohol drinking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012 0.93
56 Loss of the serum response factor in the dopamine system leads to hyperactivity. FASEB J 2010 0.92
57 Differential involvement of the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone in motivational and hedonic aspects of reward. Behav Brain Res 2009 0.92
58 Alcohol self-administration in two rat lines selectively bred for extremes in anxiety-related behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 2002 0.92
59 Analysis of genetic variations of protein tyrosine kinase fyn and their association with alcohol dependence in two independent cohorts. Biol Psychiatry 2003 0.92
60 The mGluR2/3 agonist LY379268 induced anti-reinstatement effects in rats exhibiting addiction-like behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 0.91
61 Structural synaptic elements are differentially regulated in superior temporal cortex of schizophrenia patients. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2012 0.91
62 Effects of morphine withdrawal on micro-opioid receptor-stimulated guanylyl 5'-[gamma-[35S]thio]-triphosphate autoradiography in rat brain. Eur J Pharmacol 2002 0.91
63 The effects of drugs of abuse on clock genes. Drug News Perspect 2008 0.91
64 Brain-specific inactivation of the Crhr1 gene inhibits post-dependent and stress-induced alcohol intake, but does not affect relapse-like drinking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011 0.90
65 Incentive learning underlying cocaine-seeking requires mGluR5 receptors located on dopamine D1 receptor-expressing neurons. J Neurosci 2010 0.90
66 The effects of lamotrigine on alcohol seeking and relapse. Neuropharmacology 2007 0.90
67 The impact of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on the extracellular acetylcholine concentrations in the adult rat brain: a meta-analysis. Synapse 2012 0.89
68 Cluster and meta-analyses on factors influencing stress-induced alcohol drinking and relapse in rodents. Addict Biol 2014 0.89
69 Ethanol induces expression of the glutamate transporters EAAT1 and EAAT2 in organotypic cortical slice cultures. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004 0.88
70 The use of a novel drinkometer system for assessing pharmacological treatment effects on ethanol consumption in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012 0.87
71 Reduced alcohol intake and reward associated with impaired endocannabinoid signaling in mice with a deletion of the glutamate transporter GLAST. Neuropharmacology 2012 0.86
72 Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated suppression of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase IV activity in the nucleus accumbens modulates emotional behaviour in mice. BMC Neurosci 2007 0.86
73 Regulation of immune-modulatory genes in left superior temporal cortex of schizophrenia patients: a genome-wide microarray study. World J Biol Psychiatry 2010 0.85
74 Appetitive odor-cue conditioning attenuates the acoustic startle response in rats. Behav Brain Res 2007 0.85
75 A novel elevated plus-maze procedure to avoid the one-trial tolerance problem. Front Behav Neurosci 2011 0.85
76 Decreased reward sensitivity in rats from the Fischer344 strain compared to Wistar rats is paralleled by differences in endocannabinoid signaling. PLoS One 2012 0.84
77 Cannabinoid exposure in pubertal rats increases spontaneous ethanol consumption and NMDA receptor associated protein levels. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011 0.84
78 Expression of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits and splice variants in an animal model of long-term voluntary alcohol self-administration. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008 0.84
79 Per1(Brdm1) mice self-administer cocaine and reinstate cocaine-seeking behaviour following extinction. Behav Pharmacol 2011 0.83
80 Central metabolite changes and activation of microglia after peripheral interleukin-2 challenge. Brain Behav Immun 2011 0.83
81 Perinatal exposure to alcohol disturbs spatial learning and glutamate transmission-related gene expression in the adult hippocampus. Eur J Neurosci 2011 0.82
82 Deletion of Go2alpha abolishes cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization by disturbing the striatal dopamine system. FASEB J 2008 0.81
83 Incubation of cocaine seeking following brief cocaine experience in mice is enhanced by mGluR1 blockade. J Neurosci 2014 0.81
84 Etomidate and propofol-hyposensitive GABAA receptor beta3(N265M) mice show little changes in acute alcohol sensitivity but enhanced tolerance and withdrawal. Neurosci Lett 2007 0.81
85 Oleoylethanolamide dose-dependently attenuates cocaine-induced behaviours through a PPARα receptor-independent mechanism. Addict Biol 2012 0.81
86 Role of Fyn tyrosine kinase in ethanol consumption by mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003 0.80
87 Sensorimotor gating, working and social memory deficits in mice with reduced expression of the vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT1. Behav Brain Res 2011 0.80
88 Measuring alcohol consumption in man--it is time for a change. Addiction 2006 0.80
89 Development of morphine-induced tolerance and withdrawal: involvement of the clock gene mPer2. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2010 0.79
90 Publication trends in addiction research. Addict Biol 2011 0.79
91 Voluntary alcohol intake in two rat lines selectively bred for learned helpless and non-helpless behavior. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2004 0.78
92 Time-dependent effects of striatal interleukin-2 on open field behaviour in rats. J Neuroimmunol 2009 0.78
93 Ethanol induces GAD67 and VGAT in slice cultures of newborn rat cerebral cortex. Neuroreport 2005 0.78
94 Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice leads to an up-regulation of CRH/CRHR1 signaling. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2015 0.78
95 Perinatal exposure to alcohol reduces the expression of complexins I and II. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2009 0.78
96 A functional Tph2 C1473G polymorphism causes an anxiety phenotype via compensatory changes in the serotonergic system. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012 0.78
97 Transcriptional regulation of L-type calcium channel subtypes Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 by nicotine and their potential role in nicotine sensitization. Nicotine Tob Res 2014 0.77
98 Global ethanol-induced enhancements of monoaminergic neurotransmission: a meta-analysis study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 0.77
99 The ClockΔ19 mutation in mice fails to alter the primary and secondary reinforcing properties of nicotine. Drug Alcohol Depend 2013 0.77
100 Quantum modeling of common sense. Behav Brain Sci 2013 0.77
101 The effects of xenon and nitrous oxide gases on alcohol relapse. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 0.77
102 Amphetamine regulates NR2B expression in Go2α knockout mice and thereby sustains behavioral sensitization. J Neurochem 2010 0.76
103 Transcriptional changes in insulin- and lipid metabolism-related genes in the hippocampus of olfactory bulbectomized mice. J Neurosci Res 2008 0.76
104 Augmented stress-induced alcohol drinking and withdrawal in mice lacking functional natriuretic peptide-A receptors. Alcohol Alcohol 2009 0.76
105 [The medical treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with amphetamines in children and adolescents]. Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother 2012 0.76
106 Strain-specific responses of inbred mice to ethanol following food shortage. Addict Biol 2004 0.76
107 A phenotype-driven ENU mutagenesis screen for the identification of dominant mutations involved in alcohol consumption. Mamm Genome 2008 0.76
108 Challenges to medications development in treating alcohol dependence: an international perspective. Alcohol Alcohol 2004 0.75
109 Science meets public. Addict Biol 2006 0.75
110 [One drink, one drunk--controlled drinking by alcoholics? 3-year-outcome after intensive outpatient treatment]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2007 0.75
111 Behavioral neurobiology of alcohol addiction. Preface. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2013 0.75
112 [For and against: controlled drinking as useful and necessary treatment alternative]. Psychiatr Prax 2005 0.75