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Papers

(The median citation count of Behavioural Pharmacology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Chronic caffeine decreases anxiety-like behavior in the marble burying task in adolescent rats	43
Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors with the orthosteric agonist LY-404,039 alleviates dyskinesia in experimental parkinsonism	21
Creatine supplementation protects spatial memory and long-term potentiation against chronic restraint stress	18
Antidepressant activity of Riparin A in murine model	16
Cannabidiol on aggression in betta fish (Betta splendens)	15
My memory of Paul	14
Effort-based decision making in response to high-dose androgens: role of dopamine receptors	12
Methodological approach: using a within-subjects design in the marble burying assay	11
Morphine-induced side effects can be differentially modulated by cannabidiol in male and female rats	11
Isobolographic analysis of antinociceptive effect of ketorolac, indomethacin, and paracetamol after simultaneous peripheral local and systemic administration	10
The antidepressant-like activity of ketamine in the rat chronic mild stress model requires activation of cortical 5-HT1A receptors	10
D2 receptor antagonism enhances cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization in female, but not male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)	9
Hesperidin produces antidepressant effects by activating AMPA receptor: enhancing synaptic proteins to promote hippocampal neuronal activities	9
Anti-aversive effect of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray of male rats in contextual fear conditioning and Vogel tests	9
Long-term follow-up of intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin-inducing pain sensitization	9
The role of lateral habenula NMDA receptors in tramadol-induced conditioning	8
Attenuation of morphine conditioned place preference and reinstatement by vitamin D	8
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	8
In memory of Dr Emily Jutkiewicz, 1975–2024	7
The effect of Psilocybe cubensis alkaloids on depressive-like behavior in mice exposed to maternal separation with respect to hippocampal gene expression and DNA methylation of Slc6a4 and Nr3c1	7
‘Only connect’: cognition meets motivation as cognitive effort to enhance models of depression	7
The role of l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway in the local antinociceptive effect of berberine in the rat formalin test	7
Comparing withdrawal- and anxiety-like behaviors following oral and subcutaneous oxycodone administration in C57BL/6 mice	6
Antidepressant-like effect of riparin I and riparin II against CUMS-induced neuroinflammation via astrocytes and microglia modulation in mice	6
Pain-suppressed consumption of highly palatable liquid in rats	6

The mGlu2/3 agonist LY379268 reduces sucrose taking, seeking, and motivation in male and female rats	6
Methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization in mice is not associated with deficits in a range of cognitive, affective and social behaviours: interaction with brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val	6
Use of drug purchase tasks in medications development research: orexin system regulation of cocaine and drug demand	6
Nicotinic aspects of the discriminative stimulus effects of arecoline	6
The administration of a phentolamine infusion into the basolateral amygdala enhances long-term memory and diminishes anxiety-like behavior in stressed rats	5
Zymosan A produces a rapid and sustained antidepressant effect in chronically stressed mice by stimulating hippocampal microglia	5
The 5-HT6R agonist E-6837 and the antagonist SB-271046 reverse the psychotic-like behaviors induced by ketamine	5
Monlunabant suppresses appetite through a central mechanism	5
Pharmacological evaluation of lateral habenula and rostromedial tegmental nucleus in the expression of ethanol-induced place preference	5
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	5
The effects of high fat diet consumption on morphine-induced constipation	5
The complexity of socially transmitted food preferences in rodents: a model for human epistemic trust?	4
Heterozygous and homozygous gene knockout of the 5-HT1B receptor have different effects on methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization	4
Self-synergy antinociceptive effect of diclofenac: effect of peripheral inhibition of nitric oxide synthase	4
Positive modulation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors differentially alters spatial learning and memory in juvenile rats younger and older than three weeks	4
Co-administration of bromocriptine and corticosterone produces short- and long-lasting reduction in intake of high-fat food in male rats	4
CB2 agonist mitigates cocaine-induced reinstatement of place preference and modulates the inflammatory response in mice	4
The discriminative stimulus effects of baclofen and gamma hydroxybutyrate in C57BL/6J mice	4
Chronic pharmacological activation of SERCA with CDN1163 affects spatial cognitive flexibility but not attention and impulsivity in mice	4
Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting	4
Effects of methylphenidate on impulsive choice and delay aversion in Lewis rats	4
Over-the-counter analgesic usage: associations with attentional biases in young women	3
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	3
Involvement of dopaminergic system in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in modulating the orofacial pain-related behaviors in the rats	3
Involvement of GABAA receptors of lateral habenula in the acquisition and expression phases of morphine-induced place preference in male rats	3
Preweaning environmental enrichment alters neonatal ultrasonic vocalisations in a rat model for prenatal infections	3
Alteration of the PKA-CREB cascade in the mPFC accompanying prepulse inhibition deficits: evidence from adolescent social isolation and chronic SKF38393 injection during early adolescence	3
The effects of curcumin in learning and memory impairment associated with hypothyroidism in juvenile rats: the role of nitric oxide, oxidative stress, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor	3
Additive effect of histamine and muscimol upon induction of antinociceptive and antidepressant effects in mice	3
Multigenerational effects of paternal spatial training are lasting in the F1 and F2 male offspring	3
Propranolol blocks the unconditioned and conditioned hyperactive effects of methamphetamine in CD-1 mice	3
Immunization with a low dose of zymosan A confers resistance to depression-like behavior and neuroinflammatory responses in chronically stressed mice	3
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	3
Varenicline serves as the training stimulus in the drug-discriminated goal-tracking task with rats: initial evaluation of potential neuropharmacological processes	3
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor of the central amygdala modulates the ethanol-induced tolerance to anxiolysis and withdrawal-induced anxiety in male rats	3
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	3
D2-like dopamine receptors blockade within the dentate gyrus shows a greater effect on stress-induced analgesia in the tail-flick test compared to D1-like dopamine receptors	3
NSC689857, an inhibitor of Skp2, produces antidepressant-like effects in mice	2
Slight and hidden hearing loss differentially affect short- and long-term memory in young rats	2
Agmatine prevents the memory impairment and the dysfunction of hippocampal GSK-3β and ERK signaling induced by aluminum nanoparticle in mice	2
Gabapentin and D-cycloserine alone and in combination with naloxone in methadone-maintained humans responding under a naloxone novel-response discrimination procedure	2
SKF82958, a dopamine D1 receptor agonist, disrupts prepulse inhibition in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens in C57BL/6J mice	2
Dietary-induced binge-like eating impairs acoustic startle responses to acute nisoxetine in male mice	2
Discriminative stimulus properties of Cannabis sativa terpenes in rats	2
Buspirone, a 5-HT1A agonist attenuates social isolation-induced behavior deficits in rats: a comparative study with fluoxetine	2
Thymoquinone ameliorates symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in a 6-OHDA rat model by downregulation of miR-204-3p	2
Neurobehavioral manifestations in female rats after intermittent exposure to an anticancer agent, paclitaxel	2
5-(4-Hydroxy-3-dimethoxybenzylidene)-thiazolidinone improves motor functions and exerts antioxidant potential in hemiparkinsonian rats	2
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2–associated changes in pharmacokinetics, locomotor function and peripheral glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid levels during acute alcohol intoxication in male mice	2
Preclinical comparison of antinociceptive effects between ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen, and acetaminophen on acid-stimulated body stretching and acid-depressed feeding behaviors in rats	2

Role of l-arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/KATP channel signaling pathway and opioid receptors in the antinociceptive effect of rutin in mice	2
Examination of the mechanisms underlying the discriminative stimulus properties of the atypical antipsychotic amisulpride	2
Burrowing as an index of inflammatory pain in male vs. female rats	2
Spontaneous alternation and stereotypical behaviour in deer mice: response to escitalopram and levetiracetam	2
The interactive effects of verapamil and CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, AM251 on passive avoidance learning and memory in rat	2
Alcohol consumption and preference in female rats induced by reward downshift reveals sex generality of the modulatory role of physical activity	2
Relapse to cotinine seeking in rats: differential effects of sex	2
Sodium butyrate enhances fear extinction and rescues hippocampal acetylcholinesterase activity in a rat model of posttraumatic stress disorder	2
Fenofibrate ameliorates olanzapine’s side effects without altering its central effect: emphasis on FGF-21–adiponectin axis	1
Estradiol enhances the mirtazapine effects on the expression of cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization in female rats	1
Blockade of the GABAB receptor suppressed alcohol self-administration in rats: an effect similar to that produced by GABAB receptor activation	1
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	1
The anti-nociceptive activity of naringenin passes through L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway and opioid receptors	1
The effects of xylazine on locomotion and motor behaviour in a planarian model	1
Modeling spontaneous opioid withdrawal in male and female outbred mice using traditional endpoints and hyperalgesia	1
Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	1
Sex differences in the acute ethanol effects on object recognition memory: influence of estrous cycle	1
Evaluation of potential punishing effects of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM) in rhesus monkeys responding under a choice procedure	1
Omeprazole affects the expression of serotonin-1A in the brain regions and alleviates anxiety in rat model of immobilization-induced stress	1
Delivering a new generation of translational animal models for depression research	1
Assessment of antidepressant-like effects of dextromethorphan on differential reinforcement of low-rate 72-s performance in rats	1
Announcement of new editor: Bart Ellenbroek	1
Effects of Ketanserin, M100907 and Olanzapine on hallucinogenic like action induced by 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine	1
Role of D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors within the CA1 hippocampal region in the stress-induced antinociceptive response in the exposure to acute pain	1
Paul Willner Obituary	1
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	1
Maternal treatment with aripiprazole prevents the development of a valproic acid-induced autism-like phenotype in juvenile male mice	1
Menstrual cycle influences on cue-induced smoking cravings and heart rate variability	1
A novel tramadol–polycaprolactone implant could palliate heroin conditioned place preference and withdrawal in rats: behavioral and neurochemical study	1
Effect of acute treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, and estrus phase on cue- and drug-induced fentanyl seeking in female rats	1
Anorectic effect of COR659 in a rat model of overeating	1
Is impulsivity related to attentional bias in cigarette smokers? An exploration across levels of nicotine dependency and deprivation.	1
Effects of the psychoactive compounds in green tea on risky decision-making	1
Minocycline as a potential anxiolytic drug: systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence in murine models	1