Rainer Spanagel
Impact in
- Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Papers in
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- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 176
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 88
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- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 76
- Co-authors
- Toni S. Shippenberg (12 shared papers)Valentina Vengeliene (45 shared papers)Sabine M. Hölter (17 shared papers)Carles Sanchis‐Segura (18 shared papers)Friedbert Weiss (3 shared papers)Ainhoa Bilbao (29 shared papers)A. Herz (3 shared papers)W. Zieglgänsberger (18 shared papers)
- Journals
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (28 papers)Psychopharmacology (22 papers)Neuropsychopharmacology (18 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (15 papers)Addiction Biology (15 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Rainer Spanagel
335 papers receiving 19.5k citations
Rainer Spanagel's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
- Behavioral Neuroscience 2.8k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 11.2k
- Biological Psychiatry 1.2k
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 2.2k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 3.5k
Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Spanagel
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Spanagel
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rainer Spanagel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 342 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opposing tonically active endogenous opioid systems modulate the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway. Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 823 |
| 2 | The dopamine hypothesis of reward: past and current status Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 772 |
| 3 | Impaired stress response and reduced anxiety in mice lacking a functional corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 751 |
| 4 | 2009 | 492 | |
| 5 | 2006 | 479 | |
| 6 | 1990 | 476 | |
| 7 | 2004 | 463 | |
| 8 | 2004 | 459 | |
| 9 | 2008 | 413 | |
| 10 | 2002 | 383 | |
| 11 | 2008 | 326 | |
| 12 | 2003 | 311 | |
| 13 | 2009 | 280 | |
| 14 | 1997 | 245 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 229 | |
| 16 | 1999 | 227 | |
| 17 | 1996 | 221 | |
| 18 | 2003 | 214 | |
| 19 | 1995 | 183 | |
| 20 | 2008 | 182 |
About Rainer Spanagel
Rainer Spanagel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 342 papers that have together received 19.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (176 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (88 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (76 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (40 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (30 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (30 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (2.8k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (11.2k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.2k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (3.5k citations). Rainer Spanagel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Toni S. Shippenberg, Valentina Vengeliene, Sabine M. Hölter, Carles Sanchis‐Segura, Friedbert Weiss, Ainhoa Bilbao, A. Herz, W. Zieglgänsberger, Hamid R. Noori and Albert Herz. Their work appears in journals such as Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Neuroscience and Addiction Biology.
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