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| Inhibition of mediodorsal thalamus disrupts thalamofrontal connectivity and cognition S Parnaudeau, PK O’neill, SS Bolkan, RD Ward, AI Abbas, BL Roth, ... Neuron 77 (6), 1151-1162, 2013 | 444 | 2013 |
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| The behavioral neuroscience of motivation: an overview of concepts, measures, and translational applications EH Simpson, PD Balsam Behavioral neuroscience of motivation, 1-12, 2015 | 334 | 2015 |
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| Transient overexpression of striatal D2 receptors impairs operant motivation and interval timing MR Drew, EH Simpson, C Kellendonk, WG Herzberg, O Lipatova, ... Journal of Neuroscience 27 (29), 7731-7739, 2007 | 252 | 2007 |
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| A perceptual inference mechanism for hallucinations linked to striatal dopamine CM Cassidy, PD Balsam, JJ Weinstein, RJ Rosengard, M Slifstein, ... Current Biology 28 (4), 503-514. e4, 2018 | 200 | 2018 |
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| Effects of dopamine antagonists on the timing of two intervals MR Drew, S Fairhurst, C Malapani, JC Horvitz, PD Balsam Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 75 (1), 9-15, 2003 | 179 | 2003 |
| Time to rethink the neural mechanisms of learning and memory CR Gallistel, PD Balsam Neurobiology of learning and memory 108, 136-144, 2014 | 161 | 2014 |
| Newborn infants learn during sleep WP Fifer, DL Byrd, M Kaku, IM Eigsti, JR Isler, J Grose-Fifer, AR Tarullo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (22), 10320-10323, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
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