| Endocannabinoid hedonic hotspot for sensory pleasure: anandamide in nucleus accumbens shell enhances ‘liking’of a sweet reward SV Mahler, KS Smith, KC Berridge Neuropsychopharmacology 32 (11), 2267-2278, 2007 | 504 | 2007 |
| Designer receptors show role for ventral pallidum input to ventral tegmental area in cocaine seeking SV Mahler, EM Vazey, JT Beckley, CR Keistler, EM McGlinchey, ... Nature neuroscience 17 (4), 577-585, 2014 | 429 | 2014 |
| Motivational activation: a unifying hypothesis of orexin/hypocretin function SV Mahler, DE Moorman, RJ Smith, MH James, G Aston-Jones Nature neuroscience 17 (10), 1298-1303, 2014 | 413 | 2014 |
| DREADDS: Use and application in behavioral neuroscience. KS Smith, DJ Bucci, BW Luikart, SV Mahler Behavioral neuroscience 130 (2), 137, 2016 | 371 | 2016 |
| Behavioral and hormonal responses of men to brief interactions with women JR Roney, SV Mahler, D Maestripieri Evolution and human Behavior 24 (6), 365-375, 2003 | 294 | 2003 |
| Multiple roles for orexin/hypocretin in addiction SV Mahler, RJ Smith, DE Moorman, GC Sartor, G Aston-Jones Progress in Brain Research 198, 79, 2012 | 252 | 2012 |
| Which cue to “want?” Central amygdala opioid activation enhances and focuses incentive salience on a prepotent reward cue SV Mahler, KC Berridge Journal of Neuroscience 29 (20), 6500-6513, 2009 | 239 | 2009 |
| High-potency ligands for DREADD imaging and activation in rodents and monkeys J Bonaventura, MAG Eldridge, F Hu, JL Gomez, M Sanchez-Soto, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 4627, 2019 | 225 | 2019 |
| A decade of orexin/hypocretin and addiction: where are we now? MH James, SV Mahler, DE Moorman, G Aston-Jones Behavioral neuroscience of orexin/hypocretin, 247-281, 2016 | 206 | 2016 |
| CNO evil? Considerations for the use of DREADDs in behavioral neuroscience SV Mahler, G Aston-Jones Neuropsychopharmacology 43 (5), 934-936, 2018 | 187 | 2018 |
| Prelimbic to accumbens core pathway is recruited in a dopamine-dependent manner to drive cued reinstatement of cocaine seeking EM McGlinchey, MH James, SV Mahler, C Pantazis, G Aston-Jones Journal of Neuroscience 36 (33), 8700-8711, 2016 | 182 | 2016 |
| Fos activation of selective afferents to ventral tegmental area during cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in rats SV Mahler, GS Aston-Jones Journal of Neuroscience 32 (38), 13309-13325, 2012 | 181 | 2012 |
| What and when to “want”? Amygdala-based focusing of incentive salience upon sugar and sex SV Mahler, KC Berridge Psychopharmacology 221 (3), 407-426, 2012 | 181 | 2012 |
| Hedonic hotspots: Generating sensory pleasure in the brain. KS Smith, SV Mahler, S Peciña, KC Berridge Oxford University Press, 2010 | 168 | 2010 |
| Interactions between VTA orexin and glutamate in cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in rats SV Mahler, RJ Smith, G Aston-Jones Psychopharmacology 226 (4), 687-698, 2013 | 163 | 2013 |
| Chemogenetic manipulations of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons reveal multifaceted roles in cocaine abuse SV Mahler, ZD Brodnik, BM Cox, WC Buchta, BS Bentzley, J Quintanilla, ... Journal of Neuroscience 39 (3), 503-518, 2019 | 124 | 2019 |
| Differential effects of nicotine on alcohol consumption in men and women A Acheson, SV Mahler, H Chi, H de Wit Psychopharmacology 186 (1), 54-63, 2006 | 113 | 2006 |
| Early-life adversity facilitates acquisition of cocaine self-administration and induces persistent anhedonia JL Bolton, CM Ruiz, N Rismanchi, GA Sanchez, E Castillo, J Huang, ... Neurobiology of Stress 8, 57-67, 2018 | 105 | 2018 |
| Comparative pharmacokinetics of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in adolescent and adult male mice A Torrens, V Vozella, H Huff, B McNeil, F Ahmed, A Ghidini, SV Mahler, ... The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 374 (1), 151-160, 2020 | 96 | 2020 |
| Modeling cocaine relapse in rodents: Behavioral considerations and circuit mechanisms MR Farrell, H Schoch, SV Mahler Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 87, 33-47, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
Gary Aston-JonesDirector, Brain Health Institute, Rutgers UniversityVerified email at rutgers.edu
