| Evidence for sugar addiction: behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake NM Avena, P Rada, BG Hoebel Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 32 (1), 20-39, 2008 | 1918 | 2008 |
| Evidence that intermittent, excessive sugar intake causes endogenous opioid dependence C Colantuoni, P Rada, J McCarthy, C Patten, NM Avena, A Chadeayne, ... Obesity research 10 (6), 478-488, 2002 | 754 | 2002 |
| Daily bingeing on sugar repeatedly releases dopamine in the accumbens shell P Rada, NM Avena, BG Hoebel Neuroscience 134 (3), 737-744, 2005 | 706 | 2005 |
| Which foods may be addictive? The roles of processing, fat content, and glycemic load EM Schulte, NM Avena, AN Gearhardt PloS one 10 (2), e0117959, 2015 | 668 | 2015 |
| Sugar and fat bingeing have notable differences in addictive-like behavior NM Avena, P Rada, BG Hoebel The Journal of nutrition 139 (3), 623-628, 2009 | 509 | 2009 |
| Deficits of mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission in rat dietary obesity BM Geiger, M Haburcak, NM Avena, MC Moyer, BG Hoebel, EN Pothos Neuroscience 159 (4), 1193-1199, 2009 | 483 | 2009 |
| High-fructose corn syrup causes characteristics of obesity in rats: increased body weight, body fat and triglyceride levels ME Bocarsly, ES Powell, NM Avena, BG Hoebel Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 97 (1), 101-106, 2010 | 469 | 2010 |
| Feeding and reward: perspectives from three rat models of binge eating RL Corwin, NM Avena, MM Boggiano Physiology & behavior 104 (1), 87-97, 2011 | 357 | 2011 |
| A diet promoting sugar dependency causes behavioral cross-sensitization to a low dose of amphetamine NM Avena, BG Hoebel Neuroscience 122 (1), 17-20, 2003 | 357 | 2003 |
| Opiate-like effects of sugar on gene expression in reward areas of the rat brain R Spangler, KM Wittkowski, NL Goddard, NM Avena, BG Hoebel, ... Molecular Brain Research 124 (2), 134-142, 2004 | 321 | 2004 |
| After daily bingeing on a sucrose solution, food deprivation induces anxiety and accumbens dopamine/acetylcholine imbalance NM Avena, ME Bocarsly, P Rada, A Kim, BG Hoebel Physiology & behavior 94 (3), 309-315, 2008 | 315 | 2008 |
| Sugar-dependent rats show enhanced responding for sugar after abstinence: evidence of a sugar deprivation effect NM Avena, KA Long, BG Hoebel Physiology & behavior 84 (3), 359-362, 2005 | 286 | 2005 |
| Dysregulation of brain reward systems in eating disorders: neurochemical information from animal models of binge eating, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa NM Avena, ME Bocarsly Neuropharmacology 63 (1), 87-96, 2012 | 284 | 2012 |
| Hormonal and neural mechanisms of food reward, eating behaviour and obesity S Murray, A Tulloch, MS Gold, NM Avena Nature Reviews Endocrinology 10 (9), 540-552, 2014 | 282 | 2014 |
| Sucrose sham feeding on a binge schedule releases accumbens dopamine repeatedly and eliminates the acetylcholine satiety response NM Avena, P Rada, N Moise, BG Hoebel Neuroscience 139 (3), 813-820, 2006 | 251 | 2006 |
| Accumbens dopamine-acetylcholine balance in approach and avoidance BG Hoebel, NM Avena, P Rada Current opinion in pharmacology 7 (6), 617-627, 2007 | 225 | 2007 |
| The study of food addiction using animal models of binge eating NM Avena Appetite 55 (3), 734-737, 2010 | 193 | 2010 |
| Sugar-dependent rats show enhanced intake of unsweetened ethanol NM Avena, CA Carrillo, L Needham, SF Leibowitz, BG Hoebel Alcohol 34 (2-3), 203-209, 2004 | 191 | 2004 |
| Amphetamine-sensitized rats show sugar-induced hyperactivity (cross-sensitization) and sugar hyperphagia NM Avena, BG Hoebel Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 74 (3), 635-639, 2003 | 178 | 2003 |
| Natural addiction: a behavioral and circuit model based on sugar addiction in rats BG Hoebel, NM Avena, ME Bocarsly, P Rada Journal of addiction medicine 3 (1), 33-41, 2009 | 172 | 2009 |
