| Ventral tegmental area BDNF induces an opiate-dependent–like reward state in naïve rats H Vargas-Perez, R Ting-A-Kee, CH Walton, DM Hansen, R Razavi, ... Science 324 (5935), 1732-1734, 2009 | 219 | 2009 |
| VTA CRF neurons mediate the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote intake escalation TE Grieder, MA Herman, C Contet, LA Tan, H Vargas-Perez, A Cohen, ... Nature neuroscience 17 (12), 1751-1758, 2014 | 138 | 2014 |
| BDNF signaling in the VTA links the drug-dependent state to drug withdrawal aversions H Vargas-Perez, A Bahi, MR Bufalino, R Ting-A-Kee, G Maal-Bared, ... Journal of Neuroscience 34 (23), 7899-7909, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| Dopaminergic signaling mediates the motivational response underlying the opponent process to chronic but not acute nicotine TE Grieder, LH Sellings, H Vargas-Perez, R Ting-A-Kee, EC Siu, ... Neuropsychopharmacology 35 (4), 943-954, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| A test of the opponent‐process theory of motivation using lesions that selectively block morphine reward H Vargas‐Perez, RA Ting‐A‐Kee, A Heinmiller, JE Sturgess, ... European Journal of Neuroscience 25 (12), 3713-3718, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Induction of c-fos in nucleus accumbens in naive male Balb/c mice after wheel running H Vargas-Pérez, J Mena-Segovia, M Giordano, JL Dı́az Neuroscience letters 352 (2), 81-84, 2003 | 31 | 2003 |
| Different neural systems mediate morphine reward and its spontaneous withdrawal aversion H Vargas‐Perez, R Ting‐A‐Kee, D Van Der Kooy European Journal of Neuroscience 29 (10), 2029-2034, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
| Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons and opiate motivation R Ting-A-Kee, H Vargas-Perez, JK Mabey, SI Shin, SC Steffensen, ... Psychopharmacology 227, 697-709, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Ting-A Kee R, Walton CH, Hansen DM, Razavi R, Clarke L, Bufalino MR, Allison DW, Steffensen SC, van der Kooy D (2009) Ventral tegmental area BDNF induces an opiate-dependent … H Vargas-Perez Science 324, 1732-1734, 0 | 26 | |
| Infusion of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor into the ventral tegmental area switches the substrates mediating ethanol motivation R Ting‐A‐Kee, H Vargas‐Perez, MR Bufalino, A Bahi, JL Dreyer, ... European Journal of Neuroscience 37 (6), 996-1003, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| Tegmental pedunculopontine glutamate and GABA-B synapses mediate morphine reward. A Heinmiller, R Ting-A-Kee, H Vargas-Perez, A Yeh, D van der Kooy Behavioral neuroscience 123 (1), 145, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| Wheel running use in dopamine D2L receptor knockout mice H Vargas-Pérez, E Borrelli, JL Dı́az Neuroscience letters 366 (2), 172-175, 2004 | 22 | 2004 |
| Social dominance rank influences wheel running behavior in mice H Vargas-Pérez, L Sellings, T Grieder, JL Díaz Neuroscience letters 457 (3), 137-140, 2009 | 19 | 2009 |
| A single administration of the hallucinogen, 4‐acetoxy‐dimethyltryptamine, prevents the shift to a drug‐dependent state and the expression of withdrawal aversions in rodents H Vargas‐Perez, TE Grieder, R Ting‐A‐Kee, G Maal‐Bared, M Chwalek, ... European Journal of Neuroscience 45 (11), 1410-1417, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Reinforcement of wheel running in BALB/c mice: role of motor activity and endogenous opioids H Vargas-Pérez, LHL Sellings, RG Paredes, RA Prado-Alcalá, JL Díaz Journal of Motor Behavior 40 (6), 587-593, 2008 | 18 | 2008 |
| Dopamine D1 receptors are not critical for opiate reward but can mediate opiate memory retrieval in a state-dependent manner R Ting-A-Kee, LE Mercuriano, H Vargas-Perez, SR George, ... Behavioural brain research 247, 174-177, 2013 | 10 | 2013 |
| Deletion of α5 nicotine receptor subunits abolishes nicotinic aversive motivational effects in a manner that phenocopies dopamine receptor antagonism TE Grieder, O George, M Yee, MA Bergamini, M Chwalek, G Maal‐Bared, ... European Journal of Neuroscience 46 (1), 1673-1681, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| CRF neurons in the ventral tegmental area control the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote escalation of nicotine intake TE Grieder, MA Herman, C Contet, LA Tan, H Vargas-Perez, A Cohen, ... Nature neuroscience 17 (12), 1751, 2014 | 8 | 2014 |
| Editorial (Hot topic: The potential of psychedelics as a preventative and auxiliary therapy for drug abuse) H Vargas-Perez, R Doblin Current drug abuse reviews 6 (1), 1-2, 2013 | 7 | 2013 |
| Functional switch in GABA (A) receptors on VTA GABA neurons by chronic ethanol JK Mabey, SI Shin, DN White, CA Nielson, ND Schilaty, R Ting-A-Kee, ... ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 37, 238A-238A, 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
Olivier GeorgeProfessor, University of California San DiegoVerified email at health.ucsd.edu
