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Anthony G. Phillips publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony G. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 324 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Anthony G. Phillips D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony G. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 107 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Anthony G. Phillips is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with 31 and 14 publications respectively. Within these domains, their subfields of expertise include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of specific topics, such as:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Anthony G. Phillips illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • Neuroplasticity as a convergent mechanism of ketamine and classical psychedelics (2021), published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • Ketamine and its metabolite, (2R,6R)-HNK, restore hippocampal LTP and long-term spatial memory in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression (2020), published in Molecular Brain
  • LTD is involved in the formation and maintenance of rat hippocampal CA1 place-cell fields (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • A naturalistic method to test depression: Anticipation of play (2020), published in Behavioural Brain Research
  • Tetrahydroprotoberberines: A Novel Source of Pharmacotherapies for Substance Use Disorders? (2020), published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

The scientist's research has appeared frequently in a range of venues, including Theology, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Behavioural Brain Research, Neuropharmacology, and The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. They have contributed multiple publications to these journals, reflecting diverse engagement with both pharmacological and behavioral neuroscience topics.

Anthony G. Phillips has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Soyon Ahn, Lily R. Aleksandrova, Yu Tian Wang, Maya O. Nesbit, and Haiyan Zou.

Throughout their career, they have received recognition such as the Canadian Psychological Association's CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science in 1995, as well as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Grand challenges in global mental health

    Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March

  • Why has it taken so long for biological psychiatry to develop clinical tests and what to do about it

    S Kapur;A G Phillips;T R Insel

  • Targeted disruption of the Huntington's disease gene results in embryonic lethality and behavioral and morphological changes in heterozygotes.

    Jamal Nasir;Stan B Floresco;John R O'Kusky;Virginia M Diewert

  • A YAC mouse model for Huntington's disease with full-length mutant huntingtin, cytoplasmic toxicity, and selective striatal neurodegeneration.

    J.Graeme Hodgson;Nadia Agopyan;Claire-Anne Gutekunst;Blair R Leavitt

  • Selective Roles for Hippocampal, Prefrontal Cortical, and Ventral Striatal Circuits in Radial-Arm Maze Tasks With or Without a Delay

    Stan B. Floresco;Jeremy K. Seamans;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Conditioned place preference as a measure of drug reward.

    Geoffrey D. Carr;Hans C. Fibiger;Anthony G. Phillips

  • D1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal–Prefrontal Cortical Circuits Integrating Spatial Memory with Executive Functions in the Rat

    Jeremy K. Seamans;Stan B. Floresco;Anthony G. Phillips

  • The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Hendrik G. Stunnenberg;Martin Hirst

  • Dopamine functions in appetitive and defensive behaviours.

    James R. Blackburn;James G. Pfaus;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Sexual behavior increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of male rats: comparison with novelty and locomotion.

    Geert Damsma;James G. Pfaus;Danielle Wenkstern;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Sexual behavior enhances central dopamine transmission in the male rat.

    J. G. Pfaus;Geert Damsma;George G. Nomikos;D. G. Wenkstern

  • Dopaminergic substrates of amphetamine-induced place preference conditioning

    Christina Spyraki;Hans C. Fibiger;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Reinforcing Effects of Morphine Microinjection into the Ventral Tegmental Area

    Anthony G Phillips;Fredrik G LePiane

  • Functional differences between the prelimbic and anterior cingulate regions of the rat prefrontal cortex.

    Jeremy K. Seamans;Stanley B. Floresco;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Attenuation of heroin reward in rats by disruption of the mesolimbic dopamine system.

    Christina Spyraki;Hans C. Fibiger;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Role of dopamine in anticipatory and consummatory aspects of sexual behavior in the male rat.

    James G. Pfaus;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Reward, Motivation, Cognition: Psychobiology of Mesotelencephalic Dopamine Systems

    H. C. Fibiger;A. G. Phillips

  • Dopamine release in human ventral striatum and expectation of reward.

    Raúl de la Fuente-Fernández;Anthony G Phillips;Mariangela Zamburlini;Vesna Sossi

  • Effects of expectation on placebo-induced dopamine release in Parkinson disease.

    Sarah C. Lidstone;Michael Schulzer;Katherine Dinelle;Edwin Mak

  • Nucleus Accumbens Long-Term Depression and the Expression of Behavioral Sensitization

    Karen Brebner;Tak Pan Wong;Lidong Liu;Yitao Liu

  • Decreased intracranial self-stimulation after neuroleptics or 6-hydroxydopamine: evidence for mediation by motor deficits rather than by reduced reward.

    H. C. Fibiger;D. A. Carter;A. G. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans C. Fibiger
Hans C. Fibiger University of British Columbia
Charles D. Blaha
Charles D. Blaha Mayo Clinic
Stan B. Floresco
Stan B. Floresco University of British Columbia
Alasdair M. Barr
Alasdair M. Barr University of British Columbia
Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Jeremy K. Seamans
Jeremy K. Seamans University of British Columbia
John G. Howland
John G. Howland University of Saskatchewan
Richard J. Beninger
Richard J. Beninger Queen's University
James G. Pfaus
James G. Pfaus Charles University
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge

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