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Antonello Bonci 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 Antonello Bonci sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 246 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Antonello Bonci 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 Antonello Bonci sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Antonello Bonci is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research centers primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their work encompasses a range of main topics, including:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Antonello Bonci has published in multiple venues, frequently contributing to UNC Libraries, with additional works appearing in Immunity, Journal of Pain Research, Science Advances, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers include:

  • "Microglial activation elicits a negative affective state through prostaglandin-mediated modulation of striatal neurons" (2021, Immunity)
  • "Chronic Pain: What Does It Mean? A Review on the Use of the Term Chronic Pain in Clinical Practice" (2021, Journal of Pain Research)
  • "Fentanyl vapor self-administration model in mice to study opioid addiction" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Control of food approach and eating by a GABAergic projection from lateral hypothalamus to dorsal pons" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Cooperative synaptic and intrinsic plasticity in a disynaptic limbic circuit drive stress-induced anhedonia and passive coping in mice" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • William Raffaeli
  • Michael Tenti
  • Valentina Malafoglia
  • Sara Ilari
  • Garret D. Stuber

Antonello Bonci has been recognized by election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2016 and is also a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

    Hsing-Chen Tsai;Feng Zhang;Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Garret D Stuber

  • Drugs of abuse and stress trigger a common synaptic adaptation in dopamine neurons.

    Daniel Saal;Yan Dong;Antonello Bonci;Robert C Malenka

  • Single cocaine exposure in vivo induces long-term potentiation in dopamine neurons

    Mark A. Ungless;Jennifer L. Whistler;Robert C. Malenka;Antonello Bonci

  • Chemogenetics revealed: DREADD occupancy and activation via converted clozapine.

    Juan L. Gomez;Jordi Bonaventura;Wojciech Lesniak;William B. Mathews

  • Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking

    Garret D. Stuber;Garret D. Stuber;Dennis R. Sparta;Dennis R. Sparta;Alice M. Stamatakis;Wieke A. van Leeuwen

  • Orexin A in the VTA is critical for the induction of synaptic plasticity and behavioral sensitization to cocaine.

    Stephanie L. Borgland;Sharif A. Taha;Federica Sarti;Howard L. Fields

  • Synaptic and behavioral profile of multiple glutamatergic inputs to the nucleus accumbens

    Jonathan P. Britt;Faiza Benaliouad;Ross A. McDevitt;Garret D. Stuber

  • Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine.

    Mark J. Thomas;Corinne Beurrier;Antonello Bonci;Robert C. Malenka

  • Dopaminergic terminals in the nucleus accumbens but not the dorsal striatum corelease glutamate.

    Garret D. Stuber;Thomas S. Hnasko;Jonathan P. Britt;Robert H. Edwards

  • Rescuing cocaine-induced prefrontal cortex hypoactivity prevents compulsive cocaine seeking

    Billy T. Chen;Hau-Jie Yau;Christina Hatch;Ikue Kusumoto-Yoshida

  • Transient stimulation of distinct subpopulations of striatal neurons mimics changes in action value

    Lung-Hao Tai;A Moses Lee;Nora Benavidez;Antonello Bonci;Antonello Bonci;Antonello Bonci

  • Optogenetic interrogation of dopaminergic modulation of the multiple phases of reward-seeking behavior.

    Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Hsing-Chen Tsai;Benjamin Boutrel;Feng Zhang

  • Local Cues Establish and Maintain Region-Specific Phenotypes of Basal Ganglia Microglia

    Lindsay M. De Biase;Kornel E. Schuebel;Zachary H. Fusfeld;Kamwing Jair

  • A central role of the BK potassium channel in behavioral responses to ethanol in C. elegans.

    Andrew G. Davies;Jonathan T. Pierce-Shimomura;Hongkyun Kim;Miri K. VanHoven

  • Cocaine but Not Natural Reward Self-Administration nor Passive Cocaine Infusion Produces Persistent LTP in the VTA

    Billy T. Chen;M. Scott Bowers;Miquel Martin;F. Woodward Hopf

  • Cell-Type-Specific Control of Brainstem Locomotor Circuits by Basal Ganglia

    Thomas K. Roseberry;Thomas K. Roseberry;A. Moses Lee;A. Moses Lee;Arnaud L. Lalive;Linda Wilbrecht

  • Properties and Plasticity of Excitatory Synapses on Dopaminergic and GABAergic Cells in the Ventral Tegmental Area

    Antonello Bonci;Robert C. Malenka

  • Orexin A/Hypocretin-1 Selectively Promotes Motivation for Positive Reinforcers

    Borgland Sl;Chang Sj;Bowers Ms;Thompson Jl

  • Reward-Predictive Cues Enhance Excitatory Synaptic Strength onto Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

    Garret D. Stuber;Marianne Klanker;Bram de Ridder;M. Scott Bowers

  • Acute and Chronic Cocaine-Induced Potentiation of Synaptic Strength in the Ventral Tegmental Area: Electrophysiological and Behavioral Correlates in Individual Rats

    Stephanie L. Borgland;Robert C. Malenka;Antonello Bonci

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Garret D. Stuber
Garret D. Stuber University of Washington
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Robert C. Malenka
Robert C. Malenka Stanford University
Kay M. Tye
Kay M. Tye Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Paolo Calabresi
Paolo Calabresi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Stephanie L. Borgland
Stephanie L. Borgland University of Calgary
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin
Selena E. Bartlett
Selena E. Bartlett Queensland University of Technology

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