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Franco J. Vaccarino

Franco J. Vaccarino

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
7042
World Ranking
7843
National Ranking
463

Franco J. Vaccarino 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 Franco J. Vaccarino sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 107 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franco J. Vaccarino 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 Franco J. Vaccarino sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franco J. Vaccarino is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research primarily spans fields within Medicine, with specific focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Among recent publications, Vaccarino has contributed to the paper titled Why Integrating Medications and Psychosocial Interventions is Important to Successfully Address the Opioid Crisis in Canada, published in 2021 in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vaccarino include:

  • Tony P. George
  • Lauren Welsh
  • Susan Franchuk

Their research has been published primarily in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. This venue appears as a notable outlet for their work.

Best Publications

  • Changes in regional brain glucose metabolism measured with positron emission tomography after paroxetine treatment of major depression.

    Sidney H. Kennedy;Kenneth R. Evans;Stephanie Krüger;Helen S. Mayberg

  • The neural substrates for the motor-activating properties of psychostimulants: a review of recent findings.

    Neal R. Swerdlow;Franco J. Vaccarino;Marianne Amalric;George F. Koob

  • Amygdaloid inhibition of maternal behavior in the nulliparous female rat.

    Alison S. Fleming;Frank Vaccarino;Carola Luebke

  • Vomeronasal and olfactory system modulation of maternal behavior in the rat

    Alison S. Fleming;Franco Vaccarino;Loretta Tambosso;Phyllis Chee

  • Blockade of nucleus accumbens opiate receptors attenuates intravenous heroin reward in the rat

    Franco J. Vaccarino;Floyd E. Bloom;George F. Koob

  • A review of functional neuroimaging in mood disorders: positron emission tomography and depression.

    Sidney H Kennedy;Mahan Javanmard;Franco J Vaccarino

  • Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy predicts catalepsy and the suppression of conditioned avoidance response behavior in rats.

    Marie-Louise G. Wadenberg;Shitij Kapur;Alexandra Soliman;Corey Jones

  • Stimulation of food intake in rats by centrally administered hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing factor

    F. J. Vaccarino;F. J. Vaccarino;F. E. Bloom;J. Rivier;W. Vale

  • Neuroendocrine function and response to stress in mice with complete disruption of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signaling.

    Neil J. MacLusky;Sonya Cook;Sonya Cook;Louise Scrocchi;Louise Scrocchi;Jennifer Shin;Jennifer Shin

  • Neuroanatomic correlates of CCK-4-induced panic attacks in healthy humans: a comparison of two time points

    Mahan Javanmard;Jakov Shlik;Sidney H Kennedy;Franco J Vaccarino

  • Amphetamine- and morphine-induced feeding: evidence for involvement of reward mechanisms.

    Kenneth R. Evans;Franco J. Vaccarino

  • Cholecystokinin receptor subtypes: role in the modulation of anxiety-related and reward-related behaviours in animal models.

    Susan Rotzinger;Franco J. Vaccarino

  • Nucleus accumbens cholecystokinin (CCK) can either attenuate or potentiate amphetamine-induced locomotor activity: evidence for rostral-caudal differences in accumbens CCK function.

    Franco J. Vaccarino;Judy Rankin

  • Blockade of amphetamine but not opiate-induced locomotion following antagonism of dopamine function in the rat

    Franco J. Vaccarino;Marianne Amalric;Neal R. Swerdlow;George F. Koob

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine-CCK interactions in psychostimulant reward and related behaviors

    Franco J. Vaccarino

  • Activation of Amygdala CholecystokininB Receptors Potentiates the Acoustic Startle Response in the Rat

    Paul W. Frankland;Sheena A. Josselyn;Jacques Bradwejn;Franco J. Vaccarino

  • Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity.

    Liqun Wang;Susan Rotzinger;Arij Al Chawaf;Carol F. Elias

  • Low-dose dexamethasone challenge in women with atypical major depression: pilot study.

    Robert D. Levitan;Franco J. Vaccarino;Gregory M. Brown;Sidney H. Kennedy

  • Microinjections of nanogram amounts of sulfated cholecystokinin octapeptide into the rat nucleus accumbens attenuates brain stimulation reward

    F.J. Vaccarino;G.F. Koob

  • Self-administration of intravenous amphetamine is predicted by individual differences in sucrose feeding in rats.

    N. J. DeSousa;D. E. A. Bush;F. J. Vaccarino

  • Intra-nucleus accumbens amphetamine: dose-dependent effects on food intake.

    Kenneth R. Evans;Franco J. Vaccarino

Frequent Co-Authors

George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Sidney H. Kennedy
Sidney H. Kennedy University Health Network
Sheena A. Josselyn
Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto
Jacques Bradwejn
Jacques Bradwejn University of Ottawa
Paul J. Fletcher
Paul J. Fletcher Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Neal R. Swerdlow
Neal R. Swerdlow University of California, San Diego
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Diana Koszycki
Diana Koszycki University of Ottawa
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Alastair J. Flint
Alastair J. Flint University of Toronto

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