Howard C. Becker

Howard C. Becker publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Howard C. Becker D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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Best Publications

• Increased ethanol drinking after repeated chronic ethanol exposure and withdrawal experience in C57BL/6 mice.

  Howard C. Becker;Marcelo F. Lopez

  553
  Citations

• Acute withdrawal, protracted abstinence and negative affect in alcoholism: Are they linked?

  Markus Heilig;Mark Egli;John C. Crabbe;Howard C. Becker

  481
  Citations

• Repeated Episodes of Ethanol Withdrawal Potentiate the Severity of Subsequent Withdrawal Seizures: An Animal Model of Alcohol Withdrawal “Kindling”

  Howard C. Becker;Robert L. Hale

  395
  Citations

• Effect of pattern and number of chronic ethanol exposures on subsequent voluntary ethanol intake in C57BL/6J mice.

  Marcelo F. Lopez;Howard C. Becker;Howard C. Becker

  346
  Citations

• Effects of stress on alcohol drinking: a review of animal studies

  Howard C. Becker;Howard C. Becker;Marcelo F. Lopez;Tamara L. Doremus-Fitzwater

  272
  Citations

• Chronic alcohol exposure alters behavioral and synaptic plasticity of the rodent prefrontal cortex.

  Sven Kroener;Patrick J. Mulholland;Natasha N. New;Justin T. Gass

  262
  Citations

• A double-blind trial of gabapentin versus lorazepam in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.

  Hugh Myrick;Robert Malcolm;Patrick K. Randall;Elizabeth Boyle

  242
  Citations

• Intensity and duration of chronic ethanol exposure is critical for subsequent escalation of voluntary ethanol drinking in mice.

  William C. Griffin;Marcelo F. Lopez;Howard C. Becker

  221
  Citations

• Alcohol Dependence, Withdrawal, and Relapse

  Howard C. Becker

  219
  Citations

• Influence of stress associated with chronic alcohol exposure on drinking.

  Howard C. Becker

  203
  Citations

• Increased Extracellular Glutamate In the Nucleus Accumbens Promotes Excessive Ethanol Drinking in Ethanol Dependent Mice

  William C Griffin;Harold L Haun;Callan L Hazelbaker;Vorani S Ramachandra

  196
  Citations

• Repeated cycles of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice increases voluntary ethanol drinking and ethanol concentrations in the nucleus accumbens

  William C. Griffin;Marcelo F. Lopez;Amy B. Yanke;Lawrence D. Middaugh

  185
  Citations

• Kindling in alcohol withdrawal.

  Howard C. Becker

  182
  Citations

• Animal Models of Alcohol Withdrawal

  Howard C. Becker

  180
  Citations

• Positive relationship between the number of prior ethanol withdrawal episodes and the severity of subsequent withdrawal seizures.

  Howard C. Becker

  178
  Citations

• Teratogenic actions of ethanol in the mouse: a minireview.

  Howard C. Becker;Jaime L. Diaz-Granados;Carrie L. Randall

  174
  Citations

• Consequences of multiple withdrawals from alcohol.

  Theodora Duka;John Gentry;Robert Malcolm;Tamzin L. Ripley

  171
  Citations

• Repeated ethanol withdrawal experience increases the severity and duration of subsequent withdrawal seizures in mice

  Howard C. Becker;Howard C. Becker;Jaime L. Diaz-Granados;R.T. Weathersby

  167
  Citations

• Correlation of corticosterone elevation and negative contrast varies as a function of postshift day

  Charles F. Flaherty;Howard C. Becker;Larissa Pohorecky

  164
  Citations

• Chronic social isolation and chronic variable stress during early development induce later elevated ethanol intake in adult C57BL/6J mice

  Marcelo F. Lopez;Tamara L. Doremus-Fitzwater;Howard C. Becker

  159
  Citations