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Keith B.J. Franklin

Keith B.J. Franklin

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
13650
World Ranking
6801
National Ranking
400

Overview

Keith B.J. Franklin is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their recent research contributions focus on neuroscience, specifically brain reward and aversion circuits.

One notable paper authored with Dan P. Covey titled "Editorial: Brain reward and aversion circuits: progress review on current and future breakthroughs" was published in 2025 in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

  • Editorial: Brain reward and aversion circuits: progress review on current and future breakthroughs (2025, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dan P. Covey

Their publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Comprar The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, The coronal plates and diagrams Compact, 3rd Edition | Keith Franklin | 9780123742445 | Academic Press

    Keith Franklin;George Paxinos

  • Paxinos and Franklin's the Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    George Paxinos;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • The mesolimbic dopaminergic system is implicated in the reinforcing effects of nicotine

    William A. Corrigall;Keith B. J. Franklin;Kathleen M. Coen;Paul B. S. Clarke

  • The formalin test: scoring properties of the first and second phases of the pain response in rats

    Frances V. Abbott;Keith B.J. Franklin;R.Frederick Westbrook

  • mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates

    Keith B. J. Franklin;George Paxinos

  • The development of a conditioned place preference to morphine: effects of microinjections into various CNS sites.

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • Pimozide-induced extinction in rats: stimulus control of responding rules out motor deficit.

    K.B.J. Franklin;S.N. McCoy

  • Catecholamines and self-stimulation: Reward and performance effects dissociated

    K.B.J. Franklin

  • Formalin pain is expressed in decerebrate rats but not attenuated by morphine.

    Brigitte K. Matthies;Keith B.J. Franklin

  • Catecholamines and self-stimulation: Evidence suggesting a reinforcing role for noradrenaline and a motivating role for dopamine

    L.J. Herberg;D.N. Stephens;K.B.J. Franklin

  • Effects of Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus Lesions on Responding for Intravenous Heroin under Different Schedules of Reinforcement

    Mary C. Olmstead;Elizabeth M. Munn;Keith B. J. Franklin;Roy A. Wise

  • Dopamine receptor subtypes and formalin test analgesia.

    Michael J. Morgan;Keith B.J. Franklin

  • The development of a conditioned place preference to morphine : Effects of lesions of various CNS sites

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • Estrogen modulates spontaneous alternation and the cholinergic phenotype in the basal forebrain.

    M.M. Miller;S.M. Hyder;R. Assayag;S.R. Panarella

  • 6-Hydroxydopamine lesions of the ventral tegmentum abolish D-amphetamine and morphine analgesia in the formalin test but not in the tail flick test.

    Michael J. Morgan;Keith B.J. Franklin

  • Acute tryptophan depletion blocks morphine analgesia in the cold-pressor test in humans.

    Frances V. Abbott;Pierre Etienne;Keith B. J. Franklin;Michael J. Morgan

  • Apparent lack of tolerance in the formalin test suggests different mechanisms for morphine analgesia in different types of pain.

    F.V. Abbott;K.B.J. Franklin;R.J. Ludwick;R. Melzack

  • Lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus block drug-induced reinforcement but not amphetamine-induced locomotion

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B.J. Franklin

  • The stress of a novel environment reduces formalin pain: possible role of serotonin.

    Frances V. Abbott;Keith B.J. Franklin;Barry Connell

  • Reconsolidation of a morphine place preference: impact of the strength and age of memory on disruption by propranolol and midazolam.

    M.J.F. Robinson;K.B.J. Franklin

Frequent Co-Authors

Frances V. Abbott
Frances V. Abbott McGill University
Mary C. Olmstead
Mary C. Olmstead Queen's University
George Paxinos
George Paxinos Neuroscience Research Australia
Paul B. S. Clarke
Paul B. S. Clarke McGill University
Ronald Melzack
Ronald Melzack McGill University
Michael J. Morgan
Michael J. Morgan City, University of London
Franco J. Vaccarino
Franco J. Vaccarino University of Guelph
Satyabrata Kar
Satyabrata Kar University of Alberta
Roy A. Wise
Roy A. Wise National Institute on Drug Abuse
R. Frederick Westbrook
R. Frederick Westbrook University of New South Wales

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