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Mercè Correa

Mercè Correa

Jaume I University
Spain

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
13490
World Ranking
3830
National Ranking
52

Mercè Correa 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 Mercè Correa sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 163 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mercè Correa 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 Mercè Correa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mercè Correa is affiliated with Jaume I University in Spain and specializes in neuroscience with a significant focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience. Their body of research includes 49 publications broadly categorized under neuroscience, with notable subfields spanning cellular and molecular neuroscience (26 publications), behavioral neuroscience (12 publications), cognitive neuroscience (6 publications), social psychology (6 publications), and molecular biology (4 publications).

Their research extensively covers topics related to neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, stress responses and cortisol, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and neural and behavioral psychology studies. These topics reflect the core of their scientific exploration: understanding receptor mechanisms, signaling pathways, and the neuropharmacological underpinnings of behavior and physiological responses.

Mercè Correa has contributed to key publication venues throughout their career, with a substantial number of papers appearing in Psychopharmacology (9 publications), Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior (4 publications), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (3 publications), Neuropharmacology (3 publications), and Àgora de salut (2 publications).

Their recent published papers demonstrate ongoing engagement with motivation, dopamine function, and exercise models in behavioral pharmacology:

  • "The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine" (2023) in Annual Review of Psychology
  • "Behavioral and dopamine transporter binding properties of the modafinil analog (S, S)-CE-158: reversal of the motivational effects of tetrabenazine and enhancement of progressive ratio responding" (2020) in Psychopharmacology
  • "Complexities and paradoxes in understanding the role of dopamine in incentive motivation and instrumental action: Exertion of effort vs. anhedonia" (2022) in Brain Research Bulletin
  • "Preference for Exercise vs. More Sedentary Reinforcers: Validation of an Animal Model of Tetrabenazine-Induced Anergia" (2020) in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Preference for vigorous exercise versus sedentary sucrose drinking: an animal model of anergia induced by dopamine receptor antagonism" (2020) in Behavioural Pharmacology

Frequent coauthors in Mercè Correa's work include:

  • John D. Salamone
  • Renee A. Rotolo
  • Rose E. Presby
  • Carla Carratalá-Ros
  • Alev Ecevitoglu

Best Publications

  • The mysterious motivational functions of mesolimbic dopamine.

    John D. Salamone;Mercè Correa;Mercè Correa

  • Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits.

    John D. Salamone;Merce Correa;Merce Correa;Andrew M. Farrar;Susana Mingote

  • Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine.

    John D Salamone;Mercè Correa

  • Beyond the reward hypothesis: alternative functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine

    JD Salamone;M Correa;SM Mingote;SM Weber

  • Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and the Regulation of Effort in Food-Seeking Behavior: Implications for Studies of Natural Motivation, Psychiatry, and Drug Abuse

    John D Salamone;Merce Correa;Susana M Mingote;Suzanne M Weber

  • Dopamine, Behavioral Economics, and Effort

    John D Salamone;Merce Correa;Andrew M Farrar;Eric J Nunes

  • Activational and effort-related aspects of motivation: neural mechanisms and implications for psychopathology

    John D. Salamone;Samantha E. Yohn;Laura López-Cruz;Noemí San Miguel

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Effort-Related Choice Behavior as Assessed by a Progressive Ratio Chow Feeding Choice Task: Pharmacological Studies and the Role of Individual Differences

    Patrick A. Randall;Marta Pardo;Marta Pardo;Eric J. Nunes;Laura López Cruz;Laura López Cruz

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions make animals highly sensitive to high fixed ratio requirements but do not impair primary food reinforcement.

    J.D Salamone;A Wisniecki;B.B Carlson;M Correa

  • Mesolimbic Dopamine and the Regulation of Motivated Behavior

    John D. Salamone;Marta Pardo;Samantha E. Yohn;Laura López-Cruz

  • The behavioral pharmacology of effort-related choice behavior: dopamine, adenosine and beyond

    John D. Salamone;Merce Correa;Eric J. Nunes;Patrick A. Randall

  • Bupropion Increases Selection of High Effort Activity in Rats Tested on a Progressive Ratio/Chow Feeding Choice Procedure: Implications for Treatment of Effort-Related Motivational Symptoms

    Patrick A. Randall;Christie A. Lee;Samantha J. Podurgiel;Evan Hart

  • Dopamine, Effort-Based Choice, and Behavioral Economics: Basic and Translational Research.

    John D. Salamone;Merce Correa;Jen-Hau Yang;Renee Rotolo

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine and work requirements on interval schedules.

    Mercè Correa;Brian B Carlson;Anna Wisniecki;John D Salamone

  • Nucleus accumbens neurotransmission and effort-related choice behavior in food motivation: Effects of drugs acting on dopamine, adenosine, and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

    Eric J. Nunes;Patrick A. Randall;Samantha Podurgiel;Mercè Correa;Mercè Correa

  • Accumbens dopamine and the regulation of effort in food-seeking behavior: modulation of work output by different ratio or force requirements.

    Keita Ishiwari;Suzanne M. Weber;Susana Mingote;Mercè Correa

  • Effort-related motivational effects of the VMAT-2 inhibitor tetrabenazine: Implications for animal models of the motivational symptoms of depression

    Eric J. Nunes;Patrick A. Randall;Evan E. Hart;Charlotte Freeland

  • Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and the Forebrain Circuitry Involved in Behavioral Activation and Effort-Related Decision Making: Implications for Understanding Anergia and Psychomotor Slowing in Depression

    John D. Salamone;Merce Correa;Susana M. Mingote;Suzanne M. Weber

  • The adenosine A2A antagonist KF17837 reverses the locomotor suppression and tremulous jaw movements induced by haloperidol in rats: possible relevance to parkinsonism.

    M Correa;A Wisniecki;A Betz;D.R Dobson

  • Nucleus accumbens and effort-related functions: behavioral and neural markers of the interactions between adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors

    A.M. Farrar;K.N. Segovia;P.A. Randall;E.J. Nunes

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Salamone
John D. Salamone University of Connecticut
Christa E. Müller
Christa E. Müller University of Bonn
Olga Valverde
Olga Valverde Pompeu Fabra University
Catherine Ledent
Catherine Ledent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis Northeastern University
Gert Lubec
Gert Lubec Paracelsus Medical University
Marco Pistis
Marco Pistis University of Cagliari
Michael J. O'Neill
Michael J. O'Neill Eli Lilly (United States)
Christian Pifl
Christian Pifl Medical University of Vienna
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford

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