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Mitchell F. Roitman

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Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
7822
World Ranking
7151
National Ranking
3096

Mitchell F. Roitman 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 Mitchell F. Roitman sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 83 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mitchell F. Roitman 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 Mitchell F. Roitman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mitchell F. Roitman is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

Mitchell F. Roitman has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • eLife
  • Physiology & Behavior
  • Scientific Reports

Recent published papers include:

  • "Thirst recruits phasic dopamine signaling through subfornical organ neurons," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "An open-source platform for head-fixed operant and consummatory behavior," 2023, eLife
  • "Descending Dopaminergic Inputs to Reticulospinal Neurons Promote Locomotor Movements," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Central oxytocin signaling inhibits food reward-motivated behaviors and VTA dopamine responses to food-predictive cues in male rats," 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • "Amylin Modulates a Ventral Tegmental Area-to-Medial Prefrontal Cortex Circuit to Suppress Food Intake and Impulsive Food-Directed Behavior," 2023, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ted M. Hsu
  • Paula Bazzino
  • Jamie D. Roitman
  • Pushkar Bansal
  • Erica E. Jung

Best Publications

  • Dopamine Operates as a Subsecond Modulator of Food Seeking

    Mitchell F. Roitman;Garret D. Stuber;Paul E. M. Phillips;R. Mark Wightman

  • Associative learning mediates dynamic shifts in dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens

    Jeremy J Day;Mitchell F Roitman;R Mark Wightman;Regina M Carelli

  • Nucleus accumbens neurons are innately tuned for rewarding and aversive taste stimuli, encode their predictors, and are linked to motor output.

    Mitchell F. Roitman;Robert A. Wheeler;Regina M. Carelli

  • Real-time chemical responses in the nucleus accumbens differentiate rewarding and aversive stimuli

    Mitchell F Roitman;Robert A Wheeler;R Mark Wightman;Regina M Carelli

  • Inhibition of PTP1B by trodusquemine (MSI-1436) causes fat-specific weight loss in diet-induced obese mice.

    Kristen A. Lantz;Susan G. Emeigh Hart;Sonia L. Planey;Mitchell F. Roitman

  • Rapid dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens during contingent and noncontingent cocaine administration.

    Garret D Stuber;Mitchell F Roitman;Paul E M Phillips;Regina M Carelli

  • Primary food reward and reward-predictive stimuli evoke different patterns of phasic dopamine signaling throughout the striatum

    Holden D. Brown;James E. McCutcheon;Jackson J. Cone;Michael E. Ragozzino

  • Ghrelin Acts as an Interface between Physiological State and Phasic Dopamine Signaling

    Jackson J. Cone;James E. McCutcheon;Mitchell F. Roitman

  • New Insights into the Specificity and Plasticity of Reward and Aversion Encoding in the Mesolimbic System

    Susan F. Volman;Stephan Lammel;Elyssa B. Margolis;Yunbok Kim

  • Amphetamine paradoxically augments exocytotic dopamine release and phasic dopamine signals.

    DP Daberkow;HD Brown;KD Bunner;SA Kraniotis

  • Depressive-like effects of the kappa opioid receptor agonist salvinorin A are associated with decreased phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

    Stephanie R. Ebner;Mitchell F. Roitman;David N. Potter;Anna B. Rachlin

  • Nucleus accumbens neurons encode Pavlovian approach behaviors: Evidence from an autoshaping paradigm

    Jeremy J. Day;Robert A. Wheeler;Mitchell F. Roitman;Regina M. Carelli

  • Endocannabinoids shape accumbal encoding of cue-motivated behavior via CB1 receptor activation in the ventral tegmentum

    Erik B. Oleson;Michael V. Beckert;Joshua T. Morra;Carien S. Lansink

  • Encoding of aversion by dopamine and the nucleus accumbens.

    James Edgar Mccutcheon;Stephanie Rose Ebner;Amy Laura Loriaux;Mitchell Franklin Roitman

  • Sources Contributing to the Average Extracellular Concentration of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens

    Catarina A. Owesson-White;Mitchell F. Roitman;Leslie A. Sombers;Anna M. Belle

  • Induction of a salt appetite alters dendritic morphology in nucleus accumbens and sensitizes rats to amphetamine.

    Mitchell F. Roitman;Elisa Na;Gregory Anderson;Theresa A. Jones

  • Regional specificity in the real-time development of phasic dopamine transmission patterns during acquisition of a cue-cocaine association in rats.

    Brandon J. Aragona;Jeremy J. Day;Mitchell F. Roitman;Nathan A. Cleaveland

  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activation in the nucleus accumbens core suppresses feeding by increasing glutamatergic AMPA/kainate signaling.

    Elizabeth G. Mietlicki-Baase;Pavel I. Ortinski;Pavel I. Ortinski;David J. Reiner;Christopher G. Sinon

  • Prolonged High Fat Diet Reduces Dopamine Reuptake without Altering DAT Gene Expression

    Jackson J. Cone;Elena Halley Chartoff;David N. Potter;Stephanie R. Ebner

  • Amylin Modulates the Mesolimbic Dopamine System to Control Energy Balance

    Elizabeth G Mietlicki-Baase;David J Reiner;Jackson J Cone;Diana R Olivos

  • Sucrose-predictive cues evoke greater phasic dopamine release than saccharin-predictive cues.

    James E. McCutcheon;Jeff A. Beeler;Mitchell F. Roitman

Frequent Co-Authors

Regina M. Carelli
Regina M. Carelli University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ilene L. Bernstein
Ilene L. Bernstein University of Washington
R. Mark Wightman
R. Mark Wightman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Réjean Dubuc
Réjean Dubuc University of Quebec at Montreal
Todd E. Thiele
Todd E. Thiele University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Garret D. Stuber
Garret D. Stuber University of Washington
Michael E. Ragozzino
Michael E. Ragozzino University of Illinois at Chicago
Harvey J. Grill
Harvey J. Grill University of Pennsylvania
Matthew R. Hayes
Matthew R. Hayes University of Pennsylvania
Scott E. Kanoski
Scott E. Kanoski University of Southern California

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Antonello Bonci

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Publications: 26

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