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Regina M. Carelli

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
15174
World Ranking
2896
National Ranking
1342

Regina M. Carelli 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 Regina M. Carelli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 130 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Regina M. Carelli 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 Regina M. Carelli sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Regina M. Carelli is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a specialization in cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers several main topics within the neuroscientific field, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Carelli has published extensively across various venues, especially contributing to UNC Libraries. The most frequent journals where their research appears include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Several recent papers exemplify the scope and range of Carelli's research interests:

  • "Activation of Infralimbic to Nucleus Accumbens Shell Pathway Suppresses Conditioned Aversion in Male But Not Female Rats," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Rescues Cocaine-Induced Prefrontal Hypoactivity and Restores Flexible Behavior," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Alpha-tACS effect on inhibitory control and feasibility of administration in community outpatient substance use treatment," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "A sex-dependent role for the prelimbic cortex in impulsive action both before and following early cocaine abstinence," 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Prelimbic cortex and nucleus accumbens core resting state signaling dynamics as a biomarker for cocaine seeking behaviors," 2023, Addiction Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • R. Mark Wightman
  • Michael P. Saddoris
  • Robert Wheeler
  • Jeremy J. Day
  • Elizabeth A. West

Best Publications

  • Subsecond dopamine release promotes cocaine seeking

    Paul E. M. Phillips;Garret D. Stuber;Michael L. A. V. Heien;R. Mark Wightman

  • 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

  • Cocaine but Not Natural Reward Self-Administration nor Passive Cocaine Infusion Produces Persistent LTP in the VTA

    Billy T. Chen;M. Scott Bowers;Miquel Martin;F. Woodward Hopf

  • Evidence that separate neural circuits in the nucleus accumbens encode cocaine versus "natural" (water and food) reward.

    Regina M. Carelli;Stephanie G. Ijames;Alison J. Crumling

  • 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

  • The Nucleus Accumbens and Pavlovian Reward Learning

    Jeremy J. Day;Regina M. Carelli

  • Synaptic Overflow of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens Arises from Neuronal Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area

    Leslie A. Sombers;Manna Beyene;Regina M. Carelli;R. Mark Wightman

  • Preferential Enhancement of Dopamine Transmission within the Nucleus Accumbens Shell by Cocaine Is Attributable to a Direct Increase in Phasic Dopamine Release Events

    Brandon J. Aragona;Nathan A. Cleaveland;Garret D. Stuber;Jeremy J. Day

  • 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

  • Coordinated Accumbal Dopamine Release and Neural Activity Drive Goal-Directed Behavior

    Joseph F. Cheer;Brandon J. Aragona;Michael L.A.V. Heien;Andrew T. Seipel

  • Differential Dopamine Release Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Reveal Complementary Signals for Error Prediction and Incentive Motivation

    Michael P. Saddoris;Fabio Cacciapaglia;R Mark Mark Wightman;Regina M Carelli

  • A comparison of nucleus accumbens neuronal firing patterns during cocaine self-administration and water reinforcement in rats

    RM Carelli;SA Deadwyler

  • Representation of the body by single neurons in the dorsolateral striatum of the awake, unrestrained rat.

    Regina M. Carelli;Mark O. West

  • A region in the dorsolateral striatum of the rat exhibiting single-unit correlations with specific locomotor limb movements.

    M. O. West;R. M. Carelli;M. Pomerantz;S. M. Cohen

  • Nucleus accumbens cell firing during goal-directed behaviors for cocaine vs. 'natural' reinforcement.

    Regina M Carelli

  • Phasic Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Release Encodes Effort- and Delay-Related Costs

    Jeremy J. Day;Joshua L. Jones;R. Mark Wightman;Regina M. Carelli

  • Dopamine release is heterogeneous within microenvironments of the rat nucleus accumbens

    R. Mark Wightman;Michael L A V Heien;Kate M. Wassum;Leslie A. Sombers

  • Behavioral and Electrophysiological Indices of Negative Affect Predict Cocaine Self-Administration

    Robert A. Wheeler;Robert C. Twining;Joshua L. Jones;Jennifer M. Slater

  • Cocaine-Associated Stimuli Increase Cocaine Seeking and Activate Accumbens Core Neurons after Abstinence

    Jonathan A. Hollander;Regina M. Carelli

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Mark Wightman
R. Mark Wightman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mitchell F. Roitman
Mitchell F. Roitman University of Illinois at Chicago
Garret D. Stuber
Garret D. Stuber University of Washington
Brandon J. Aragona
Brandon J. Aragona University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sam A. Deadwyler
Sam A. Deadwyler Wake Forest University
Joseph F. Cheer
Joseph F. Cheer University of Maryland, Baltimore
Paul E. M. Phillips
Paul E. M. Phillips University of Washington
Mark O. West
Mark O. West Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Patricia S. Grigson
Patricia S. Grigson Pennsylvania State University
Stacey B. Daughters
Stacey B. Daughters University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Publications: 66

Geoffrey Schoenbaum

Geoffrey Schoenbaum

National Institutes of Health

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Karl Deisseroth

Stanford University

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R. Mark Wightman

R. Mark Wightman

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications: 57

Joseph F. Cheer

Joseph F. Cheer

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications: 46

Mark O. West

Mark O. West

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Publications: 45

Mitchell F. Roitman

Mitchell F. Roitman

University of Illinois at Chicago

Publications: 42

Paul E. M. Phillips

Paul E. M. Phillips

University of Washington

Publications: 42

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Kent C. Berridge

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Publications: 39

George V. Rebec

George V. Rebec

Indiana University

Publications: 37

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Pennsylvania State University

Publications: 36

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Sara R. Jones

Wake Forest University

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Garret D. Stuber

University of Washington

Publications: 33

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University of California, Irvine

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National Institutes of Health

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