2026 Satoshi Ikemoto: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	40	7975	7367	3424	3098	74	10870

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Overview

Satoshi Ikemoto is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the broad field of Neuroscience, with an emphasis on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics in neuroscience, such as:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
Memory and neural mechanisms
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Sleep and wakefulness research
Functional brain connectivity studies
Neural and behavioral psychology studies

Ikemoto has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

"Sex Differences in Opioid and Psychostimulant Craving and Relapse: A Critical Review" (2022) in Pharmacological Reviews
"Seeking motivation and reward: Roles of dopamine, hippocampus, and supramammillo-septal pathway" (2022) in Progress in Neurobiology
"Medial prefrontal cortex and anteromedial thalamus interaction regulates goal-directed behavior and dopaminergic neuron activity" (2022) in Nature Communications
"Supramammillary neurons projecting to the septum regulate dopamine and motivation for environmental interaction in mice" (2021) in Nature Communications
"Hypothalamic Supramammillary Control of Cognition and Motivation" (2023) in Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ikemoto include Andrew J. Kesner, Coleman B. Calva, Hanbing Lu, Céline Nicolas, and Dong V. Wang.

Ikemoto's research has been published in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications
Journal of Neuroscience
Molecular Psychiatry

Best Publications

The role of nucleus accumbens dopamine in motivated behavior: a unifying interpretation with special reference to reward-seeking

Satoshi Ikemoto;Jaak Panksepp

1968
Citations
Dopamine reward circuitry: two projection systems from the ventral midbrain to the nucleus accumbens-olfactory tubercle complex.

Satoshi Ikemoto

1750
Citations
Localization of brain reinforcement mechanisms: intracranial self-administration and intracranial place-conditioning studies.

William J McBride;James M Murphy;James M Murphy;Satoshi Ikemoto

780
Citations
Brain reward circuitry beyond the mesolimbic dopamine system: a neurobiological theory.

Satoshi Ikemoto

562
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Nucleus accumbens amphetamine microinjections unconditionally elicit 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats.

Jeffrey Burgdorf;Brian Knutson;Brian Knutson;Jaak Panksepp;Satoshi Ikemoto

350
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Role of Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens in Mediating Reward

Satoshi Ikemoto;Bradley S. Glazier;James M. Murphy;James M. Murphy;William J. McBride

342
Citations
Similar roles of substantia nigra and ventral tegmental dopamine neurons in reward and aversion.

Anton Ilango;Andrew J. Kesner;Kristine L. Keller;Garret D. Stuber

297
Citations
Basal ganglia circuit loops, dopamine and motivation: A review and enquiry.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Chen Yang;Aaron Tan

279
Citations
Dissociations between appetitive and consummatory responses by pharmacological manipulations of reward-relevant brain regions.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Jaak Panksepp

272
Citations
Involvement of the Olfactory Tubercle in Cocaine Reward: Intracranial Self-Administration Studies

Satoshi Ikemoto

239
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Cocaine Drives Aversive Conditioning via Delayed Activation of Dopamine-Responsive Habenular and Midbrain Pathways

Thomas C. Jhou;Cameron H. Good;Courtney S. Rowley;Sheng-ping Xu

236
Citations
Two Brain Sites for Cannabinoid Reward

Abraham Zangen;Marcello Solinas;Satoshi Ikemoto;Steven R Goldberg

212
Citations
GABA(A) receptor blockade in the anterior ventral tegmental area increases extracellular levels of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of rats

Satoshi Ikemoto;Robert R. Kohl;William J. McBride

194
Citations
Primary reinforcing effects of nicotine are triggered from multiple regions both inside and outside the ventral tegmental area.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Mei Qin;Zhong-Hua Liu

182
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The Functional Divide for Primary Reinforcement of D-Amphetamine Lies between the Medial and Lateral Ventral Striatum: Is the Division of the Accumbens Core, Shell, and Olfactory Tubercle Valid?

Satoshi Ikemoto;Mei Qin;Zhong-Hua Liu

179
Citations
Self-infusion of GABA(A) antagonists directly into the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions.

Satoshi Ikemoto;James M. Murphy;William J. McBride

178
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Mapping of chemical trigger zones for reward.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Roy A. Wise

173
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Rewarding and Psychomotor Stimulant Effects of Endomorphin-1: Anteroposterior Differences within the Ventral Tegmental Area and Lack of Effect in Nucleus Accumbens

Abraham Zangen;Satoshi Ikemoto;James E. Zadina;Roy A. Wise

167
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Incubation of Cocaine Craving After Intermittent-Access Self-administration: Sex Differences and Estrous Cycle.

Céline Nicolas;Trinity I. Russell;Anne F. Pierce;Steeve Maldera

152
Citations
Mesopontine median raphe regulates hippocampal ripple oscillation and memory consolidation

Dong V Wang;Hau-Jie Yau;Carl J Broker;Jen-Hui Tsou

150
Citations
Rewarding effects of the cholinergic agents carbachol and neostigmine in the posterior ventral tegmental area.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Roy A. Wise

145
Citations
The effects of early social isolation on the motivation for social play in juvenile rats.

Satoshi Ikemoto;Jaak Panksepp

141
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