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Serge H. Ahmed

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
10829
World Ranking
5917
National Ranking
259

Serge H. Ahmed 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 Serge H. Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 147 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Serge H. Ahmed 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 Serge H. Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Serge H. Ahmed is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant body of work in cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies

Frequent publication venues for Ahmed's work include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Addiction Biology
  • Psychopharmacology

Their recent papers illustrate key themes in addiction neuroscience and behavior, including:

  • "Habit, choice, and addiction," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Pharmacokinetics trumps pharmacodynamics during cocaine choice: a reconciliation with the dopamine hypothesis of addiction," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Are we compulsively chasing rainbows?," 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Pharmacokinetics trumps pharmacodynamics during cocaine choice: a reconciliation with the dopamine hypothesis of addiction," 2021, PubMed
  • "Habitual Preference for the Nondrug Reward in a Drug Choice Setting," 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Ahmed collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Caroline Vouillac-Mendoza
  • Karine Guillem
  • Youna Vandaele
  • Audrey Durand
  • Magalie Lenoir

Best Publications

  • Transition from moderate to excessive drug intake : Change in Hedonic set point

    S. H. Ahmed;G. F. Koob

  • Intense sweetness surpasses cocaine reward.

    Magalie Lenoir;Fuschia Serre;Lauriane Cantin;Serge H. Ahmed

  • Neurobiological mechanisms in the transition from drug use to drug dependence

    George F Koob;Serge H Ahmed;Benjamin Boutrel;Scott A Chen

  • Neurobiological evidence for hedonic allostasis associated with escalating cocaine use.

    Serge H Ahmed;Paul J Kenny;George F Koob;Athina Markou

  • Persistent increase in the motivation to take heroin in rats with a history of drug escalation.

    Serge H Ahmed;John R Walker;George F Koob

  • Long-lasting increase in the set point for cocaine self-administration after escalation in rats.

    Serge H. Ahmed;George F. Koob

  • Cocaine-but not food-seeking behavior is reinstated by stress after extinction

    S. H. Ahmed;George F. Koob

  • Transition to drug addiction: a negative reinforcement model based on an allostatic decrease in reward function.

    Serge H. Ahmed;Serge H. Ahmed;George F. Koob

  • Validation crisis in animal models of drug addiction: beyond non-disordered drug use toward drug addiction.

    Serge H. Ahmed

  • The science of making drug-addicted animals.

    Serge Ahmed

  • A transdiagnostic dimensional approach towards a neuropsychological assessment for addiction: an international Delphi consensus study

    Murat Yücel;Erin Oldenhof;Serge H. Ahmed;David Belin

  • Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit.

    Serge H. Ahmed;Karine Guillem;Youna Vandaele

  • Dissociation of psychomotor sensitization from compulsive cocaine consumption.

    Serge H Ahmed;Martine Cador

  • Cocaine Is Low on the Value Ladder of Rats: Possible Evidence for Resilience to Addiction

    Lauriane Cantin;Magalie Lenoir;Eric Augier;Nathalie Vanhille

  • Detailed analysis of the behavior of Lister and Wistar rats in anxiety, object recognition and object location tasks

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  • Neurobiology of addiction versus drug use driven by lack of choice

    Serge H Ahmed;Magalie Lenoir;Magalie Lenoir;Karine Guillem;Karine Guillem

  • Risk-Prone Individuals Prefer the Wrong Options on a Rat Version of the Iowa Gambling Task

    Marion Rivalan;Serge H. Ahmed;Françoise Dellu-Hagedorn

  • Gene expression evidence for remodeling of lateral hypothalamic circuitry in cocaine addiction

    Serge H. Ahmed;Robert Lutjens;Lena D. van der Stap;Dusan Lekic

  • Explaining the escalation of drug use in substance dependence: models and appropriate animal laboratory tests.

    Gerald Zernig;Serge H. Ahmed;Rudolf N. Cardinal;Drake Morgan

  • Escalation of cocaine self-administration does not depend on altered cocaine-induced nucleus accumbens dopamine levels.

    Serge H. Ahmed;Daniel Lin;George F. Koob;Loren H. Parsons

  • The transition from controlled to compulsive drug use is associated with a loss of sensitization.

    Osnat Ben-Shahar;Serge H. Ahmed;George F. Koob;Aaron Ettenberg

  • Sugar Overconsumption during Adolescence Selectively Alters Motivation and Reward Function in Adult Rats

    Leandro F. Vendruscolo;Aliou B. Gueye;Muriel Darnaudéry;Serge H. Ahmed

  • Microinjections of an opiate receptor antagonist into the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis suppress heroin self-administration in dependent rats

    John R. Walker;Serge H. Ahmed;K.Noelle Gracy;George F. Koob

  • Heroin-induced reinstatement is specific to compulsive heroin use and dissociable from heroin reward and sensitization.

    Magalie Lenoir;Serge H Ahmed

Frequent Co-Authors

George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Martine Cador
Martine Cador University of Bordeaux
Boris Gutkin
Boris Gutkin École Normale Supérieure
Erwan Bezard
Erwan Bezard University of Bordeaux
Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren
Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren Utrecht University
Paul J. Kenny
Paul J. Kenny Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut University of Poitiers
Christelle Baunez
Christelle Baunez Aix-Marseille University
George R. Siggins
George R. Siggins Scripps Research Institute
François Tison
François Tison University of Bordeaux

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