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Steven R. Laviolette

Steven R. Laviolette

University of Western Ontario
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
7441
World Ranking
5824
National Ranking
340

Steven R. Laviolette 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 Steven R. Laviolette sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 110 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven R. Laviolette 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 Steven R. Laviolette sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

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

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

Overview

Steven R. Laviolette is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within medicine and neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on pharmacology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist has a substantial publication record focusing on subjects such as cannabis and cannabinoid research, birth and developmental health, and neuropharmacology.

Their work often addresses the effects of prenatal substance exposure and the influence of neurotransmitter receptors on behavior. Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Laviolette frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Common co-authors include Walter J. Rushlow, Daniel B. Hardy, Hanna J. Szkudlarek, Kendrick Lee, and Marta De Felice, with whom they have collaborated multiple times.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Laviolette include:

  • "Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during rat pregnancy leads to symmetrical fetal growth restriction and labyrinth-specific vascular defects in the placenta" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Prenatal Cannabinoid Exposure: Emerging Evidence of Physiological and Neuropsychiatric Abnormalities" (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • "Maternal exposure to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol impairs female offspring glucose homeostasis and endocrine pancreatic development in the rat" (2020, Reproductive Toxicology)
  • "Molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying the effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on anxiety and mood disorders" (2020, Neuropharmacology)
  • "Exposure to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol during rat pregnancy leads to impaired cardiac dysfunction in postnatal life" (2021, Pediatric Research)

Laviolette's research contributions span diverse subjects such as the impact of prenatal cannabinoid exposure on fetal and postnatal development, as well as the neurological and behavioral consequences of adolescent nicotine exposure. Their work integrates biological psychiatry perspectives to better understand receptor-level influences on brain disorders and developmental outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The neurobiology of nicotine addiction: bridging the gap from molecules to behaviour

    Steven R. Laviolette;Derek van der Kooy

  • DREAM Is a Critical Transcriptional Repressor for Pain Modulation

    Hai-Ying M. Cheng;Graham M. Pitcher;Steven R. Laviolette;Ian Q. Whishaw

  • A subpopulation of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex encodes emotional learning with burst and frequency codes through a dopamine D4 receptor-dependent basolateral amygdala input.

    Steven R. Laviolette;Witold J. Lipski;Anthony A. Grace

  • Opiate state controls bi-directional reward signaling via GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area.

    Steven R Laviolette;Roger A Gallegos;Steven J Henriksen;Derek van der Kooy

  • Cannabinoids Potentiate Emotional Learning Plasticity in Neurons of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex through Basolateral Amygdala Inputs

    Steven R. Laviolette;Anthony A. Grace

  • Blockade of mesolimbic dopamine transmission dramatically increases sensitivity to the rewarding effects of nicotine in the ventral tegmental area.

    S R Laviolette;D van der Kooy

  • The roles of cannabinoid and dopamine receptor systems in neural emotional learning circuits: implications for schizophrenia and addiction

    S. R. Laviolette;A. A. Grace

  • Dopamine Modulation of Emotional Processing in Cortical and Subcortical Neural Circuits: Evidence for a Final Common Pathway in Schizophrenia?

    Steven R. Laviolette

  • The motivational valence of nicotine in the rat ventral tegmental area is switched from rewarding to aversive following blockade of the α7-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

    Steven R. Laviolette;Derek van der Kooy

  • Natural and drug rewards act on common neural plasticity mechanisms with ΔFosB as a key mediator.

    Kyle K. Pitchers;Kyle K. Pitchers;Vincent Vialou;Eric J. Nestler;Steven R. Laviolette

  • GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area control bidirectional reward signalling between dopaminergic and non‐dopaminergic neural motivational systems

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  • Motivational state determines the functional role of the mesolimbic dopamine system in the mediation of opiate reward processes.

    Steven R Laviolette;Karim Nader;Derek van der Kooy

  • Cannabidiol Counteracts Amphetamine-Induced Neuronal and Behavioral Sensitization of the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway through a Novel mTOR/p70S6 Kinase Signaling Pathway

    Justine Renard;Michael Loureiro;Laura G. Rosen;Jordan Zunder

  • Lesions of the Tegmental Pedunculopontine Nucleus Block the Rewarding Effects and Reveal the Aversive Effects of Nicotine in the Ventral Tegmental Area

    Steven R. Laviolette;Tania O. Alexson;Derek van der Kooy

  • Adolescent THC Exposure Causes Enduring Prefrontal Cortical Disruption of GABAergic Inhibition and Dysregulation of Sub-Cortical Dopamine Function

    Justine Renard;Hanna J. Szkudlarek;Cecilia P. Kramar;Christina E. L. Jobson

  • Adolescent Cannabinoid Exposure Induces a Persistent Sub-Cortical Hyper-Dopaminergic State and Associated Molecular Adaptations in the Prefrontal Cortex

    Justine Renard;Laura G. Rosen;Michael Loureiro;Cleusa De Oliveira

  • Cannabinoid transmission in the basolateral amygdala modulates fear memory formation via functional inputs to the prelimbic cortex.

    Huibing Tan;Nicole M Lauzon;Stephanie F Bishop;Ning Chi

  • Neuronal and molecular effects of cannabidiol on the mesolimbic dopamine system: Implications for novel schizophrenia treatments

    Justine Renard;Christopher Norris;Walter Rushlow;Steven R. Laviolette

  • Dopamine D1 versus D4 Receptors Differentially Modulate the Encoding of Salient versus Nonsalient Emotional Information in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Nicole M Lauzon;Stephanie F Bishop;Steven R Laviolette

  • Locomotion and stereotypy induced by scopolamine: contributions of muscarinic receptors near the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus.

    Anuradha Mathur;Anna Shandarin;Steven R LaViolette;Jayson Parker

  • Identification of a Dopamine Receptor-Mediated Opiate Reward Memory Switch in the Basolateral Amygdala–Nucleus Accumbens Circuit

    Alessandra Lintas;Ning Chi;Nicole M. Lauzon;Stephanie F. Bishop

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto
Lique M. Coolen
Lique M. Coolen Kent State University
Michael N. Lehman
Michael N. Lehman Kent State University
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
John S. Yeomans
John S. Yeomans University of Toronto
Michael W. Salter
Michael W. Salter University of Toronto
Vincent Vialou
Vincent Vialou Sorbonne University
Ian Q. Whishaw
Ian Q. Whishaw University of Lethbridge
Brian L. Allman
Brian L. Allman University of Western Ontario
Olivier George
Olivier George University of California, San Diego

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