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Taco J. De Vries 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 Taco J. De Vries sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 128 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Taco J. De Vries 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 Taco J. De Vries sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Taco J. De Vries is affiliated with VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, focusing on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, as well as molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology as subfields.

Their work concentrates on key topics such as neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Frequent publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, and Science Advances.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Taco J. De Vries include:

  • How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research (2020, Current Biology)
  • Glutamatergic Systems and Memory Mechanisms Underlying Opioid Addiction (2020, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine)
  • Personality driven alcohol and drug abuse: New mechanisms revealed (2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • A persistent alcohol cue memory trace drives relapse to alcohol seeking after prolonged abstinence (2020, Science Advances)
  • Alcohol and Brain Development in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Advisory Report of the Health Council of the Netherlands (2020, Advances in Nutrition)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Yvar van Mourik
  • Nathan J. Marchant
  • Dustin Schetters
  • Isis Alonso-Lozares
  • Tommy Pattij

Best Publications

  • A cannabinoid mechanism in relapse to cocaine seeking.

    T J De Vries;Y Shaham;J R Homberg;H Crombag

  • Impulsive choice and impulsive action predict vulnerability to distinct stages of nicotine seeking in rats.

    Leontien Diergaarde;Tommy Pattij;Ingmar Poortvliet;François Hogenboom

  • Neural systems underlying opiate addiction.

    Taco J. De Vries;Toni S. Shippenberg

  • A single exposure to amphetamine is sufficient to induce long-term behavioral, neuroendocrine, and neurochemical sensitization in rats

    Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren;E. Donné Schmidt;Taco J. De Vries;Caroline A. P. Van Moorsel

  • The relationship between impulsive choice and impulsive action: a cross-species translational study

    Nienke Broos;Lianne Schmaal;Joost Wiskerke;Lennard Kostelijk

  • Cannabinoid CB1 receptors control conditioned drug seeking.

    Taco J. De Vries;Anton N.M. Schoffelmeer

  • Dopaminergic mechanisms mediating the incentive to seek cocaine and heroin following long-term withdrawal of IV drug self-administration.

    T. J. De Vries;Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer;R. Binnekade;Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren

  • Deep brain stimulation in addiction: a review of potential brain targets

    J. Luigjes;W. Van den Brink;M.G.P. Feenstra;P. Van den Munckhof

  • Relapse to Cocaine- and Heroin-Seeking Behavior Mediated by Dopamine D2 Receptors Is Time-Dependent and Associated with Behavioral Sensitization ☆

    Taco J De Vries;Anton N M Schoffelmeer;Rob Binnekade;Halfdan S Raasø

  • Prefrontal cortex AMPA receptor plasticity is crucial for cue-induced relapse to heroin-seeking.

    Michel C Van den Oever;Natalia A Goriounova;Ka Wan Li;Roel C Van der Schors

  • Cannabinoid modulation of the reinforcing and motivational properties of heroin and heroin-associated cues in rats

    Taco J De Vries;Judith R Homberg;Rob Binnekade;Halfdan S Raasø

  • Prefrontal cortex plasticity mechanisms in drug seeking and relapse.

    Michel C. Van den Oever;Sabine Spijker;August B. Smit;Taco J. De Vries

  • Long-lasting cognitive deficits resulting from adolescent nicotine exposure in rats.

    Danielle S Counotte;Sabine Spijker;Linda H Van de Burgwal;François Hogenboom

  • Neuroadaptive effects of active versus passive drug administration in addiction research

    Edwin H Jacobs;Edwin H Jacobs;August B Smit;Taco J de Vries;Anton N.M Schoffelmeer

  • Psychostimulant-induced behavioral sensitization depends on nicotinic receptor activation.

    Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer;Taco J. De Vries;George Wardeh;Henrica W. M. van de Ven

  • Ethanol, like psychostimulants and morphine, causes long-lasting hyperreactivity of dopamine and acetylcholine neurons of rat nucleus accumbens: possible role in behavioural sensitization.

    P. Nestby;L. J. M. J. Vanderschuren;T. J. De Vries;F. Hogenboom

  • Morphine-induced long-term sensitization to the locomotor effects of morphine and amphetamine depends on the temporal pattern of the pretreatment regimen.

    L.J.M.J. Vanderschuren;G.H.K. Tjon;P. Nestby;A.H. Mulder

  • Interactions between CB1 cannabinoid and μ opioid receptors mediating inhibition of neurotransmitter release in rat nucleus accumbens core

    A. N M Schoffelmeer;F. Hogenboom;G. Wardeh;T. J. De Vries

  • A single exposure to morphine induces long-lasting behavioural and neurochemical sensitization in rats.

    Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren;Taco J. De Vries;George Wardeh;François A. C. M. Hogenboom

  • Suppression of conditioned nicotine and sucrose seeking by the cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonist SR141716A.

    Taco J De Vries;Wendy de Vries;Mieke C W Janssen;Anton N M Schoffelmeer

  • Enhanced motivation to self-administer cocaine is predicted by self-grooming behaviour and relates to dopamine release in the rat medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala.

    Judith R Homberg;Margot van den Akker;Halfdan S Raasø;George Wardeh

  • Dopaminergic mechanisms mediating the long-term expression of locomotor sensitization following pre-exposure to morphine or amphetamine.

    Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren;Anton N.M. Schoffelmeer;Arie H. Mulder;Taco J. De Vries

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer
Anton N. M. Schoffelmeer VU University Medical Center
August B. Smit
August B. Smit Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tommy Pattij
Tommy Pattij VU University Medical Center
Sabine Spijker
Sabine Spijker Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Judith R. Homberg
Judith R. Homberg Radboud University
Pieter Voorn
Pieter Voorn VU University Medical Center
Maarten Kamermans
Maarten Kamermans Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University
Anna E. Goudriaan
Anna E. Goudriaan University of Amsterdam

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