2026 Terry E. Robinson: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	117	417	375	247	219	271	66678

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Overview

Terry E. Robinson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected fields including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying behavior and addiction.

The main fields of study in which this scientist is most active include:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these broad fields, their subfields of expertise include:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Genetics
Physiology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Terry E. Robinson's research topics cover diverse themes, emphasizing neurobehavioral processes and genetic analysis. Key topics include:

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on genetic and behavioral neuroscience research. Significant recent papers include:

"Genome-Wide Association Study in 3,173 Outbred Rats Identifies Multiple Loci for Body Weight, Adiposity, and Fasting Glucose" (2020, Obesity)
"Dopamine 'ups and downs' in addiction revisited" (2021, Trends in Neurosciences)
"Genetic characterization of outbred Sprague Dawley rats and utility for genome-wide association studies" (2022, PLoS Genetics)
"Intermittent access cocaine self-administration produces psychomotor sensitization: effects of withdrawal, sex and cross-sensitization" (2020, Psychopharmacology)
"The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On" (2024, Annual Review of Psychology)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Shelly B. Flagel
Apurva S. Chitre
Paul Meyer
Abraham A. Palmer
Oksana Polesskaya

The scientist publishes regularly in venues that focus on neuroscience, genetics, and pharmacology, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Trends in Neurosciences
Psychopharmacology
Cell Reports
Obesity

Best Publications

The neural basis of drug craving: An incentive-sensitization theory of addiction

Terry E. Robinson;Kent C. Berridge

9167
Citations
What is the role of dopamine in reward: hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience?

Kent C Berridge;Terry E Robinson

5437
Citations
Enduring changes in brain and behavior produced by chronic amphetamine administration: A review and evaluation of animal models of amphetamine psychosis

Terry E. Robinson;Jill B. Becker

2641
Citations
Dissecting components of reward: 'liking', 'wanting', and learning.

Kent C Berridge;Terry E Robinson;J Wayne Aldridge

2220
Citations
The incentive sensitization theory of addiction: some current issues

Terry E. Robinson;Kent C. Berridge

1961
Citations
The psychology and neurobiology of addiction: an incentive–sensitization view

Terry E. Robinson;Kent C. Berridge

1848
Citations
Incentive-sensitization and addiction

Terry E. Robinson;Kent C. Berridge

1733
Citations
Parsing reward

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1530
Citations
Structural plasticity associated with exposure to drugs of abuse

Terry E. Robinson;Bryan Kolb

1355
Citations
Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction.

Kent C. Berridge;Terry E. Robinson

1294
Citations
A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

Shelly B. Flagel;Jeremy J. Clark;Terry E. Robinson;Leah Mayo

1180
Citations
Brain plasticity and behavior.

Bryan Kolb;Ian Q. Whishaw

1130
Citations
Alterations in the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex following repeated treatment with amphetamine or cocaine.

Terry E. Robinson;Bryan Kolb

950
Citations
Persistent structural modifications in nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex neurons produced by previous experience with amphetamine.

Terry E. Robinson;Bryan Kolb

900
Citations
Erratum to: “Parsing reward” [Trends Neurosci. 26 (2003) 507–513]

Kent C Berridge;Terry E Robinson

887
Citations
Brain plasticity and behavior

Bryan Kolb;Robbin Gibb;Terry E. Robinson

632
Citations
Individual differences in the attribution of incentive salience to reward-related cues: Implications for addiction

Shelly B. Flagel;Huda Akil;Terry E. Robinson

601
Citations
Normalization of extracellular dopamine in striatum following recovery from a partial unilateral 6-OHDA lesion of the substantia nigra: a microdialysis study in freely moving rats.

Terry E. Robinson;Ian Q. Whishaw

575
Citations
Time course of transient behavioral depression and persistent behavioral sensitization in relation to regional brain monoamine concentrations during amphetamine withdrawal in rats

Pamela E. Paulson;Dianne M. Camp;Terry E. Robinson

540
Citations
Cocaine self-administration alters the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and neocortex.

Terry E. Robinson;Grazyna Gorny;Elizabeth Mitton;Bryan Kolb

526
Citations
Persistent sensitization of dopamine neurotransmission in ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens) produced by prior experience with (+)-amphetamine: a microdialysis study in freely moving rats

Terry E. Robinson;Phillip A. Jurson;Julie A. Bennett;Kris M. Bentgen

493
Citations