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Reward Thresholds

Reward Thresholds is a psychopharmacological construct that denotes the minimal level of stimulus intensity or reinforcement magnitude required to elicit a motivated behavioral response, distinguishing it from related measures of reward sensitivity by specifically quantifying the boundary condition for effective reinforcement.

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Overlapping neuronal circuits in addiction and obesity: evidence of systems pathology

Nora D. Volkow, Gene‐Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2008 · 811 citations · Full text

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Addiction is a Reward Deficit and Stress Surfeit Disorder

George F. Koob · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2013 · 397 citations · Full text

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Decreased brain reward produced by ethanol withdrawal.

Gery Schulteis, Athina Markou, M Cole et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 348 citations

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Construct validity of a self-stimulation threshold paradigm: Effects of reward and performance manipulations

A. Markou, George F. Koob · Physiology & Behavior · 1992 · 257 citations

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Reward rate optimization in two-alternative decision making: Empirical tests of theoretical predictions.

Patrick Simen, David Contreras, Cara L. Buck et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 2009 · 230 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CK
    Conan Kornetsky

    Boston University, United States

    13 publications · 550 citations

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  2. AM
    Athina Markou

    University of California San Diego, United States

    9 publications · 972 citations

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  3. GF
    George F. Koob

    Scripps Research Institute, United States

    7 publications · 1K citations

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  4. AW
    Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel

    University of Florida, United States

    4 publications · 129 citations

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  5. PH
    Philip Holmes

    Princeton University, United States

    4 publications · 564 citations

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141

  1. Scripps Research Institute

    San Diego, United States

    16 h-index

    39 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Behavioral Pharma (United States)

    La Jolla, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    461 citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    27 publications

    906 citations

  8. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

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  2. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

    6 publications · 201 citations

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  3. Psychopharmacology

    5 publications · 373 citations

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  4. Nicotine & Tobacco Research

    5 publications · 272 citations

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  5. Personality and Individual Differences

    5 publications · 288 citations

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