Gary Aston‐Jones

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

109h-index48.1kcitations391works1.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Sleep and Wakefulness Research(110), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(106), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(97), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(83), Sleep and related disorders(58)

Publications391 total

Augmented orexin/hypocretin signaling underlies negative affect during acute oxycodone abstinence in rats.
2025Open Access
A founding father of neuroscience: Floyd E. Bloom, 1936–2025
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025Open Access
IN MEMORIAM: Floyd E. Bloom, M.D
Neuropsychopharmacology·2025Open Access
Floyd E. Bloom (1936–2025)
Nature Neuroscience·2025Open Access
Genetic associations between orexin genes and phenotypes related to behavioral regulation in humans, including substance use
Molecular Psychiatry·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Oxytocin attenuates demand for cocaine in female rats
Addiction Neuroscience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Fentanyl demand and seeking in female rats: Role of the orexin system and estrous cycle
Addiction Neuroscience·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Orexins in Food and Addiction
2024
In search of the locus coeruleus: guidelines to identify anatomical boundaries and physiological properties of the blue spot in mice, fish, finches and beyond
Journal of Neurophysiology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Serotonin signaling in hippocampus during initial cocaine abstinence drives persistent drug seeking
Journal of Neuroscience·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
F100. ASSOCIATION OF OREXIN GENES WITH ALCOHOL, EXTERNALIZING, AND CONSUMPTION PHENOTYPES IN HUMANS
European Neuropsychopharmacology·2023
Orexin receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Locus coeruleus and dorsal cingulate morphology contributions to slowed processing speed
Neuropsychologia·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex neuron activity signals cocaine seeking variables across multiple timescales
Psychopharmacology·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Orexin Reserve: A Mechanistic Framework for the Role of Orexins (Hypocretins) in Addiction
Biological Psychiatry·2022· 47 citedOpen Access
Rat Anterior Cingulate Cortex Continuously Signals Decision Variables in a Patch Foraging Task
Journal of Neuroscience·2022· 44 citedOpen Access
Hormonal milieu drives economic demand for cocaine in female rats
Neuropsychopharmacology·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Novelty preference does not predict trait cocaine behaviors in male rats
Addiction Neuroscience·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Chemogenetic inhibition of trigeminal ganglion neurons attenuates behavioural and neural pain responses in a model of trigeminal neuropathic pain
European Journal of Pain·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Orexin-1 receptor signaling in ventral tegmental area mediates cue-driven demand for cocaine
Neuropsychopharmacology·2021· 34 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Janusz Rajkowski(8), Jonathan D. Cohen(6), Stephen L. Foote(4), Rita J. Valentino(4), P Kubiak(4), Yan Zhu(4), David E. Moorman(4), Elena M. Vazey(4), F E Bloom(3), Floyd E. Bloom(3), Glenda C. Harris(3), Matthew Ennis(3), Vincent A. Pieribone(3), H. Akaoka(3), Jonathan P. Druhan(3), Rachel J. Smith(3), Sander Nieuwenhuis(2), Michael T. Shipley(2), Barry D. Waterhouse(2), Tatiana Alexinsky(2)