| Transition from moderate to excessive drug intake: change in hedonic set point SH Ahmed, GF Koob Science 282 (5387), 298-300, 1998 | 1121 | 1998 |
| Intense sweetness surpasses cocaine reward M Lenoir, F Serre, L Cantin, SH Ahmed PloS one 2 (8), e698, 2007 | 633 | 2007 |
| Neurobiological mechanisms in the transition from drug use to drug dependence GF Koob, SH Ahmed, B Boutrel, SA Chen, PJ Kenny, A Markou, LE O'Dell, ... Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 27 (8), 739-749, 2004 | 630 | 2004 |
| Neurobiological evidence for hedonic allostasis associated with escalating cocaine use SH Ahmed, PJ Kenny, GF Koob, A Markou Nature neuroscience 5 (7), 625-626, 2002 | 391 | 2002 |
| Persistent increase in the motivation to take heroin in rats with a history of drug escalation SH Ahmed, JR Walker, GF Koob Neuropsychopharmacology 22 (4), 413-421, 2000 | 346 | 2000 |
| Cocaine-but not food-seeking behavior is reinstated by stress after extinction SH Ahmed, GF Koob Psychopharmacology 132 (3), 289-295, 1997 | 322 | 1997 |
| Long-lasting increase in the set point for cocaine self-administration after escalation in rats SH Ahmed, GF Koob Psychopharmacology 146 (3), 303-312, 1999 | 312 | 1999 |
| Transition to drug addiction: a negative reinforcement model based on an allostatic decrease in reward function SH Ahmed, GF Koob Psychopharmacology 180 (3), 473-490, 2005 | 267 | 2005 |
| The science of making drug-addicted animals SH Ahmed Neuroscience 211, 107-125, 2012 | 199 | 2012 |
| Validation crisis in animal models of drug addiction: beyond non-disordered drug use toward drug addiction SH Ahmed Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 35 (2), 172-184, 2010 | 197 | 2010 |
| Dissociation of psychomotor sensitization from compulsive cocaine consumption SH Ahmed, M Cador Neuropsychopharmacology 31 (3), 563-571, 2006 | 196 | 2006 |
| Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit SH Ahmed, K Guillem, Y Vandaele Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care 16 (4), 434-439, 2013 | 190 | 2013 |
| Cocaine is low on the value ladder of rats: possible evidence for resilience to addiction L Cantin, M Lenoir, E Augier, N Vanhille, S Dubreucq, F Serre, C Vouillac, ... PloS one 5 (7), e11592, 2010 | 155 | 2010 |
| Gene expression evidence for remodeling of lateral hypothalamic circuitry in cocaine addiction SH Ahmed, R Lutjens, LD van der Stap, D Lekic, V Romano-Spica, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (32), 11533-11538, 2005 | 135 | 2005 |
| Escalation of cocaine self‐administration does not depend on altered cocaine‐induced nucleus accumbens dopamine levels SH Ahmed, D Lin, GF Koob, LH Parsons Journal of neurochemistry 86 (1), 102-113, 2003 | 133 | 2003 |
| The transition from controlled to compulsive drug use is associated with a loss of sensitization O Ben-Shahar, SH Ahmed, GF Koob, A Ettenberg Brain research 995 (1), 46-54, 2004 | 129 | 2004 |
| Risk-prone individuals prefer the wrong options on a rat version of the Iowa Gambling Task M Rivalan, SH Ahmed, F Dellu-Hagedorn Biological psychiatry 66 (8), 743-749, 2009 | 121 | 2009 |
| Explaining the escalation of drug use in substance dependence: models and appropriate animal laboratory tests G Zernig, SH Ahmed, RN Cardinal, D Morgan, E Acquas, RW Foltin, ... Pharmacology 80 (2-3), 65-119, 2007 | 119 | 2007 |
| Imbalance between drug and non-drug reward availability: a major risk factor for addiction SH Ahmed European Journal of Pharmacology 526 (1-3), 9-20, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| Neurobiology of addiction versus drug use driven by lack of choice SH Ahmed, M Lenoir, K Guillem Current opinion in neurobiology 23 (4), 581-587, 2013 | 118 | 2013 |
