Floyd E. Bloom
Scripps Research Institute
Floyd Elliott Bloom was an American medical researcher. He had a broad impact on the neurosciences, with interests including pharmacology, chemical neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, behavior, neurological diseases such as alcohol and drug abuse, and neuroHIV.
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Floyd Elliott Bloom was an American medical researcher. He had a broad impact on the neurosciences, with interests including pharmacology, chemical neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, behavior, neurological diseases such as alcohol and drug abuse, and neuroHIV.
Affiliation
Scripps Research Institute
Top Publications
- The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity (1998) - 3,927 citations
- Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress (1995) - 2,986 citations
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Dependence (1988) - 2,095 citations
- Nucleus locus ceruleus: new evidence of anatomical and physiological specificity (1983) - 1,915 citations
- β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland (1977) - 1,423 citations
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- Full name
- Floyd E. Bloom
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5111390850
Research interests
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
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Most-cited linked publications
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- The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity ↗1998 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences3,927OpenAlex citations
- Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress ↗1995 · Medical Entomology and Zoology2,986OpenAlex citations
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Dependence ↗1988 · Science2,095OpenAlex citations
- Nucleus locus ceruleus: new evidence of anatomical and physiological specificity ↗1983 · Physiological Reviews1,915OpenAlex citations
- 1,423OpenAlex citations
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- The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity ↗1998 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress ↗1995 · Medical Entomology and Zoology
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Dependence ↗1988 · Science
- Nucleus locus ceruleus: new evidence of anatomical and physiological specificity ↗1983 · Physiological Reviews
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