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William J. McBride

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1967Rising activity
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Publications

669

Citations

27,788

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
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William J. McBride's neuroscience research centers on how brain chemicals influence behavior related to alcohol use, using rat models to study the neural circuits and neurotransmitter systems (such as glutamate and serotonin) involved in alcohol drinking, reward, and craving. The work examines specific brain regions like the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex to understand the mechanisms underlying alcohol reinforcement. The record also includes work touching on antibody-based and radiopharmaceutical therapies in cancer contexts.

Neurobiology of alcohol use and rewardNeurotransmitter systems and behaviorBrain reward circuitry (nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex)Receptor signaling mechanismsAntibody-based and radiopharmaceutical therapies

Publication activity was steady in the late 2010s, spiked sharply in 2023, and has been low in the most recent years, giving an uneven overall pattern.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

11 earlier awards
  • NIH R01AA022287Jul 2013 – May 2018 · $312k awarded

    Neuronal underpinnings of repeated deprivations on cue-induced alcohol-seeking

  • NIH R01AA012262Apr 2000 – Jan 2018 · $347k awarded

    CNS sites for the Rewarding Actions of Alcohol

  • NIH T32AA007462Sep 1985 – May 2016 · $392k awarded

    Training Grant on Genetic Aspects of Alcoholism

  • NIH RC2AA019366Sep 2009 – Aug 2012 · $1.2M awarded

    Ethanol and nicotine co-abuse: cross sensitization of their reinforcing actions

  • NIH R01AA010721Aug 1995 – May 2012 · $327k awarded

    Neurobiology of high alcohol-seeking behavior

  • NIH U01AA016652Sep 2006 – Aug 2011 · $136k awarded

    Excessive alcohol drinking and CNS regional changes in genes expression

  • NIH R01AA010256Dec 1994 – Feb 2011 · $323k awarded

    Neurobiological Factors in Adolescent Alcohol Drinking

  • NIH R01AA014437Jan 2005 – Dec 2010 · $251k awarded

    Involvement of Aldehydes in Alcohol Addiction

  • NIH R01AA011261Aug 1997 – Mar 2007 · $346k awarded

    Neural Basis of the Alcohol Deprivation Effect

  • NIH P41RR018942Sep 2005 – Aug 2006 · $48k awarded

    BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY

  • NIH P60AA007611 · $315k awarded

    ANIMAL GENETICS

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 521 established Neuroscience PIs within our index
Citations: 27,788cohort median 2,582
h-index: 88cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 9.2cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 6% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 35 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 15 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 37 publications37232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • PMC×6
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research×5
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases×4
  • PLoS ONE×3
  • Psychopharmacology×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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