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Self-administration with optogenetics

From 2021 to 2025, 34 animal research papers mentioned optogenetics and self-administration in their title or abstract.

That is 2.8 times the 12 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention optogenetics and any of the 90 tests we count grew faster, to 4.0 times as many.

34 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned optogenetics and self-administration
8% of the 443 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention optogenetics and a test mention self-administration
2% of the 1,399 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention self-administration also mention optogenetics
2.8 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention optogenetics and self-administration, by year, 2001 to 2026

The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.

  • Papers in a full year
  • 2026 so far
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Papers by year
YearPapers
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20174
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20207
20216
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2026 (part year)10

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 34 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Mouse
25 papers 74%
Rat
17 papers 50%

Tests mentioned alongside self-administration

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 34 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 21 (62%) mention no other test.

The 7 tests these papers mention most

1 paper 3%
Real-time place preference
1 paper 3%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions optogenetics and self-administration.

A paper that mentions either only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The search terms are in the list of models and techniques and the test list. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.

More pairings

Every pairing of a brain technique and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.

Self-administration with other brain techniques

The page on self-administration counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on optogenetics ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Self-administration with optogenetics [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/optogenetics/self-administration

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_optogenetics_self_administration_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Self-administration with optogenetics},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/optogenetics/self-administration},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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