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2008

Newton PM, Zeng L, Wang V,Connolly J, Wallace MJ, Kim C, Shin HS, Belardetti F, Snutch TP, Messing RO. A Blocker of N- and T-type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Attenuates Ethanol-Induced Intoxication, Place Preference, Self-Administration, and Reinstatement. J. Neurosci. 28(45):11712-11719, 2008.

Margolis EB, Mitchell JM, Ishikawa J, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. Midbrain dopamine neurons: projection target determines action potential duration and dopamine D(2) receptor inhibition. J Neurosci. 28(36):8908-13, 2008

Ambroggi F, Ishikawa A, Fields HL, Nicola SM. Basolateral amygdala neurons facilitate reward-seeking behavior by exciting nucleus accumbens neurons. Neuron 59(4):648-61, 2008

Ishikawa A, Ambroggi F, Nicola SM, Fields HL. Contributions of the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to incentive cue responding. Neuroscience 155(3):573-84, 2008.

Stuber, G.D., Klanker, M., de Ridder, B., Bowers, M.S., Joosten, R.N., Feenstra, M.G. and Bonci, A. "Reward-predictive cues enhance excitatory synaptic strength onto midbrain dopamine neurons." Science 321(5896): 1690-2. Sep 19, 2008.

Nielsen, C.K. Simms, J.A., Pierson, H.B., Li, R., Saini, S.K., Ananthan, S., Bartlett, S.E. A novel delta opioid receptor antagonist, SoRI-9409, produces a selective and long-lasting decrease in ethanol consumption in heavy drinking rats. Biological Psychiatry (in press).

Simms, J.A., Steensland, P., Medina, B., Abernathy, K., Chandler, L.J., Wise, R.A., and Bartlett, S.E. (2008) Intermittent-Access to 20% Ethanol induces high ethanol consumption in Long-Evans and Wistar rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32:1-8.

Argilli E, Sibley DR, Malenka RC, England PM, Bonci A. Mechanism and Time Course of Cocaine-Induced Long-Term Potentiation in the Ventral Tegmental Area. J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 10;28(37):9092-9100.

Bowers MS, Hopf FW, Chou JK, Guillory AM, Chang SJ, Janak PH, Bonci A, Diamond Nucleus accumbens AGS3 expression drives ethanol seeking through Gβγ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 26;105(34):12533-8. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

L. S. Zweifel, E. Argilli, A. Bonci, and R. D. Palmiter. Role of NMDAR-Dependent Plasticity in Dopamine Neurons for Addictive Behaviors. Neuron. 2008 Aug 14;59(3):486-96.

Chen BT, Bowers MS, Martin M, Hopf FW, Guillory AM, Carelli RM, Chou JK, Bonci A. Cocaine but not natural reward self-administration nor passive cocaine infusion produces persistent LTP in the VTA. Neuron. 2008 Jul 31;59(2):288-97.

Stuber GD, Hopf FW, Hahn J, Cho SL, Guillory A, Bonci A. Voluntary Ethanol Intake Enhances Excitatory Synaptic Strength in the Ventral Tegment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 July 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Richards, J.K., Simms, J.A.and Bartlett, S.E. Conditioned cues and yohimbine induce reinstatement of beer and near beer seeking in Long-Evans rats. Addiction Biology (in press).

Berger, K. H., E. C. Kong, J. Dubnau, T. Tully, M. S. Moore and U. Heberlein. "Ethanol sensitivity and tolerance in long-term memory mutants of Drosophila melanogaster." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32(5): 895-908.

Carnicella, S., V. Kharazia, J. Jeanblanc, P. H. Janak and D. Ron. "GDNF is a fast-acting potent inhibitor of alcohol consumption and relapse." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(23): 8114-9.

Chaudhri, N., L. L. Sahuque and P. H. Janak. "Context-Induced Relapse of Conditioned Behavioral Responding to Ethanol Cues in Rats." Biol Psychiatry.” 64(3):203-10.

Chou, W. H. and R. O. Messing. "Hypertensive encephalopathy and the blood-brain barrier: is deltaPKC a gatekeeper?" J Clin Invest 118(1): 17-20.

He, D. Y. and D. Ron. "Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor reverses ethanol-mediated increases in tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity via altering the activity of heat shock protein 90." J Biol Chem 283(19): 12811-8.

Ishikawa, A., F. Ambroggi, S. M. Nicola and H. L. Fields. "Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex contribution to behavioral and nucleus accumbens neuronal responses to incentive cues." J Neurosci 28(19): 5088-98.

Kapfhamer, D., J. C. Bettinger, A. G. Davies, C. L. Eastman, E. A. Smail, U. Heberlein and S. L. McIntire. "Loss of RAB-3/A in C. elegans and the mouse affects behavioral response to ethanol." Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Kim, J. A., S. Bartlett, L. He, C. K. Nielsen, A. M. Chang, V. Kharazia, M. Waldhoer, C. J. Ou, S. Taylor, M. Ferwerda, D. Cado and J. L. Whistler. "Morphine-induced receptor endocytosis in a novel knockin mouse reduces tolerance and dependence." Curr Biol 18(2): 129-35.

Lesscher, H. M., T. McMahon, A. W. Lasek, W. H. Chou, J. Connolly, V. Kharazia and R. O. Messing. "Amygdala protein kinase C epsilon regulates corticotropin-releasing factor and anxiety-like behavior." Genes Brain Behav 7(3): 323-33.

Logrip, M. L., P. H. Janak and D. Ron. "Dynorphin is a downstream effector of striatal BDNF regulation of ethanol intake." Faseb J 22(7): 2393-404.

Richards, J. K., J. A. Simms, P. Steensland, S. A. Taha, S. L. Borgland, A. Bonci and S. E. Bartlett. "Inhibition of orexin-1/hypocretin-1 receptors inhibits yohimbine-induced reinstatement of ethanol and sucrose seeking in Long-Evans rats." Psychopharmacology (Berl) 199(1): 109-17.

Tye, K. M., G. D. Stuber, B. de Ridder, A. Bonci and P. H. Janak. "Rapid strengthening of thalamo-amygdala synapses mediates cue-reward learning." Nature 453(7199): 1253-7.

Wanat, M. J., F. W. Hopf, G. D. Stuber, P. E. Phillips and A. Bonci. "Corticotropin-releasing factor increases mouse ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing through a protein kinase C-dependent enhancement of Ih." J Physiol 586(8): 2157-70.

Xia, Y. F., L. He, J. L. Whistler and G. O. Hjelmstad. "Acute amphetamine exposure selectively desensitizes kappa-opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens." Neuropsychopharmacology 33(4): 892-900.