Publications 2008-2009

2009

Bonci, A. and Borgland, S. "Role of orexin/hypocretin and CRF in the formation of drug-dependent synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic system." Neuropharmacology 56 Suppl 1: 107-11.

Carnicella, S., Amamoto, R. and Ron, D. "Excessive alcohol consumption is blocked by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor." Alcohol 43(1): 35-43.

Rewal, M., Jurd, R., Gill, T.M., He, D.Y., Ron, D. and Janak, P.H. "Alpha4-containing GABAA receptors in the nucleus accumbens mediate moderate intake of alcohol." J Neurosci 29(2): 543-9.

Wallace, M.J., Newton, P.M., McMahon, T., Connolly, J., Huibers, A., Whistler, J. and Messing, R.O. "PKCepsilon Regulates Behavioral Sensitivity, Binding and Tolerance to the CB1 Receptor Agonist WIN55,212-2." Neuropsychopharmacology. Jan 21 [Epub ahead of print].

2008

Joslyn, G., Brush, G., Robertson, M., Smith, T.L., Kalmijn, J., Schuckit, M., and White, R.L. 2008. Chromosome 15q25.1 Genetic Markers Associated with Level of Response to Alcohol in Humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Dec 23;105(51):20368–20373.

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

Wanat, M.J., Hopf, F.W., Stuber, G.D., Phillips, P.E. and Bonci, A. "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.

Kapfhamer, D., Bettinger, J.C., Davies, A.G., Eastman, C.L., Smail, E.A., Heberlein, U. and McIntire, S.L. "Loss of RAB-3/A in Caenorhabditis elegans and the mouse affects behavioral response to ethanol." Genes Brain Behav 7(6): 669-76.

Chaudhri, N., Sahuque, L.L. and Janak, P.H. "Context-induced relapse of conditioned behavioral responding to ethanol cues in rats." Biol Psychiatry 64(3): 203-10.

Bowers, M.S., Hopf, F.W., Chou, J.K., Guillory, A.M., Chang, S.J., Janak, P.H., Bonci, A. and Diamond, I. "Nucleus accumbens AGS3 expression drives ethanol seeking through G betagamma." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(34): 12533-8.

Ishikawa, A., Ambroggi, F., Nicola, S.M. and Fields, H.L. "Contributions of the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to incentive cue responding." Neuroscience 155(3): 573-84.

Ambroggi, F., Ishikawa, A., Fields, H.L. and Nicola, S.M. "Basolateral amygdala neurons facilitate reward-seeking behavior by exciting nucleus accumbens neurons." Neuron 59(4): 648-61.

van Rijn, R.M. and Whistler, J.L. "The Only Way Is Up: Preventing Opioid Tolerance by Promoting Cell Surface Expression of MOR-DOR Heterodimers?" Mol Interv 8(6): 277-80.

Chaudhri, N., Sahuque, L.L., Cone, J.J. and Janak, P.H. "Reinstated ethanol-seeking in rats is modulated by environmental context and requires the nucleus accumbens core." Eur J Neurosci 28(11): 2288-98.

Nielsen, C.K., Simms, J.A., Pierson, H.B., Li, R., Saini, S.K., Ananthan, S. and 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." Biol Psychiatry 64(11): 974-81.

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." Addict Biol.

Joslyn, G., Brush, G., Robertson, M., Smith, T.L., Kalmijn, J., Schuckit, M. and White, R.L. "Chromosome 15q25.1 genetic markers associated with level of response to alcohol in humans." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(51): 20368-73.

Blaiss, C.A. and Janak, P.H. "The nucleus accumbens core and shell are critical for the expression, but not the consolidation, of Pavlovian-conditioned approach." Behav Brain Res.

Pierce-Shimomura, J.T., Chen, B.L., Mun, J.J., Ho, R., Sarkis, R. and McIntire, S.L. "Genetic analysis of crawling and swimming locomotory patterns in C. elegans." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(52): 20982-7.

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

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

Richards, J.K., Simms, J.A., Steensland, P., Taha, S.A., Borgland, S.L., Bonci, A. and Bartlett, S.E. "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.

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

Chen, B.T., Bowers, M.S., Martin, M., Hopf, F.W., Guillory, A.M., Carelli, R.M., Chou, J.K. and Bonci, A. "Cocaine but not natural reward self-administration nor passive cocaine infusion produces persistent LTP in the VTA." Neuron 59(2): 288-97.

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

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

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

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

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

He, D.Y. and Ron, D. "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.

Newton, P.M., Zeng, L., Wang, V., Connolly, J., Wallace, M.J., Kim, C., Shin, H.S., Belardetti, F., Snutch, T.P. and Messing, R.O. "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): 11712-9.

Choi, D.S., Wei, W., Deitchman, J.K., Kharazia, V.N., Lesscher, H.M., McMahon, T., Wang, D., Qi, Z.H., Sieghart, W., Zhang, C., Shokat, K.M., Mody, I. and Messing, R.O. "Protein kinase Cdelta regulates ethanol intoxication and enhancement of GABA-stimulated tonic current." J Neurosci 28(46): 11890-9.

Margolis, E.B., Fields, H.L., Hjelmstad, G.O. and Mitchell, J.M. "Delta-opioid receptor expression in the ventral tegmental area protects against elevated alcohol consumption." J Neurosci 28(48): 12672-81.

Lee, A.M. and Messing, R.O. "Protein kinases and addiction." Ann N Y Acad Sci 1141: 22-57.

Borgland, S.L., Storm, E. and Bonci, A. "Orexin B/hypocretin 2 increases glutamatergic transmission to ventral tegmental area neurons." Eur J Neurosci 28(8): 1545-56.

Simms, J.A., Steensland, P., Medina, B., Abernathy, K.E., Chandler, L.J., Wise, R. and Bartlett, S.E. "Intermittent access to 20% ethanol induces high ethanol consumption in Long-Evans and Wistar rats." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32(10): 1816-23.

Stuber, G.D., Hopf, F.W., Hahn, J., Cho, S.L., Guillory, A. and Bonci, A. "Voluntary ethanol intake enhances excitatory synaptic strength in the ventral tegmental area." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32(10): 1714-20.

Margolis, E.B., Mitchell, J.M., Ishikawa, J., Hjelmstad, G.O. and Fields, H.L. "Midbrain dopamine neurons: projection target determines action potential duration and dopamine D(2) receptor inhibition." J Neurosci 28(36): 8908-13.

Argilli, E., Sibley, D.R., Malenka, R.C., England, P.M. and Bonci, A. "Mechanism and time course of cocaine-induced long-term potentiation in the ventral tegmental area." J Neurosci 28(37): 9092-100.

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.