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Lorinda K Baker; Henry Chi; James J Cortright; Anitha P Govind; William N Green; Stacy Herrera; Michael Iacoviello; Danyan Mao; Daniel S McGehee; Yolanda F Vallejo; Paul Vezina
Intermittent nicotine exposure upregulates nAChRs in VTA dopamine neurons and sensitises locomotor responding to the drug.
Jessica A Loweth; Rachael L Neve; Georgia Wilke; K Ulrich Bayer; James J Cortright; Okunola Jeyifous; Dongdong Li; Paul Vezina
Persistent reversal of enhanced amphetamine intake by transient CaMKII inhibition.
James J Cortright; Nichole M Neugebauer; Georgia R Sampedro; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to nicotine enhances the incentive motivational effects of amphetamine via nicotine-associated contextual stimuli.

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2013: Lorinda K Baker; Henry Chi; James J Cortright; Anitha P Govind; William N Green; Stacy Herrera; Michael Iacoviello; Danyan Mao; Daniel S McGehee; Yolanda F Vallejo; Paul Vezina
Intermittent nicotine exposure upregulates nAChRs in VTA dopamine neurons and sensitises locomotor responding to the drug.
The European journal of neuroscience 2013;37(6):1004-11.
2013: Jessica A Loweth; Rachael L Neve; Georgia Wilke; K Ulrich Bayer; James J Cortright; Okunola Jeyifous; Dongdong Li; Paul Vezina
Persistent reversal of enhanced amphetamine intake by transient CaMKII inhibition.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2013;33(4):1411-6.
2012: James J Cortright; Nichole M Neugebauer; Georgia R Sampedro; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to nicotine enhances the incentive motivational effects of amphetamine via nicotine-associated contextual stimuli.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2012;37(10):2277-84.
2012: Darlene A Mitrano; Jason P Schroeder; Yoland Smith; Paul Vezina; Nancy Bubula; James J Cortright; David Weinshenker
α-1 Adrenergic receptors are localized on presynaptic elements in the nucleus accumbens and regulate mesolimbic dopamine transmission.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2012;37(9):2161-72.
2012: B F Singer; J Scott-Railton; Paul Vezina
Unpredictable saccharin reinforcement enhances locomotor responding to amphetamine.
Behavioural brain research 2012;226(1):340-4.
2011: Ben Chang; Claire A Daniele; Keith Gallagher; Michelle Madonia; Robert D Mitchum; Paul Vezina; Lindy Barrett; Daniel S McGehee
Nicotinic excitation of serotonergic projections from dorsal raphe to the nucleus accumbens.
Journal of neurophysiology 2011;106(2):801-8.
2011: Dongdong Li; Jessica A Loweth; Elena Nikitina; Abraham A Palmer; Nancy Bubula; Dorothy A Hanck; Stacy Herrera; Paul Vezina
Casein kinase 1 enables nucleus accumbens amphetamine-induced locomotion by regulating AMPA receptor phosphorylation.
Journal of neurochemistry 2011;118(2):237-47.
2011: James J Cortright; Daniel S Lorrain; Jeff A Beeler; Wei-Jen Tang; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to delta9-tetrahydrocannibinol enhances locomotor responding to but not self-administration of amphetamine.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2011;337(3):724-33.
2010: B F Singer; J A Loweth; R L Neve; Paul Vezina
Transient viral-mediated overexpression of alpha-calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell leads to long-lasting functional upregulation of alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate receptors: dopamine type-1 receptor and protein kinase A dependence.
The European journal of neuroscience 2010;31(7):1243-51.
2010: Jessica A Loweth; Bryan F Singer; Lorinda K Baker; Georgia Wilke; Hidetoshi Inamine; Nancy Bubula; John K Alexander; William A Carlezon; Rachael L Neve; Paul Vezina
Transient overexpression of alpha-Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell enhances behavioral responding to amphetamine.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2010;30(3):939-49.
2009: Anitha P Govind; Paul Vezina; William N Green
Nicotine-induced upregulation of nicotinic receptors: underlying mechanisms and relevance to nicotine addiction.
Biochemical pharmacology 2009;78(7):756-65.
2009: Jessica A Loweth; Robyn Svoboda; Jennifer D Austin; Anitra M Guillory; Paul Vezina
The PKC inhibitor Ro31-8220 blocks acute amphetamine-induced dopamine overflow in the nucleus accumbens.
Neuroscience letters 2009;455(2):88-92.
2009: Bryan F Singer; Lauren M Tanabe; Grazyna Gorny; Charmaine Jake-Matthews; Yilin Li; Bryan Kolb; Paul Vezina
Amphetamine-induced changes in dendritic morphology in rat forebrain correspond to associative drug conditioning rather than nonassociative drug sensitization.
Biological psychiatry 2009;65(10):835-40.
2009: Camron D Bryant; Melissa E Graham; Margaret G Distler; Michaelanne B Munoz; Dongdong Li; Paul Vezina; Greta Sokoloff; Abraham A Palmer
A role for casein kinase 1 epsilon in the locomotor stimulant response to methamphetamine.
Psychopharmacology 2009;203(4):703-11.
2009: Paul Vezina; Marco Leyton
Conditioned cues and the expression of stimulant sensitization in animals and humans.
Neuropharmacology 2009;56 Suppl 1():160-8.
2008: Jessica A Loweth; Lorinda K Baker; Tarra Guptaa; Anitra M Guillory; Paul Vezina
Inhibition of CaMKII in the nucleus accumbens shell decreases enhanced amphetamine intake in sensitized rats.
Neuroscience letters 2008;444(2):157-60.
2008: Wha-Young Kim; Paul Vezina; Jeong-Hoon Kim
Blockade of group II, but not group I, mGluRs in the rat nucleus accumbens inhibits the expression of conditioned hyperactivity in an amphetamine-associated environment.
Behavioural brain research 2008;191(1):62-6.
2007: Paul Vezina; Daniel S McGehee; William N Green
Exposure to nicotine and sensitization of nicotine-induced behaviors.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 2007;31(8):1625-38.
2007: Zara M Fagen; Robert Mitchum; Paul Vezina; Daniel S McGehee
Enhanced nicotinic receptor function and drug abuse vulnerability.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007;27(33):8771-8.
2007: Jessy J Alexander; Alexander Jacob; Paul Vezina; Hideharu Sekine; Gary S Gilkeson; Richard J Quigg
Absence of functional alternative complement pathway alleviates lupus cerebritis.
European journal of immunology 2007;37(6):1691-701.
2006: John Scott-Railton; Gretchen Arnold; Paul Vezina
Appetitive sensitization by amphetamine does not reduce its ability to produce conditioned taste aversion to saccharin.
Behavioural brain research 2006;175(2):305-14.
2006: Henry Chi; Ju Kyong Jang; Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Blockade of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the nucleus accumbens produces hyperlocomotion in rats previously exposed to amphetamine.
Neuropharmacology 2006;51(5):986-92.
2005: Timothy E Koeltzow; Paul Vezina
Locomotor activity and cocaine-seeking behavior during acquisition and reinstatement of operant self-administration behavior in rats.
Behavioural brain research 2005;160(2):250-9.
2005: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Jennifer D Austin; Lauren M Tanabe; Elizabeth Creekmore; Paul Vezina
Activation of group II mGlu receptors blocks the enhanced drug taking induced by previous exposure to amphetamine.
The European journal of neuroscience 2005;21(1):295-300.
2004: Nobuyoshi Suto; Lauren M Tanabe; Jennifer D Austin; Elizabeth Creekmore; Chauchau T Pham; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to psychostimulants enhances the reinstatement of cocaine seeking by nucleus accumbens AMPA.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2004;29(12):2149-59.
2004: Lauren M Tanabe; Nobuyoshi Suto; Elizabeth Creekmore; C L Steinmiller; Paul Vezina
Blockade of D2 dopamine receptors in the VTA induces a long-lasting enhancement of the locomotor activating effects of amphetamine.
Behavioural pharmacology 2004;15(5-6):387-95.
2004: Paul Vezina
Sensitization of midbrain dopamine neuron reactivity and the self-administration of psychomotor stimulant drugs.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2004;27(8):827-39.
2003: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Elizabeth Creekmore; Paul Vezina
Microinjection of CART peptide 55-102 into the nucleus accumbens blocks amphetamine-induced locomotion.
Neuropeptides 2003;37(6):369-73.
2003: Nobuyoshi Suto; Lauren M Tanabe; Jennifer D Austin; Elizabeth Creekmore; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to VTA amphetamine enhances cocaine self-administration under a progressive ratio schedule in an NMDA, AMPA/kainate, and metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent manner.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2003;28(4):629-39.
2003: Timothy E Koeltzow; Jennifer D Austin; Paul Vezina
Behavioral sensitization to quinpirole is not associated with increased nucleus accumbens dopamine overflow.
Neuropharmacology 2003;44(1):102-10.
2002: Nobuyoshi Suto; Jennifer D Austin; Lauren M Tanabe; M K Kramer; David A Wright; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to VTA amphetamine enhances cocaine self-administration under a progressive ratio schedule in a D1 dopamine receptor dependent manner.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2002;27(6):970-9.
2002: Jeong Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
The mGlu2/3 receptor agonist LY379268 blocks the expression of locomotor sensitization by amphetamine.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 2002;73(2):333-7.
2002: Xiu-Ti Hu; Timothy E Koeltzow; Donald C Cooper; George S Robertson; Francis J White; Paul Vezina
Repeated ventral tegmental area amphetamine administration alters dopamine D1 receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens.
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) 2002;45(3):159-70.
2002: Paul Vezina; Daniel S Lorrain; Gretchen M Arnold; Jennifer D Austin; Nobuyoshi Suto
Sensitization of midbrain dopamine neuron reactivity promotes the pursuit of amphetamine.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2002;22(11):4654-62.
2001: Nobuyoshi Suto; Jennifer D Austin; Paul Vezina
Locomotor response to novelty predicts a rat's propensity to self-administer nicotine.
Psychopharmacology 2001;158(2):175-80.
2001: Jeong-Hoon Kim; M Perugini; Jennifer D Austin; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to amphetamine enhances the subsequent locomotor response to a D1 dopamine receptor agonist when glutamate reuptake is inhibited.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2001;21(5):RC133.
2000: Paul Vezina; A L Queen
Induction of locomotor sensitization by amphetamine requires the activation of NMDA receptors in the rat ventral tegmental area.
Psychopharmacology 2000;151(2-3):184-91.
2000: Jeong-Hoon Kim; J A Beeler; Paul Vezina
Group II, but not group I, metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat nucleus accumbens contribute to amphetamine-induced locomotion.
Neuropharmacology 2000;39(10):1692-9.
2000: Daniel S Lorrain; Gretchen M Arnold; Paul Vezina
Previous exposure to amphetamine increases incentive to obtain the drug: long-lasting effects revealed by the progressive ratio schedule.
Behavioural brain research 2000;107(1-2):9-19.
1999: Paul Vezina; PJ Pierre; Daniel S Lorrain
The effect of previous exposure to amphetamine on drug-induced locomotion and self-administration of a low dose of the drug.
Psychopharmacology 1999;147(2):125-34.
1999: Daniel S Lorrain; Gretchen M Arnold; Paul Vezina
Mesoaccumbens dopamine and the self-administration of amphetamine.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1999;877():820-2.
1999: Paul Vezina; Jeong-Hoon Kim
Metabotropic glutamate receptors and the generation of locomotor activity: interactions with midbrain dopamine.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 1999;23(4):577-89.
1999: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Blockade of glutamate reuptake in the rat nucleus accumbens increases locomotor activity.
Brain research 1999;819(1-2):165-9.
1998: D Meeker; Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Depletion of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens prevents the generation of locomotion by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation.
Brain research 1998;812(1-2):260-4.
1998: PJ Pierre; Paul Vezina
D1 dopamine receptor blockade prevents the facilitation of amphetamine self-administration induced by prior exposure to the drug.
Psychopharmacology 1998;138(2):159-66.
1998: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Metabotropic glutamate receptors are necessary for sensitization by amphetamine.
Neuroreport 1998;9(3):403-6.
1998: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
The metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist (RS)-MCPG produces hyperlocomotion in amphetamine pre-exposed rats.
Neuropharmacology 1998;37(2):189-97.
1998: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat nucleus accumbens contribute to amphetamine-induced locomotion.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 1998;284(1):317-22.
1997: Jeong-Hoon Kim; Paul Vezina
Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat nucleus accumbens increases locomotor activity in a dopamine-dependent manner.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 1997;283(2):962-8.
1997: M Balcells-Olivero; Paul Vezina
Effects of naltrexone on amphetamine-induced locomotion and rearing: acute and repeated injections.
Psychopharmacology 1997;131(3):230-8.
1997: PJ Pierre; Paul Vezina
Predisposition to self-administer amphetamine: the contribution of response to novelty and prior exposure to the drug.
Psychopharmacology 1997;129(3):277-84.
1996: D Jolly; Paul Vezina
In vivo microdialysis in the rat: low cost and low labor construction of a small diameter, removable, concentric-style microdialysis probe system.
Journal of neuroscience methods 1996;68(2):259-67.
1996: Paul Vezina
D1 dopamine receptor activation is necessary for the induction of sensitization by amphetamine in the ventral tegmental area.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 1996;16(7):2411-20.
1994: M Perugini; Paul Vezina
Amphetamine administered to the ventral tegmental area sensitizes rats to the locomotor effects of nucleus accumbens amphetamine.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 1994;270(2):690-6.