Abstract

Nicotine's high addiction liability is well recognized, as is the fact that smoking cessation strategies, including behavioral modification and pharmacotherapies, have low success rates. Understanding the biological basis of nicotine dependence is essential if we are to develop new treatment strategies. Tremendous progress has been made in the past decade regarding the actions of nicotine at ion-gated cholinergic receptors (nA ChR). Of the large number of possible nAChR subtypes, o402 and

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50DA005274-21
Application #
7880046
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDA1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2009-07-01
Budget End
2010-06-30
Support Year
21
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$90,713
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department
Type
DUNS #
105300446
City
Richmond
State
VA
Country
United States
Zip Code
23298

  Publications

Bagdas, Deniz; Alkhlaif, Yasmin; Jackson, Asti et al. (2018) New insights on the effects of varenicline on nicotine reward, withdrawal and hyperalgesia in mice. Neuropharmacology 138:72-79
Jackson, Kia J; Muldoon, Pretal P; Walters, Carrie et al. (2016) Neuronal calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mediates nicotine reward in the conditioned place preference test in mice. Behav Pharmacol 27:50-6
Nass, Sara R; Long, Jonathan Z; Schlosburg, Joel E et al. (2015) Endocannabinoid Catabolic Enzymes Play Differential Roles in Thermal Homeostasis in Response to Environmental or Immune Challenge. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 10:364-70
Muldoon, P P; Chen, J; Harenza, J L et al. (2015) Inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipase reduces nicotine withdrawal. Br J Pharmacol 172:869-82
Wolf, Carl E; Goldstein, Ashley; Poklis, Justin L et al. (2014) Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of methadone metabolite EDDP [2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine] in urine. J Clin Lab Anal 28:136-40
Poklis, Justin L; Devers, Kelly G; Arbefeville, Elise F et al. (2014) Postmortem detection of 25I-NBOMe [2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine] in fluids and tissues determined by high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry from a traumatic death. Forensic Sci Int 234:e14-20
Poklis, Justin L; Nanco, Carol R; Troendle, Michelle M et al. (2014) Determination of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-benzeneethanamine (25B-NBOMe) in serum and urine by high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry in a case of severe intoxication. Drug Test Anal 6:764-9
Ignatowska-Jankowska, B M; Ghosh, S; Crowe, M S et al. (2014) In vivo characterization of the highly selective monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor KML29: antinociceptive activity without cannabimimetic side effects. Br J Pharmacol 171:1392-407
Bagdas, Deniz; Muldoon, Pretal P; Zhu, Andy Z X et al. (2014) Effects of methoxsalen, a CYP2A5/6 inhibitor, on nicotine dependence behaviors in mice. Neuropharmacology 85:67-72
Burston, James J; Sagar, Devi Rani; Shao, Pin et al. (2013) Cannabinoid CB2 receptors regulate central sensitization and pain responses associated with osteoarthritis of the knee joint. PLoS One 8:e80440

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