Student Publications

2025

• Baker KE, Boydstun AG, McMinn ME, Hecox EE, Edwards SR, Walker SC, Humphries LS, Hoppe IC. Analysis of Health Determinants in Cleft Palate Patients. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Jan 31:10556656251316081. doi: 10.1177/10556656251316081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39886897.
• Baker KE, Hecox EE, McMinn ME, Edwards SR, Lewis JW, Walker SC, Frederick KB, Humphries LS, Hoppe IC. Impact of Social Vulnerability, Race, and Urbanicity on Surgical Timing for Patients With Craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Dec 26:10556656241306857. doi: 10.1177/10556656241306857. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39726179.

2024

• Beeton K, Mitra D, Akinleye AA, Howell JA, Yu CS, Bidwell GL 3rd, Tandon R. An Elastin-like Polypeptide-fusion peptide targeting capsid-tegument interface as an antiviral against cytomegalovirus infection. Sci Rep. 2024 May 4;14(1):10253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60691-6. PMID: 38704431.
• Borgatti DA, Rowlett JK, Berro LF. Effects of methamphetamine on actigraphy-based sleep parameters in female rhesus monkeys: Orexin receptor mechanisms. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Apr 5;259:111285. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111285. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38636173.
• Edwards SR, Chamoun G, Hecox EE, Arnold PB, Humphries LS. Barriers to Remote Burn Care Delivery: An Analysis of Burn Center Proximity and Access to Critical Telehealth Infrastructure. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Jun 1;92(6S Suppl 4):S391-S396. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003960. PMID: 38857001.
• Edwards SR, Blough BE, Cowart K, Howell GH, Araujo AA, Haskell JP, Huskinson SL, Rowlett JK, Brackeen MF, Freeman KB. Assessment of the antinociceptive, respiratory-depressant, and reinforcing effects of the low pK_a fluorinated fentanyl analogs, FF3 and NFEPP. Neuropharmacology. 2024 Sep 1;255:110002. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.110002. Epub 2024 May 14. PMID: 38754577; PMCID: PMC11195011.
• Edwards SR, Elver AA, Frederick KB, Humphries LS, Hoppe IC. Impact of Social Vulnerability, Race, and Urbanicity on Early Nutritional Outcomes in Patients With Cleft Palate. J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Sep 26. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000010685. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39325060.
• Gordineer EA, Stokic DS, Krenn MJ. Distinguishing reflex from non-reflex responses elicited by transcutaneous spinal stimulation targeting the lumbosacral cord in healthy individuals. Exp Brain Res. 2024 Feb 28. doi: 10.1007/s00221-024-06790-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38416179.
• Griffin A, Bowles T, Solis L, Railey T, Beauti S, Robinson R, Spencer SK, Shaffery JP, Wallace K.Maternal immune suppression during pregnancy does not prevent abnormal behavior in offspring. Biol Sex Differ. 2024 15, 27.
• Griffin A, Szczepanski J, Spencer SK, Solis L, Bowles T, Robinson R, Williams JM, Kyle PB, Wallace K. Pregnancy-related acute kidney injury leads to hypertension, reduced kidney function and cognitive impairment in postpartum rats. Front Physiol. 2024 Nov 25;15:1468793.
• Pal P, Medina A, Chowdhury S, Cates CA, Bollavarapu R, Person JM, McIntyre B, Speed JS, Janorkar AV. Influence of the Tissue Collection Procedure on the Adipogenic Differentiation of Human Stem Cells: Ischemic versus Well-Vascularized Adipose Tissue. Biomedicines. 2024 May 1;12(5):997. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12050997. PMID: 38790959; PMCID: PMC11117639.
• Paulin E, Bowen EC, Dogar S, Mukit M, Lebhar MS, Galarza LI, Edwards SR, Walker ME. A Comprehensive Review of Topography and Axon Counts in Upper-Extremity Peripheral Nerves: A Guide for Neurotization. J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2024 Sep 12;6(6):784-795. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsg.2024.08.002. PMID: 39703589; PMCID: PMC11652313.
• Rexrode LE, Hartley J, Showmaker KC, Challagundla L, Vandewege MW, Martin BE, Blair E, Bollavarapu R, Antonyraj RB, Hilton K, Gardiner A, Valeri J, Gisabella B, Garrett MR, Theoharides TC, Pantazopoulos H. Molecular profiling of the hippocampus of children with autism spectrum disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Feb 14. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02441-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38355786.
• Sharmin D, Rüedi-Bettschen D, Berro LF, Cook JE, Reeves-Darby JA, Pareek T, Mian MY, Rashid F, Golani L, Moreira-Junior EDC, Platt DM, Cook JM, Rowlett JK. Evaluation of the sedative-motor effects of novel GABAkine imidazodiazepines using quantitative observation techniques in rhesus monkeys. J Psychopharmacol. 2024 Oct 9:2698811241286760. doi: 10.1177/02698811241286760. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39385515.
• Smith AM, Challagundla L, McGee IG, Warfield ZJ, Santos CDSE, Garrett MR, Grayson BE. Temporal shifts to the gut microbiome associated with cognitive dysfunction following high-fat diet consumption in a juvenile model of traumatic brain injury. Physiol Genomics. 2024 Apr 1;56(4):301-316. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00113.2023. Epub 2023 Dec 25. PMID: 38145288.
• Smith AM, Taylor EB, Brooks RJ, Dos Santos E Santos C, Grayson BE. Cerebral and Peripheral Immune Cell Changes following Rodent Juvenile Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci. 2024 Apr 19;14(4):398. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14040398. PMID: 38672047; PMCID: PMC11048136.
• Smith AM, Grayson BE. A strike to the head: Parallels between the pediatric and adult human and the rodent in traumatic brain injury. J Neurosci Res. 2024 Jul;102(7):e25364. doi: 10.1002/jnr.25364. PMID: 38953607.
• Smith AM, Ray TJ, Hulitt AA, Vita SM, Warrington JP, Santos CDSE, Grayson BE. High-fat diet consumption negatively influences closed-head traumatic brain injury in a pediatric rodent model. Exp Neurol. 2024 Jul 13:114888. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.114888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39009176.
• Stansak KL, Baum LD, Ghosh S, Thapa P, Vanga V, Walters BJ. PCP auto count: a novel Fiji/ImageJ plug-in for automated quantification of planar cell polarity and cell counting. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2024 May 17;12:1394031. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1394031. PMID: 38827526; PMCID: PMC11140036.
• Sullivan JM 3rd, Edwards S, Waetjen E, Dogar S, Walker ME. Back to the Anatomy Lab to Redefine the Pulley System of the Thumb: Is There an A0 Pulley? Hand (N Y). 2024 Dec 11:15589447241302356. doi: 10.1177/15589447241302356. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39659272; PMCID: PMC11632711.
• Valeri J, Stiplosek C, O'Donovan SM, Sinclair D, Grant KA, Bollavarapu R, Platt DM, Stockmeier CA, Gisabella B, Pantazopoulos H. Extracellular matrix abnormalities in the hippocampus of subjects with substance use disorder. Transl Psychiatry. 2024 Feb 24;14(1):115. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02833-y. PMID: 38402197; PMCID: PMC10894211.
• Zamarripa CA, Pareek T, Pham LM, Blough BE, Schrock HM, Vallender EJ, Sufka KJ, Freeman KB. Comparison of the reinforcing, antinociceptive, and respiratory depressant effects of prototypical and G-protein biased mu-opioid receptor agonists in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Sep 27. doi: 10.1007/s00213-024-06690-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39333403.
• Zhang X, Valeri J, Eladawi MA, Gisabella B, Garrett MR, Vallender EJ, McCullumsmith R, Pantazopoulos H, O'Donovan SM. Transcriptomic Analysis of the Amygdala in Subjects with Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder Reveals Differentially Altered Metabolic Pathways. Schizophr Bull. 2024 Nov 11:sbae193. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae193. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39526318.

2023

• Barnes CC, Yee KT, Vetter DE. Conditional Ablation of Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors from Cochlear Supporting Cells Reveals Their Differential Roles for Hearing Sensitivity and Dynamics of Recovery from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 7;24(4):3320. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043320. PMID: 36834731; PMCID: PMC9961551.
• Benedict KC, Songcharoen SJ, Stephens KL, Winter AL, Edwards SR, Campbell CA, Arnold PB. Comparison of inferior gluteal artery perforator flaps versus vertical rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flaps in the reconstruction of perineal wounds. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2023 Jun 14;84:514-520. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.06.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37418850.
• Brown KW, Edwards SR, Hoppe IC. Perioperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients With Syndromic Craniosynostosis Undergoing LeFort III Osteotomy With Distraction: A Case Series. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2023 Dec;16(4):301-305. doi: 10.1177/19433875221142676. Epub 2022 Nov 28. PMID: 38047148; PMCID: PMC10693261.
• Doyle WS, Freeman KB, Woods J, Huskinson SL. Choice between food and cocaine or fentanyl reinforcers under fixed and variable schedules in female and male rhesus monkeys. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2023 Jul;240(7):1573-1585. doi: 10.1007/s00213-023-06391-x. Epub 2023 Jun 2. PMID: 37266685.
• Doyle WS, Huskinson SL. Environmental Uncertainty and Substance Use Disorders: A Behavior Analytic Perspective. Policy Insights Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Mar;10(1):96-103. doi: 10.1177/23727322231152451. Epub 2023 Mar 15. PMID: 38550572; PMCID: PMC10978010.
• Edwards SR, Benedict KC, Sullivan J, Santos R, Hoppe I. Tissue Expander for Pediatric Scalp Reconstruction Complicated by Fungal Infection With Aspergillus terreus. Eplasty. 2023 Feb 6;23:e9. PMID: 36919154; PMCID: PMC10008302.
• Edwards SR, Chamoun G, Hecox E, Brown MI, Hoppe IC, Arnold PB, Humphries LS. Access to Certified Burn Centers in the United States: The Geospatial and Transport Cost of Transfer. J Burn Care Res. 2023 Sep 12:irad139. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irad139. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37698243.
• Griffin A, Berry B, Spencer SK, Bowles T, Wallace K. Indoxyl Sulfate Administration during Pregnancy Contributes to Renal Injury and Increased Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 26;24(15):11968. doi: 10.3390/ijms241511968. PMID: 37569342; PMCID: PMC10419049.
• Harris KK, Welch BA, Smith AM, Pride Y, Grayson BE. Altered chronic glycemic control in a clinically relevant model of rat thoracic spinal contusion. Biosci Rep. 2023 Jan 31;43(1):BSR20221699. doi: 10.1042/BSR20221699. PMID: 36472154; PMCID: PMC9791076.
• Howell JA, Gaouette N, Lopez M, Burke SP, Perkins E, Bidwell GL 3rd. Elastin-like polypeptide delivery of anti-inflammatory peptides to the brain following ischemic stroke. FASEB J. 2023 Aug;37(8):e23077. doi: 10.1096/fj.202300309RR. PMID: 37402128.
• Huskinson SL, Platt DM, Smith ZR, Doyle WS, Zamarripa CA, Dunaway K, Prisinzano TE, Freeman KB. Quantification of observable behaviors following oral administration of oxycodone and nalfurafine in male rhesus monkeys. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Sep 4;252:110953. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110953. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37734282.
• Johnson S, Welch TN, Aravindan N, Spann RA, Welch BA, Grayson BE. Altered Estrous Cyclicity and Feeding Neurocircuitry, but Not Cardiovascular Indices in Female Offspring from Dams with Previous Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery. Brain Sci. 2023 Aug 18;13(8):1218. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13081218. PMID: 37626574; PMCID: PMC10452692.
• Nasruddin SZ, Johnson T, Presley M, Wade B, Whalen Q, Gordineer E, Compretta C, Dehon E, Ford-Wade A, Godfrey M, Barnard M. Overcoming Barriers to Training the Next Generation of Public Health Professionals. Am J Public Health. 2023 Oct 12:e1-e5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307412. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37824809.
• Pareek T, Platt DM, Rüedi-Bettschen D. Daily, limited access to methamphetamine self-administration during pregnancy leads to increased methamphetamine sensitivity in adult offspring. Dev Psychobiol. 2023 Jan;65(1):e22350. 
• Pareek T, Overton JS, Nguyen LT, Rahman MT, Sharmin D, Cook JM, Platt DM. Modeling cue-exposure therapy for alcohol use disorder in rhesus monkeys: Effects of putative cognitive enhancers. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Feb 1;243:109735. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109735. Epub 2022 Dec 10. PMID: 36549228; PMCID: PMC9852009.
• Reeves-Darby JA, Berro LF, Platt DM, Rüedi-Bettschen D, Shaffery JP, Rowlett JK. Pharmaco-EEG analysis of ligands varying in selectivity for α1 subunit-containing GABA_A receptors during the active phase in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2023 Aug 22. doi: 10.1007/s00213-023-06450-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37608193.
• Rexrode L, Tennin M, Babu J, Young C, Bollavarapu R, Lawson LA, Valeri J, Pantazopoulos H, Gisabella B. Regulation of dendritic spines in the amygdala following sleep deprivation. Front Sleep. 2023;2:1145203. doi: 10.3389/frsle.2023.1145203. Epub 2023 Apr 3. PMID: 37928499; PMCID: PMC10624159.
• Smith AM, Warfield ZJ, Johnson SL, Hulitt AA, Rüedi-Bettschen D, Dos Santos E Santos C, Grayson BE. High-Fat Diet Exacerbates Stress Responsivity in Juvenile Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2023 Jun;40(11-12):1216-1227. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0457. Epub 2023 Mar 10. PMID: 36680746; PMCID: PMC10259605.
• Valeri J, Gisabella B, Pantazopoulos H. Dynamic regulation of the extracellular matrix in reward memory processes: a question of time. Front Cell Neurosci. 2023 Jun 16;17:1208974. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1208974. PMID: 37396928; PMCID: PMC10311570.
• Warrington JP, Jones-Muhammad M, Thompson RO, Pryor T, Shao Q, Gunturu M. Retinal Venule Coverage by Pericytes Decreases in Multiparous Mice in a Time-Dependent Manner Post-Delivery. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 16;24(4):3967. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043967. PMID: 36835376; PMCID: PMC9958816.
• Zamarripa CA, Doyle WS, Freeman KB, Rowlett JK, Huskinson SL. Choice between food and cocaine reinforcers under fixed and variable schedules in female and male rhesus monkeys. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2023 Feb;31(1):204-218. doi: 10.1037/pha0000547. Epub 2022 Jan 31. PMID: 35099243; PMCID: PMC9339013.
• Zamarripa CA, Huskinson SL, Townsend EA, Prisinzano TE, Blough BE, Rowlett JK, Freeman KB. Contingent administration of typical and biased kappa opioid agonists reduces cocaine and oxycodone choice in a drug vs. food choice procedure in male rhesus monkeys. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2023 Oct 23. doi: 10.1007/s00213-023-06486-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37870564.

2022

• Araji S, Griffin A, Kassahun-Yimer W, Dixon L, Spencer SK, Belk S, Ohaegbulam G, Wallace K. No association between perinatal mood disorders and hypertensive pregnancies. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 12;13:898003.
• Berro LF, Pareek T, Reeves-Darby JA, Andersen ML, Howell LL, Platt DM, Rowlett JK. Influence of Pair-housing on Sleep Parameters Evaluated with Actigraphy in Female Rhesus Monkeys. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2022 Mar 1;61(2):165-172.
• Berro LF, Zamarripa CA, Talley JT, Freeman KB, Rowlett JK. Effects of methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone on actigraphy-based sleep-like parameters in male rhesus monkeys. Addict Behav. 2022 Jul 22;135:107433.
• Berro LF, Zamarripa CA, Rowlett JK. Self-administration of fentanyl-alprazolam combinations by rhesus monkeys responding under a progressive-ratio schedule. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2022 Sep 24:JPET-AR-2022-001191.
• Bohlen MO, Warren S, May PJ. Is the central mesencephalic reticular formation a purely horizontal gaze center? Brain Struct Funct. 2022 Jul 24.
• Cornelius DC, Wang X, Griffin A, Morris R, Wallace K. Preeclampsia and COVID-19: the Role of Inflammasome Activation. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2022 Jun 15. doi: 10.1007/s11906-022-01195-4.
• Dos Santos E Santos C, Welch BA, Edwards SR, Harris KK, Duncan BC, Himel AR, Grayson BE. Immune and Metabolic Biomarkers in a Rodent Model of Spinal Cord Contusion. Global Spine J. 2022 Jan;12(1):110-120. doi: 10.1177/2192568220950337. Epub 2020 Sep 23. PMID: 32964731; PMCID: PMC8965303.
• Fang X, Crumpler RF, Thomas KN, Mazique JN, Roman RJ, Fan F. Contribution of cerebral microvascular mechanisms to age-related cognitive impairment and dementia. Physiol Int. 2022 Mar 2.
• Huskinson SL, Platt DM, Zamarripa CA, Dunaway K, Brasfield M, Prisinzano TE, Blough BE, Freeman KB. The G-protein biased kappa opioid agonists, triazole 1.1 and nalfurafine, produce non-uniform behavioral effects in male rhesus monkeys. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2022 May 2:173394. 
• Jones-Muhammad M, Shao Q, Warrington JP. Increased seizure sensitivity in pregnant mice with genetic knockdown of acid sensing ion channel 2a is associated with impaired hippocampal inflammatory response. Front Physiol. 2022 Sep 14;13:983506. 
• Pareek T, Overton JS, Nguyen LT, Rahman MT, Sharmin D, Cook JM, Platt DM. Modeling cue-exposure therapy for alcohol use disorder in rhesus monkeys: Effects of putative cognitive enhancers. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Dec 10;243:109735. 
• Smith AM, Welch BA, Harris KK, Garrett MR, Grayson BE. Nutrient composition influences the gut microbiota in chronic thoracic spinal cord injured rats. Physiol Genomics. 2022 Aug 29. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00037.2022.
• Valeri J, O'Donovan SM, Wang W, Sinclair D, Bollavarapu R, Gisabella B, Platt D, Stockmeier C, Pantazopoulos H. Altered expression of somatostatin signaling molecules and clock genes in the hippocampus of subjects with substance use disorder. Front Neurosci. 2022 Sep 7;16:903941. 
• Wallace K, Bowles T, Griffin A, Robinson R, Solis L, Railey T, Shaffery JP, Araji S, Spencer SK. Evidence of Anxiety, Depression and Learning Impairments following Prenatal Hypertension. Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Feb 18;12(2):53.

2021

• Berro LF, Overton JS, Reeves-Darby JA, Rowlett JK. Alprazolam-induced EEG spectral power changes in rhesus monkeys: a translational model for the evaluation of the behavioral effects of benzodiazepines. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021. May;238(5):1373-1386. 
• Bohlen MO, Gamlin PD, Warren S, May PJ. Cerebellar projections to the macaque midbrain tegmentum: Possible near response connections. Vis Neurosci. 2021 May 12;38:E007. doi: 10.1017/S0952523821000067.
• Chandler CM, Reeves-Darby J, Jones SA, Li G, Rahman MT, Cook JM, Platt DM. Modulation of relapse-like drinking in male Sprague-Dawley rats by ligands targeting the α5GABA_A receptor. Neuropharmacology. 2021 Nov 1;199:108785.
• Ghosh S, Stansak K, Walters BJ. Cannabinoid Signaling in Auditory Function and Development. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021 May 17;14:678510. 
• Gisabella B, Babu J, Valeri J, Rexrode L, Pantazopoulos H. Sleep and Memory Consolidation Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders: Evidence for the Involvement of Extracellular Matrix Molecules. Front Neurosci. 2021 May 14;15:646678. 
• Griffin A, Spencer SK, Bowles T, Solis L, Robinson R, Ramarao S, Wallace K. Male HELLP pups experience sensorimotor delays and reduced body weight. Physiol Behav. 2021 Aug 30;241:113567. 
• Jones-Muhammad M, Shao Q, Cain-Shields L, Shaffery JP, Warrington JP. Acid Sensing Ion Channel 2a Is Reduced in the Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure Mouse Model and Increases Seizure Susceptibility in Pregnant Mice. Cells. 2021 May 8;10(5):1135. 
• Jones-Muhammad M, Warrington JP. When High Fat Diet Plus Hypertension Does Not Equal Vascular Dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 Jul 1;321(1):H128-H130.
• Jones-Muhammad M, Warrington JP. Redefining the cerebral autoregulatory range of blood pressures: Not as wide as previously reported. Physiol Rep. 2021 Sep;9(17):e15006.
• Ou Y, Clifton BA, Li J, Sandlin D, Li N, Wu L, Zhang C, Chen T, Huang J, Yu Y, Allison J, Fan F, Roman RJ, Shaffery J, Zhou W, Pang Y, Zhu H. Traumatic brain injury induced by exposure to blast overpressure via ear canal. Neural Regen Res. 2022 Jan;17(1):115-121.
• Porter DT, Goodman RL, Hileman SM, Lehman MN. Evidence that synaptic plasticity of glutamatergic inputs onto KNDy neurones during the ovine follicular phase is dependent on increasing levels of oestradiol. J Neuroendocrinol. 2021 Mar;33(3):e12945.
• Reeves-Darby JA, Berro LF, Rowlett JK, Platt DM. Enhancement of Cue-Induced Reinstatement of Alcohol Seeking by Acute Total Sleep Restriction in Male Wistar Rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2021 Apr 9:173188.
• Spann RA, Welch BA, Grayson BE. Ghrelin signalling is dysregulated in male but not female offspring in a rat model of maternal vertical sleeve gastrectomy. J Neuroendocrinol. 2021 Jan;33(1):e12913.
• Waller JP, Howell JA, Peterson H, George EM, Bidwell GL 3rd. Elastin-Like Polypeptide: VEGF-B Fusion Protein for Treatment of Preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2021 Dec;78(6):1888-1901.
• Wiggins JW, Sledd JE, Coolen LM. Spinal Cord Injury Causes Reduction of Galanin and Gastrin Releasing Peptide mRNA Expression in the Spinal Ejaculation Generator of Male Rats. Front Neurol. 2021 Jun 22;12:670536.
• Zamarripa CA, Pareek T, Schrock HM, Prisinzano TE, Blough BE, Sufka KJ, Freeman KB. The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, triazole 1.1, reduces oxycodone self-administration and enhances oxycodone-induced thermal antinociception in male rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Dec;238(12):3463-3476.

2020

• Casey G, Askew C, Brimble MA, Samulski RJ, Davidoff AM, Li C, Walters BJ. Self-complementarity in adeno-associated virus enhances transduction and gene expression in mouse cochlear tissues. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 23;15(11):e0242599. 
• Cushnie AK, El-Nahal HG, Bohlen MO, May PJ, Basso MA, Grimaldi P, Wang MZ, de Velasco EMF, Sommer MA, Heilbronner SR. Using rAAV2-retro in rhesus macaques: Promise and caveats for circuit manipulation. J Neurosci Methods. 2020 Jul 12:108859.
• Deer EM, Phillips CL, Welch BA, Himel AR, Duncan BC, Spann RA, Grayson BE. Dysregulated appetitive leptin signaling in male rodent offspring from post-bariatric dams. Curr Res Physiol. 2020 Dec;3:50-58.
• Eddy AC, Howell JA, Chapman H, Taylor E, Mahdi F, George EM, Bidwell GL 3rd. (2020) Biopolymer-Delivered, Maternally Sequestered NF-κB (Nuclear Factor-κB) Inhibitory Peptide for Treatment of Preeclampsia. Hypertension. Jan;75(1):193-201. 
• Howell JA, Bidwell GL 3rd. Targeting the NF-κB pathway for therapy of ischemic stroke.
  Ther Deliv. Feb;11(2):113-123.
• Kuiper LB, Lucas KA, Mai V, Coolen LM. Enhancement of Drug Seeking Following Drug Taking in a Sexual Context Requires Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activity in Male Rats. Front Behav Neurosci. 2020 Jun 25;14:87.
• Maynard ME, Redell JB, Zhao J, Hood KN, Vita SM, Kobori N, Dash PK. (2020) Sarm1 loss reduces axonal damage and improves cognitive outcome after repetitive mild closed head injury. Exp Neurol. May;327:113207.
• Pantazopoulos H, Gisabella B, Rexrode L, Benefield D, Yildiz E, Seltzer P, Valeri J, Chelini G, Reich A, Ardelt M, Berretta S. Circadian Rhythms of Perineuronal Net Composition. eNeuro. 2020; ENEURO.0034-19.2020. 
• Person JM, Welch BA, Spann RA, Harris KK, Pride Y, Tucci MA, Taylor EB, Grayson BE. (2020) Immuno-hematologic parameters following rodent spinal cord contusion are negatively influenced by high-fat diet consumption. J Neuroimmun. Jun 15;343:577226.
• Redell JB, Maynard ME, Underwood EL, Vita SM, Dash PK, Kobori N. (2020) Traumatic brain injury and hippocampal neurogenesis: Functional implications. Exp Neurol. Sep;331:113372.
• Reed JT, Pareek T, Sriramula S, Pabbidi MR. (2020) Aging influences cerebrovascular myogenic reactivity and BK channel function in a sex-specific manner. Cardiovasc Res. Jun 1;116(7):1372-1385. 
• Spann RA, Grayson BE. Curbing Obesity from One Generation to Another: the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on the In Utero Environment and Beyond. Reprod Sci. 2020 Oct;27(10):1821-1833.  
• Szczepanski J, Griffin A, Novotny S, Wallace K. (2020) Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancies Complicated With Preeclampsia or HELLP Syndrome. Front Med (Lausanne). Feb 7;7:22. 
• Szczepanski J, Spencer SK, Griffin A, Bowles T, Williams JM, Kyle PB, Dumas JP, Araji S, Wallace K. Acute kidney injury during pregnancy leads to increased sFlt-1 and sEng and decreased renal T regulatory cells in pregnant rats with HELLP syndrome. Biol Sex Differ. 2020 Sep 24;11(1):54.
• Vita S, Grayson BE, Grill RJ (2020) Acute damage to the blood-brain barrier and perineuronal net integrity in a clinically-relevant model of traumatic brain injury. Neuroreport 31(16):1167-74. 
• Vita SM, Redell JB, Maynard ME, Zhao J, Grill RJ, Dash PK, Grayson BE. P-glycoprotein Expression Is Upregulated in a Pre-Clinical Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep. 2020 Nov 18;1(1):207-217.
• Yu Y, Huang J, Tang X, Allison J, Sandlin D, Ding D, Pang Y, Zhang C, Chen T, Yin N, Chen L, Mustain W, Zhou W, Zhu H. (2020) Exposure to blast shock waves via the ear canal induces deficits in vestibular afferent function in rats. J Otol. Sep;15(3):77-85. 
• Zamarripa CA, Naylor JE, Huskinson SL, Townsend EA, Prisinzano TE, Freeman KB. (2020) Kappa opioid agonists reduce oxycodone self-administration in male rhesus monkeys. Psychopharmacology (Berl). May;237(5):1471-1480. 
• Zamarripa CA, Patel TR, Williams BC, Pareek T, Schrock HM, Prisinzano TE, Freeman KB. (2020) The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, nalfurafine, blocks acquisition of oxycodone self-administration and oxycodone's conditioned rewarding effects in male rats. Behav Pharmacol. 2020 Dec;31(8):792-797.
• Zhang X, Hutchins SD, Blough BE, Vallender EJ. (2020) In Vitro Effects of Ligand Bias on Primate Mu Opioid Receptor Downstream Signaling. Int J Mol Sci. Jun 3;21(11). pii: E3999. doi: 10.3390/ijms21113999. 

2019

• Adeosun SO, Hou X, Shi L, Stockmeier CA, Zheng B, Raffai RL, Weisgraber KH, Mosley TH, Wang JM. (2019) Female mice with apolipoprotein E4 domain interaction demonstrated impairments in spatial learning and memory performance and disruption of hippocampal cyto-architecture. Neurobiol Learn Mem 161:106-114
• Bohlen MO, Bui K, Stahl JS, May PJ, Warren S. (2019) Mouse Extraocular Muscles and the Musculotopic Organization of Their Innervation. Anat Rec (Hoboken). Oct;302(10):1865-1885.
• Chandler CM, Reeves-Darby J, Jones SA, McDonald JA, Li G, Rahman MT, Cook JM, Platt DM. (2019) α5GABAA subunit-containing receptors and sweetened alcohol cue-induced reinstatement and active sweetened alcohol self-administration in male rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 236(6):1797-1806.
• Gilmore RA, Hutchins SD, Zhang X, Vallender EJ. (2019) MicrobiomeR: An R Package for Simplified and Standardized Microbiome Analysis Workflows. J. Open Source Software. 4(35):1299
• Himel AR, Taylor EB, Phillips CL, Welch BA, Spann RA, Bandyopadhyay S, Grayson BE. (2019) Splenectomy fails to attenuate immuno-hematologic changes after rodent vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Exp Biol Med. Jun 244(13):1125-1135.
• Hou X, Adeosun SO, Zhao X, Hill R, Zheng B, Reddy R, Su X, Meyer J, Mosley T, Wang JM. (2019) ERβ agonist alters RNA splicing factor expression and has a longer window of antidepressant effectiveness than estradiol after long-term ovariectomy. J Psychiatry Neurosci 44(1):19-31.
• Kuiper LB, Beloate LN, Dupuy BM, Coolen LM. (2019) Drug-taking in a socio-sexual context enhances vulnerability for addiction in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(3):503-513.
• Jones-Muhammad M, Warrington JP. (2019) Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation in Pregnancy, Hypertension, and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Brain Sci. 9(9):224.
• Porter DT, Moore AM, Cobern JA, Padmanabhan V, Goodman RL, Coolen LM, Lehman MN. Prenatal Testosterone Exposure Alters GABAergic Synaptic Inputs to GnRH and KNDy Neurons in a Sheep Model of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Endocrinology. 160(11):2529-2542.
• Spann RA, Taylor EB, Welch BA, Grayson BE. (2019) Altered immune system in offspring of rat maternal vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. Dec 1;317(6):R852-R863.
• Wiggins JW, Kozyrev N, Sledd JE, Wilson GG, and Coolen LM. (2019) Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Reduces Gastrin-Releasing Peptide in the Spinal Ejaculation Generator in Male Rats. J Neurotrauma. Dec 15;36(24):3378-3393.
• Yu Y, Huang J, Zhang CM, Chen TW, Sandlin DS, Wang SX, Arteaga AA, Allison J, Ou Y, Warren S, May P, Zhu H, Zhou W. (2019) Passive eye movements induced by electromagnetic force (EMF) in rats. Zool Res. 40(3):211-218.
• Zhang X, Yasuda K, Gilmore RA, Westmoreland SV, Platt DM, Miller GM, Vallender EJ. (2019) Alcohol-induced changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome of rhesus macaques. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 236(5):1531-1544.

2018

• Beloate LN, Coolen LM. (2018) Effects of Sexual Experience on Psychostimulant- and Opiate-Induced Behavior and Neural Plasticity in the Mesocorticolimbic Pathway. Int Rev Neurobiol. 140:249-270.
• Chandler CM, Overton JS, Rüedi-Bettschen D, Platt DM (2018) GABAA Receptor Subtype Mechanisms and the Abuse-Related Effects of Ethanol: Genetic and Pharmacological Evidence. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 248:3-27.
• Kuiper LB, Coolen LM (2018) Compulsive sexual behavior in humans and preclinical models. Curr Sex Health Rep. 10:124-131.
• Lazenka ML, Moerke MJ, Townsend EA, Freeman KB, Carroll FI, Negus SS (2018) Dissociable effects of the kappa opioid receptor agonist nalfurafine on pain/itch-stimulated and pain/itch-depressed behaviors in male rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 235(1):203-213.
• Moore AM, Coolen LM, Porter DT, Goodman RL, Lehman MN. (2018) KNDy cells revisited. Endocrinology. 1559:3219-3234.
• Sandlin DS, Yu Y, Huang J, Zhang C, Arteaga AA, Lippincott JK, Peeden EOH, Guyton RR, Chen L, Allison JC, Zhu H, Zhou W (2018) Autonomic responses to blast overpressure can be elicited by exclusively exposing the ear in rats. J Otology. 13(2):44-53.
• Schmidt MF, Storrs JM, Freeman KB, Jack CR Jr, Turner ST, Griswold ME, Mosley TH (2018) A comparison of manual tracing and FreeSurfer for estimating hippocampal volume over the adult lifespan. Hum Brain Mapp. 39(6):2500-2513
• Smith A, Varney E, Zand K, Lewis T, Sirous R, York J, Florez E, Abou Elkassem A, Howard-Claudio CM, Roda M, Parker E, Scortegagna E, Joyner D, Sandlin D, Newsome A, Brewster P, Lirette ST, Griswold M (2018) Precision analysis of a quantitative CT liver surface nodularity score. Abdom Radiol (NY). 43(12):3307-3316
• Spann RA, Lawson WJ, Bidwell GL 3rd, Zamarripa CA, Maranon RO, Bandyopadhyay S, Taylor ER, Reckelhoff JF, Garrett MR, Grayson BE. (2018) Rodent vertical sleeve gastrectomy alters maternal immune health and fetoplacental development. Clin Sci (Lond) 132(2):295-312
• Weems PW, Coolen LM, Hileman SM, Hardy S, McCosh RB, Goodman RL, Lehman MN. Evidence that Dynorphin Acts upon KNDy and GnRH Neurons During GnRH Pulse Termination in the Ewe (2018) Endocrinology. 159(9):3187-3199.
• Weems PW, Lehman MN, Coolen LM, Goodman RL (2018) The Roles of Neurokinins and Endogenous Opioid Peptides in Control of Pulsatile LH Secretion. Vitam Horm 2018;107:89-135.
• Zamarripa CA, Edwards SR, Qureshi HN, Yi JN, Blough BE, Freeman KB. (2018) The G-protein biased mu-opioid agonist, TRV130, produces reinforcing and antinociceptive effects that are comparable to oxycodone in rats. Drug Alcohol Depend. 192:158-162.

2017

• Adeosun SO, Hou X, Zheng B, Melrose HL, Mosley T, Wang JM Human (2017) LRRK2 G2019S mutation represses post-synaptic protein PSD95 and causes cognitive impairment in transgenic mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem 142(Pt B):182-189
• Beloate LN, Coolen LM. (2017) Influences of social reward experience on behavioral responses to drugs of abuse: Review of shared and divergent neural plasticity mechanisms for sexual reward and drugs of abuse. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 83:356-372
• Bohlen MO, Warren S, May PJ (2017) A central mesencephalic reticular formation projection to medial rectus motoneurons supplying singly and multiply innervated extraocular muscle fibers. J Comp Neurol 525: 2000-2018
• Bohlen MO, Warren S, Mustari MJ, May PJ (2017) Examination of feline extraocular motoneuron pools as a function of muscle fiber innervation type and muscle layer. J Comp Neurol 525: 919-935
• Chandler CM, Follett ME, Porter NJ, Liang KY, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Rowlett JK, Platt DM (2017) Persistent negative effects of alcohol drinking on aspects of novelty-directed behavior in male rhesus macaques. Alcohol 63:19-26
• Gomez-Sanchez CE, Qi X, Gomez-Sanchez EP, Sasano H, Bohlen MO, Wisgerhof M (2017) Disordered zonal and cellular CYP11B2 enzyme expression in familial hyperaldosteronism type 3. Mol Cell Endocrinol 439:74-80
• Huskinson SL, Naylor JE, Townsend EA, Rowlett JK, Blough BE, Freeman KB (2017) Self-administration and behavioral economics of second-generation synthetic cathinones in male rats. Psychopharmacology 234: 589-598
• Kuiper LB, Frohmader KS, Coolen LM (2017) Maladaptive sex behavior following concurrent methamphetamine and sexual experience in male rats is associated with altered neural activity in frontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology 42: 2011-2020
• Kuppusamy M, Gomez-Sanchez EP, Beloate LN, Plonczynski M, Naray-Fejes-Toth A, Fejes-Toth G, Gomez-Sanchez CE (2017) Interaction of the mineralocorticoid receptor with RACK1 and its role in aldosterone signaling. Endocrinology 158(7):2367-2375
• Lawson WJ, Shirey K, Spann RA, Zamarripa CA, Hosler JP, Grayson BE. (2017) Vertical sleeve gastrectomy improves indices of metabolic disease in rodent model of surgical menopause. Menopause 24(4):426-436
• Spann R, Lawson W, Grill R, Garrett M, Grayson B (2017) Chronic spinal cord changes in a high-fat diet fed male rat model of thoracic spinal contusion. Physiol Genomics 49(9):519-529
• Townsend EA, Naylor JE, Negus SS, Edwards SR, Qureshi HN, McLendon HW, McCurdy CR, Kapanda CN, do Carmo JM, da Silva FS, Hall JE, Sufka KJ, Freeman KB (2017) Effects of nalfurafine on the reinforcing, thermal antinociceptive, and respiratory-depressant effects of oxycodone: Modeling an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 234(17):2597-2605
• Townsend EA, Platt DM, Rowlett JK, Roma PG, Freeman KB (2017) Reinforcing effectiveness of midazolam, ethanol, and sucrose: Behavioral economic comparison of a mixture relative to its component solutions. Behav Pharmacol 28: 386-393
• Townsend EA, Freeman KB (2017) Comparison of cocaine reinforcement in lean and obese Zucker rats: Relative potency and reinstatement of extinguished operant responding. Physiol Behav 170: 88-92
• Weems P, Smith J, Clarke IJ, Coolen LM, Goodman RL, Lehman ML (2017) Effects of season and estradiol on KNDy neuron peptides, colocalization with  D2 dopamine receptors, and dopaminergic inputs, in the ewe. Endocrinology 158: 831-841

2016

• Beloate LN, Omrani A, Adan RA, Webb IC, Coolen LM (2016) Ventral tegmental area dopamine cell activation during male rat sexual behavior regulates neuroplasticity and d-amphetamine cross-sensitization following sex abstinence. J Neurosci 36: 9949-9961
• Beloate LN, Weems PW, Casey GR, Webb IC, Coolen LM (2016) Nucleus accumbens NMDA receptor activation regulates amphetamine cross-sensitization and deltaFosB expression following sexual experience in male rats. Neuropharmacology 101: 154-164
• Bohlen MO, Chen LL (2016) A noninvasive electromagnetic perturbation approach to probe extraocular proprioception. J AAPOS 20: 12-18
• Bohlen MO, Warren S, May PJ (2016) A central mesencephalic reticular formation projection to the supraoculomotor area in macaque monkeys. Bran Struct Funct 221: 2209-2229
• Cobb JA, O’Neill K, Milner J, Mahajan GJ, Lawrence TJ, May WL, Miguel-Hidalgo J, Rajkowska G, Stockmeier CA (2016) Density of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes is decreased in left hippocampi in major depressive disorder. Neuroscience 316: 209-220
• Duncan JW, Johnson S, Zhang X, Zheng B, Luo J, Ou XM, Stockmeier CA, Wang JM (2016) Up-regulation of PKR signaling pathway by ethanol displays an age of onset-dependent relationship. Alcohol Clin Exp Ther 40: 2320-2328
• Duncan JW, Zhang X, Wang N, Johnson S, Harris S, Udemgba C, Ou XM, Youdim MB, Stockmeier CA, Wang JM (2016) Binge ethanol exposure increases the Kruppel-like factor 11-monoamine oxidase (MAO) pathway in rats: Examining the use of MAO inhibitors to prevent ethanol-induced brain injury. Neuropharmacology 105: 329-340
• Gunter BW, Jones SA, Paul IA, Platt DM, Rowlett JK (2016) Benzodiazepine and neuroactive steroid combinations in rats: Anxiolytic-like and discriminative stimulus effects. Psychopharmacology 233: 3237-3247
• Logue OC, McGowan JW, George EM, Bidwell GL 3rd (2016) Therapeutic angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor supplementation for treatment of renal disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 25: 404-409
• Lopez JA, Bedenbaugh MN, McCosh RB, Weems PW, Meadows LJ, Wisman B, Coolen LM, Goodman RL, Hileman SM (2016) Does dynorphin play a role in the onset of puberty in female sheep? J Neuroendocrinol 28: doi: 10.1111/jne.12445
• May PJ, Warren S, Bohlen MO, Barnerssoi M, Horn AK (2016) A central mesencephalic reticular formation projection to the Edinger-Westphal nuclei. Brain Struct Funct 221(8):4073-4089
• McGowan JW, Shao Q, Vig PJ, Bidwell GL 3rd (2016) Intranasal administration of elastin-like polypeptide for therapeutic delivery to the central nervous system. Drug Des Devel Ther 10: 2803-2813
• McGowan JW, Bidwell GL 3rd (2016) The use of ex vivo whole-organ imaging and quantitative tissue histology to determine the bio-distribution of fluorescently labeled molecules. J Vis Exp 118
• Schmidt MF, Freeman KB, Windham BG, Griswold ME, Kullo IJ, Turner ST, Mosley TH Jr (2016) Associations between serum inflammatory markers and hippocampal volume in a community sample. J Am Geriatr Soc 64: 1823-1829
• Stewart C, Yu Y, Huang J, Maklad A, Tang X, Allison J, Mustain W, Zhou W, Zhu H (2016) Effects of high intensity noise on the vestibular system in rats. Hear Res 335: 118-127
• Weems PW, Witty CF, Amstalden M, Coolen LM, Goodman RL, Lehman MN (2016) κ-opioid receptor Is colocalized in GnRH and KNDy cells in the female ovine and rat brain. Endocrinology 157: 2367-237

2015

• Duncan J, Wang N, Zhang X, Johnson S, Harris S, Zheng B, Zhang Q, Rajkowska G, Miguel-Hidalgo JJ, Sittman D, Ou XM, Stockmeier CA, Wang JM (2015) Chronic social stress and ethanol increase expression of KLF11, a cell death mediator, in rat brain. Neurotox Res 28: 18-31
• Gunter BW, Platt DM, Rowlett JK (2015) Differential interactions engendered by benzodiazepine and neuroactive steroid combinations on schedule-controlled responding in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 137: 53-59
• Harris S, Johnson S, Duncan JW, Udemgba C, Meyer JH, Albert PR, Lomberk G, Urrutia R, Ou XM, Stockmeier CA, Wang JM (2015) Evidence revealing deregulation of the KLF11-MAO A pathway in association with chronic stress and depressive disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 40: 1373-1382
• Hou X, Adeosun SO, Zhang Q, Barlow B, Brents M, Zheng B, Wang J (2015) Differential contributions of ApoE4 and female sex to BACE1 activity and expression mediate Ab deposition and learning and memory in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Front Aging Neurosci Oct 31;7:207. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00207
• Johnson S, Duncan J, Hussain SA, Chen G, Luo J, Mclaurin C, May W, Rajkowska G, Ou XM, Stockmeier CA, Wang JM (2015) The IFNg-PKR pathway in the prefrontal cortex reactions to chronic excessive alcohol use. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 39: 476-484
• McGowan JW, Bidwell GL 3rd, Vig PJ (2015) Challenges and new strategies for therapeutic peptide delivery to the CNS. Ther Deliv 6: 841-853
• Naylor JE, Freeman KB, Blough BE, Woolverton WL, Huskinson SL (2015) Discriminative-stimulus effects of second generation synthetic cathinones in methamphetamine-trained rats. Drug Alcohol Depend 149: 280-284
• Riaz MS, Bohlen MO, Gunter BW, Henry Q, Stockmeier CA, Paul IA (2015) Attenuation of social-interaction-associated ultrasonic vocalizations and spatial working memory performance in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress. Physiol Behav 152: 128-134
• Townsend EA, Beloate LN, Huskinson SL, Roma PG, Freeman KB (2015) Corn oil, but not cocaine, is a more effective reinforcer in obese than in lean Zucker rats. Physiol Behav 143: 136-141
• Weems PW, Goodman RL, Lehman MN (2015) Neural mechanisms controlling seasonal reproduction: principles derived from the sheep model and its comparison with hamsters. Front Neuroendocrinol 37: 43-51

2014

• Adeosun SO, Hou X, Zheng B, Stockmeier C, Ou X, Paul I, Mosley T, Weisgraber K, Wang JM (2014) Cognitive deficits and disruption of neurogenesis in a mouse model of apolipoprotein E4 domain interaction. J Biol Chem 289: 2946-2959
• Freeman KB, Naylor JE, Prisinzano TE, Woolverton WL (2014) Assessment of the kappa opioid agonist, salvinorin A, as a punisher of drug self-administration in monkeys. Psychopharmacology 231: 2751-2758
• Huskinson SL, Naylor JE, Rowlett JK, Freeman KB (2014) Predicting abuse potential of stimulants and other dopaminergic drugs: Overview and recommendations. Neuropharmacology 87: 66-80
• Ou XM, Udemgba C, Wang N, Dai X, Lomberk G, Seo S, Urrutia R, Wang J, Duncan J, Harris S, Fairbanks CA, Zhang X (2014) Diabetes-causing gene, kruppel-like factor 11, modulates the antinociceptive response of chronic ethanol intake. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 38: 401-408
• Pitchers KK, Coppens CM, Beloate LN, Fuller J, Van S, Frohmader KS, Laviolette SR, Lehman MN, Coolen LM (2014) Endogenous opioid-induced neuroplasticity of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area influences natural and opiate reward. J Neurosci 34: 8825-8836