Check out all of the publications so far in 2019 from our post-docs!

Dysregulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase phosphorylation in alcohol dependence.

Pahng AR, Paulsen RI, McGinn MA, Farooq MA, Edwards KN, Edwards S.

Alcohol. 2019 Mar;75:11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.04.006. Epub 2018 Apr 19. PMID: 30321699

 

A Novel Role for the Endocannabinoid System in Ameliorating Motivation for Alcohol Drinking and Negative Behavioral Affect after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.

Fucich EA, Mayeux JP, McGinn MA, Gilpin NW, Edwards S, Molina PE.

J Neurotrauma. 2019 Mar 6. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5854. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 30638118

 

Discriminative Stimulus and Low Abuse Liability Effects of Novel Endomorphin Analogs Suggest a Potential Treatment Indication for Opioid Use Disorder.

Nilges MR, Laurent M, Cable C, Arens L, Vafiades J, Zadina JE.

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2019 Jun 18. pii: jpet.118.253013. doi: 10.1124/jpet.118.253013. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 31213481

 

Effects of noncontingent ethanol, DHEA, and pregnanolone administration on ethanol self-administration in outbred female rats.

Erwin LL, Nilges MR, DeLarge AF, Weed PF, Winsauer PJ.

Alcohol. 2019 Mar;75:67-77. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.05.003. Epub 2018 May 9. PMID: 30445249

 

Acute Cannabinoids Produce Robust Anxiety-Like and Locomotor Effects in Mice, but Long-Term Consequences Are Age- and Sex-Dependent.

Kasten CR, Zhang Y, Boehm SL 2nd.

Front Behav Neurosci. 2019 Feb 20;13:32. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00032. eCollection 2019.

PMID: 30842732

 

Cervical and systemic concentrations of long acting hormonal contraceptive (LARC) progestins depend on delivery method: Implications for the study of HIV transmission.

Buckner LR, Drobnis EZ, Augustine MS, Rogers LK, Akers J, Mott PD, Hope TJ, Quayle AJ, Schust DJ.

PLoS One. 2019 May 16;14(5):e0214152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214152. eCollection 2019.

PMID: 31095572

 

Prevalence and cervical organism burden among Louisiana women with Trichomonas vaginalis infections

Meredith K. Shaw, Harry S. Porterfield, Sue Favaloro, Patricia M. Dehon, Barbara Van Der Pol, Alison J. Quayle, Chris L. McGowin

PLoS One. 2019 June 20; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214152. eCollection 2019.

 

Improved method for isolating high-quality RNA from mouse bone with RNAlater at room temperature.

Pedersen KB, Williams A, Watt J, Ronis MJ.

Bone Rep. 2019 May 31;11:100211. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2019.100211. eCollection 2019 Dec.

PMID: 31198821

 

Genetic correlations between nicotine reinforcement-related behaviors and propensity toward high or low alcohol preference in two replicate mouse lines.

Weera MM, Agim ZS, Cannon JR, Chester JA.

Genes Brain Behav. 2019 Mar;18(3):e12515. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12515. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

PMID: 30129253

 

Ammonia generation by tryptophan synthase drives a key genetic difference between genital and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis isolates.

Sherchand SP, Aiyar A.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jun 18;116(25):12468-12477. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821652116. Epub 2019 May 16.

PMID: 31097582