RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Maier, E. Y., Ledesma, R. T., Seiwell, A.P. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Diazepam alters cocaine self-administration, but not cocaine-stimulated locomotion or accumbens dopamine levels, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Under Revision.

Seiwell, A.P., Reveron, M.E. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Increased accumbens Cdk5 expression in rats after short-access to self-administered cocaine, but not after long-access sessions, Neuroscience Letters, 417, 100-105, 2007. Pubmed

Ikegami, A., Olsen, C.M., D'Souza, M.S. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Experience-dependent effects of cocaine self-administration/conditioning on prefrontal and accumbens dopamine responses. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121, 389-400, 2007.Pubmed

D'Souza, M.S. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Comparing nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatal dopamine responses to self-administered cocaine in naïve rats. Neuroscience Letters, 408 (2),146-150, 2006. Pubmed

Reveron, M.E., Maier, E.Y. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Experience-dependent changes in temperature and behavioral activity induced by MDMA.  Physiology and Behavior, 89, 358-363, 2006. Pubmed

Olsen, C.M. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Prefrontal cortex D1 modulation of the reinforcing properties of cocaine. Brain Research, 1075, 229-235, 2006. Pubmed

Reveron, M.E., Monks, T. J. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Age-dependent (+)-MDMA neurotoxicity in mice. Neurotoxicology, 26, 1031-1040, 2005. Pubmed

Jones, D.C., Duvauchelle, C., Ikegami, A., Olsen, C.M., Lau, S.S., de la Torre, R., and Monks, T.J. Serotonergic neurotoxic metabolites of Ecstasy identified in rat brain. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,313:1,422-431, 2005. Pubmed

Ikegami, A. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Dopamine mechanisms and cocaine reward. International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 62, October 2004. Pubmed

Ikegami, A. and Duvauchelle, C.L. Nucleus accumbens and medial prefrontal cortex dopaminergic response to self-administered cocaine in naive rats. Neuroscience Letters, 354:3, 205-208, 2004. Pubmed