Recent Faculty Publications

Our research has been published in a variety of national and international peer-reviewed journals.

Liu J, Johnson B, Wu R, Seaman R, Vu J, Zhu Q, Zhang Y, Li JX, Li J. TAAR 1 Agonists Attenuate Extended Access Cocaine Self-administration and Yohimbine-induced Reinstatement of Cocaine-seeking. Br J Pharmacol. 2020
Zamora NN, Cheli VT, SantiagoGonzÃ¡lez DA, Wan R, Paez PM. Deletion of voltage-gated calcium channels in astrocytes during demyelination reduces brain inflammation and promotes myelin regeneration in mice. J Neurosci. 2020
Jones RS, Parker MD, Morris AME. Monocarboxylate Transporter 6-Mediated Interactions with Prostaglandin F2alpha: In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence Utilizing a Knockout Mouse Model. Pharmaceutics. 2020; 12(3)
Chapman CL, Johnson BD, Vargas NT, Hostler D, Parker MD, Schlader ZJ. Hyperthermia and dehydration during physical work in the heat both contribute to the risk of acute kidney injury. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2020
Paez PM, Lyons DA. Calcium Signaling in the Oligodendrocyte Lineage: Regulators and Consequences. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2020
Liu J, Wu R, Li JX, Li J. TAAR1 and Psychostimulant Addiction. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2020
Bousquet P, Hudson A, GarcÃa-Sevilla JA, Li JX, Li J. Imidazoline Receptor System: The Past, the Present, and the Future. Pharmacol Rev. 2020; 72(1)
Liu J, Wu R, Johnson B, Vu J, Bass C, Li JX, Li J. The Claustrum-Prefrontal Cortex Pathway Regulates Impulsive-Like Behavior. J Neurosci. 2019; 39(50)
Nguyen T, Gamage TF, Decker AM, Barrus D, Langston TL, Li JX, Thomas BF, Zhang Y, Li J. Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of 1-Phenyl-3-Thiophenylurea Derivatives as Cannabinoid Type-1 Receptor Allosteric Modulators. J Med Chem. 2019; 62(21)
Santiago GonzÃ¡lez DA, Cheli VT, Wan R, Paez PM. Iron metabolism in the peripheral nervous system: the role of DMT1, ferritin and transferrin receptor in Schwann cell maturation and myelination. J Neurosci. 2019
Hunt KJ, Jenkins AJ, Fu D, Stevens D, Ma JX, Klein RL, Azar M, Zhang SX, Lopes-Virella MF, Lyons TJ. Serum pigment epithelium-derived factor: Relationships with cardiovascular events, renal dysfunction, and mortality in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) cohort. J Diabetes Complications. 2019; 33(10)
Werner CT, Mitra S, Martin JA, Stewart AF, Lepack AE, Ramakrishnan A, Gobira PH, Wang ZJ, Neve RL, Gancarz AM, Shen L, Maze I, Dietz DM, Dietz D. Ubiquitin-proteasomal regulation of chromatin remodeler INO80 in the nucleus accumbens mediates persistent cocaine craving. Sci Adv. 2019; 5(10)
Martin JA, Werner CT, Mitra S, Zhong P, Wang ZJ, Gobira PH, Stewart AF, Zhang J, Erias K, Siemian JN, Hagarty D, Mueller LE, Neve RL, Li JX, Chandra R, Dietz KC, Lobo MK, Gancarz AM, Yan Z, Dietz DM, Dietz D. A novel role for the actin-binding protein drebrin in regulating opiate addiction. Nat Commun. 2019; 10(1)
Covey TJ, Shucard, DW, Meynadasy, M, Mang, T, Arany, PR. Photobiomodulation as a potential therapeutic strategy for improving cognitive and functional outcomes in traumatic brain injury. Elsevier. 2019
Wen X, Eiden RD, Justicia-Linde FE, Wang Y, Higgins ST, Kong KL, Shittu AAT, Perkins JM, Esadah P, Mautner TE, Epstein LH. Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy: an intervention study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019; 43(7)
Calipari ES, Godino A, Salery M, Damez-Werno DM, Cahill ME, Werner CT, Gancarz AM, Peck EG, Jlayer Z, Rabkin J, Landry JA, Smith ACW, Defilippi P, Kenny PJ, Hurd YL, Neve RL, Dietz DM, Nestler EJ,. Synaptic Microtubule-Associated Protein EB3 and SRC Phosphorylation Mediate Structural and Behavioral Adaptations During Withdrawal From Cocaine Self-Administration. J Neurosci. 2019; 39(29)
LaMacchia ZM, Spengler RN, Jaffari M, Abidi AH, Ahmed T, Singh N, Tobinick EL, Ignatowski TA. Perispinal injection of a TNF blocker directed to the brain of rats alleviates the sensory and affective components of chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain. Brain Behav Immun. 2019
Schweser F, KyyriÃ¤inen J, Preda M, PitkÃ¤nen A, Toffolo K, Poulsen A, Donahue K, Levy B, Poulsen D. Visualization of thalamic calcium influx with quantitative susceptibility mapping as a potential imaging biomarker for repeated mild traumatic brain injury. Neuroimage. 2019; 200
Bergsland N, Zivadinov R, Schweser F, Hagemeier J, Lichter D, Guttuso T. Ventral posterior substantia nigra iron increases over 3 years in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2019
Deshpande HU, Mellis AM, Lisinski JM, Stein JS, Koffarnus MN, Paluch R, Schweser F, Zivadinov R, LaConte SM, Epstein LH, Bickel WK. Reinforcer pathology: Common neural substrates for delay discounting and snack purchasing in prediabetics. Brain Cogn. 2019; 132