Laura Elena O'Dell

University of Texas at El Paso

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Alcohol papers

Alcohol self-administration acutely stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, but alcohol dependence leads to a dampened neuroendocrine state, European Journal of Neuroscience (2009)

Cellular and behavioral interactions of gabapentin with alcohol dependence, Journal of Neuroscience (2008)

Viral vector-induced amygdala NPY overexpression reverses increased alcohol intake caused by repeated deprivations in Wistar rats, Brain (2007)

Corticotropin-releasing factor within the central nucleus of the amygdala mediates enhanced ethanol self-administration in ethanol-dependent rats during withdrawal., Journal of Neuroscience (2006)

Epipregnanolone and a novel synthetic neuroactive steroid reduce reduce alcohol self-administration in rats., Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2005)

Enhanced operant self-administration of alcohol in Wistar rats receiving intermittent versus continuous alcohol vapor exposure, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2004)

Ethanol-induced increases in neuroactive steroids in the rat brain and plasma are absent in adrenalectomized and gonadectomized rats, European Journal of Pharmacology (2004)

Acutely-administered ethanol participates in testosterone synthesis and increases testosterone in the rat brain., Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2003)

Book chapters

Nicotine withdrawal in adolescent and adult rats, Adolescent Brain Development: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities (2004)

Cocaine Papers

Impact of serotonin 2C receptor null mutation on physiology and behavior associated with nigrostriatal dopamine pathway function., The Journal of Neuroscience (2009)

CRF1 receptor antagonists attenuate escalated cocaine self-administration in rats, Psychopharmacology (2008)

Behavioral and neurochemical responses to cocaine in periadolescent and adult rats, Neuropsychopharmacology (2006)

Biphasic alterations in serotonin1B (5-HT1B) receptor function during abstinence from extended cocaine self-administration, Journal of Neurochemistry (2006)

Serotonin1B receptors in the ventral tegmental area modulate cocaine-induced elevations of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Experimental Therapeutics (2004)

Enhanced locomotor, reinforcing, and neurochemical effects of cocaine in serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine 2C receptor mutant mice, Journal of Neuroscience (2002)

Antidepressant drugs appear to enhance cocaine-induced toxicity, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (2000)

Molecular mechanisms mediating genetic sensitivity to cocaine-induced convulsions., Brain Research (2000)

The role of serotonin2 receptors in mediating cocaine-induced convulsions, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2000)

Behavioral effects of psychomotor stimulant infusions into amygdaloid nuclei., Neuropsychopharmacology (1999)

Serotonin2C receptors appear to mediate genetic sensitivity to cocaine-induced convulsions, Psychopharmacology (1999)

Effects of SCH-23390 on dopamine D1 receptor occupancy and locomotion produced by intraaccumbens cocaine infusion, Synapse (1998)

Time-dependent changes in cocaine-seeking behavior and extracellular dopamine levels in the amygdala during cocaine withdrawal, Neuropsychopharmacology (1998)

Differential effects of intra-accumbens sulpiride on cocaine-induced locomotion and conditioned place preference, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1996)

Dopamine overflow in the nucleus accumbens during extinction and reinstatement of cocaine self-administration behavior, Neuropsychopharmacology (1996)

Dose-dependent characterization of the rewarding and stimulant properties of cocaine across intraperitoneal and intravenous routes of administration, Psychopharmacology (1996)

Localization of dopamine receptor subtypes occupied by intra-accumbens administration of selective antagonists that reverse cocaine-induced locomotion., Brain Research (1995)

Manuscripts in press

The Effects of Opioids and Opioid Analogs on Animal and Human Endocrine Systems, Endocrine Reviews (2009)

The effects of opioids and opioid analogues on animal and human endocrine systems, Endocrinology Reviews (2009)

Nicotine papers

Female rats display dose-dependent differences to the rewarding and aversive effects of nicotine in an age-, hormone-, and sex-dependent manner., Psychopharmacology (2009)

Nicotine withdrawal produces fewer decreases in extracellular levels of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of adolescent versus adult rats., Synapse (2009)

Enhanced vulnerability to the rewarding effects of nicotine during the adolescent period of development, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2008)

Adolescent nicotine exposure produces less affective measures of withdrawal relative to adult nicotine exposure in male rats, Neurotoxicolgy and Teratology (2007)

CRF–CRF1 system activation mediates withdrawal-induced increases in nicotine self-administration in nicotine-dependent rats., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)

Diminished nicotine withdrawal in adolescent rats: implications for vulnerability to addiction, Biological Psychiatry (2007)

“Nicotine deprivation effect” in rats with intermittent 23-hour access to intravenous nicotine self-administration, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2007)

Diminished nicotine withdrawal in adolescent rats: Implications for vulnerability to addiction, Psychopharmacology (2006)

Extended access to nicotine self-administration leads to dependence: Circadian measures, withdrawal measures, and extinction behavior in rats, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2006)

Opiate papers

Unlimited access to heroin self-administration: Independent motivational markers of opiate dependence, Neuropsychopharmacology (2006)

Poly-drug Papers

Protracted withdrawal from alcohol and drugs of abuse impairs long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability in the juxtacapsular bed nucleus of the stria terminalis., The Journal of Neuroscience (2009)

Protracted Withdrawal from Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Impairs Long-Term Potentiation of Intrinsic Excitability in the Juxtacapsular Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis, The Journal of Neuroscience (2009)

Review papers

A psychobiological framework of the substrates that mediate nicotine use during adolescence, Neuropharmacology (2009)

Rodent Models of Nicotine Reward: What do they tell us about tobacco abuse in humans?, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2009)

Stress enhancement of craving during sobriety: A risk for relapse, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2005)

Neurobiological mechanisms in the transition from drug use to drug dependence, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (2004)

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PDF of all O'Dell Manuscripts, all journals (2009)