Addiction Research Journal Club Articles
The Addiction Research Journal Club meets from 4:00p.m.-5:00p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month in Room 409 of the Basic Science Building (BSB 409). For the most part, a journal article authored by the upcoming Addiction Research Seminar speaker is reviewed and discussed in order to better prepare for the speaker's seminar presentation. | Date | Journal Club | Article Title | | 01-08-09 | Marina Picciotto, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Pharmacology
Yale University | Addy NA, Fornasiero EF, Stevens TR, Taylor JR, & Picciotto MR. Role of calcineurin in nicotine-mediated locomotor sensitization. The Journal of Neuroscience 27(32): 8571-8580, 2007. King SL, Marks MJ, Grady SR, Caldarone BJ, Koren AO, Mukhin AG, Collins AC, & Picciotto MR. Conditional expression in corticothalamic efferents reveals a developmental role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in modulation of passive avoidance behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience 23(9): 3837-3843, 2003. | | 1/22/09 | Kent E. Hutchison, PhD
Professor, Psychology and Neurosciences
University of New Mexico
Chief Science Officer
Mind Research Network | George DT, Gilman J, Hersh J, Thorsell A, Herion D, Geyer C, Peng X, Kielbasa W, Rawlings R, Brandt JE, Gehlert DR, Tauscher JT, Hunt SP, Hommer D, & Heilig M. Neurokinin 1 receptor antagonism as a possible therapy for alcholism. Science 319(5869): 1536-1539, 2008. Hutchison KE, Haughey H, Niculescu M, Schacht J, Kaiser A, Stitzel J, Horton WJ, & Filbey F. The incentive salience of alcohol: Translating the effects of genetic variant in CNR1. Archives of General Psychiatry 65(7): 841-850, 2008. | | 2/12/09 | Linda Porrino, PhD
Professor, Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Porrino LJ, Smith HR, Nader MA, & Beveridge TJR. The effects of cocaine: A shifting target over the course of addiction. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 31(8): 1593-1600, 2007. | | 3/05/09 | Mark L. Willenbring, MD
NIAAA | Willenbring ML. A broader view of change in drinking behavior. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31(S3): 84S-86S, 2007. Willenbring ML. New research is redefining alcohol disorders: Does the treatment field have the courage to change? Addiction Professional 6(5):12-19, 2008. | | 3/19/09 | Jill B. Becker, PhD
Professor, Psychology and Psychiatry
Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
Associate Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Senior Neuroscience Scholar
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Becker JB & Hu M. Sex differences in drug abuse. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 29(1):36-47, 2008. Hu M. & Becker JB. Acquisition of cocaine self-administration in ovariectomized female rats: Effect of estradiol dose or chronic estradiol administration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 94(1):56-62, 2008. Young EA & Becker JB. Sex matters: Gonadal steroids and the brain. Neuropsychopharmacology 34(3):537-538, 2009. | | 3/26/09 | Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Pennington Biomed Research Center
Louisiana State University | Zheng H & Berthoud H-R. Eating for pleasure or calories. Current Opinion in Pharmacology 7(6): 607-612, 2007. Zheng H, Patterson LM & Berthoud H-R. Orexin signaling in the ventral tegmental area is required for high-fat appetite induced by opioid stimulation of the nucleus accumbens. The Journal of Neuroscience 27(41):11075-11082, 2007. Berthoud H-R & Morrison C. The brain, appetite, and obesity. Annual Review of Psychology 59:55-92, 2008. | | 4/23/09 | Teresa R. Franklin, PhD
Research Asst Prof of Neurosciences
University of Pennsylvania and
VA Med Center Treatment Research Center | Franklin TR, Napier K, Ehrman R, Gariti P, O'Brien CP & Childress AR. Retrospective study: Influence of menstrual cycle on cue-induced cigarette craving. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 6(1):171-175, 2004. Franklin TR, Wang Z, Wang J, Sciortino N, Harper D, Li Y, Ehrman R, Kampman K, O'Brien CP, Detre JA & Childress AR. Limbic activation to cigarette smoking cues independent of nicotine withdrawal: A perfusion fMRI study. Neuropsychopharmacology 32(11): 2301-2309, 2007. Franklin TR, Ehrman R, Lynch KG, Harper D, Sciortino N, O'Brien CP & Childress AR. Menstrual cycle phase at quit date predicts smoking status in an NRT treatment trial: A retrospective analysis. Journal of Women's Health 17(2):287-292, 2008. | | 5/14/09 | Christian Luscher, PHD
University of Geneva | Mameli M, Balland B, Lujan R & Luscher C. Rapid synthesis and synaptic insertion of GluR2 for mGluR-LTD in the ventral tegmental area. Science 317:530-533, 2007. |
Alcohol Research Center (ARC) Journal Club Articles
The ARC Journal Club meets from 4:00p.m.-5:00p.m. on the 3rd Monday of each month in Room 451N in the Institute of Psychiatry. If the 3rd Monday is a holiday, that month is skipped. | Date | Journal Club | Article Title | | 9-17-07 | ARC Journal Club | Welch JM, Lu J, Rodriguiz RM, Trotta NC, Peca J, Ding J-D, Feliciano C, Chen M, Adams JP, Luo J, Dudek SM, Weinberg RJ, Calakos N, Wetsel WC & Feng G. Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviours in Sapap3-mutant mice. Nature 448(7156):894-900, 2007. | | 11-19-07 | ARC Journal Club | Johnson BA. Update on neuropharmacological treatments for alcoholism: Scientific basis and clinical findings Biochemical Pharmacology, in press.
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