Publications

• Impact of vanilla flavor on nicotine taste, choice, intake, and seeking behaviors.Bagdas D, Zepei AM, Harris L, Minanov K, Jimenez JL, Addy NA. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Nov; 2024 Jun 6. PMID: 38839631.
• Preclinical evidence of the effects of sweet flavors: Sweetness increases nicotine intake and seeking.Bagdas D, Addy NA. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Oct 16; 2024 Oct 16. PMID: 39413033.
• L-type calcium channel regulation of depression, anxiety and anhedonia-related behavioral phenotypes following chronic stress exposure.Nunes EJ, Kebede N, Rajadhyaksha AM, Addy NA. Neuropharmacology. 2024 Oct 1; 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38871116.
• Targeting the Actions of Muscarinic Receptors on Dopamine Systems: New Strategies for Treating Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Nunes EJ, Addy NA, Conn PJ, Foster DJ. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2024 Jan 23; 2023 Aug 9. PMID: 37552895.
• The impact of racism on Black American mental health.Cogburn CD, Roberts SK, Ransome Y, Addy N, Hansen H, Jordan A. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 Jan. PMID: 38101873.
• The Biological Psychiatry Cover Art Initiative: Addressing the Underrepresentation of Black People on the Journal Cover Through a Series of Commissioned Artworks.Krystal JH, Imeh IN, Garces RP, Addy NA. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1. PMID: 38030306.
• Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana.Essuman MA, Addy NA, Essien-Baidoo S, Donkoh IE, Botchway FA, Afrifa J, Agyeman P, Amaama LA, Amoah S, Sorvor FBK, Ephraim RKD. Hum Resour Health. 2023 Sep 12; 2023 Sep 12. PMID: 37700340.
• Ventral Tegmental Area M5 Muscarinic Receptors Mediate Effort-Choice Responding and Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine in a Sex-Specific Manner .Nunes EJ, Kebede N, Haight JL, Foster DJ, Lindsley CW, Conn PJ, Addy NA. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2023 May; 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 36828630.
• L-type calcium channel regulation of dopamine activity in the ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens pathway: Implications for substance use, mood disorders and co-morbidities.Nunes EJ, Addy NA. Neuropharmacology. 2023 Feb 15; 2022 Nov 19. PMID: 36414149.
• Chronic oral nicotine exposure decreases aversive taste of nicotine, increases nicotine withdrawal and reinstatement, but cherry flavor does not alter nicotine's effects in adolescent rats.Bagdas D, Harris L, Addy NA. Neurosci Lett. 2023 Jan 10; 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36476758.
• Cholinergic and dopaminergic-mediated motivated behavior in healthy states and in substance use and mood disorders.Nunes EJ, Kebede N, Bagdas D, Addy NA. J Exp Anal Behav. 2022 May; 2022 Mar 14. PMID: 35286712.
• Evaluation of Flavor Effects on Oral Nicotine Liking and/or Disliking Using the Taste Reactivity Test in Rats.Bagdas D, Rupprecht LE, Nunes EJ, Schillinger E, Immanuel JJ, Addy NA. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Mar 26. PMID: 34918123.
• Animal Models to Investigate the Impact of Flavors on Nicotine Addiction and Dependence.Bagdas D, Kebede N, Zepei AM, Harris L, Minanov K, Picciotto MR, Addy NA. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2022. PMID: 35611777.
• An ongoing saga of nicotine complexity and dopamine heterogeneity: Nicotine activation and inhibition mediating reward and anxiety.Addy NA. Neuron. 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34411537.
• Examining the role of muscarinic M5 receptors in VTA cholinergic modulation of depressive-like and anxiety-related behaviors in rats.Nunes EJ, Rupprecht LE, Foster DJ, Lindsley CW, Conn PJ, Addy NA. Neuropharmacology. 2020 Jul; 2020 Apr 5. PMID: 32268153.
• Combined Infusion and Stimulation with Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry (CIS-FSCV) to Assess Ventral Tegmental Area Receptor Regulation of Phasic Dopamine.Wickham RJ, Lehr M, Mitchell L, Addy NA. J Vis Exp. 2020 Apr 23; 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32420985.
• Cholinergic Receptor Blockade in the VTA Attenuates Cue-Induced Cocaine-Seeking and Reverses the Anxiogenic Effects of Forced Abstinence.Nunes EJ, Bitner L, Hughley SM, Small KM, Walton SN, Rupprecht LE, Addy NA. Neuroscience. 2019 Aug 10; 2019 Jul 2. PMID: 31271832.
• Neurobiological and Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine Seeking and Smoking Relapse.Schmidt HD, Rupprecht LE, Addy NA. Mol Neuropsychiatry. 2019 Feb; 2018 Nov 19. PMID: 30815453.
• The L-type calcium channel blocker, isradipine, attenuates cue-induced cocaine-seeking by enhancing dopaminergic activity in the ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens pathway.Addy NA, Nunes EJ, Hughley SM, Small KM, Baracz SJ, Haight JL, Rajadhyaksha AM. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Nov; 2018 May 3. PMID: 29773910.
• Evaluating oral flavorant effects on nicotine self-administration behavior and phasic dopamine signaling.Wickham RJ, Nunes EJ, Hughley S, Silva P, Walton SN, Park J, Addy NA. Neuropharmacology. 2018 Jan; 2017 Sep 21. PMID: 28943284.
• Enhancing VTA Ca(v)1.3 L-type Ca(2+) channel activity promotes cocaine and mood-related behaviors via overlapping AMPA receptor mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens.Martínez-Rivera A, Hao J, Tropea TF, Giordano TP, Kosovsky M, Rice RC, Lee A, Huganir RL, Striessnig J, Addy NA, Han S, Rajadhyaksha AM. Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Dec; 2017 Feb 14. PMID: 28194001.
• Vitamin D3: A Role in Dopamine Circuit Regulation, Diet-Induced Obesity, and Drug Consumption.Trinko JR, Land BB, Solecki WB, Wickham RJ, Tellez LA, Maldonado-Aviles J, de Araujo IE, Addy NA, DiLeone RJ. eNeuro. 2016 Mar-Apr; 2016 May 19. PMID: 27257625.
• Ventral tegmental area muscarinic receptors modulate depression and anxiety-related behaviors in rats.Small KM, Nunes E, Hughley S, Addy NA. Neurosci Lett. 2016 Mar 11; 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26828299.
• Muscarinic, but not nicotinic, acetylcholine receptor blockade in the ventral tegmental area attenuates cue-induced sucrose-seeking.Addy NA, Nunes EJ, Wickham RJ. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Sep 15; 2015 May 28. PMID: 26026787.
• Distinct effects of ventral tegmental area NMDA and acetylcholine receptor blockade on conditioned reinforcement produced by food-associated cues.Wickham RJ, Solecki WB, Nunes EJ, Addy NA. Neuroscience. 2015 Aug 20; 2015 Jun 17. PMID: 26093048.
• Examination of Rapid Dopamine Dynamics with Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry During Intra-oral Tastant Administration in Awake Rats.Wickham RJ, Park J, Nunes EJ, Addy NA. J Vis Exp. 2015 Aug 12; 2015 Aug 12. PMID: 26325447.
• Ventral tegmental area cholinergic mechanisms mediate behavioral responses in the forced swim test.Addy NA, Nunes EJ, Wickham RJ. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Jul 15; 2015 Apr 9. PMID: 25865152.
• Repeated nicotine exposure during adolescence alters reward-related learning in male and female rats.Quick SL, Olausson P, Addy NA, Taylor JR. Behav Brain Res. 2014 Mar 15; 2013 Dec 12. PMID: 24333376.
• Differential role of ventral tegmental area acetylcholine and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in cocaine-seeking.Solecki W, Wickham RJ, Behrens S, Wang J, Zwerling B, Mason GF, Addy NA. Neuropharmacology. 2013 Dec; 2013 Jul 11. PMID: 23850572.
• Ventral tegmental area α6β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core.Wickham R, Solecki W, Rathbun L, McIntosh JM, Addy NA. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Sep; 2013 Apr 30. PMID: 23624852.
• Advances in studying phasic dopamine signaling in brain reward mechanisms.Wickham RJ, Solecki W, Rathbun LR, Neugebauer NM, Wightman RM, Addy NA. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2013 Jun 1; 2013 Jun 1. PMID: 23747914.
• Nicotine, striatum, and reward.Addy NA, Picciotto MR. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Feb 1. PMID: 23337022.
• Sensitization of rapid dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens core and shell after repeated cocaine in rats.Addy NA, Daberkow DP, Ford JN, Garris PA, Wightman RM. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Aug; 2010 Jun 16. PMID: 20554845.
• Administration of the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine modulates cocaine-induced locomotor activity in rats.Addy NA, Bahi A, Taylor JR, Picciotto MR. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Sep; 2008 Jun 28. PMID: 18587562.
• It is not "either/or": activation and desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors both contribute to behaviors related to nicotine addiction and mood.Picciotto MR, Addy NA, Mineur YS, Brunzell DH. Prog Neurobiol. 2008 Apr; 2007 Dec 27. PMID: 18242816.
• Role of calcineurin in nicotine-mediated locomotor sensitization.Addy NA, Fornasiero EF, Stevens TR, Taylor JR, Picciotto MR. J Neurosci. 2007 Aug 8. PMID: 17687035.
• Reversal of clozapine effects on working memory in rats with fimbria-fornix lesions.Addy NA, Pocivavsek A, Levin ED. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005 Jun. PMID: 15688087.
• Impaired synaptic plasticity and learning in mice lacking beta-adducin, an actin-regulating protein.Rabenstein RL, Addy NA, Caldarone BJ, Asaka Y, Gruenbaum LM, Peters LL, Gilligan DM, Fitzsimonds RM, Picciotto MR. J Neurosci. 2005 Feb 23. PMID: 15728854.
• Ventral hippocampal NMDA blockade and nicotinic effects on memory function.Levin ED, Sledge D, Baruah A, Addy NA. Brain Res Bull. 2003 Sep 30. PMID: 13679247.
• Nicotinic mechanisms of memory: effects of acute local DHbetaE and MLA infusions in the basolateral amygdala.Addy NA, Nakijama A, Levin ED. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2003 Mar. PMID: 12589888.
• Prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure in rats causes persistent behavioral alterations.Levin ED, Addy N, Baruah A, Elias A, Christopher NC, Seidler FJ, Slotkin TA. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2002 Nov-Dec. PMID: 12460655.
• Nicotine interactions with haloperidol, clozapine and risperidone and working memory function in rats.Addy N, Levin ED. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2002 Oct. PMID: 12377390.
• Hippocampal alpha 7 and alpha 4 beta 2 nicotinic receptors and working memory.Levin ED, Bradley A, Addy N, Sigurani N. Neuroscience. 2002. PMID: 11927157.
• Persistent behavioral consequences of neonatal chlorpyrifos exposure in rats.Levin ED, Addy N, Nakajima A, Christopher NC, Seidler FJ, Slotkin TA. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2001 Sep 23. PMID: 11557096.