2024
Impact of vanilla flavor on nicotine taste, choice, intake, and seeking behaviors
Bagdas D, Zepei A, Harris L, Minanov K, Jimenez J, Addy N. Impact of vanilla flavor on nicotine taste, choice, intake, and seeking behaviors. Psychopharmacology 2024, 241: 2241-2253. PMID: 38839631, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-024-06630-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTaste reactivity testNicotine choiceNicotine takingTwo-bottle free choice testSeeking behaviorOral nicotine intakeNicotine preferenceFree-choice testNicotine intakeIngestive responsesOral nicotineDecreased dislikeAversive responsesOral cuesYoung adult Sprague Dawley ratsOrosensory propertiesAdult Sprague Dawley ratsIncreased likingNicotineFemale ratsMale ratsSprague Dawley ratsTobacco productsLong-term effectsDawley rats
2019
Assessing nicotine dependence using an oral nicotine free-choice paradigm in mice
Bagdas D, Diester C, Riley J, Carper M, Alkhlaif Y, AlOmari D, Alayoubi H, Poklis J, Damaj M. Assessing nicotine dependence using an oral nicotine free-choice paradigm in mice. Neuropharmacology 2019, 157: 107669. PMID: 31220484, PMCID: PMC6697382, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AddictiveChoice BehaviorDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsFemaleMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNicotineNucleus AccumbensQuinineReceptors, NicotinicSelf AdministrationSex CharacteristicsSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTobacco Use DisorderTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseVareniclineConceptsAddictive-like propertiesNicotine intakeOral nicotine consumptionNicotine consumptionFree-choice paradigmNicotine solutionΑ6 KO miceTwo-bottle free-choice paradigmTyrosine hydroxylase levelsNicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunitsPartial agonist vareniclineOral nicotine intakeAbsence of nicotineAcetylcholine receptor subunitsΑ5 nAChRAdult C57BL/6JNicotine withdrawalKO miceFemale miceAgonist vareniclineDBA/2J miceHydroxylase levelsNicotine dependenceBinge drinkingObserved sex differences