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List of works by Michael Michaelides

A Functional 3'UTR Polymorphism (rs2235749) of Prodynorphin Alters microRNA-365 Binding in Ventral Striatonigral Neurons to Influence Novelty Seeking and Positive Reward Traits.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Acute engagement of Gq-mediated signaling in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis induces anxiety-like behavior.

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Automated method for small-animal PET image registration with intrinsic validation

scientific article published on August 2008

Bromocriptine administration reduces hyperphagia and adiposity and differentially affects dopamine D2 receptor and transporter binding in leptin-receptor-deficient Zucker rats and rats with diet-induced obesity

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Bromocriptine increased operant responding for high fat food but decreased chow intake in both obesity-prone and resistant rats

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Chemogenetics revealed: DREADD occupancy and activation via converted clozapine.

scientific article published in August 2017

D-cycloserine facilitates extinction of cocaine self-administration in C57 mice

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D2R DNA transfer into the nucleus accumbens attenuates cocaine self-administration in rats

scientific article published on July 2008

DREAMM: a biobehavioral imaging methodology for dynamic in vivo whole-brain mapping of cell type-specific functional networks

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Dissociation between spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats in baseline performance and methylphenidate response on measures of attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity in a Visual Stimulus Position Discrimination Task.

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Dopamine D2 Receptor Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Comprises a Metabolic-Cognitive Brain Interface Regulating Metabolic Components of Glucose Reinforcement.

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Dopamine D4 receptor (D4R) deletion in mice does not affect operant responding for food or cocaine

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Dopamine D4 receptors modulate brain metabolic activity in the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum at rest and in response to methylphenidate

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Dopamine-related frontostriatal abnormalities in obesity and binge-eating disorder: emerging evidence for developmental psychopathology

scientific article published on June 2012

Effects of chronic oral methylphenidate on cocaine self-administration and striatal dopamine D2 receptors in rodents

scientific article published on 5 June 2007

Elucidation of The Behavioral Program and Neuronal Network Encoded by Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Food restriction markedly increases dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) in a rat model of obesity as assessed with in-vivo muPET imaging ([11C] raclopride) and in-vitro ([3H] spiperone) autoradiography.

scientific article published on January 2008

High-potency ligands for DREADD imaging and activation in rodents and monkeys

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Impaired periamygdaloid-cortex prodynorphin is characteristic of opiate addiction and depression

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Leptin increases striatal dopamine D2 receptor binding in leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice

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Leptin receptor deficiency is associated with upregulation of cannabinoid 1 receptors in limbic brain regions

scientific article published on September 2008

Limbic activation to novel versus familiar food cues predicts food preference and alcohol intake

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Mapping Brain Metabolic Connectivity in Awake Rats with μPET and Optogenetic Stimulation

scientific article published on April 10, 2013

MicroPET investigation of chronic long-term neurotoxicity from heavy ion irradiation.

scientific article published on 4 August 2006

Motivational valence is determined by striatal melanocortin 4 receptors

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Nucleus Accumbens Drd1-Expressing Neurons Control Aggression Self-Administration and Aggression Seeking in Mice

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Obese rats with deficient leptin signaling exhibit heightened sensitivity to olfactory food cues.

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Obesity-resistant S5B rats showed greater cocaine conditioned place preference than the obesity-prone OM rats

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PET imaging predicts future body weight and cocaine preference

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Parental THC exposure leads to compulsive heroin-seeking and altered striatal synaptic plasticity in the subsequent generation.

scientific article published on 02 January 2014

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Alters Brain Activity in Regions that Underlie Reward and Taste Perception.

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Sex and age specific effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol during the periadolescent period in the rat: The unique susceptibility of the prepubescent animal

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Striatal Rgs4 regulates feeding and susceptibility to diet-induced obesity

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

The effects of cocaine on regional brain glucose metabolism is attenuated in dopamine transporter knockout mice

scientific article published on May 2008

The effects of two highly selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonists (SB-277011A and NGB-2904) on food self-administration in a rodent model of obesity

scientific article published on 08 February 2008

The selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonist SB-277011-A attenuates ethanol consumption in ethanol preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats

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The show must go on. Reply to “Distinct functions of S-ketamine and R-ketamine in mediating biobehavioral processes of drug dependency: comments on Bonaventura et al” by Insop Shim

scientific article published in 2022

Translational neuroimaging in drug addiction and obesity

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Ultrapotent chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications.

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Upregulation of cannabinoid type 1 receptors in dopamine D2 receptor knockout mice is reversed by chronic forced ethanol consumption.

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Whole-brain circuit dissection in free-moving animals reveals cell-specific mesocorticolimbic networks

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