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List of works by Sheketha R. Hauser

Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol Increases the Sensitivity to the Reinforcing Properties of Ethanol and the Expression of Select Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Genes within the Posterior Ventral Tegmental Area

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Alcohol induced depressive-like behavior is associated with a reduction in hippocampal BDNF

scientific article published on September 10, 2011

Alcohol-induced depressive-like behavior is associated with cortical norepinephrine reduction.

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Alcohol-preferring (P) rats are more sensitive than Wistar rats to the reinforcing effects of cocaine self-administered directly into the nucleus accumbens shell

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Antidepressant-like effects of nicotine and reduced nicotinic receptor binding in the Fawn-Hooded rat, an animal model of co-morbid depression and alcoholism

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Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP): A Novel Mechanism for Reducing Ethanol Consumption and Seeking Behaviors in Female Alcohol Preferring (P) Rats

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

CB1 receptors regulate alcohol-seeking behavior and alcohol self-administration of alcohol-preferring (P) rats

scientific article published on November 24, 2010

Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages - An Emerging Trend in Alcohol Abuse

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Changes in gene expression within the ventral tegmental area following repeated excessive binge-like alcohol drinking by alcohol-preferring (P) rats

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Chronic nicotine and dizocilpine effects on nicotinic and NMDA glutamatergic receptor regulation: interactions with clozapine actions and attentional performance in rats

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Co-administration of ethanol and nicotine heightens sensitivity to ethanol reward within the nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell and increasing NAc shell BDNF is sufficient to enhance ethanol reward in naïve Wistar rats

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Co-administration of ethanol and nicotine: the enduring alterations in the rewarding properties of nicotine and glutamate activity within the mesocorticolimbic system of female alcohol-preferring (P) rats

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Cocaine influences alcohol-seeking behavior and relapse drinking in alcohol-preferring (P) rats

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Conditioned stimuli affect ethanol-seeking by female alcohol-preferring (P) rats: the role of repeated-deprivations, cue-pretreatment, and cue-temporal intervals

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Desipramine blocks alcohol-induced anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in two rat strains

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Development of an oral operant nicotine/ethanol co-use model in alcohol-preferring (p) rats

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Discrimination is more closely associated with perceived similarity than with distance and color

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Effects of naltrexone and LY255582 on ethanol maintenance, seeking, and relapse responding by alcohol-preferring (P) rats

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Effects of nicotine on depressive-like behavior and hippocampal volume of female WKY rats

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Elucidating the biological basis for the reinforcing actions of alcohol in the mesolimbic dopamine system: the role of active metabolites of alcohol

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Enhanced alcohol-seeking behavior by nicotine in the posterior ventral tegmental area of female alcohol-preferring (P) rats: modulation by serotonin-3 and nicotinic cholinergic receptors

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Ethanol and nicotine interaction within the posterior ventral tegmental area in male and female alcohol-preferring rats: evidence of synergy and differential gene activation in the nucleus accumbens shell

scientific article published on 26 August 2014

Ethanol-Associated Changes in Glutamate Reward Neurocircuitry: A Minireview of Clinical and Preclinical Genetic Findings.

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Introduction to the special issue "Pharmacotherapies for the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence" and a summary of patents targeting other neurotransmitter systems.

scientific article published on August 2012

Involvement of Purinergic P2X4 Receptors in Alcohol Intake of High-Alcohol-Drinking (HAD) Rats

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Nicotine Modulates Alcohol‐Seeking and Relapse by Alcohol‐Preferring (P) Rats in a Time‐Dependent Manner

scientific article published on June 20, 2011

Oral Conditioned Cues Can Enhance or Inhibit Ethanol (EtOH)-Seeking and EtOH-Relapse Drinking by Alcohol-Preferring (P) Rats.

scientific article published on April 2016

Parameters of Context-Induced Ethanol (EtOH)-Seeking in Alcohol-Preferring (P) Rats: Temporal Analysis, Effects of Repeated Deprivation, and EtOH Priming Injections

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Peri-adolescent alcohol consumption increases sensitivity and dopaminergic response to nicotine during adulthood in female alcohol-preferring (P) rats: Alterations to α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Peripheral Administration of Ethanol Results in a Correlated Increase in Dopamine and Serotonin Within the Posterior Ventral Tegmental Area

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Rat animal models for screening medications to treat alcohol use disorders.

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Reduced Levels of mGlu2 Receptors within the Prelimbic Cortex Are Not Associated with Elevated Glutamate Transmission or High Alcohol Drinking

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Reduced ethanol consumption by alcohol-preferring (P) rats following pharmacological silencing and deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Reduction of alcohol drinking of alcohol-preferring (P) and high-alcohol drinking (HAD1) rats by targeting phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4).

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Regulation of the deleterious effects of binge-like exposure to alcohol during adolescence by α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agents: prevention by pretreatment with a α7 negative allosteric modulator and emulation by a α7 agonist in alcohol-pre

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Reinforcing properties and neurochemical response of ethanol within the posterior ventral tegmental area are enhanced in adulthood by periadolescent ethanol consumption

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Repeated exposure of the posterior ventral tegmental area to nicotine increases the sensitivity of local dopamine neurons to the stimulating effects of ethanol

scientific article published on March 25, 2012

Role of cortical alpha-2 adrenoceptors in alcohol withdrawal-induced depression and tricyclic antidepressants

scientific article published on 4 April 2017

Selective breeding for high alcohol consumption and response to nicotine: locomotor activity, dopaminergic in the mesolimbic system, and innate genetic differences in male and female alcohol-preferring, non-preferring, and replicate lines of high-al

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Selective breeding for high alcohol preference increases the sensitivity of the posterior VTA to the reinforcing effects of nicotine

scientific article published on March 18, 2013

Selective breeding for high alcohol preference is associated with increased sensitivity to cannabinoid reward within the nucleus accumbens shell

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Spontaneous Early Withdrawal Behaviors after Chronic 24-hour Free-Choice Access to Ethanol

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Synergistic self-administration of ethanol and cocaine directly into the posterior ventral tegmental area: involvement of serotonin-3 receptors

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

The 5-HT7 receptor as a potential target for treating drug and alcohol abuse

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The Orexin-1 Receptor Antagonist SB-334867 Reduces Alcohol Relapse Drinking, but not Alcohol-Seeking, in Alcohol-Preferring (P) Rats

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

The Posterior Ventral Tegmental Area Mediates Alcohol-Seeking Behavior in Alcohol-Preferring Rats

scientific article published on December 9, 2010

The reinforcing properties of ethanol are quantitatively enhanced in adulthood by peri-adolescent ethanol, but not saccharin, consumption in female alcohol-preferring (P) rats

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

The stimulating effects of ethanol on ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons projecting to the ventral pallidum and medial prefrontal cortex in female Wistar rats: regional difference and involvement of serotonin-3 receptors

scientific article published on February 23, 2011

Therapeutic challenges for concurrent ethanol and nicotine consumption: naltrexone and varenicline fail to alter simultaneous ethanol and nicotine intake by female alcohol-preferring (P) rats

scientific article published on 13 February 2019