recent publications

• academic article

  • Alvarez-Jaimes, L., Stouffer, D. G., Parsons, L. H. Chronic ethanol treatment potentiates ethanol-induced increases in interstitial nucleus accumbens endocannabinoid levels in rats Journal of Neurochemistry  2009 111:37-48  DOI:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06301.x  PMID:19650871  PMCID:PMC3946540
  • Alvarez-Jaimes, L., Polis, I., Parsons, L. H. Attenuation of cue-induced heroin-seeking behavior by cannabinoid CB(1) antagonist infusions into the nucleus accumbens core and prefrontal cortex, but not basolateral amygdala Neuropsychopharmacology  2008 33:2483-2493  DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1301630  PMID:18059440
  • Ferrer, B., Bermudez-Silva, F. J., Bilbao, A., Alvarez-Jaimes, L., Sanchez-Vera, I., Giuffrida, A., Serrano, A., Baixeras, E., Khaturia, S., Navarro, M., Parsons, L. H., Piomelli, D., et al. Regulation of brain anandamide by acute administration of ethanol Biochemical Journal  2007 404:97-104  DOI:10.1042/bj20061898  PMID:17302558  PMCID:PMC1868843
  • Caille, S., Alvarez-Jaimes, L., Polis, I., Stouffer, D. G., Parsons, L. H. Specific alterations of extracellular endocannabinoid levels in the nucleus accumbens by ethanol, heroin, and cocaine self-administration Journal of Neuroscience  2007 27:3695-3702  DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.4403-06.2007  PMID:17409233