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  • Heinrichs, S. C., Koob, G. F. Corticotropin-releasing factor in brain: A role in activation, arousal, and affect regulation Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  2004 311:427-440  DOI:10.1124/jpet.103.052092  PMID:15297468
  • Ryabinin, A. E., Bachtell, R. K., Heinrichs, S. C., Lee, S., Rivier, C., Olive, M. F., Mehmert, K. K., Camarini, R., Kim, J. A., Koenig, H. N., Nannini, M. A., Hodge, C. W., et al. The corticotropin-releasing factor/urocortin system and alcohol Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  2002 26:714-722  DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02596.x  PMID:12045481
  • Vallee, M., Shen, W., Heinrichs, S. C., Zorumski, C. F., Covey, D. F., Koob, G. F., Purdy, R. H. Steroid structure and pharmacological properties determine the anti-amnesic effects of pregnenolone sulphate in the passive avoidance task in rats European Journal of Neuroscience  2001 14:2003-2010  DOI:10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01817.x  PMID:11860495
  • Koob, G. F., Heinrichs, S. C. A role for corticotropin releasing factor and urocortin in behavioral responses to stressors Brain Research  1999 848:141-152  DOI:10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01991-5  PMID:10612706
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Klaassen, A., Koob, G. F., Schulteis, G., Ahmed, S., De Souza, E. B. Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor blockade enhances conditioned aversive properties of cocaine in rats Psychopharmacology  1998 136:247-255  DOI:10.1007/s002130050563  PMID:9566810
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Menzaghi, F., Koob, G. F. Neuropeptide y-induced feeding and its control Vitamins and Hormones  1998 54:51-66  PMID:9529973
  • Schulteis, G., Hyytia, P., Heinrichs, S. C., Koob, G. F. Effects of chronic ethanol exposure on oral self-administration of ethanol or saccharin by wistar rats Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  1996 20:164-171  DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01060.x  PMID:8651448
  • Menzaghi, F., Heinrichs, S. C., VargasCortes, M., Goldstein, G., Koob, G. F. Iri-514, a synthetic peptide analogue of thymopentin, reduces the behavioral response to social stress in rats Physiology & Behavior  1996 60:397-401  DOI:10.1016/0031-9384(96)00034-0  PMID:8840897
  • Heinrichs, S. C., StenzelPoore, M. P., Gold, L. H., Battenberg, E., Bloom, F. E., Koob, G. F., Vale, W. W., Pich, E. M. Learning impairment in transgenic mice with central overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor Neuroscience  1996 74:303-311  DOI:10.1016/0306-4522(96)00140-6  PMID:8865183
  • Macey, D. J., Schulteis, G., Heinrichs, S. C., Koob, G. F. Time-dependent quantifiable withdrawal from ethanol in the rat: Effect of method of dependence induction Alcohol  1996 13:163-170  DOI:10.1016/0741-8329(95)02030-6  PMID:8814651
  • Caine, S. B., Heinrichs, S. C., Coffin, V. L., Koob, G. F. Effects of the dopamine d-1 antagonist sch-23390 microinjected into the accumbens, amygdala or striatum on cocaine self-administration in the rat Brain Research  1995 692:47-56  PMID:8548319
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Menzaghi, F., Schulteis, G., Koob, G. F., Stinus, L. Suppression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the amygdala attenuates aversive consequences of morphine-withdrawal Behavioural Pharmacology  1995 6:74-80  PMID:11224314
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Menzaghi, F., Pich, E. M., Baldwin, H. A., Rassnick, S., Britton, K. T., Koob, G. F. Antistress action of a corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist on behavioral reactivity to stressors of varying type and intensity Neuropsychopharmacology  1994 11:179-186  DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1380104  PMID:786509
  • Menzaghi, F., Howard, R. L., Heinrichs, S. C., Vale, W., Rivier, J., Koob, G. F. Characterization of a novel and potent corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist in rats Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  1994 269:564-572  PMID:8182523
  • Menzaghi, F., Heinrichs, S. C., Merlopich, E., Tilders, F. J. H., Koob, G. F. Involvement of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in behavioral-responses to novelty in rats Neuroscience Letters  1994 168:139-142  DOI:10.1016/0304-3940(94)90435-9  PMID:8028766
  • Stenzelpoore, M. P., Heinrichs, S. C., Rivest, S., Koob, G. F., Vale, W. W. Overproduction of corticotropin-releasing factor in transgenic mice - a genetic model of anxiogenic behavior Journal of Neuroscience  1994 14:2579-2584  PMID:8182429
  • Heilig, M., McLeod, S., Brot, M., Heinrichs, S. C., Menzaghi, F., Koob, G. F., Britton, K. T. Anxiolytic-like action of neuropeptide-y - mediation by y1 receptors in amygdala, and dissociation from food-intake effects Neuropsychopharmacology  1993 8:357-363  PMID:809979
  • Pich, E. M., Heinrichs, S. C., Rivier, C., Miczek, K. A., Fisher, D. A., Koob, G. F. Blockade of pituitary-adrenal axis activation-induced by peripheral immunoneutralization of corticotropin-releasing factor does not affect the behavioral-response to social defeat stress in rats Psychoneuroendocrinology  1993 18:495-507  PMID:82657
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Menzaghi, F., Pich, E. M., Hauger, R. L., Koob, G. F. Corticotropin-releasing factor in the paraventricular nucleus modulates feeding induced by neuropeptide-y Brain Research  1993 611:18-24  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(93)91771-j  PMID:8518948
  • Menzaghi, F., Heinrichs, S. C., Pich, E. M., Tilders, F. J. H., Koob, G. F. Functional impairment of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor neurons with immunotargeted toxins enhances food-intake induced by neuropeptide-y Brain Research  1993 618:76-82  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(93)90431-l  PMID:8402180
  • Rassnick, S., Heinrichs, S. C., Britton, K. T., Koob, G. F. Microinjection of a corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist into the central nucleus of the amygdala reverses anxiogenic-like effects of ethanol withdrawal Brain Research  1993 605:25-32  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(93)91352-s  PMID:8467387
  • Koob, G. F., Heinrichs, S. C., Pich, E. M., Menzaghi, F., Baldwin, H., Miczek, K., Britton, K. T. The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in behavioral-responses to stress Ciba Foundation Symposia  1993 172:277-295  PMID:8491090
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Pich, E. M., Miczek, K. A., Britton, K. T., Koob, G. F. Corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist reduces emotionality in socially defeated rats via direct neurotropic action Brain Research  1992 581:190-197  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(92)90708-h  PMID:1327398
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Koob, G. F. Corticotropin-releasing factor modulates dietary preference in nutritionally and physically stressed rats Psychopharmacology  1992 109:177-184  DOI:10.1007/bf02245497  PMID:1365653
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Cole, B. J., Pich, E. M., Menzaghi, F., Koob, G. F., Hauger, R. L. Endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor modulates feeding induced by neuropeptide-y or a tail-pinch stressor Peptides  1992 13:879-884  DOI:10.1016/0196-9781(92)90044-4  PMID:1480513
  • Heinrichs, S. C., Britton, K. T., Koob, G. F. Both conditioned taste preference and aversion induced by corticotropin-releasing factor Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1991 40:717-721  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(91)90075-d  PMID:1667823