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- Walker, B. M., Zorrilla, E. P., Koob, G. F. Systemic kappa-opioid receptor antagonism by nor-binaltorphimine reduces dependence-induced excessive alcohol self-administration in rats Addiction Biology 2011 16:116-119 DOI:10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00226.x PMID:20579007 PMCID:PMC2988980
- Walker, B. M., Drimmer, D. A., Walker, J. L., Liu, T. M., Mathe, A. A., Ehlers, C. L. Effects of prolonged ethanol vapor exposure on forced swim behavior, and neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor levels in rat brains Alcohol 2010 44:487-493 DOI:10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.06.006 PMID:20705420 PMCID:PMC2954060
- Pian, J. P., Criado, J. R., Walker, B. M., Ehlers, C. L. Milk consumption during adolescence decreases alcohol drinking in adulthood Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2009 94:179-185 DOI:10.1016/j.pbb.2009.08.006 PMID:19698741 PMCID:PMC2758077
- Walker, B. M., Ehlers, C. L. Appetitive motivational experience during adolescence results in enhanced alcohol consumption during adulthood Behavioral Neuroscience 2009 123:926-935 DOI:10.1037/a0016002 PMID:19634953 PMCID:PMC2787447
- Walker, B. M., Ehlers, C. L. Age-related differences in the blood alcohol levels of wistar rats Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2009 91:560-565 DOI:10.1016/j.pbb.2008.09.017 PMID:18940195 PMCID:PMC2766013
- Greenwell, T. N., Walker, B. M., Cottone, P., Zorrilla, E. P., Koob, G. F. The alpha(1) adrenergic receptor antagonist prazosin reduces heroin self-administration in rats with extended access to heroin administration Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2009 91:295-302 DOI:10.1016/j.pbb.2008.07.012 PMID:18703080 PMCID:PMC2637926
- Walker, B. M., Rasmussen, D. D., Raskind, M. A., Koob, G. F. Alpha(1)-noradrenergic receptor antagonism blocks dependence-induced increases in responding for ethanol Alcohol 2008 42:91-97 DOI:10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.12.002 PMID:18358987 PMCID:PMC2587143
- Walker, B. M., Walker, J. L., Ehlers, C. L. Dissociable effects of ethanol consumption during the light and dark phase in adolescent and adult Wistar rats Alcohol 2008 42:83-89 DOI:10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.12.001 PMID:18358986 PMCID:PMC2387129
- Piana, J. P., Criado, J. R., Walker, B. M., Ehlers, C. L. Differential effects of acute alcohol on EEG and sedative responses in adolescent and adult Wistar rats Brain Research 2008 1194:28-36 DOI:10.1016/j.brainres.2007.11.057 PMID:18191821 PMCID:PMC2275718
- Walker, B. M., Koob, G. F. Pharmacological evidence for a motivational role of kappa-opioid systems in ethanol dependence Neuropsychopharmacology 2008 33:643-652 DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1301438 PMID:17473837 PMCID:PMC2739278
- Criado, J. R., Wills, D. N., Walker, B. M., Ehlers, C. L. Electrophysiological effects of dizocilpine (MK-801) in adult rats exposed to ethanol during adolescence Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 2008 32:1752-1762 DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00760.x PMID:18652596
- Ehlers, C. L., Walker, B. M., Pian, J. P., Roth, J. L., Slawecki, C. J. Increased alcohol drinking in isolate-housed alcohol-preferring rats Behavioral Neuroscience 2007 121:111-119 DOI:10.1037/0735-7044.121.1.111 PMID:17324055
- Walker, B. M., Koob, G. F. The gamma-aminobutyric acid-b receptor agonist baclofen attenuates responding for ethanol in ethanol-dependent rats Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 2007 31:11-18 DOI:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00259.x PMID:17207096 PMCID:PMC2768469