recent publications

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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., 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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