Publication List

Title Authors Year Journal
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonists attenuate cocaine priming- and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking Kumaresan V, Yuan M, Yee J, Famous KR, Anderson SM, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2009 Behavioural Brain Research, 202: 238-244
Phosphorylation-dependent trafficking of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors in the nucleus accumbens plays a critical role in the reinstatement of cocaine seeking Famous KR, Kumaresan V, Sadri-Vakili G, Schmidt HD, Mierke DF, Cha JH, Pierce RC 2008 Journal of Neuroscience, 28:11061-11070
Nanomolar concentrations of pregnenolone sulfate enhance striatal dopamine overflow in vivo Sadri-Vakili G, Janis GC, Pierce RC, Gibbs TT, Farb DH 2008 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 327:840-845
Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking in rats Vassoler FM, Schmidt HD, Gerard ME, Famous KR, Ciraulo DA, Kornetsky C, Knapp CM, Pierce RC 2008 Journal of Neuroscience, 28:8735-8739
CaMKII: a biochemical bridge linking accumbens dopamine and glutamate systems in cocaine seeking Anderson SM, Famous KR, Sadri-Vakili G, Kumaresan V, Schmidt HD, Bass CE, Terwilliger EF, Cha JH, Pierce RC 2008 Nature Neuroscience, 11(3):344-353
When administered into the nucleus accumbens core or shell, the NMDA receptor antagonist AP-5 reinstates cocaine-seeking behavior in the rat Famous KR, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2007 Neuroscience Letters, 420(2):169-173
Subchronic administration of l-DOPA to adult rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of dopamine neurons results in a sensitization of enhanced GABA release in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata. Yamamoto N, Pierce RC, Soghomonian JJ 2006 Brain Res, 1123(1):196-200
Systemic administration of a dopamine, but not a serotonin or norepinephrine, transporter inhibitor reinstates cocaine seeking in the rat. Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2006 Behav Brain Res, 175(1):189-94
Cooperative activation of D1-like and D2-like dopamine receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell is required for the reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in the rat. Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2006 Neuroscience, 142(2):451-61
Stimulation of D1-like or D2 dopamine receptors in the shell, but not the core, of the nucleus accumbens reinstates cocaine-seeking behaviour in the rat. Schmidt HD, Anderson SM, Pierce RC 2006 Eur J Neurosci, 23(1):219-28
Anatomy and pharmacology of cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking. Schmidt HD, Anderson SM, Famous KR, Kumaresan V, Pierce RC 2005 Eur J Pharmacol, 526(1-3):65-76
Administration of the D2 Dopamine Receptor Antagonist Sulpiride into the Shell, but not the Core, of the Nucleus Accumbens Attenuates Cocaine Priming-Induced Reinstatement of Drug Seeking Anderson SM, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2005 Neuropsychopharmacology, 10(1):1-10
D1-like and D2 dopamine receptor antagonists administered into the shell subregion of the rat nucleus accumbens decrease cocaine, but not food, reinforcement. Bari AA, Pierce RC 2005 Neuroscience, 135(3):959-68
The mesolimbic dopamine system: The final common pathway for the reinforcing effect of drugs of abuse. Pierce RC, Kumaresan V 2005 Neurosci Biobehav Rev.,
Cocaine-induced alterations in dopamine receptor signaling: implications for reinforcement and reinstatement. Anderson SM, Pierce RC 2005 Pharmacol Ther., 106(3):389-403
Repeated administration of AMPA or a metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist into the rat ventral tegmental area augments the subsequent behavioral hyperactivity induced by cocaine. Dunn JM, Inderwies BR, Licata SC, Pierce RC 2005 Psychopharmacology (Berl)., 179(1):172-80
Repeated cocaine injections have no influence on tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the rat nucleus accumbens core or shell Licata SC, Pierce RC 2004 Brain Research, 1012(1-2):119-26
Suppressing calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activity in the ventral tegmental area enhances the acute behavioural response to cocaine but attenuates the initiation of cocaine-induced behavioural sensitization in rats Licata SC, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC 2004 European Journal of Neuroscience, 19(2):405-14
Administration of the D1-like dopamine receptor antagonist SCH-23390 into the medial nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in rats Anderson SM, Bari AA, Pierce RC 2003 Psychopharmacology (Berl), 168(1-2):132-8
Inhibition of NMDA-induced striatal dopamine release and behavioral activation by the neuroactive steroid 3alpha-hydroxy-5beta-pregnan-20-one hemisuccinate Sadri-Vakili G, Johnson DW, Janis GC, Gibbs TT, Pierce RC, Farb DH 2003 Journal of Neurochemistry, 86(1): 92-101
The roles of calcium/calmodulin-dependent and Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinases in the development of psychostimulant-induced behavioral sensitization Licata SC, Pierce RC 2003 Journal of Neurochemistry, 85(1): 14-22
Tyrosine Kinase B and C Receptors In the Neostriatum and Nucleus Accumbens Are Co-Localized in Enkephalin-Positive and Enkephalin-Negative Neuronal Profiles And Their Expression Is Influenced By Cocaine Freeman AY, Soghomonian JJ, Pierce RC 2003 Neuroscience, 117(1): 147-156
Neutralization of Neurotrophin-3 in the Ventral Tegmental Area or Nucleus Accumbens Differentally Modulates Cocaine-Induced Behavioral Plasticity in Rats Freeman AY, Pierce RC 2002 Synapse, 46(2): 57-65
Cocaine treatment increases extracellular cholecystokinin (CCK) in the nucleus accumbens shell of awake, freely moving rats, an effect that is enhanced in rats that are behaviorally sensitized to cocaine Beinfeld MC, Connolly KJ, Pierce RC 2002 Journal of Neurochemistry, 81(5):1021-7
Cocaine administered into the medial prefrontal cortex reinstates cocaine-seeking behavior by increasing glutamate and dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens in rats Park WK, Bari AA, Jey AR, Anderson SM, Spealman RD, Rowlett JK, Pierce RC 2002 Journal of Neuroscience, 22(7): 2916-2925
The role of neurotrophic factors in psychostimulant-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity Pierce RC, Bari AA 2001 Reviews in Neuroscience, 12(2):95-110
Repeated stimulation of L-type calcium channels in the rat ventral tegmental area mimics the initiation of behavioral sensitization to cocaine Licata SC, Freeman AY, Pierce-Bancroft AF, Pierce RC 2000 Psychopharmacology, 152(1): 110-118
Neurotrophin-3 Contributes to the Initiation of Behaviorial Sensitization to cocaine by Activating the Ras/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Transduction Cascade Pierce RC, Pierce-Bancroft AF, Prasad BM 1999 Journal of Neuroscience, 19(19): 8685-95
Calcium-Mediated Second Messengers Modulate the Expression of Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine Pierce RC, Quick EA, Reeder DC, Morgan ZR, Kalivas PW 1998 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 286(3):1171-6
NAC-1, a Rat Brain mRNA, Is Increased in the Nucleus Accumbens Three Weeks after Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration Cha XY, Pierce RC, Kalivas PW, Mackler SA 1997 Journal of Neuroscience, 17(18):6864-71
Repeated cocaine modifies the mechanism by which amphetamine releases dopamine Pierce RC, Kalivas PW 1997 Journal of Neuroscience, 17(9):3254-61