Publications

Van Rijn RM, Whistler JL. The delta-1 opioid receptor is a heterodimer that opposes the actions of the delta-2 receptor on alcohol intake. Biol. Psychiatry 66:777-784, 2009.

Van Rijn RM, Whistler JL. Waldhoer M. Opioid receptor heteromer-specific trafficking and pharmacology. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 10:73-79, 2010.

Van Rijn RM, Brissett DI, Whistler JL. Dual efficacy of delta opioid receptor-selective ligands for ethanol drinking and anxiety. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 335:133-139, 2010.

Kong EC, Allouche L, Chapot P, Vranizan K, Moore MS, Heberlein U, Wolf F. Ethanol-related genes that contribute to ethanol sensitivity and rapid tolerance in Drosophila. Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 34:302-316, 2010.

Newton PM, Messing RO. The substrates and binding partners of protein kinase C epsilon. Biochem. J. 427:189-196, 2010.

Speca DJ, Chihara D, Ashique AM, Bowers MS, Pierce-Shimomura J, Lee J, Rabbee N, Speed TP, Gularte RJ, Chitwood J, Medrano JF, Liao M, Sonner JM, Eger II EI, Peterson AS, and McIntire SL. Conserved role of unc-79 in ethanol responses in lightweight mutant mice. PLoS Genetics 6(8):e1001057, 2010.

Neasta J., Hamida S., Yowell Q., Carnicella S. and Ron D. Role for Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Signaling in Neuroadaptations Underlying Alcohol-Related Disorders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(46): 20093-20098, 2010. Supporting Information.

McIntire SL. Ethanol. In: Wormbook: Online Review of C. elegans biology. May 1, 2010. [Epub]. http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_ethanol/ethanol.html.

Neasta J, Ben Hamida S, Yowell QV, Carnicella S and Ron D. AKT signaling pathway in the nucleus accumbens mediates excessive alcohol drinking behaviors. Biol Psych. 2011. [Epub ahead of print]

King I, Tasi LT, Pflanz R, Voigt A, Lee S, Jackle H, Lu B, Heberlein U. Drosophila tao controls mushroom body development and ethanol-stimulated behavior through par-1. J Neurosci 31:1139-1148, 2011.

Margolis EB, Mitchell JM, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. A novel delta opioid receptor-mediated enhancement of GABAA receptor function induced by stress in ventral tegmental area neurons. J. Physiol. June 20, 2011 [Epub ahead of print].

Messing RO, Rubenstein JH, Nestler EJ. Biology of Psychiatric Disorder. In: Harrison's Principals of Internal Medicine, 18th Edition, Braunwald, Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson, Lascalzo, eds. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 2011. In Press.

Ron D, Messing RO. Signaling pathways mediating alcohol effects. Chapter 11. In: Behavioral Neurobiology of Alcohol Addiction, Spanagel R and Sommer WH, eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. August 30, 2011. [Epub ahead of print].

Van Rijn R, Brissett DI, Whistler JL. Emergence of functional spinal delta opioid receptors after chronic ethanol exposure. Biol. Psychiatry. September 6, 2011. [Epub ahead of print].

Brissett DI, Whistler JL., Van Rijn R. Contribution of mu and delta opioid receptors to the pharmacological profile of kappa opioid receptor subtypes. Eur. J. Pain. In Press.