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Microglial activation increases cocaine self-administration following adolescent nicotine exposure by Linker, K. E., Gad, M., Tawadrous, P., Cano, M., Green, K. N., Wood, M. A., Leslie, F. M.

“…With the rise of e-cigarette use, teen nicotine exposure is becoming more widespread. Findings from clinical and preclinical studies show that the adolescent…”
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Brain Monoglyceride Lipase Participating in Endocannabinoid Inactivation by Dinh, T. P., Carpenter, D., Leslie, F. M., Freund, T. F., Katona, I., Sensi, S. L., Kathuria, S., Piomelli, D.

“…The endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids) are lipid molecules that may mediate retrograde signaling at central synapses and other forms of short-range…”
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Author Correction: Microglial activation increases cocaine self-administration following adolescent nicotine exposure by Linker, K. E., Gad, M., Tawadrous, P., Cano, M., Green, K. N., Wood, M. A., Leslie, F. M.

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Developmental regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors within midbrain dopamine neurons by Azam, L, Chen, Y, Leslie, F.M

“…Abstract We have combined anatomical and functional methodologies to provide a comprehensive analysis of the properties of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors…”
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Glial mechanisms underlying substance use disorders by Linker, K. E., Cross, S. J., Leslie, F. M.

“…Addiction is a devastating disorder that produces persistent maladaptive changes to the central nervous system, including glial cells. Although there is an…”
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Developmental regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor‐mediated [3H]norepinephrine release from rat cerebellum by O'Leary, K. T., Leslie, F. M.

“…Presynaptic modulation of synaptic transmission is the primary function of central nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in developing and adult brain…”
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Gender Specific Effect of Neonatal Handling on Stress Reactivity of Adolescent Rats by Park, M. K., Hoang, T. A., Belluzzi, J. D., Leslie, F. M.

“…Early neonatal handling of rat pups produces dampened hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis reactivity to stress in adult male offspring. However, less is known…”
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The urotensin II receptor is expressed in the cholinergic mesopontine tegmentum of the rat by Clark, S.D, Nothacker, H.-P, Wang, Z, Saito, Y, Leslie, F.M, Civelli, O

“…Urotensin II (UII) is a peptide known to be a potent vasoconstrictor. The urotensin II receptor (UII-R) is expressed not only in peripheral tissues but also in…”
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Regulation of Homer and group I metabotropic glutamate receptors by nicotine by Kane, J. K., Hwang, Y., Konu, O., Loughlin, S. E., Leslie, F. M., Li, M. D.

“…The present study focuses on the nicotine‐induced modulation of mRNA and protein expression of a number of genes involved in glutamatergic synaptic…”
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated release of [ 3H]norepinephrine from developing and adult rat hippocampus: direct and indirect mechanisms by Leslie, F.M., Gallardo, K.A., Park, M.K.

“…The primary role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in adult and developing brain is to modulate neurotransmission. Using in vitro neurotransmitter release,…”
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Enhanced nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated [ 3H]norepinephrine release from neonatal rat hypothalamus by O'Leary, K.T., Leslie, F.M.

“…Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)-evoked release of norepinephrine (NE) has been demonstrated in a number of brain regions that receive sole…”
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Prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) promotes awakening and suppresses absence seizures by Lin, S.H.S, Arai, A.C, España, R.A, Berridge, C.W, Leslie, F.M, Huguenard, J.R, Vergnes, M, Civelli, O

“…Prolactin releasing peptide (PrRP) is a recently identified neuropeptide that stimulates prolactin release from pituitary cells. The presence of its receptor…”
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Vaccination against nicotine does not prevent nicotine-induced changes in fetal nicotinic receptor binding and c- fos mRNA expression in rats by Pentel, P.R., Keyler, D.E., Chen, Y., LeSage, M.G., Dufek, M.B., Le, C., Leslie, F.M.

“…Gestational exposure of rats to nicotine produces long-lasting alterations in brain development. Vaccination of adult female rats against nicotine reduces the…”
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Co-expression of α7 and β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNAs within rat brain cholinergic neurons by Azam, L, Winzer-Serhan, U, Leslie, F.M

“…Nicotine enhances cognitive and attentional processes through stimulation of the basal forebrain cholinergic system. Although muscarinic cholinergic…”
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Methods used for the study of opioid receptors by Leslie, F M

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Gestational nicotine exposure modifies myelin gene expression in the brains of adolescent rats with sex differences by Cao, J, Wang, J, Dwyer, J B, Gautier, N M, Wang, S, Leslie, F M, Li, M D

“…Myelination defects in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with various psychiatric disorders, including drug addiction. As these disorders are…”
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Nicotine‐Stimulated Release of [3H]Norepinephrine from Fetal Rat Locus Coeruleus Cells in Culture by Gallardo, Kathy A., Leslie, Frances M.

“…: Acute nicotine administration stimulated [3H]norepinephrine ([3H]NE) release from cultured fetal locus coeruleus (LC) cells. The effect was concentration…”
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Anatomical evidence for alpha-2 adrenoceptor heterogeneity: differential autoradiographic distributions of [3H]rauwolscine and [3H]idazoxan in rat brain by Boyajian, C L, Loughlin, S E, Leslie, F M

“…Previous autoradiographic studies which have localized alpha-2 adrenoceptors within brain have used tritiated derivatives of clonidine and other alpha-2…”
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Pharmacological evidence for alpha-2 adrenoceptor heterogeneity: differential binding properties of [3H]rauwolscine and [3H]idazoxan in rat brain by Boyajian, C L, Leslie, F M

“…In the preceding paper, we have reported that the two alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonists, [3H]rauwolscine and [3H]idazoxan, exhibit markedly different…”
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Prokineticin 2 transmits the behavioural circadian rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus by Zhou, Qun-Yong, Cheng, Michelle Y, Bullock, Clayton M, Li, Chuanyu, Lee, Alex G, Bermak, Jason C, Belluzzi, James, Weaver, David R, Leslie, Frances M

“…The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) controls the circadian rhythm of physiological and behavioural processes in mammals. Here we show that prokineticin 2 (PK2),…”
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