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  1. Effects of lorcaserin and buspirone, administered alone and as a mixture, on cocaine self-administration in male and female rhesus monkeys.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, June 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Greg Collins

  2. Inhibition of Cocaine and 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) Self-Administration by Lorcaserin Is Mediated by 5-HT2C Receptors in Rats

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, December 2017, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  3. Reinforcing Effects of Binary Mixtures of Common Bath Salt Constituents: Studies with 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), 3,4-Methylenedioxymethcathinone (Methylone), and Caffeine in Rats

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, July 2017, Nature

    Greg Collins

  4. Reinforcing effects of abused ‘bath salts’ constituents 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone and α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone and their enantiomers

    Article • Behavioural Pharmacology, May 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Greg Collins

  5. Individual Differences in the Relative Reinforcing Effects of 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone under Fixed and Progressive Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement in Rats

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, February 2017, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  6. Selective Pharmacological Augmentation of Hippocampal Activity Produces a Sustained Antidepressant-Like Response without Abuse-Related or Psychotomimetic Effects

    Article • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Greg Collins

  7. Effects of Lorcaserin on Cocaine and Methamphetamine Self-Administration and Reinstatement of Responding Previously Maintained by Cocaine in Rhesus Monkeys

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, September 2016, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  8. Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Binary Drug Mixtures: Studies with Cocaine, MDPV, and Caffeine

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, August 2016, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  9. Determinants of conditioned reinforcing effectiveness: Dopamine D2-like receptor agonist-stimulated responding for cocaine-associated stimuli

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Greg Collins

  10. Lorcaserin Reduces the Discriminative Stimulus and Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine in Rhesus Monkeys

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, November 2015, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  11. Effects of consuming a diet high in fat and/or sugar on the locomotor effects of acute and repeated cocaine in male and female C57BL/6J mice.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Greg Collins

  12. Differential Roles for Dopamine D1-Like and D2-Like Receptors in Mediating the Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine: Convergent Evidence from Pharmacological and Genetic Studies

    Article • Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Greg Collins

  13. Effects of dopamine D2-like receptor agonists in mice trained to discriminate cocaine from saline: Influence of feeding condition

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Greg Collins

  14. Nicotine-like behavioral effects of the minor tobacco alkaloids nornicotine, anabasine, and anatabine in male rodents.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Greg Collins

  15. Self-administration of agonists selective for dopamine D2, D3, and D4 receptors by rhesus monkeys

    Article • Behavioural Pharmacology, August 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Greg Collins

  16. Lack of abuse potential in a highly selective dopamine D3 agonist, PF-592,379, in drug self-administration and drug discrimination in rats

    Article • Behavioural Pharmacology, June 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Greg Collins

  17. Repeated Administration of a Mutant Cocaine Esterase: Effects on Plasma Cocaine Levels, Cocaine-Induced Cardiovascular Activity, and Immune Responses in Rhesus Monkeys

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, April 2012, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  18. Cocaine self-administration in dopamine D₃ receptor knockout mice.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Greg Collins

  19. Effects of a long-acting mutant bacterial cocaine esterase on acute cocaine toxicity in rats

    Article • Drug and Alcohol Dependence, November 2011, Elsevier

    Greg Collins

  20. Long-Lasting Effects of a PEGylated Mutant Cocaine Esterase (CocE) on the Reinforcing and Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Cocaine in Rats

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, October 2011, Nature

    Greg Collins

  21. The Fate of Bacterial Cocaine Esterase (CocE): An In Vivo Study of CocE-Mediated Cocaine Hydrolysis, CocE Pharmacokinetics, and CocE Elimination

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, October 2011, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  22. Subunit Stabilization and Polyethylene Glycolation of Cocaine Esterase Improves In Vivo Residence Time

    Article • Molecular Pharmacology, September 2011, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  23. The Ability of Bacterial Cocaine Esterase to Hydrolyze Cocaine Metabolites and Their Simultaneous Quantification Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Molecular Pharmacology, September 2011, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  24. CJ-1639: A Potent and Highly Selective Dopamine D3 Receptor Full Agonist

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, August 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Greg Collins

  25. Effects of pramipexole on the reinforcing effectiveness of stimuli that were previously paired with cocaine reinforcement in rats

    Article • Psychopharmacology, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Greg Collins

  26. Amelioration of the Cardiovascular Effects of Cocaine in Rhesus Monkeys by a Long-Acting Mutant Form of Cocaine Esterase

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, February 2011, Nature

    Greg Collins

  27. Behavioral sensitization to cocaine in rats: evidence for temporal differences in dopamine D3 and D2 receptor sensitivity

    Article • Psychopharmacology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Greg Collins

  28. Yawning and locomotor behavior induced by dopamine receptor agonists in mice and rats

    Article • Behavioural Pharmacology, May 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Greg Collins, Jonathan L Katz

  29. A review of the neuronal organization that participate on yawning

    Article • January 2010, Karger Publishers

    Greg Collins, Dr. Jose R. Eguibar

  30. Influence of conditioned reinforcement on the response-maintaining effects of quinpirole in rats

    Article • Behavioural Pharmacology, September 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Greg Collins

  31. Cocaine Esterase Prevents Cocaine-Induced Toxicity and the Ongoing Intravenous Self-Administration of Cocaine in Rats

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, August 2009, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  32. Proerectile Effects of Dopamine D2-Like Agonists Are Mediated by the D3 Receptor in Rats and Mice

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, January 2009, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  33. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Potent and Selective Ligands for the Dopamine 3 (D3) Receptor with a Novel in Vivo Behavioral Profile

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Greg Collins

  34. Food Restriction Alters N′-Propyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiazole-2,6-diamine dihydrochloride (Pramipexole)-Induced Yawning, Hypothermia, and Locomotor Activity in Rats: Evidence for Sensitization of Dopamine D2 Receptor-Mediated Effects

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, February 2008, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  35. Narrowing in on compulsions: Dopamine receptor functions.

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 2008, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Greg Collins

  36. Drug and Reinforcement History as Determinants of the Response-Maintaining Effects of Quinpirole in the Rat

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, August 2007, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  37. Yawning and hypothermia in rats: effects of dopamine D3 and D2 agonists and antagonists

    Article • Psychopharmacology, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Greg Collins

  38. Effects of a nicotine conjugate vaccine on the acquisition and maintenance of nicotine self-administration in rats

    Article • Psychopharmacology, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Greg Collins

  39. Dopamine Agonist-Induced Yawning in Rats: A Dopamine D3 Receptor-Mediated Behavior

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, April 2005, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Greg Collins

  40. Effects of nicotine infusion on the metabolism of the tobacco carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in rats

    Article • Cancer Letters, December 2003, Elsevier

    Greg Collins

  41. Effects of continuous nicotine infusion on nicotine self-administration in rats: relationship between continuously infused and self-administered nicotine doses and serum concentrations

    Article • Psychopharmacology, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Greg Collins

  42. Continuous nicotine infusion reduces nicotine self-administration in rats with 23-h/day access to nicotine

    Article • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, May 2002, Elsevier

    Greg Collins