S. Stevens Negus

Virginia Commonwealth University — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

48h-index7.1kcitations258works2.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(121), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(57), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(55), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(50), Stress Responses and Cortisol(25)

Publications258 total

Quantitative Economon Model of Transactions for Drugs and Other Commodities
2025Open Access
Determinants of drug effects in preclinical assays of pain-related behavioral depression: Considerations for analgesic drug development
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2025· 1 cited
Transformation of a Potent C9-Substituted Phenylmorphan into MOR Partial Agonists with Improvement of Metabolic Stability: An In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Study
ACS Chemical Neuroscience·2025
Effects of pharmacological and environmental manipulations on choice between fentanyl and shock avoidance/escape in male and female rats under mutually exclusive and non-exclusive choice conditions
Neuropsychopharmacology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Effects of Selective and Mixed-Action Kappa and Delta Opioid Receptor Agonists on Pain-Related Behavioral Depression in Mice
Molecules·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The VCU Virtual Pharmacology Lab: An Online Tool for Graduate Pharmacology Education
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2024
Low-Efficacy Mu Opioid Agonists as Candidate Analgesics: Effects of Novel C-9 Substituted Phenylmorphans on Pain-Depressed Behavior in Mice
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
An economon model of drug addiction
Psychopharmacology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Role of efficacy as a determinant of locomotor activation by mu‐opioid receptor (<scp>MOR</scp>) ligands in female and male mice. <scp>II</scp>. Effects of novel <scp>MOR</scp>‐selective phenylmorphans with high‐to‐low <scp>MOR</scp> efficacy
Pharmacology Research & Perspectives·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Effects of naltrexone on amphetamine choice in rhesus monkeys and rats.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Efficacy As A Determinant Of Mu Opioid Receptor Analgesic Effects In A Novel Assay Of Pain-Depressed Behavior In Mice. I. Assay Validation
Journal of Pain·2023
Efficacy As A Determinant Of Mu Opioid Receptor (MOR) Analgesic Effects In A Novel Assay Of Pain-Depressed Behavior In Mice. Ii. Effects Of Novel Low-Efficacy MOR Agonists
Journal of Pain·2023· 1 cited
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2023
Effects of environmental manipulations on cocaine-vs-social choice in male and female rats
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Effects of environmental manipulations on cocaine-vs-social choice in male and female rats
2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Effects of the 5-HT2A receptor antagonist volinanserin on head-twitch response and intracranial self-stimulation depression induced by different structural classes of psychedelics in rodents
Psychopharmacology·2022· 38 citedOpen Access
Opioid-like adverse effects of tianeptine in male rats and mice
Psychopharmacology·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Novel bivalent ligands carrying potential antinociceptive effects by targeting putative mu opioid receptor and chemokine receptor CXCR4 heterodimers
Bioorganic Chemistry·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Contextual extinction of drug‐associated discriminative stimuli fails to attenuate drug‐vs‐food choice in rhesus monkeys
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Lack of effect of the nociceptin opioid peptide agonist Ro 64-6198 on pain-depressed behavior and heroin choice in rats
Drug and Alcohol Dependence·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nancy K. Mello(17), Kenner C. Rice(9), S. Barak Caine(7), Matthew L. Banks(7), Bruce E. Blough(5), Michael H. Baumann(5), Richard A. Glennon(3), John S. Partilla(3), Glenn W. Stevenson(3), Kejun Cheng(3), Ahmad Altarifi(2), Michael B. Gatch(2), Morgane Thomsen(2), Andrew C. Barrett(2), Carrie A. Bowen(2), E. Andrew Townsend(2), Richard B. Rothman(2), Julie S. Bonano(2), Renata Kolanoś(2), Blake A. Hutsell(2)