Ronald P. Hammer

University of Arizona — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(45), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(33), Stress Responses and Cortisol(30), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(30), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(25)

Publications111 total

Enhanced psychostimulant response, but not social avoidance, depends on GluA1 AMPA receptors in VTA dopamine neurons following intermittent social defeat stress in rats
European Journal of Neuroscience·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Enhanced psychostimulant response, but not social avoidance, depends on GluA1 AMPA receptors in VTA dopamine neurons following intermittent social defeat stress in rats"
2020
Effects of Repeated Ropinirole Treatment on Phencyclidine-Induced Hyperlocomotion, Prepulse Inhibition Deficits, and Social Avoidance in Rats
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2017· 15 citedOpen Access
Cannabinoid receptor subtype 2 (CB2R) agonist, GW405833 reduces agonist-induced Ca2+ oscillations in mouse pancreatic acinar cells
Scientific Reports·2016· 12 citedOpen Access
Overexpression of BDNF in the ventral tegmental area enhances binge cocaine self-administration in rats exposed to repeated social defeat
Neuropharmacology·2016· 16 citedOpen Access
Chronic stress enhanced fear memories are associated with increased amygdala zif268 mRNA expression and are resistant to reconsolidation
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory·2015· 41 citedOpen Access
Congo red modulates ACh-induced Ca2+ oscillations in single pancreatic acinar cells of mice
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica·2014· 5 citedOpen Access
Knockdown of ventral tegmental area mu-opioid receptors in rats prevents effects of social defeat stress: Implications for amphetamine cross-sensitization, social avoidance, weight regulation and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Neuropharmacology·2014· 23 citedOpen Access
Neurotrophins in the ventral tegmental area: Role in social stress, mood disorders and drug abuse
Neuroscience·2014· 47 citedOpen Access
Knockdown of tropomyosin‐related kinase <scp>B</scp> receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens shell prevents intermittent social defeat stress‐induced cross‐sensitization to amphetamine in rats
European Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 16 cited
S.10.2 - SOCIAL STRESS-INDUCED SENSITIZATION TO PSYCHOSTIMULANTS
Behavioural Pharmacology·2013
BDNF Overexpression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Prolongs Social Defeat Stress-induced Cross-Sensitization to Amphetamine and Increases ΔFosB Expression in Mesocorticolimbic Regions of Rats
Neuropsychopharmacology·2013· 34 citedOpen Access
Experience-dependent effects of context and restraint stress on corticolimbic c-Fos expression
Stress·2013· 12 citedOpen Access
Intermittent social defeat stress enhances mesocorticolimbic ΔFosB/BDNF co-expression and persistently activates corticotegmental neurons: Implication for vulnerability to psychostimulants
Neuroscience·2012· 54 citedOpen Access
Executive Editors Biochemistry & Pharmacology: Open Access
2012
Viral depletion of VTA BDNF in rats modulates social behavior, consequences of intermittent social defeat stress, and long-term weight regulation
Neuroscience Letters·2011· 28 cited
Sensitized activation of Fos and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area accompanies behavioral sensitization to amphetamine
Neuropharmacology·2011· 31 cited
[DLys<sup>6</sup>]‐luteinizing hormone releasing hormone–curcumin conjugate inhibits pancreatic cancer cell growth <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i>
International Journal of Cancer·2011· 44 citedOpen Access
cAMP Response Element Binding Protein Phosphorylation in Nucleus Accumbens Underlies Sustained Recovery of Sensorimotor Gating Following Repeated D2-Like Receptor Agonist Treatment in Rats
Biological Psychiatry·2010· 17 citedOpen Access
Short- and long-term effects of intermittent social defeat stress on brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in mesocorticolimbic brain regions
Neuroscience·2010· 118 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Ella M. Nikulina(12), Klaus A. Miczek(7), Sanya Fanous(4), Herbert E. Covington(3), Arnold B. Scheibel(3), Robert S. Bridges(3), Junshi Wang(3), Miles Herkenham(2), Paul E. Micevych(2), Robert J. Blanchard(2), Daniel W. Clow(2), Sun Cheung(2), Michael J. Lacagnina(2), Annabelle R. Mateo(2), Kerry E. Culm(2), M.T. Bardo(1), Rémi Quirion(1), Candace B. Pert(1), Ruth I. Wood(1), Pauline Yahr(1)