Loren H. Parsons

Scripps Research Institute — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(95), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research(58), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(51), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(28), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis(12)

Publications141 total

Interleukin 13 signaling modulates dopaminergic functions and nicotine reward in rodents
Molecular Psychiatry·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Selective inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipase is associated with passive coping behavior and attenuation of stress-induced dopamine release in the medial prefrontal cortex
Neurobiology of Stress·2021· 19 citedOpen Access
COX‐2 Inhibition Antagonizes Intra‐Accumbens 2‐Arachidonoylglycerol–Mediated Reduction in Ethanol Self‐Administration in Rats
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor-1 Neurons in the Lateral Amygdala Display Selective Sensitivity to Acute and Chronic Ethanol Exposure
eNeuro·2020· 13 citedOpen Access
Smoking cessation in elective surgical patients offered free nicotine patches at listing: a pilot study
Anaesthesia·2019· 17 cited
Ethanol‐induced alterations in endocannabinoids and relevant neurotransmitters in the nucleus accumbens of fatty acid amide hydrolase knockout mice
Addiction Biology·2018· 19 citedOpen Access
Cannabinoid dependence induces sustained changes in GABA release in the globus pallidus without affecting dopamine release in the dorsal striatum: A dual microdialysis probe study
Addiction Biology·2018· 6 cited
The Lateral Habenula Directs Coping Styles Under Conditions of Stress via Recruitment of the Endocannabinoid System
Biological Psychiatry·2018· 75 cited
Deficient endocannabinoid signaling in the central amygdala contributes to alcohol dependence-related anxiety-like behavior and excessive alcohol intake
Neuropsychopharmacology·2018· 79 citedOpen Access
Unique treatment potential of cannabidiol for the prevention of relapse to drug use: preclinical proof of principle
Neuropsychopharmacology·2018· 153 citedOpen Access
Phosphorylation of calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II in the rat dorsal medial prefrontal cortex is associated with alcohol‐induced cognitive inflexibility
Addiction Biology·2017· 20 cited
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inactivation confers enhanced sensitivity to nicotine‐induced dopamine release in the mouse nucleus accumbens
Addiction Biology·2017· 20 citedOpen Access
<scp>CB</scp><sub>1</sub> and ethanol effects on glutamatergic transmission in the central amygdala of male and female <scp>msP</scp> and <scp>Wistar</scp> rats
Addiction Biology·2017· 34 cited
Diacylglycerol lipase disinhibits VTA dopamine neurons during chronic nicotine exposure
Alcohol·2017
Central Nervous System Infection with Borna Disease Virus Causes Kynurenine Pathway Dysregulation and Neurotoxic Quinolinic Acid Production
Journal of Virology·2017· 14 citedOpen Access
Dysregulated Glycine Signaling Contributes to Increased Impulsivity during Protracted Alcohol Abstinence
Journal of Neuroscience·2017· 19 citedOpen Access
Physiological and pharmacokinetic effects of e-cigarette type exposure to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rats
Drug and Alcohol Dependence·2017
Constitutive Increases in Amygdalar Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Drive an Anxious Phenotype
Biological Psychiatry·2017· 82 citedOpen Access
Endocannabinoid Signaling in Reward and Addiction: From Homeostasis to Pathology
2017· 4 cited
Physiological processes underlying organ injury in alcohol abuse
American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism·2016· 30 citedOpen Access
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George F. Koob(12), David G. Stouffer(8), Friedbert Weiss(8), Laura E. O’Dell(6), Matthew W. Buczynski(5), Tony M. Kerr(4), Marisa Roberto(4), George R. Siggins(4), J. B. Justice(4), Antonia Serrano(3), Benjamin F. Cravatt(3), Laurence H. Tecott(3), Eric P. Zorrilla(3), Paul Schweitzer(3), Samuel G. Madamba(3), James J. Burston(2), Francisco Javier Pavón(2), Andrea Giuffrida(2), Fernando Rodrı́guez de Fonseca(2), Miguel Navarro(2)