Steven James Simmons, BA - Publications

Affiliations: 
2012-2014 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
 2014- Center for Substance Abuse Research Temple University, School of Medicine 
Area:
Behavioral pharmacology, drug self-administration, neuropeptides, tract tracing
Website:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Simmons3

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2022 Simmons SJ, Oliver CF, McCloskey NS, Reitz AB, Nayak SU, Watson MN, Rawls SM. Paradoxical anxiolytic effect of the 'bath salt' synthetic cathinone MDPV during early abstinence is inhibited by a chemokine CXCR4 or CCR5 receptor antagonist. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 230: 109204. PMID 34871976 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109204  0.586
2019 Bulin SE, Simmons SJ, Richardson DR, Latchney SE, Deutsch HM, Yun S, Eisch AJ. Indices of dentate gyrus neurogenesis are unaffected immediately after or following withdrawal from morphine self-administration compared to saline self-administering control male rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 112448. PMID 31870778 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2019.112448  0.689
2019 Simmons SJ, Gentile TA. Cocaine abuse and midbrain circuits: functional anatomy of hypocretin/orexin transmission and therapeutic prospect. Brain Research. PMID 30796894 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2019.02.026  0.495
2019 Rivera PD, Simmons SJ, Reynolds RP, Just AL, Birnbaum SG, Eisch AJ. Image-guided cranial irradiation-induced ablation of dentate gyrus neurogenesis impairs extinction of recent morphine reward memories. Hippocampus. PMID 30779299 DOI: 10.1002/Hipo.23071  0.672
2019 Gentile TA, Simmons SJ, Tallarida CS, Su S, Rom S, Watson MN, Reitz AB, Potula R, Rawls SM. Synthetic cathinone MDPV enhances reward function through purinergic P2X7 receptor-dependent pathway and increases P2X7 gene expression in nucleus accumbens. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 197: 22-27. PMID 30754021 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2018.12.022  0.6
2018 Oliver CF, Palamar JJ, Salomone A, Simmons SJ, Philogene-Khalid HL, Stokes-McCloskey N, Rawls SM. Synthetic cathinone adulteration of illegal drugs. Psychopharmacology. PMID 30338489 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-018-5066-6  0.552
2018 Simmons SJ, Leyrer-Jackson JM, Oliver CF, Hicks C, Muschamp J, Rawls SM, Olive MF. Dark Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: "Cathinone-derived Psychostimulants". Acs Chemical Neuroscience. PMID 29714473 DOI: 10.1021/Acschemneuro.8B00147  0.764
2018 Oliver CF, Simmons SJ, Nayak SU, Smith GR, Reitz AB, Rawls SM. Chemokines and 'bath salts': CXCR4 receptor antagonist reduces rewarding and locomotor-stimulant effects of the designer cathinone MDPV in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 186: 75-79. PMID 29550625 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2018.01.013  0.651
2017 Philogene-Khalid HL, Simmons SJ, Nayak S, Martorana RM, Su SH, Caro Y, Ranieri B, DiFurio K, Mo L, Gentile TA, Murad A, Reitz AB, Muschamp JW, Rawls SM. Stereoselective differences between the reinforcing and motivational effects of cathinone-derived 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) in self-administering rats. Acs Chemical Neuroscience. PMID 28885007 DOI: 10.1021/Acschemneuro.7B00212  0.759
2017 Simmons SJ, Martorana R, Philogene-Khalid H, Tran FH, Gentile TA, Xu X, Su S, Rawls SM, Muschamp JW. Role of hypocretin/orexin receptor blockade on drug-taking and ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) associated with low-effort self-administration of cathinone-derived 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) in rats. Psychopharmacology. PMID 28786030 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-017-4709-3  0.787
2017 Gentile TA, Simmons SJ, Watson MN, Connelly KL, Brailoiu E, Zhang Y, Muschamp JW. Effects of Suvorexant, a Dual Orexin/Hypocretin Receptor Antagonist, on Impulsive Behavior Associated with Cocaine. Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. PMID 28741623 DOI: 10.1038/Npp.2017.158  0.744
2017 Philogene-Khalid HL, Simmons SJ, Muschamp JW, Rawls SM. Effects of ceftriaxone on conditioned nicotine reward in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. PMID 28704277 DOI: 10.1097/Fbp.0000000000000314  0.756
2017 Gentile TA, Simmons SJ, Barker DJ, Shaw JK, España RA, Muschamp JW. Suvorexant, an orexin/hypocretin receptor antagonist, attenuates motivational and hedonic properties of cocaine. Addiction Biology. PMID 28419646 DOI: 10.1111/Adb.12507  0.757
2016 Simmons SJ, Gregg RA, Tran FH, Mo L, von Weltin E, Barker DJ, Gentile TA, Watterson LR, Rawls SM, Muschamp JW. Comparing rewarding and reinforcing properties between 'bath salt' 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and cocaine using ultrasonic vocalizations in rats. Addiction Biology. PMID 27910188 DOI: 10.1111/Adb.12479  0.781
2016 Simmons SJ, Gentile TA, Mo L, Tran FH, Ma S, Muschamp JW. Nicotinic Receptor Blockade Decreases Fos Immunoreactivity within Orexin/Hypocretin-Expressing Neurons of Nicotine-Exposed Rats. Behavioural Brain Research. PMID 27491589 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2016.07.053  0.74
2015 Barker DJ, Simmons SJ, West MO. Ultrasonic Vocalizations as a Measure of Affect in Preclinical Models of Drug Abuse: A Review of Current Findings. Current Neuropharmacology. 13: 193-210. PMID 26411762 DOI: 10.2174/1570159X13999150318113642  0.646
2015 Barker DJ, Simmons SJ, West MO. Ultrasonic vocalizations as a measure of affect in preclinical models of drug abuse: A review of current findings Current Neuropharmacology. 13: 193-210.  0.538
2014 Simmons SJ, Gould TJ. Involvement of neuronal β2 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in nicotine reward and withdrawal: implications for pharmacotherapies. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 39: 457-67. PMID 24828779 DOI: 10.1111/Jcpt.12171  0.592
2014 Gould TJ, Wilkinson DS, Yildirim E, Poole RL, Leach PT, Simmons SJ. Nicotine shifts the temporal activation of hippocampal protein kinase A and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 to enhance long-term, but not short-term, hippocampus-dependent memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 109: 151-9. PMID 24457151 DOI: 10.1016/J.Nlm.2014.01.009  0.704
2014 Barker DJ, Simmons SJ, Servilio LC, Bercovicz D, Ma S, Root DH, Pawlak AP, West MO. Ultrasonic vocalizations: evidence for an affective opponent process during cocaine self-administration. Psychopharmacology. 231: 909-18. PMID 24197178 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-013-3309-0  0.658
2014 Barker DJ, Bercovicz D, Servilio LC, Simmons SJ, Ma S, Root DH, Pawlak AP, West MO. Rat ultrasonic vocalizations demonstrate that the motivation to contextually reinstate cocaine-seeking behavior does not necessarily involve a hedonic response. Addiction Biology. 19: 781-90. PMID 23506088 DOI: 10.1111/Adb.12044  0.673
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