Franco Vaccarino, Ph.D. - Publications

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University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 

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2007 Bush DE, Vaccarino FJ. Individual differences in elevated plus-maze exploration predicted progressive-ratio cocaine self-administration break points in Wistar rats. Psychopharmacology. 194: 211-9. PMID 17581743 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0835-7  0.559
2006 Placenza FM, Fletcher PJ, Vaccarino FJ, Erb S. Effects of central neurokinin-1 receptor antagonism on cocaine- and opiate-induced locomotor activity and self-administration behaviour in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 84: 94-101. PMID 16757018 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pbb.2006.04.011  0.334
2005 Wang L, Rotzinger S, Al Chawaf A, Elias CF, Barsyte-Lovejoy D, Qian X, Wang NC, De Cristofaro A, Belsham D, Bittencourt JC, Vaccarino F, Lovejoy DA. Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 133: 253-65. PMID 15710242 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molbrainres.2004.10.019  0.332
2004 Placenza FM, Fletcher PJ, Rotzinger S, Vaccarino FJ. Infusion of the substance P analogue, DiMe-C7, into the ventral tegmental area induces reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behaviour in rats. Psychopharmacology. 177: 111-20. PMID 15167979 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-004-1912-9  0.319
2004 Wunderlich GR, Rotzinger S, Bush DE, DeSousa NJ, Vaccarino FJ. Cholecystokinin modulation of locomotor behavior in rats is sensitized by chronic amphetamine and chronic restraint stress exposure. Brain Research. 1001: 95-107. PMID 14972658 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2003.10.064  0.568
2002 Rotzinger S, Bush DE, Vaccarino FJ. Cholecystokinin modulation of mesolimbic dopamine function: regulation of motivated behaviour. Pharmacology & Toxicology. 91: 404-13. PMID 12688386 DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-0773.2002.910620.X  0.558
2001 Parent M, Bush D, Rauw G, Master S, Vaccarino F, Baker G. Analysis of amino acids and catecholamines, 5-hydroxytryptamine and their metabolites in brain areas in the rat using in vivo microdialysis. Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 23: 11-20. PMID 11162146 DOI: 10.1006/Meth.2000.1102  0.514
2000 Wunderlich GR, DeSousa NJ, Vaccarino FJ. Cholecystokinin modulates both the development and the expression of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine in the rat. Psychopharmacology. 151: 283-90. PMID 10972475  0.305
2000 Wadenberg ML, Kapur S, Soliman A, Jones C, Vaccarino F. Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy predicts catalepsy and the suppression of conditioned avoidance response behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology. 150: 422-9. PMID 10958084 DOI: 10.1007/S002130000466  0.315
2000 DeSousa NJ, Bush DE, Vaccarino FJ. Self-administration of intravenous amphetamine is predicted by individual differences in sucrose feeding in rats. Psychopharmacology. 148: 52-8. PMID 10663417  0.582
1999 Bush DE, DeSousa NJ, Vaccarino FJ. Self-administration of intravenous amphetamine: effect of nucleus accumbens CCKB receptor activation on fixed-ratio responding. Psychopharmacology. 147: 331-4. PMID 10639694 DOI: 10.1007/s002130051176  0.594
1999 DeSousa NJ, Wunderlich GR, De Cabo C, Vaccarino FJ. The expression of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine: role of CCK(A) receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 62: 31-7. PMID 9972842 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00107-5  0.304
1997 Josselyn SA, De Cristofaro A, Vaccarino FJ. Evidence for CCK(A) receptor involvement in the acquisition of conditioned activity produced by cocaine in rats. Brain Research. 763: 93-102. PMID 9272833 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00410-1  0.326
1996 Sills TL, Vaccarino FJ. Individual differences in the feeding response to CCKB antagonists: role of the nucleus accumbens. Peptides. 17: 593-9. PMID 8804067 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(96)00032-0  0.301
1996 Josselyn SA, Franco VP, Vaccarino FJ. PD-135158, a CCKB receptor antagonist, microinjected into the nucleus accumbens and the expression of conditioned rewarded behavior. Neuroscience Letters. 209: 85-8. PMID 8761988 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12610-0  0.306
1995 Josselyn SA, Frankland PW, Petrisano S, Bush DE, Yeomans JS, Vaccarino FJ. The CCKB antagonist, L-365,260, attenuates fear-potentiated startle. Peptides. 16: 1313-5. PMID 8545257 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(95)02013-M  0.538
1995 Josselyn SA, Vaccarino FJ. Interaction of CCKB receptors with amphetamine in responding for conditioned rewards. Peptides. 16: 959-64. PMID 7479342 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(95)00066-S  0.334
1994 Higgins GA, Sills TL, Tomkins DM, Sellers EM, Vaccarino FJ. Evidence for the contribution of CCKB receptor mechanisms to individual differences in amphetamine-induced locomotion. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 48: 1019-24. PMID 7972279 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(94)90214-3  0.308
1993 Sills TL, Baird JP, Vaccarino FJ. Individual differences in the feeding effects of amphetamine: role of nucleus accumbens dopamine and circadian factors. Psychopharmacology. 112: 211-8. PMID 7871022 DOI: 10.1007/BF02244913  0.318
1991 Koob GF, Swerdlow NR, Vaccarino F, Hubner C, Pulvirenti L, Weiss F. Functional output of the basal forebrain. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 295: 291-305. PMID 1776573 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-0145-6_15  0.326
1991 Vaccarino FJ, Feifel D, Rivier J, Vale W. Antagonism of central growth hormone-releasing factor activity selectively attenuates dark-onset feeding in rats. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 11: 3924-7. PMID 1744698 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.11-12-03924.1991  0.3
1989 Vaccarino FJ, Vaccarino AL. Antagonism of cholecystokinin function in the rostral and caudal nucleus accumbens: differential effects on brain stimulation reward. Neuroscience Letters. 97: 151-6. PMID 2918999 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90155-9  0.305
1989 Vaccarino FJ, Rankin J. Nucleus accumbens cholecystokinin (CCK) can either attenuate or potentiate amphetamine-induced locomotor activity: evidence for rostral-caudal differences in accumbens CCK function. Behavioral Neuroscience. 103: 831-6. PMID 2765186 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.103.4.831  0.301
1988 Corrigall WA, Vaccarino FJ. Antagonist treatment in nucleus accumbens or periaqueductal grey affects heroin self-administration. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 30: 443-50. PMID 3174777 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(88)90478-9  0.316
1986 Vaccarino FJ, Amalric M, Swerdlow NR, Koob GF. Blockade of amphetamine but not opiate-induced locomotion following antagonism of dopamine function in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 24: 61-5. PMID 3080760 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(86)90045-6  0.304
1986 Koob GF, Vaccarino FJ, Amalric M, Bloom FE. Neurochemical substrates for opiate reinforcement. Nida Research Monograph. 71: 146-64. PMID 3025733  0.331
1985 Vaccarino FJ, Bloom FE, Koob GF. Blockade of nucleus accumbens opiate receptors attenuates intravenous heroin reward in the rat. Psychopharmacology. 86: 37-42. PMID 2991967 DOI: 10.1007/BF00431681  0.323
1984 Vaccarino FJ, Franklin KB. Opposite locomotor asymmetries elicited from the medial and lateral SN by modulation of SN DA receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 21: 73-7. PMID 6540452 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(84)90133-3  0.307
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