Stefan D. Schlussman

Effects of the plant-derived hallucinogen salvinorin A on basal dopamine levels in the caudate putamen and in a conditioned place aversion assay in mice: agonist actions at kappa opioid receptors

Yong Zhang, Eduardo R. Butelman, Stefan D. Schlussman et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2005 · 198 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +13

Predictable individual differences in the initiation of cocaine self-administration by rats under extended-access conditions are dose-dependent

John R. Mantsch, Ann Ho, Stefan D. Schlussman et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2001 · 161 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

Effect of the endogenous ? opioid agonist dynorphin A(1?17) on cocaine-evoked increases in striatal dopamine levels and cocaine-induced place preference in C57BL/6J mice

Yong Zhang, Eduardo R. Butelman, Stefan D. Schlussman et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2004 · 122 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

Mu opioid receptor knockdown in the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area by synthetic small interfering RNA blocks the rewarding and locomotor effects of heroin

Yong Zhang, Markus Landthaler, Stefan D. Schlussman et al. · Neuroscience · 2008 · 96 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16

Estrous cycle differences in cocaine-induced stereotypic and locomotor behaviors in Fischer rats

Vanya Quiñones-Jenab, Ann Ho, Stefan D. Schlussman et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 1999 · 94 citations

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Neuroscience +12