Skylar Y. Cooper

Flavors Enhance Nicotine Vapor Self-administration in Male Mice

Skylar Y. Cooper, Austin T. Akers, Brandon J. Henderson · Nicotine & Tobacco Research · 2020 · 74 citations · Full text

Why flavored vape products may be attractive: Green apple tobacco flavor elicits reward-related behavior, upregulates nAChRs on VTA dopamine neurons, and alters midbrain dopamine and GABA neuron function

Alicia J. Avelar, Austin T. Akers, Zachary J. Baumgard et al. · Neuropharmacology · 2019 · 53 citations · Full text

Nicotine formulations impact reinforcement-related behaviors in a mouse model of vapor self-administration

Brandon J. Henderson, Skylar Y. Cooper · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2021 · 37 citations · Full text

Green Apple e-Cigarette Flavorant Farnesene Triggers Reward-Related Behavior by Promoting High-Sensitivity nAChRs in the Ventral Tegmental Area

Skylar Y. Cooper, Austin T. Akers, Brandon J. Henderson · eNeuro · 2020 · 31 citations · Full text

Upregulation of nAChRs and Changes in Excitability on VTA Dopamine and GABA Neurons Correlates to Changes in Nicotine-Reward-Related Behavior

Austin T. Akers, Skylar Y. Cooper, Zachary J. Baumgard et al. · eNeuro · 2020 · 22 citations · Full text