Alicia J. Avelar

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

Amphetamine augments vesicular dopamine release in the dorsal and ventral striatum through different mechanisms

Alicia J. Avelar, Steven A. Juliano, Paul A. Garris · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2013 · 49 citations

Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Signaling +20

Translating the atypical dopamine uptake inhibitor hypothesis toward therapeutics for treatment of psychostimulant use disorders

Amy Hauck Newman, Jianjing Cao, Jacqueline D. Keighron et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019 · 49 citations · Full text

Substance Abuse, Psychoactive Drug, Psychiatry +14

Brain Region Specific Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging

Xu Fu, Faruk H. Moonschi, Ashley M. Fox-Loe et al. · Analytical Chemistry · 2019 · 32 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Nicotine-induced Upregulation +25

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