Dustin J Stairs

Summary

Affiliation: Creighton University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Rate-dependent effects of bupropion on nicotine self-administration and food-maintained responding in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelhan Road North, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 90:701-11. 2008
  2. ncbi Nicotine and cocaine self-administration using a multiple schedule of intravenous drug and sucrose reinforcement in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178 0321, USA
    Behav Pharmacol 21:182-93. 2010
  3. ncbi Environmental-induced differences in corticosterone and glucocorticoid receptor blockade of amphetamine self-administration in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Hixson Lied, Room 308 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 0321, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 218:293-301. 2011
  4. ncbi Lobelane decreases methamphetamine self-administration in rats
    Nichole M Neugebauer
    Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Eur J Pharmacol 571:33-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Effects of environmental enrichment on extinction and reinstatement of amphetamine self-administration and sucrose-maintained responding
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0509, USA
    Behav Pharmacol 17:597-604. 2006
  6. ncbi Neurobehavioral effects of environmental enrichment and drug abuse vulnerability
    Dustin J Stairs
    Creighton University, Department of Psychology, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 92:377-82. 2009

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Rate-dependent effects of bupropion on nicotine self-administration and food-maintained responding in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelhan Road North, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 90:701-11. 2008
    ..Furthermore, the results from the present study suggest that motivational variables (i.e. food deprivation) may be used to control for response rate differences maintained by drug and non-drug reinforcers...
  2. ncbi Nicotine and cocaine self-administration using a multiple schedule of intravenous drug and sucrose reinforcement in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178 0321, USA
    Behav Pharmacol 21:182-93. 2010
    ..These results indicate that i.v. nicotine maintains responding under a multiple schedule. This procedure may be useful when studying the specificity of drug pretreatments on nicotine self-administration...
  3. ncbi Environmental-induced differences in corticosterone and glucocorticoid receptor blockade of amphetamine self-administration in rats
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Hixson Lied, Room 308 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 0321, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 218:293-301. 2011
    ..Rats raised in isolation self-administer more amphetamine than rats raised in enrichment...
  4. ncbi Lobelane decreases methamphetamine self-administration in rats
    Nichole M Neugebauer
    Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Eur J Pharmacol 571:33-8. 2007
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  5. ncbi Effects of environmental enrichment on extinction and reinstatement of amphetamine self-administration and sucrose-maintained responding
    Dustin J Stairs
    Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0509, USA
    Behav Pharmacol 17:597-604. 2006
    ..Environmental enrichment also raised the reinstatement threshold specific to the amphetamine prime, suggesting a reduction in the incentive motivational effect of amphetamine...
  6. ncbi Neurobehavioral effects of environmental enrichment and drug abuse vulnerability
    Dustin J Stairs
    Creighton University, Department of Psychology, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 92:377-82. 2009
    ..Some critical neural mechanisms that may mediate the behavioral changes are postulated, along with some notes of caution about the limitations of the work cited...