Olivier George

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Affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Recruitment of medial prefrontal cortex neurons during alcohol withdrawal predicts cognitive impairment and excessive alcohol drinking
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:18156-61. 2012
  2. ncbi Allostasis and addiction: role of the dopamine and corticotropin-releasing factor systems
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Physiol Behav 106:58-64. 2012
  3. ncbi Varenicline blocks nicotine intake in rats with extended access to nicotine self-administration
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, SP30 2400, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 213:715-22. 2011
  4. ncbi Individual differences in prefrontal cortex function and the transition from drug use to drug dependence
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, SP30 2400, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:232-47. 2010
  5. ncbi Low brain allopregnanolone levels mediate flattened circadian activity associated with memory impairments in aged rats
    Olivier George
    Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medical INSERM, Unite 862, Neurocenter Magendie, Physiopathology of Addiction Group, Bordeaux, France
    Biol Psychiatry 68:956-63. 2010
  6. ncbi Exposure to chronic intermittent nicotine vapor induces nicotine dependence
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 96:104-7. 2010
  7. ncbi Extended access to cocaine self-administration produces long-lasting prefrontal cortex-dependent working memory impairments
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2474-82. 2008
  8. ncbi CRF-CRF1 system activation mediates withdrawal-induced increases in nicotine self-administration in nicotine-dependent rats
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:17198-203. 2007
  9. ncbi A role for the endocannabinoid system in the increased motivation for cocaine in extended-access conditions
    Laura Orio
    Committee on Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
    J Neurosci 29:4846-57. 2009
  10. ncbi Robust escalation of nicotine intake with extended access to nicotine self-administration and intermittent periods of abstinence
    Ami Cohen
    Committee on Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 37:2153-60. 2012

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Recruitment of medial prefrontal cortex neurons during alcohol withdrawal predicts cognitive impairment and excessive alcohol drinking
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:18156-61. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Allostasis and addiction: role of the dopamine and corticotropin-releasing factor systems
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Physiol Behav 106:58-64. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Varenicline blocks nicotine intake in rats with extended access to nicotine self-administration
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, SP30 2400, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 213:715-22. 2011
    ..Varenicline has not been tested on the increase in motivation to take nicotine in nicotine-dependent rats...
  4. ncbi Individual differences in prefrontal cortex function and the transition from drug use to drug dependence
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, SP30 2400, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:232-47. 2010
    ..A subhypothesis is that the different patterns of drug addiction and individual differences in the transition to addiction may emerge from differential vulnerability in one or more of the subcomponents...
  5. ncbi Low brain allopregnanolone levels mediate flattened circadian activity associated with memory impairments in aged rats
    Olivier George
    Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medical INSERM, Unite 862, Neurocenter Magendie, Physiopathology of Addiction Group, Bordeaux, France
    Biol Psychiatry 68:956-63. 2010
    ..However, the underlying mechanism of these alterations is unknown. Here, we demonstrate the role of alterations in brain steroid levels in age-related sleep-dependent memory impairment in rats...
  6. ncbi Exposure to chronic intermittent nicotine vapor induces nicotine dependence
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 96:104-7. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Extended access to cocaine self-administration produces long-lasting prefrontal cortex-dependent working memory impairments
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2474-82. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi CRF-CRF1 system activation mediates withdrawal-induced increases in nicotine self-administration in nicotine-dependent rats
    Olivier George
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:17198-203. 2007
    ..Overactivation of the CRF-CRF(1) system may contribute to nicotine dependence and may represent a prominent target for investigating the vulnerability to tobacco addiction...
  9. ncbi A role for the endocannabinoid system in the increased motivation for cocaine in extended-access conditions
    Laura Orio
    Committee on Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
    J Neurosci 29:4846-57. 2009
    ..These results suggest that neuroadaptations in the endogenous cannabinoid system may be part of the neuroplasticity associated with the development of cocaine addiction...
  10. ncbi Robust escalation of nicotine intake with extended access to nicotine self-administration and intermittent periods of abstinence
    Ami Cohen
    Committee on Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 37:2153-60. 2012
    ....
  11. ncbi Neurosteroids and cholinergic systems: implications for sleep and cognitive processes and potential role of age-related changes
    Olivier George
    INSERM, U588, Institut Francois Magendie, Universite de Bordeaux II, F 33077, Bordeaux, France
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 186:402-13. 2006
    ..As these processes depend on the integrity of cholinergic systems, a specific effect of neurosteroids on these systems may account for their effects on sleep and memory...
  12. ncbi Levels of neural progenitors in the hippocampus predict memory impairment and relapse to drug seeking as a function of excessive methamphetamine self-administration
    Patrick Recinto
    Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 37:1275-87. 2012
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