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National Ranking
9070

Overview

Alan F. Sved is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work delves into various subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, physiology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The scientist has contributed to the study of multiple main research topics, prominently featuring neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, blood pressure and hypertension studies, heart rate variability and autonomic control, adipose tissue and metabolism, smoking behavior and cessation, as well as cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Recent published works by Alan F. Sved include the following:

  • Sympathetic Nervous System Contributions to Hypertension: Updates and Therapeutic Relevance, 2020, Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • Centrally Projecting Edinger-Westphal Nucleus in the Control of Sympathetic Outflow and Energy Homeostasis, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Monoamine oxidase inhibition in cigarette smokers: From preclinical studies to tobacco product regulation, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Nicotine Enhances Intravenous Self-administration of Cannabinoids in Adult Rats, 2022, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Physiological Mechanisms of Dietary Salt Sensing in the Brain, Kidney, and Gastrointestinal Tract, 2023, Hypertension

Their frequent collaborators include Sean D. Stocker, Eric C. Donny, Sierra J. Stringfield, Mary M. Torregrossa, and Leon J. DeLalio.

Alan F. Sved's publications frequently appear in venues such as the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Sciences, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Hypertension.

Best Publications

  • Tonic vasomotor control by the rostral ventrolateral medulla: effect of electrical or chemical stimulation of the area containing C1 adrenaline neurons on arterial pressure, heart rate, and plasma catecholamines and vasopressin

    Christopher A. Ross;David A. Ruggiero;Dong H. Park;Tong H. Joh

  • Cue dependency of nicotine self-administration and smoking.

    Anthony R Caggiula;Eric C Donny;Anthony R White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Anatomical substrates for the central control of sympathetic outflow to interscapular adipose tissue during cold exposure

    Georgina Cano;Alicia M. Passerin;Jennifer C. Schiltz;J. Patrick Card

  • Operant responding for a visual reinforcer in rats is enhanced by noncontingent nicotine: implications for nicotine self-administration and reinforcement

    Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;F. Fay Evans-Martin

  • Prior exposure to chronic stress results in enhanced synthesis and release of hippocampal norepinephrine in response to a novel stressor

    Laura K. Nisenbaum;Michael J. Zigmond;Alan F. Sved;Elizabeth D. Abercrombie

  • Complex interactions between nicotine and nonpharmacological stimuli reveal multiple roles for nicotine in reinforcement

    Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier

  • Local Influence of Endogenous Norepinephrine on Extracellular Dopamine in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Paul J. Gresch;Alan F. Sved;Michael J. Zigmond;Janet M. Finlay

  • GABA-mediated inhibition of raphe pallidus neurons regulates sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue

    Shaun F. Morrison;Alan F. Sved;Alicia M. Passerin

  • The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier;Xiu Liu

  • Environmental stimuli promote the acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Stress-induced sensitization of dopamine and norepinephrine efflux in medial prefrontal cortex of the rat.

    Paul J. Gresch;Alan F. Sved;Michael J. Zigmond;Janet M. Finlay

  • Characterization of the central nervous system innervation of the rat spleen using viral transneuronal tracing

    Georgina Cano;Alan F. Sved;Linda Rinaman;Bruce S. Rabin

  • Dissociating the primary reinforcing and reinforcement-enhancing effects of nicotine using a rat self-administration paradigm with concurrently available drug and environmental reinforcers.

    Matthew I. Palmatier;F. Fay Evans-Martin;Alycia Hoffman;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • Efferent projections of rat rostroventrolateral medulla C1 catecholamine neurons: Implications for the central control of cardiovascular regulation.

    J. Patrick Card;Judy C. Sved;Brian Craig;Mohan Raizada

  • Circulating angiotensin II and dietary salt: converging signals for neurogenic hypertension.

    John W. Osborn;Gregory D. Fink;Alan F. Sved;Glenn M. Toney

  • Importance of nonpharmacological factors in nicotine self-administration.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Kenneth A. Perkins

  • c-Fos Expression in Rat Brain and Brainstem Nuclei in Response to Treatments That Alter Food Intake and Gastric Motility.

    Beatriz R. Olson;Maria Freilino;Gloria E. Hoffman;Edward M. Stricker

  • Acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats: the effects of dose, feeding schedule, and drug contingency.

    Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula;Michelle M. Mielke;Kimberly S. Jacobs

  • Tyrosine administration reduces blood pressure and enhances brain norepinephrine release in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Alan F. Sved;John D. Fernstrom;Richard J. Wurtman

  • Destruction of noradrenergic neurons in rabbit brainstem elevates plasma vasopressin, causing hypertension

    WW Blessing;AF Sved;DJ Reis

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric C. Donny
Eric C. Donny Wake Forest University
Edward M. Stricker
Edward M. Stricker University of Pittsburgh
J. Patrick Card
J. Patrick Card University of Pittsburgh
Michael J. Zigmond
Michael J. Zigmond University of Pittsburgh
Mohan K. Raizada
Mohan K. Raizada University of Florida
Joseph G. Verbalis
Joseph G. Verbalis Georgetown University Medical Center
Robert C. Speth
Robert C. Speth Nova Southeastern University
Gloria E. Hoffman
Gloria E. Hoffman Morgan State University
Linda Rinaman
Linda Rinaman Florida State University
Bruce S. Rabin
Bruce S. Rabin University of Pittsburgh

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