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Allan C. Collins is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the biological sciences, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Additionally, they have contributed to agricultural and biological sciences.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Subfields of study for their research consist of molecular biology and insect science. These areas underpin a combined interest in receptor function at molecular levels and biological responses related to insects.

Collins's publication record includes research articles published in venues such as Behavioural Pharmacology. One representative paper is titled "Partial and full deletion of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 and β2 subunits reduces sensitivity to acute nicotine administration and development of tolerance following chronic nicotine administration," published in 2020.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael J. Marks
  • Esteban C. Loetz
  • Nick C. Ortiz
  • Penelope Herder

Their joint work reflects interdisciplinary cooperation particularly in the pharmacological and molecular biology domains. This collaboration has supported exploration of receptor subunits and their involvement in nicotine tolerance and response mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral phenotypes of inbred mouse strains: implications and recommendations for molecular studies.

    Jacqueline N. Crawley;John K. Belknap;Allan Collins;John C. Crabbe

  • Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research

    Shannon G. Matta;David J. Balfour;Neal L. Benowitz;R. Thomas Boyd

  • Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization

    Andrew R. Tapper;Sheri L. McKinney;Sheri L. McKinney;Sheri L. McKinney;Raad Nashmi;Raad Nashmi;Raad Nashmi;Johannes Schwarz;Johannes Schwarz;Johannes Schwarz

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XX. Current Status of the Nomenclature for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Their Subunits

    R. J. Lukas;J.-P. Changeux;N. Le Novere;E. X. Albuquerque

  • Effects of chronic nicotine infusion on tolerance development and nicotinic receptors.

    M J Marks;J B Burch;A C Collins

  • Nicotine binding and nicotinic receptor subunit RNA after chronic nicotine treatment.

    MJ Marks;JR Pauly;SD Gross;ES Deneris

  • Effect of Smoking History on [3H]Nicotine Binding in Human Postmortem Brain

    Charles R. Breese;Michael J. Marks;Judy Logel;Cathy E. Adams

  • A method for fine mapping quantitative trait loci in outbred animal stocks.

    Richard Mott;Christopher J. Talbot;Maria G. Turri;Allan C. Collins

  • Characterization of nicotinic receptor-mediated [3H]dopamine release from synaptosomes prepared from mouse striatum.

    Sharon Grady;Michael J. Marks;Susan Wonnacott;Allan C. Collins

  • A simple genetic basis for a complex psychological trait in laboratory mice

    Jonathan Flint;Robin Corley;John C. DeFries;David W. Fulker

  • Subunit composition and pharmacology of two classes of striatal presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors mediating dopamine release in mice.

    Outi Salminen;Karen L. Murphy;Karen L. Murphy;J. Michael McIntosh;John Drago

  • Abnormal Regulation of High Affinity Nicotinic Receptors in Subjects with Schizophrenia

    Charles R Breese;Michael J Lee;Cathy E Adams;Bernadette Sullivan

  • Time course study of the effects of chronic nicotine infusion on drug response and brain receptors.

    M J Marks;J A Stitzel;A C Collins

  • Chronic Nicotine Cell Specifically Upregulates Functional α4* Nicotinic Receptors: Basis for Both Tolerance in Midbrain and Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation in Perforant Path

    Raad Nashmi;Cheng Xiao;Purnima Deshpande;Sheri McKinney

  • The Subtypes of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Dopaminergic Terminals of Mouse Striatum

    Sharon R. Grady;Outi Salminen;Duncan C. Laverty;Paul Whiteaker

  • High-resolution mapping of quantitative trait loci in outbred mice

    Christopher J. Talbot;Alison Nicod;Stacey S. Cherny;David W. Fulker

  • Why some people smoke and others do not: new perspectives

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Allan C. Collins;Saul Shiffman;Cynthia S. Pomerleau

  • Genetic correlation of inhibitory gating of hippocampal auditory evoked response and α-bungarotoxin-binding nicotinic cholinergic receptors in inbred mouse strains

    Karen E. Stevens;Karen E. Stevens;Robert Freedman;Robert Freedman;Allan C. Collins;Michael Hall

  • The β3 Nicotinic Receptor Subunit: A Component of α-Conotoxin MII-Binding Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors that Modulate Dopamine Release and Related Behaviors

    Changhai Cui;T. K. Booker;Roberta S. Allen;Sharon R. Grady

  • 125I-α-Conotoxin MII Identifies a Novel Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Population in Mouse Brain

    Paul Whiteaker;J. Michael McIntosh;Siqin Luo;Allan C. Collins

  • UB-165: A Novel Nicotinic Agonist with Subtype Selectivity Implicates the α4β2* Subtype in the Modulation of Dopamine Release from Rat Striatal Synaptosomes

    Christopher G. V. Sharples;Sergio Kaiser;Lev Soliakov;Michael J. Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Michael McIntosh
J. Michael McIntosh University of Utah
Marina R. Picciotto
Marina R. Picciotto Yale University
Karen E. Stevens
Karen E. Stevens University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Susan Wonnacott
Susan Wonnacott University of Bath
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux Institut Pasteur
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Johannes Schwarz
Johannes Schwarz Leipzig University
David W. Fulker
David W. Fulker University of Colorado Boulder
Soo Hyun Rhee
Soo Hyun Rhee University of Colorado Boulder
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder

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