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Overview

Deborah A. Finn is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of neuroscience and medicine, with a strong emphasis on behavioral neuroscience and physiological processes related to alcohol use and stress responses. The scientist has contributed notably to the understanding of neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, and hormonal regulation as they pertain to alcohol consumption and its biological effects.

The main fields of study for Deborah A. Finn include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

The subfields of study in which they have produced work include:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Social Psychology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Key topics frequently addressed in their research cover:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Biochemical effects in animals

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Deborah A. Finn include:

  • The Endocrine System and Alcohol Drinking in Females (2020), published in Alcohol Research
  • Stress and gonadal steroid influences on alcohol drinking and withdrawal, with focus on animal models in females (2023), published in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Other relevant recent publications where Finn contributed include:

  • Sex Differences in the Brain Transcriptome Related to Alcohol Effects and Alcohol Use Disorder (2021), Biological Psychiatry
  • Sensitivity and Resilience to Predator Stress-Enhanced Ethanol Drinking Is Associated With Sex-Dependent Differences in Stress-Regulating Systems (2022), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Corticosterone Levels and Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Expression in High Drinking in the Dark Mice and Their Heterogeneous Stock (HS/NPT) Founder Line (2022), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Deborah A. Finn include:

  • Andrey E. Ryabinin
  • Melinda L. Helms
  • Michelle A. Nipper
  • Angela R. Ozburn
  • Crystal D. Clark

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Current Addiction Reports
  • Alcohol Research
  • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of a simple model of ethanol drinking to intoxication in C57BL/6J mice.

    Justin S. Rhodes;Karyn Best;John K. Belknap;Deborah A. Finn

  • Abnormal adaptations to stress and impaired cardiovascular function in mice lacking corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2

    Sarah C Coste;Robert A Kesterson;Kurt A Heldwein;Susan L Stevens

  • Mouse inbred strain differences in ethanol drinking to intoxication

    J. S. Rhodes;M. M. Ford;C. H. Yu;L. L. Brown

  • Stability of inbred mouse strain differences in behavior and brain size between laboratories and across decades

    Douglas Wahlsten;Alexander Bachmanov;Deborah A. Finn;John C. Crabbe

  • Increased drinking during withdrawal from intermittent ethanol exposure is blocked by the CRF receptor antagonist D-Phe-CRF(12-41).

    Deborah A. Finn;Deborah A. Finn;Christopher Snelling;Andrea M. Fretwell;Michelle A. Tanchuck

  • The estrus cycle, sensitivity to convulsants and the anticonvulsant effect of a neuroactive steroid.

    D A Finn;K W Gee

  • A New Look at the 5α‐Reductase Inhibitor Finasteride

    Deborah A. Finn;Amy S. Beadles-Bohling;Ethan H. Beckley;Matthew M. Ford

  • Genetic animal models of anxiety

    Deborah A. Finn;Deborah A. Finn;Mark T. Rutledge-Gorman;John C. Crabbe

  • A Line of Mice Selected for High Blood Ethanol Concentrations Shows Drinking in the Dark to Intoxication

    John C. Crabbe;Pamela Metten;Justin S. Rhodes;Chia Hua Yu

  • Different levels of Fos immunoreactivity after repeated handling and injection stress in two inbred strains of mice

    Andrey E. Ryabinin;Yuan Mei Wang;Deborah A. Finn

  • Binge drinking upregulates accumbens mGluR5-Homer2-PI3K signaling: functional implications for alcoholism.

    Debra K. Cozzoli;Scott P. Goulding;Ping Wu Zhang;Bo Xiao

  • "Binge" drinking experience in adolescent mice shows sex differences and elevated ethanol intake in adulthood.

    Moriah N. Strong;Naomi Yoneyama;Andrea M. Fretwell;Chris Snelling

  • Sex differences in the effect of ethanol injection and consumption on brain allopregnanolone levels in C57BL/6 mice

    D.A Finn;R.S Sinnott;M.M Ford;S.L Long

  • Neurosteroid Modulators of GABAA Receptors Differentially Modulate Ethanol Intake Patterns in Male C57BL/6J Mice

    Matthew M. Ford;Jeffrey D. Nickel;Tamara J. Phillips;Deborah A. Finn

  • A procedure to produce high alcohol intake in mice.

    Deborah A. Finn;John K. Belknap;Kim Cronise;Naomi Yoneyama

  • The influence of estrus cycle on neurosteroid potency at the gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor complex.

    D A Finn;K W Gee

  • Differential change in neuroactive steroid sensitivity during ethanol withdrawal.

    Deborah A. Finn;Edward J. Gallaher;John C. Crabbe

  • Exploring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

    Deborah A. Finn;John C. Crabbe

  • Alteration of voluntary ethanol and saccharin consumption by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in mice.

    Rachna S. Sinnott;Tamara J. Phillips;Deborah A. Finn

  • The role of pregnane neurosteroids in ethanol withdrawal: behavioral genetic approaches

    Deborah A Finn;Matthew M Ford;Matthew M Ford;Kristine M Wiren;Kristine M Wiren;Charles E Roselli;Charles E Roselli

  • Lesions of the extended amygdala in C57BL/6J mice do not block the intermittent ethanol vapor-induced increase in ethanol consumption.

    Ronnie Dhaher;Deborah Finn;Christopher Snelling;Robert Hitzemann

  • Rewarding Effect of the Neuroactive Steroid 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one in Mice

    Deborah A Finn;Tamara J Phillips;Dobrina M Okorn;Julia A Chester

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara J. Phillips
Tamara J. Phillips Oregon Health & Science University
Gregory P. Mark
Gregory P. Mark Oregon Health & Science University
Andrey E. Ryabinin
Andrey E. Ryabinin Oregon Health & Science University
Justin S. Rhodes
Justin S. Rhodes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John K. Belknap
John K. Belknap Oregon Health & Science University
Charles K. Meshul
Charles K. Meshul Oregon Health & Science University
Karen K. Szumlinski
Karen K. Szumlinski University of California, Santa Barbara
Marco Bortolato
Marco Bortolato University of Florida
Matthias Klugmann
Matthias Klugmann University of New South Wales

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