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Overview

Drake Morgan is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Drake Morgan has contributed to publications in venues such as:

  • GeroScience
  • PubMed

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Morgan include:

  • "Angiotensin (1-7) delivered orally via probiotic, but not subcutaneously, benefits the gut-brain axis in older rats" (2020), published in GeroScience
  • "Effects of aging and life-long moderate calorie restriction on IL-15 signaling in the rat white adipose tissue." (2020), published in PubMed

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Thomas W. Buford
  • Yi Sun
  • Lisa M. Roberts
  • Anisha Banerjee
  • Sujitha Peramsetty

Best Publications

  • Social dominance in monkeys: Dopamine D2 receptors and cocaine self-administration

    Drake Morgan;Kathleen A. Grant;H. Donald Gage;Robert H. Mach

  • PET imaging of dopamine D2 receptors during chronic cocaine self-administration in monkeys

    Michael A Nader;Drake Morgan;Drake Morgan;H Donald Gage;Susan H Nader

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Temporal MRI characterization, neurobiochemical and neurobehavioral changes in a mouse repetitive concussive head injury model

    Zhihui Yang;Ping Wang;Drake Morgan;Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel

  • Head‐twitch response in rodents induced by the hallucinogen 2,5‐dimethoxy‐4‐iodoamphetamine: a comprehensive history, a re‐evaluation of mechanisms, and its utility as a model

    Clint E. Canal;Drake Morgan

  • Reduced dopamine terminal function and insensitivity to cocaine following cocaine binge self-administration and deprivation

    Yolanda Mateo;Christopher M Lack;Drake Morgan;David C S Roberts

  • How to make a rat addicted to cocaine

    David C. S. Roberts;Drake Morgan;Yu Liu

  • Explaining the escalation of drug use in substance dependence: models and appropriate animal laboratory tests.

    Gerald Zernig;Serge H. Ahmed;Rudolf N. Cardinal;Drake Morgan

  • Persistent alterations in mesolimbic gene expression with abstinence from cocaine self-administration.

    Willard M Freeman;Kruti M Patel;Robert M Brucklacher;Malinda E Lull

  • Predictors of social status in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) after group formation.

    Drake Morgan;Kathleen A. Grant;Osric A. Prioleau;Susan H. Nader

  • Adolescent Risk Taking, Cocaine Self-Administration, and Striatal Dopamine Signaling

    Marci R Mitchell;Virginia G Weiss;B Sofia Beas;Drake Morgan

  • Sensitization of the reinforcing effects of self-administered cocaine in rats: effects of dose and intravenous injection speed

    Yu Liu;David C. S. Roberts;Drake Morgan

  • Sensitization to the reinforcing effects of cocaine following binge-abstinent self-administration

    Drake Morgan;David C.S Roberts

  • Increases in the reinforcing efficacy of cocaine after particular histories of reinforcement.

    D. Morgan;K. Brebner;W.J. Lynch;D.C.S. Roberts

  • Effects of positive allosteric modulators of the GABAB receptor on cocaine self-administration in rats

    Mark A. Smith;David L. Yancey;Drake Morgan;Yu Liu

  • An examination of the interactions between the antinociceptive effects of morphine and various mu-opioids: the role of intrinsic efficacy and stimulus intensity.

    Drake Morgan;Charles D. Cook;Mark A. Smith;Mitchell J. Picker

  • Effects of extended-access self-administration and deprivation on breakpoints maintained by cocaine in rats.

    Yu Liu;David C. S. Roberts;Drake Morgan

  • Sensitivity to the Discriminative Stimulus and Antinociceptive Effects of μ Opioids: Role of Strain of Rat, Stimulus Intensity, and Intrinsic Efficacy at the μ Opioid Receptor

    Drake Morgan;Charles D. Cook;Mitchell J. Picker

  • Rapid and Persistent Sensitization to the Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine

    Drake Morgan;Yu Liu;David C S Roberts

  • Gene expression changes in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens following abstinence from cocaine self-administration

    Willard M Freeman;Melinda E Lull;Kruti M Patel;Robert M Brucklacher

  • Comparison of the Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine and Cocaine/Heroin Combinations under Progressive Ratio and Choice Schedules in Rats

    Sara Jane Ward;Drake Morgan;David C S Roberts

  • Characterization of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor function in socially housed cynomolgus monkeys self-administering cocaine

    Paul W. Czoty;Drake Morgan;Erin E. Shannon;H. Donald Gage

Frequent Co-Authors

David C.S. Roberts
David C.S. Roberts Wake Forest University
Barry Setlow
Barry Setlow University of Florida
Charles J. Vierck
Charles J. Vierck University of Florida
Robert P. Yezierski
Robert P. Yezierski University of Florida
Jennifer L. Bizon
Jennifer L. Bizon University of Florida
Thomas C. Foster
Thomas C. Foster University of Florida
Allen S. Levine
Allen S. Levine University of Minnesota
Sara R. Jones
Sara R. Jones Wake Forest University
Marcelo Febo
Marcelo Febo University of Florida
Rudolf N. Cardinal
Rudolf N. Cardinal University of Cambridge

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