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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Eliot L. Gardner is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The main topics of Gardner's work cover a diverse range of areas within neuroscience and neuropharmacology, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Gardner has published extensively, with notable research appearing in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Preprints.org
  • Neuropharmacology
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Selected recent papers highlight Gardner's research focus on cannabinoid receptors and addiction-related behaviors:

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptors are expressed in glutamate neurons in the red nucleus and functionally modulate motor behavior in mice (2021), Neuropharmacology
  • Dissecting the role of CB1 and CB2 receptors in cannabinoid reward versus aversion using transgenic CB1- and CB2-knockout mice (2020), European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Beta-caryophyllene inhibits cocaine addiction-related behavior by activation of PPARα and PPARγ: repurposing a FDA-approved food additive for cocaine use disorder (2020), Neuropsychopharmacology
  • A closer look at alcohol-induced changes in the ghrelin system: novel insights from preclinical and clinical data (2021), Addiction Biology
  • β-caryophyllene, an FDA-Approved Food Additive, Inhibits Methamphetamine-Taking and Methamphetamine-Seeking Behaviors Possibly via CB2 and Non-CB2 Receptor Mechanisms (2021), Frontiers in Pharmacology

Gardner has collaborated frequently with several scientists, indicating strong cooperative research relationships. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Guo-Hua Bi
  • Zheng-Xiong Xi
  • Igor Elman
  • Ewa Galaj
  • Catherine A. Dennen

In recognition of their contributions, Gardner was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Relapse to Cocaine-Seeking After Hippocampal Theta Burst Stimulation

    Stanislav R. Vorel;Xinhe Liu;Robert J. Hayes;Jordan A. Spector

  • Endocannabinoid signaling system and brain reward: emphasis on dopamine.

    Eliot L. Gardner

  • Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol produces naloxone-blockable enhancement of presynaptic basal dopamine efflux in nucleus accumbens of conscious, freely-moving rats as measured by intracerebral microdialysis.

    Jianping Chen;William Paredes;Jin Li;Diane Smith

  • Addiction and brain reward and antireward pathways.

    Eliot L. Gardner

  • Brain Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors Modulate Cocaine’s Actions in Mice

    Zheng Xiong Xi;Xiao Qing Peng;Xia Li;Rui Song

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptors modulate midbrain dopamine neuronal activity and dopamine-related behavior in mice

    Hai Ying Zhang;Ming Gao;Qing Rong Liu;Guo Hua Bi

  • The role of central dopamine D3 receptors in drug addiction: a review of pharmacological evidence.

    Christian A. Heidbreder;Eliot L. Gardner;Zheng-Xiong Xi;Panayotis K. Thanos

  • Dopamine D3 Receptor Antagonism Inhibits Cocaine-Seeking and Cocaine-Enhanced Brain Reward in Rats

    Stanislav R. Vorel;Charles R. Ashby;Mousumi Paul;Xinhe Liu

  • Conditioned place preference induced by delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol: comparison with cocaine, morphine, and food reward.

    Marino Lepore;Stanislav R. Vorel;Joyce Lowinson;Eliot L. Gardner

  • Critical assessment of how to study addiction and its treatment: Human and non-human animal models

    Charles P. O'Brien;Eliot L. Gardner

  • A novel strategy for the treatment of cocaine addiction

    Stephen L. Dewey;Stephen L. Dewey;Alexander E. Morgan;Charles R. Ashby;Bryan Horan

  • Activation of 5-HT3 receptor by 1-phenylbiguanide increases dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens

    Jianping Chen;Herman M. van Praag;Eliot L. Gardner

  • Enhancement of dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in rat caudate after lesions in substantia nigra: evidence for denervation supersensitivity.

    Ram K. Mishra;Eliot L. Gardner;Robert Katzman;Maynard H. Makman

  • Naltrexone-induced opiate receptor supersensitivity.

    R. Suzanne Zukin;R. Suzanne Zukin;Jonathan R. Sugarman;Melissa L. Fitz-Syage;Eliot L. Gardner

  • A pharmacologic strategy for the treatment of nicotine addiction

    Stephen L. Dewey;Jonathan D. Brodie;Madina Gerasimov;Bryan Horan

  • Cannabinoid Transmission and Reward-Related Events

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  • Marijuana's interaction with brain reward systems: update 1991.

    Eliot L. Gardner;Joyce H. Lowinson

  • Facilitation of brain stimulation reward by delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol.

    E. L. Gardner;W. Paredes;D. Smith;A. Donner

  • “Liking” and “Wanting” Linked to Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS): Hypothesizing Differential Responsivity in Brain Reward Circuitry

    Kenneth Blum;Eliot Gardner;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Mark Gold

  • Agents in Development for the Management of Cocaine Abuse

    David A. Gorelick;Eliot L. Gardner;Zheng-Xiong Xi

  • Δ9-Tetrahydroeannabinol enhances presynaptic dopamine efflux In medial prefrontal cortex

    Chen Jianping;William Paredes;Joyce H. Lowinson;Eliot L. Gardner

  • Blockade of mesolimbic dopamine D3 receptors inhibits stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking in rats.

    Zheng-Xiong Xi;Jeremy Gilbert;Arlene C. Campos;Nicole Kline

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen L. Dewey
Stephen L. Dewey Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Ram K. Mishra
Ram K. Mishra McMaster University
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Marlene Oscar-Berman
Marlene Oscar-Berman Boston University
R. Suzanne Zukin
R. Suzanne Zukin Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid
Shelly B. Flagel
Shelly B. Flagel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leon J. Thal
Leon J. Thal University of California, San Diego
Henriette van Praag
Henriette van Praag Florida Atlantic University

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