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Jenny L. Wiley is affiliated with the Research Triangle Park Foundation in the United States. Their research activity spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Toxicology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. The main topics addressed in their work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies.

Wiley has published extensively on various aspects of pharmacology and behavioral neuroscience, contributing to a body of research that investigates the effects and mechanisms of cannabinoids and related compounds.

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Antinociceptive and Immune Effects of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol or Cannabidiol in Male Versus Female Rats with Persistent Inflammatory Pain," 2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • "Sex, species and age: Effects of rodent demographics on the pharmacology of ∆9-tetrahydrocanabinol," 2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • "In vitro and in vivo pharmacology of nine novel synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists," 2022, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • "Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol discrimination: Effects of route of administration in rats," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "In vitro and in vivo pharmacological evaluation of the synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist EG-018," 2020, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Frequent co-authors in Wiley's research output include Julie A. Marusich, Thomas F. Gamage, Yanan Zhang, Brian F. Thomas, and Daniel G. Barrus. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to studies primarily published in journals focusing on pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavioral sciences.

Major publication venues for Wiley's work include:

  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • UNC Libraries
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • Dual blockade of FAAH and MAGL identifies behavioral processes regulated by endocannabinoid crosstalk in vivo

    Jonathan Z. Long;Daniel K. Nomura;Robert E. Vann;D. Matthew Walentiny

  • Structure-activity relationships for 1-alkyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indoles at the cannabinoid CB(1) and CB(2) receptors: steric and electronic effects of naphthoyl substituents. New highly selective CB(2) receptor agonists.

    John W. Huffman;Gulay Zengin;Ming-Jung Wu;Jianzhong Lu

  • 3-(1′,1′-Dimethylbutyl)-1-deoxy-Δ8-THC and related compounds: synthesis of selective ligands for the CB2 receptor

    John W. Huffman;John Liddle;Shu Yu;Mie Mie Aung

  • Sex differences in cannabinoid pharmacology: A reflection of differences in the endocannabinoid system?

    Rebecca M. Craft;Julie A. Marusich;Jenny L. Wiley

  • Structure-activity relationships of indole- and pyrrole-derived cannabinoids.

    Jenny L. Wiley;David R. Compton;Dong Dai;Julia A. H. Lainton

  • Assessment of the role of CB1 receptors in cannabinoid anticonvulsant effects.

    Melisa J Wallace;Jenny L Wiley;Billy R Martin;Robert J DeLorenzo

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated modulation of food intake in mice

    Jenny L Wiley;James J Burston;Darnica C Leggett;Olga O Alekseeva

  • Pharmacology of novel synthetic stimulants structurally related to the “bath salts” constituent 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)

    Julie A. Marusich;Kateland R. Antonazzo;Jenny L. Wiley;Bruce E. Blough

  • Synthesis and Pharmacology of a Very Potent Cannabinoid Lacking a Phenolic Hydroxyl with High Affinity for the CB2 Receptor

    John W. Huffman;Shen Yu;Vincent Showalter;Mary E. Abood

  • Baths Salts, Spice, and Related Designer Drugs: The Science Behind the Headlines

    Michael H. Baumann;Ernesto Solis;Lucas R. Watterson;Julie A. Marusich

  • Cannabinoid pharmacological properties common to other centrally acting drugs.

    Jenny L. Wiley;Billy R. Martin

  • A Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator Reduces Neuropathic Pain in the Mouse with no Psychoactive Effects

    Bogna M Ignatowska-Jankowska;Gemma L Baillie;Steven Kinsey;Molly Crowe

  • Antagonism of the discriminative stimulus effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rats and rhesus monkeys.

    J L Wiley;J A Lowe;R L Balster;B R Martin

  • Effects of synthetic cathinones contained in "bath salts" on motor behavior and a functional observational battery in mice.

    Julie A. Marusich;Kateland R. Grant;Bruce E. Blough;Jenny L. Wiley

  • Effects of site-selective NMDA receptor antagonists in an elevated plus-maze model of anxiety in mice.

    Jenny L. Wiley;Anthony F. Cristello;Robert L. Balster

  • Interactions between THC and cannabidiol in mouse models of cannabinoid activity.

    SA Varvel;Jenny Wiley;R Yang;DT Bridgen

  • Discriminative stimulus effects of CP 55,940 and structurally dissimilar cannabinoids in rats.

    Jenny Wiley;RL Barrett;J Lowe;RL Balster

  • The disruptive effects of the CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant on extinction learning in mice are task-specific

    Floride Niyuhire;Stephen A. Varvel;Andrew J. Thorpe;Rene J. Stokes

  • Cannabinoid pharmacology: implications for additional cannabinoid receptor subtypes.

    Jenny L. Wiley;Billy R. Martin

  • In vivo characterization of the highly selective monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor KML29: antinociceptive activity without cannabimimetic side effects.

    B M Ignatowska-Jankowska;S Ghosh;M S Crowe;S G Kinsey

Frequent Co-Authors

Billy R. Martin
Billy R. Martin Virginia Commonwealth University
John W. Huffman
John W. Huffman Clemson University
Robert L. Balster
Robert L. Balster Virginia Commonwealth University
Raj K. Razdan
Raj K. Razdan Organix (United States)
Aron H. Lichtman
Aron H. Lichtman Virginia Commonwealth University
Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute
Iain S. McGregor
Iain S. McGregor University of Sydney
Michael H. Baumann
Michael H. Baumann National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mary E. Abood
Mary E. Abood Temple University
Terry P. Kenakin
Terry P. Kenakin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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