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Overview

Linda P. Dwoskin is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several key topics including:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Opioid use disorder treatment
  • Substance abuse treatment and outcomes
  • HIV, drug use, sexual risk
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Dwoskin's research extends into the following specialized subfields:

  • Cellular and molecular neuroscience
  • Molecular biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Public health, environmental and occupational health
  • Neurology

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications over recent years. Notable papers include:

  • A Comparative Effectiveness Study on Opioid Use Disorder Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence and Existing Risk Models, 2023, published in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Total Synthesis of Decahydroquinoline Poison Frog Alkaloids ent-cis-195A and cis-211A, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Short-term CaMKII inhibition with tatCN19o does not erase pre-formed memory in mice and is neuroprotective in pigs, 2023, published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Integrating data science into the translational science research spectrum: A substance use disorder case study, 2020, published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Predicting Opioid Use Disorder from Longitudinal Healthcare Data using Multi-stream Transformer, 2021, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent publication venues for Dwoskin's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Molecules

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Dwoskin's scientific output. Frequent co-authors associated with this researcher are:

  • Sajjad Fouladvand
  • Jeffery Talbert
  • Heather Bush
  • Amy Lynn Meadows
  • Lars E. Peterson

Best Publications

  • Review of the pharmacology and clinical profile of bupropion, an antidepressant and tobacco use cessation agent.

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Anthony S. Rauhut;Kelley A. King-Pospisil;Michael T. Bardo

  • A novel mechanism of action and potential use for lobeline as a treatment for psychostimulant abuse.

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Persistence of neurochemical changes in dopamine systems after repeated cocaine administration.

    J. Peris;S. J. Boyson;W. A. Cass;P. Curella

  • Prefrontal cortex and drug abuse vulnerability: translation to prevention and treatment interventions.

    Jennifer L. Perry;Jane E. Joseph;Yang Jiang;Rick S. Zimmerman;Rick S. Zimmerman

  • Obesity: Current and potential pharmacotherapeutics and targets.

    Vidya Narayanaswami;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Environmental enrichment attenuates locomotor sensitization, but not in vitro dopamine release, induced by amphetamine

    M.T Bardo;S.L Bowling;J.K Rowlett;P Manderscheid

  • Lobeline attenuates d-methamphetamine self-administration in rats.

    Steven B. Harrod;Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks;Jennifer E. Klebaur

  • Lobeline and nicotine evoke [3H]overflow from rat striatal slices preloaded with [3H]dopamine: differential inhibition of synaptosomal and vesicular [3H]dopamine uptake.

    Lihong Teng;Peter A. Crooks;Patricia K. Sonsalla;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Competitive Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Antagonists: A New Direction for Drug Discovery

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Vesicular monoamine transporter 2: role as a novel target for drug development.

    Guangrong Zheng;Linda P. Dwoskin;Peter A. Crooks

  • Nornicotine is self-administered intravenously by rats

    M. T. Bardo;Thomas Green;P. A. Crooks;L. P. Dwoskin

  • (S)-(-)-Cotinine, the major brain metabolite of nicotine, stimulates nicotinic receptors to evoke [3H]dopamine release from rat striatal slices in a calcium-dependent manner.

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Lihong Teng;Susan T. Buxton;Peter A. Crooks

  • Environmental enrichment decreases cell surface expression of the dopamine transporter in rat medial prefrontal cortex.

    Jun Zhu;Subbu Apparsundaram;Michael T. Bardo;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Lobeline Inhibits the Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Amphetamine

    Dennis K. Miller;Peter A. Crooks;Lihong Teng;Jeffrey M. Witkin

  • Contribution of CNS Nicotine Metabolites to the Neuropharmacological Effects of Nicotine and Tobacco Smoking

    Peter A. Crooks;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Lobeline displaces [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine binding and releases [3H]dopamine from rat striatal synaptic vesicles: comparison with d-amphetamine.

    LiHong Teng;Peter A. Crooks;Linda P. Dwoskin

  • Accumulation of nicotine and its metabolites in rat brain after intermittent or continuous peripheral administration of [2'-14C]nicotine

    Omar A. Ghosheh;Linda P. Dwoskin;Dennis K. Miller;Peter A. Crooks

  • Residence Times and Half-Lives of Nicotine Metabolites in Rat Brain after Acute Peripheral Administration of [2′-14C]Nicotine

    Omar Ghosheh;Linda P. Dwoskin;Wen-Kui Li;Peter A. Crooks

  • A pilot study of plasma caffeine concentrations in a US sample of smoker and nonsmoker volunteers

    Jose de Leon;Francisco J Diaz;Thea Rogers;Debra Browne

  • Robust modulation of [3H]dopamine release from rat striatal slices by D-2 dopamine receptors.

    L P Dwoskin;N R Zahniser

  • Effect of bupropion on nicotine self-administration in rats

    Anthony S. Rauhut;Anthony S. Rauhut;Nicole Neugebauer;Linda P. Dwoskin;Michael T. Bardo

  • Repeated cocaine administration results in supersensitivity of striatal D-2 dopamine autoreceptors to pergolide

    Linda P. Dwoskin;Joanna Peris;Robert P. Yasuda;Katie Philpott

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Bardo
Michael T. Bardo University of Kentucky
Kathleen M. Kantak
Kathleen M. Kantak Boston University
Thomas A. Green
Thomas A. Green The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Nancy R. Zahniser
Nancy R. Zahniser University of Colorado Denver
J. Michael McIntosh
J. Michael McIntosh University of Utah
Kimberly Nixon
Kimberly Nixon The University of Texas at Austin
Rick A. Bevins
Rick A. Bevins University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Wayne A. Cass
Wayne A. Cass University of Kentucky
George V. Rebec
George V. Rebec Indiana University
Rick S. Zimmerman
Rick S. Zimmerman Wayne State University

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