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Overview

Marilyn E. Carroll is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several fields within neuroscience and medicine, focusing on areas related to neurotransmitter receptor influences on behavior, sleep and wakefulness, circadian rhythms, and pharmacological effects.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, they have contributed to various subfields, such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Toxicology

The key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Hormonal and Reproductive Studies
  • Pharmacological Effects and Assays

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on the effects of exercise and receptor antagonism on drug-seeking behavior and craving. Selected recent papers include:

  • Age-specific treatment effects of orexin/hypocretin-receptor antagonism on methamphetamine-seeking behavior, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Voluntary exercise as a treatment for incubated and expanded drug craving leading to relapse to addiction: Animal models, 2021, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Reducing short- and long-term cocaine craving with voluntary exercise in male rats, 2022, Psychopharmacology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Marilyn E. Carroll include:

  • Natalie E. Zlebnik
  • Nathan A. Holtz
  • Victoria C. Lepak
  • Amy Saykao
  • Yanan Zhang

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues, notably:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Psychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • The role of impulsive behavior in drug abuse.

    Jennifer L. Perry;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Biological basis of sex differences in drug abuse: preclinical and clinical studies.

    Wendy J. Lynch;Megan E. Roth;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Sex differences in the acquisition of intravenously self-administered cocaine and heroin in rats.

    Wendy J. Lynch;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Impulsivity (Delay Discounting) as a Predictor of Acquisition of IV Cocaine Self-Administration in Female Rats

    Jennifer L. Perry;Erin B. Larson;Jonathan P. German;Gregory J. Madden

  • Sex and estrogen influence drug abuse

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Wendy J. Lynch;Megan E. Roth;Andrew D. Morgan

  • Deconstructing relative reinforcing efficacy and situating the measures of pharmacological reinforcement with behavioral economics: a theoretical proposal.

    Warren K. Bickel;Lisa A. Marsch;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Females are more vulnerable to drug abuse than males: evidence from preclinical studies and the role of ovarian hormones.

    Justin J. Anker;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Increased Drug-Reinforced Behavior due to Food Deprivation

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Richard A. Meisch

  • Fluoxetine reduces intravenous cocaine self-administration in rats.

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Sylvie T. Lac;Marisel Asencio;Rebecca Kragh

  • Food deprivation increases oral and intravenous drug intake in rats

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Richard A. Meisch

  • Intravenous cocaine and heroin self-administration in rats selectively bred for differential saccharin intake: phenotype and sex differences

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Andrew D. Morgan;Wendy J. Lynch;Una C. Campbell

  • A concurrently available nondrug reinforcer prevents the acquisition or decreases the maintenance of cocaine-reinforced behavior.

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Sylvie T. Lac;Sheryl L. Nygaard

  • Sex differences in the vulnerability to drug abuse: a review of preclinical studies.

    Megan E. Roth;Kelly P. Cosgrove;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Wheel-running attenuates intravenous cocaine self-administration in rats: sex differences.

    Kelly P. Cosgrove;Robb G. Hunter;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Reinstatement of cocaine self-administration in rats: sex differences

    Wendy J. Lynch;Marilyn E. Carroll

  • Role of estrogen in the acquisition of intravenously self-administered cocaine in female rats.

    Wendy J Lynch;Megan E Roth;Jennifer L Mickelberg;Marilyn E Carroll

  • Impulsive choice as a predictor of acquisition of IV cocaine self- administration and reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in male and female rats.

    Jennifer L Perry;Sarah E Nelson;Marilyn E Carroll

  • Sex differences and ovarian hormones in animal models of drug dependence.

    Marilyn E. Carroll;Justin J. Anker

  • Sex differences in the escalation of intravenous cocaine intake following long- or short-access to cocaine self-administration.

    Megan E Roth;Marilyn E Carroll

  • Intravenous self-administration of etonitazene, cocaine and phencyclidine in rats during food deprivation and satiation.

    M. E. Carroll;R. A. Meisch

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly P. Cosgrove
Kelly P. Cosgrove Yale University
Wendy J. Lynch
Wendy J. Lynch University of Virginia
Robin J. Parks
Robin J. Parks Ottawa Hospital
Gail A. Bernstein
Gail A. Bernstein University of Minnesota
Robert L. Meisel
Robert L. Meisel University of Minnesota
Sandra D. Comer
Sandra D. Comer Columbia University
Paul Thuras
Paul Thuras University of Minnesota
Dorothy K. Hatsukami
Dorothy K. Hatsukami University of Minnesota
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech

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