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Michael J. Marks is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their scholarly work spans several fields, with a focus on social sciences, including sociology and political science, gender studies, clinical psychology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology.

Their research covers a range of specialized topics, emphasizing:

  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Marks has contributed to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in venues such as:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Sexuality & Culture
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • International Journal of Sexual Health

Frequent collaborators in Marks's work include:

  • Cecilia Gotti
  • Neil S. Millar
  • Susan Wonnacott
  • Joshua S. Davis
  • Asha C Bowen

Recent publications by Michael J. Marks demonstrate a focus on topics related to sexual health, social perceptions, and infectious disease treatment protocols. Selected recent papers include:

  • Does Adjunctive Clindamycin Have a Role in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? A Protocol for the Adjunctive Treatment Domain of the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Randomized Controlled Trial, 2024, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Sugar Dating, Perceptions of Power, and Condom Use: Comparing the Sexual Health Risk Behaviours of Sugar Dating to Non-Sugar Dating Women, 2021, The Journal of Sex Research
  • The Relationship between the Sexual Double Standard and Women's Sexual Health and Comfort, 2022, International Journal of Sexual Health
  • Double Standards in Perceived Traits of Women Labeled Victims Versus Survivors, 2020, Sexuality & Culture
  • Perceptions of a Hypothetical Sexual Assault: The Impact of the Interrelationships Between Eight Situational Factors, 2022, Violence Against Women

Best Publications

  • Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research

    Shannon G. Matta;David J. Balfour;Neal L. Benowitz;R. Thomas Boyd

  • Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization

    Andrew R. Tapper;Sheri L. McKinney;Sheri L. McKinney;Sheri L. McKinney;Raad Nashmi;Raad Nashmi;Raad Nashmi;Johannes Schwarz;Johannes Schwarz;Johannes Schwarz

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XX. Current Status of the Nomenclature for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Their Subunits

    R. J. Lukas;J.-P. Changeux;N. Le Novere;E. X. Albuquerque

  • Habenular α5 nicotinic receptor subunit signalling controls nicotine intake

    Christie D. Fowler;Qun Lu;Paul M. Johnson;Michael J. Marks

  • Effects of chronic nicotine infusion on tolerance development and nicotinic receptors.

    M J Marks;J B Burch;A C Collins

  • Nicotine binding and nicotinic receptor subunit RNA after chronic nicotine treatment.

    MJ Marks;JR Pauly;SD Gross;ES Deneris

  • Effect of Smoking History on [3H]Nicotine Binding in Human Postmortem Brain

    Charles R. Breese;Michael J. Marks;Judy Logel;Cathy E. Adams

  • Characterization of nicotinic receptor-mediated [3H]dopamine release from synaptosomes prepared from mouse striatum.

    Sharon Grady;Michael J. Marks;Susan Wonnacott;Allan C. Collins

  • Subunit composition and pharmacology of two classes of striatal presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors mediating dopamine release in mice.

    Outi Salminen;Karen L. Murphy;Karen L. Murphy;J. Michael McIntosh;John Drago

  • Abnormal Regulation of High Affinity Nicotinic Receptors in Subjects with Schizophrenia

    Charles R Breese;Michael J Lee;Cathy E Adams;Bernadette Sullivan

  • Nicotinic binding sites in rat and mouse brain: comparison of acetylcholine, nicotine, and alpha-bungarotoxin.

    M J Marks;J A Stitzel;E Romm;J M Wehner

  • Time course study of the effects of chronic nicotine infusion on drug response and brain receptors.

    M J Marks;J A Stitzel;A C Collins

  • Chronic Nicotine Cell Specifically Upregulates Functional α4* Nicotinic Receptors: Basis for Both Tolerance in Midbrain and Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation in Perforant Path

    Raad Nashmi;Cheng Xiao;Purnima Deshpande;Sheri McKinney

  • The Subtypes of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Dopaminergic Terminals of Mouse Striatum

    Sharon R. Grady;Outi Salminen;Duncan C. Laverty;Paul Whiteaker

  • Analogs of α-conotoxin MII are selective for α6-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    J. Michael McIntosh;Layla Azam;Sarah Staheli;Cheryl Dowell

  • Downregulation of nicotinic receptor function after chronic nicotine infusion.

    M J Marks;S R Grady;A C Collins

  • Genetic correlation of inhibitory gating of hippocampal auditory evoked response and α-bungarotoxin-binding nicotinic cholinergic receptors in inbred mouse strains

    Karen E. Stevens;Karen E. Stevens;Robert Freedman;Robert Freedman;Allan C. Collins;Michael Hall

  • Rodent Habenulo–Interpeduncular Pathway Expresses a Large Variety of Uncommon nAChR Subtypes, But Only the α3β4 and α3β3β4 Subtypes Mediate Acetylcholine Release

    Sharon R. Grady;Milena Moretti;Michele Zoli;Michael J. Marks

  • In Vivo Activation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons via Sensitized, High-Affinity α6* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Ryan M. Drenan;Sharon R. Grady;Paul Whiteaker;Tristan McClure-Begley

  • 125I-α-Conotoxin MII Identifies a Novel Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Population in Mouse Brain

    Paul Whiteaker;J. Michael McIntosh;Siqin Luo;Allan C. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan C. Collins
Allan C. Collins University of Colorado Boulder
J. Michael McIntosh
J. Michael McIntosh University of Utah
Henry A. Lester
Henry A. Lester California Institute of Technology
Marina R. Picciotto
Marina R. Picciotto Yale University
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux Institut Pasteur
Jon Lindstrom
Jon Lindstrom University of Pennsylvania
Susan Wonnacott
Susan Wonnacott University of Bath
Cecilia Gotti
Cecilia Gotti National Research Council (CNR)
Michele Zoli
Michele Zoli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Karen E. Stevens
Karen E. Stevens University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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