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  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Rick A. Bevins is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The research topics frequently addressed by Rick A. Bevins include:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Bevins are:

  • "A comprehensive study to delineate the role of an extracellular vesicle-associated microRNA-29a in chronic methamphetamine use disorder," 2021, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Conditioned enhancement of the nicotine reinforcer," 2020, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • "Role of Brain Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Decoding Sex Differences Associated with Nicotine Self-Administration," 2020, Cells
  • "Female rats display higher methamphetamine-primed reinstatement and c-Fos immunoreactivity than male rats," 2021, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • "Harm reduction in the Heartland: public knowledge and beliefs about naloxone in Nebraska, USA," 2022, Harm Reduction Journal

Bevins has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Scott T. Barrett
  • Kathleen R. McNealy
  • Y. Wendy Huynh
  • Patrick Habecker
  • MacKenzie L. Knabel

Their research has been published repeatedly in particular scientific venues, such as:

  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Harm Reduction Journal

Rick A. Bevins was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Conditioned place preference: What does it add to our preclinical understanding of drug reward?

    M. T. Bardo;Rick A. Bevins

  • Object recognition in rats and mice: a one-trial non-matching-to-sample learning task to study 'recognition memory'

    Rick A Bevins;Joyce Besheer

  • Methamphetamine-Associated Psychosis

    Kathleen M. Grant;Tricia D. LeVan;Sandra M. Wells;Ming Li

  • Individual differences in behavioral responses to novelty and amphetamine self-administration in male and female rats.

    J. E. Klebaur;Rick A. Bevins;T. M. Segar;M. T. Bardo

  • Locomotion and conditioned place preference produced by acute intravenous amphetamine: role of dopamine receptors and individual differences in amphetamine self-administration.

    M. T. Bardo;J. M. Valone;Rick A. Bevins

  • Extending the Role of Associative Learning Processes in Nicotine Addiction

    Rick A. Bevins;Matthew I. Palmatier

  • Novel-object place conditioning: Behavioral and dopaminergic processes in expression of novelty reward

    Rick A Bevins;Joyce Besheer;Matthew I Palmatier;Heather C Jensen

  • Conditioned increase in place preference by access to novel objects: antagonism by MK-801

    Rick A. Bevins;Michael T. Bardo

  • Dopamine antagonism in a novel-object recognition and a novel-object place conditioning preparation with rats.

    Joyce Besheer;Heather C Jensen;Rick A Bevins

  • Individual differences in response to novelty, amphetamine-induced activity and drug discrimination in rats.

    Rick A. Bevins;J. E. Klebaur;M. T. Bardo

  • Nicotine as a signal for the presence or absence of sucrose reward: a Pavlovian drug appetitive conditioning preparation in rats.

    Joyce Besheer;Matthew I. Palmatier;Dawn M. Metschke;Rick A. Bevins

  • Nicotine-conditioned locomotor activity in rats: dopaminergic and GABAergic influences on conditioned expression

    Rick A Bevins;Joyce Besheer;Katherine S Pickett

  • Novelty Seeking and Reward: Implications for the Study of High-Risk Behaviors

    Rick A. Bevins

  • Forced Abstinence Model of Relapse to Study Pharmacological Treatments of Substance Use Disorder

    Carmela M. Reichel;Rick A. Bevins

  • Immunization to nicotine with a peptide-based vaccine composed of a conformationally biased agonist of C5a as a molecular adjuvant.

    Sam D Sanderson;Srinivasa R Cheruku;Maniyan P Padmanilayam;Jonathan L Vennerstrom

  • Novelty reward as a measure of anhedonia

    Rick A. Bevins;Joyce Besheer

  • The role of environmental familiarization in novel-object preference.

    Joyce Besheer;Rick A Bevins

  • Immune responses to methamphetamine by active immunization with peptide-based, molecular adjuvant-containing vaccines.

    Michael J. Duryee;Rick A Bevins;Carmela M. Reichel;Jennifer E. Murray

  • The motivational impact of nicotine and its role in tobacco use

    Rick A. Bevins;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • One-trial context fear conditioning as a function of the interstimulus interval

    Rick A. Bevins;John J. B. Ayres

  • Motivational factors in the etiology of drug abuse

    Rick A. Bevins;Michael T. Bardo;George F. Koob

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Bardo
Michael T. Bardo University of Kentucky
Gustavo Carlo
Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine
Linda P. Dwoskin
Linda P. Dwoskin University of Kentucky
David DiLillo
David DiLillo University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Paul J. Kenny
Paul J. Kenny Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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