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  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert L. Balster is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields related to medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology, Child Health, Pharmacology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly output includes work on topics such as:

  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

One recent publication authored by Balster is:

  • "To Stop or Not to Stop Cannabis Use in Pregnancy: Characteristics Associated With Late 3rd Trimester Use" (2025), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence

The same venue has been a frequent outlet for their research contributions.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Balster include:

  • Nancy Jallo
  • Lisa Brown
  • Anna Weiss
  • Carl F. W. Wolf
  • Dace S. Svikis

Balster was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1980.

Best Publications

  • The behavioral pharmacology of NMDA receptor antagonists.

    Joyce Willetts;Robert L. Balster;J.David Leander

  • GHB: a new and novel drug of abuse.

    Katherine L. Nicholson;Robert L. Balster

  • Rating the behavioral effects of amphetamine

    Everett H. Ellinwood;Robert L. Balster

  • Aminoalkylindole analogs: cannabimimetic activity of a class of compounds structurally distinct from delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol.

    David R. Compton;Lisa H. Gold;Susan J. Ward;Robert L. Balster

  • GLYX-13, a NMDA Receptor Glycine-Site Functional Partial Agonist, Induces Antidepressant-Like Effects Without Ketamine-Like Side Effects

    Jeffrey Burgdorf;Xiao Lei Zhang;Katherine L. Nicholson;Robert L. Balster

  • Neural basis of inhalant abuse

    Robert L Balster

  • CNS depressant effects of volatile organic solvents.

    Eric B. Evans;Robert L. Balster

  • Stereoisomers of N-allylnormetazocine: phencyclidine-like behavioral effects in squirrel monkeys and rats.

    Kathleen T. Brady;Robert L. Balster;Everette L. May

  • Drug abuse potential evaluation in animals.

    Robert L. Balster

  • Pretreatment with phencyclidine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, attenuates long-term behavioral deficits in the rat produced by traumatic brain injury.

    R. L. Hayes;L. W. Jenkins;Bruce G Lyeth;R. L. Balster

  • Guidelines and methodological reviews concerning drug abuse liability assessment.

    Robert L. Balster;George E. Bigelow

  • Initial tobacco use episodes in children and adolescents: current knowledge, future directions

    Thomas Eissenberg;Robert L Balster

  • Evaluation of the cocaine-like discriminative stimulus effects and reinforcing effects of modafinil.

    L. H. Gold;R. L. Balster

  • Subunit-specific mechanisms and proton sensitivity of NMDA receptor channel block

    Shashank M. Dravid;Kevin Erreger;Hongjie Yuan;Katherine Nicholson

  • Effects of the abused solvent toluene on recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate and non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    Silvia L. Cruz;Tooraj Mirshahi;Brian Thomas;Robert L. Balster

  • Choice behavior in rhesus monkeys: cocaine versus food

    Thomas G. Aigner;Robert L. Balster

  • Inhalant abuse in pregnancy

    Hendrée E. Jones;Robert L. Balster

  • 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

  • Self-administration of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) by rhesus monkeys.

    Patrick M. Beardsley;Robert L. Balster;Louis S. Harris

  • Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol discrimination in rats as a model for cannabis intoxication

    Robert L. Balster;William R. Prescott

Frequent Co-Authors

Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley Research Triangle Park Foundation
Billy R. Martin
Billy R. Martin Virginia Commonwealth University
Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley RTI International
Mark Nichter
Mark Nichter University of Arizona
Thomas Eissenberg
Thomas Eissenberg Virginia Commonwealth University
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Eric C. Donny
Eric C. Donny Wake Forest University
John J. Woodward
John J. Woodward Medical University of South Carolina
Stephen T. Tiffany
Stephen T. Tiffany University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University

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