Steven R. Laviolette

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Best Publications

• The neurobiology of nicotine addiction: bridging the gap from molecules to behaviour

  Steven R. Laviolette;Derek van der Kooy

  579
  Citations

• DREAM Is a Critical Transcriptional Repressor for Pain Modulation

  Hai-Ying M. Cheng;Graham M. Pitcher;Steven R. Laviolette;Ian Q. Whishaw

  338
  Citations

• A subpopulation of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex encodes emotional learning with burst and frequency codes through a dopamine D4 receptor-dependent basolateral amygdala input.

  Steven R. Laviolette;Witold J. Lipski;Anthony A. Grace

  337
  Citations

• Opiate state controls bi-directional reward signaling via GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area.

  Steven R Laviolette;Roger A Gallegos;Steven J Henriksen;Derek van der Kooy

  296
  Citations

• Cannabinoids Potentiate Emotional Learning Plasticity in Neurons of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex through Basolateral Amygdala Inputs

  Steven R. Laviolette;Anthony A. Grace

  265
  Citations

• Blockade of mesolimbic dopamine transmission dramatically increases sensitivity to the rewarding effects of nicotine in the ventral tegmental area.

  S R Laviolette;D van der Kooy

  260
  Citations

• The roles of cannabinoid and dopamine receptor systems in neural emotional learning circuits: implications for schizophrenia and addiction

  S. R. Laviolette;A. A. Grace

  243
  Citations

• Dopamine Modulation of Emotional Processing in Cortical and Subcortical Neural Circuits: Evidence for a Final Common Pathway in Schizophrenia?

  Steven R. Laviolette

  213
  Citations

• The motivational valence of nicotine in the rat ventral tegmental area is switched from rewarding to aversive following blockade of the α7-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

  Steven R. Laviolette;Derek van der Kooy

  160
  Citations

• Natural and drug rewards act on common neural plasticity mechanisms with ΔFosB as a key mediator.

  Kyle K. Pitchers;Kyle K. Pitchers;Vincent Vialou;Eric J. Nestler;Steven R. Laviolette

  159
  Citations

• GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area control bidirectional reward signalling between dopaminergic and non‐dopaminergic neural motivational systems

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  155
  Citations

• Motivational state determines the functional role of the mesolimbic dopamine system in the mediation of opiate reward processes.

  Steven R Laviolette;Karim Nader;Derek van der Kooy

  154
  Citations

• Cannabidiol Counteracts Amphetamine-Induced Neuronal and Behavioral Sensitization of the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway through a Novel mTOR/p70S6 Kinase Signaling Pathway

  Justine Renard;Michael Loureiro;Laura G. Rosen;Jordan Zunder

  146
  Citations

• Lesions of the Tegmental Pedunculopontine Nucleus Block the Rewarding Effects and Reveal the Aversive Effects of Nicotine in the Ventral Tegmental Area

  Steven R. Laviolette;Tania O. Alexson;Derek van der Kooy

  139
  Citations

• Adolescent THC Exposure Causes Enduring Prefrontal Cortical Disruption of GABAergic Inhibition and Dysregulation of Sub-Cortical Dopamine Function

  Justine Renard;Hanna J. Szkudlarek;Cecilia P. Kramar;Christina E. L. Jobson

  133
  Citations

• Adolescent Cannabinoid Exposure Induces a Persistent Sub-Cortical Hyper-Dopaminergic State and Associated Molecular Adaptations in the Prefrontal Cortex

  Justine Renard;Laura G. Rosen;Michael Loureiro;Cleusa De Oliveira

  128
  Citations

• Cannabinoid transmission in the basolateral amygdala modulates fear memory formation via functional inputs to the prelimbic cortex.

  Huibing Tan;Nicole M Lauzon;Stephanie F Bishop;Ning Chi

  109
  Citations

• Neuronal and molecular effects of cannabidiol on the mesolimbic dopamine system: Implications for novel schizophrenia treatments

  Justine Renard;Christopher Norris;Walter Rushlow;Steven R. Laviolette

  102
  Citations

• Dopamine D1 versus D4 Receptors Differentially Modulate the Encoding of Salient versus Nonsalient Emotional Information in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

  Nicole M Lauzon;Stephanie F Bishop;Steven R Laviolette

  100
  Citations

• Locomotion and stereotypy induced by scopolamine: contributions of muscarinic receptors near the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus.

  Anuradha Mathur;Anna Shandarin;Steven R LaViolette;Jayson Parker

  99
  Citations

• Identification of a Dopamine Receptor-Mediated Opiate Reward Memory Switch in the Basolateral Amygdala–Nucleus Accumbens Circuit

  Alessandra Lintas;Ning Chi;Nicole M. Lauzon;Stephanie F. Bishop

  98
  Citations