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Tamara J. Phillips is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their work explores a variety of scientific topics, notably:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Phillips include:

  • "Sex Differences in the Brain Transcriptome Related to Alcohol Effects and Alcohol Use Disorder," 2021, published in Biological Psychiatry
  • "Phenotypic and gene expression features associated with variation in chronic ethanol consumption in heterogeneous stock collaborative cross mice," 2020, published in Genomics
  • "Non-genetic factors that influence methamphetamine intake in a genetic model of differential methamphetamine consumption," 2020, published in Psychopharmacology
  • "Confirmation of a Causal Taar1 Allelic Variant in Addiction-Relevant Methamphetamine Behaviors," 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Robust aversive effects of trace amine-associated receptor 1 activation in mice," 2023, published in Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Cheryl Reed, Robert Hitzemann, Angela R. Ozburn, Denesa Lockwood, and Priscila Darakjian.

Their contributions appear predominantly in peer-reviewed journals such as Frontiers in Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, Genes Brain & Behavior, and Molecular Pharmacology, with multiple publications in each.

Best Publications

  • Abnormal adaptations to stress and impaired cardiovascular function in mice lacking corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2

    Sarah C Coste;Robert A Kesterson;Kurt A Heldwein;Susan L Stevens

  • Mice lacking dopamine D4 receptors are supersensitive to ethanol, cocaine, and methamphetamine

    Marcelo Rubinstein;Tamara J. Phillips;Tamara J. Phillips;James R. Bunzow;Tomás L. Falzone

  • Different data from different labs: lessons from studies of gene-environment interaction.

    Douglas Wahlsten;Pamela Metten;Tamara J. Phillips;Stephen L. Boehm

  • Locomotor Activity in D2 Dopamine Receptor-Deficient Mice Is Determined by Gene Dosage, Genetic Background, and Developmental Adaptations

    Michele A. Kelly;Marcelo Rubinstein;Tamara J. Phillips;Christina N. Lessov

  • Elevated alcohol consumption in null mutant mice lacking 5-HT1B serotonin receptors

    John C. Crabbe;Tamara J. Phillips;Daniel J. Feller;René Hen

  • Do initial responses to drugs predict future use or abuse

    Harriet de Wit;Tamara J. Phillips

  • Complications associated with genetic background effects in research using knockout mice

    Tamara J. Phillips;Rene Hen;John C. Crabbe

  • A Line of Mice Selected for High Blood Ethanol Concentrations Shows Drinking in the Dark to Intoxication

    John C. Crabbe;Pamela Metten;Justin S. Rhodes;Chia Hua Yu

  • The complexity of alcohol drinking: Studies in rodent genetic models

    John C. Crabbe;John C. Crabbe;Tamara J. Phillips;Tamara J. Phillips;John K. Belknap;John K. Belknap

  • Behavioral Studies of Genetic Differences in Alcohol Action

    Tamara J. Phillips;John C. CrabbeJr.

  • Localization of Genes Mediating Acute and Sensitized Locomotor Responses to Cocaine in BXD/Ty Recombinant Inbred Mice

    Tamara J. Phillips;Tamara J. Phillips;Mary G. Huson;Carrie S. McKinnon

  • Sex differences in the effect of ethanol injection and consumption on brain allopregnanolone levels in C57BL/6 mice

    D.A Finn;R.S Sinnott;M.M Ford;S.L Long

  • Genetic analyses of the biphasic nature of the alcohol dose-response curve.

    Bruce C. Dudek;Tamara J. Phillips;Martin E. Hahn

  • Selected mouse lines, alcohol and behavior.

    T. J. Phillips;D. J. Feller;D. J. Feller;J. C. Crabbe;J. C. Crabbe

  • Neurosteroid Modulators of GABAA Receptors Differentially Modulate Ethanol Intake Patterns in Male C57BL/6J Mice

    Matthew M. Ford;Jeffrey D. Nickel;Tamara J. Phillips;Deborah A. Finn

  • Voluntary ethanol drinking in C57Bl/6J and DBA/2J mice before and after sensitization to the locomotor stimulant effects of ethanol

    Christina N. Lessov;Abraham A. Palmer;Edwin A. Quick;Tamara J. Phillips

  • Response to selection for ethanol-induced locomotor activation: genetic analyses and selection response characterization

    Tamara J. Phillips;Sue Burkhart-Kasch;Erik S. Terdal;John C. Crabbe

  • The Edinger-Westphal–Lateral Septum Urocortin Pathway and Its Relationship to Alcohol Consumption

    Ryan K. Bachtell;Adam Z. Weitemier;Agustin Galvan-Rosas;Natalia O. Tsivkovskaia

  • Duration of sensitization to the locomotor stimulant effects of ethanol in mice.

    Christina N. Lessov;Tamara J. Phillips

  • Harnessing the mouse to unravel the genetics of human disease.

    T. J. Phillips;J. K. Belknap;J. K. Belknap;R. J. Hitzemann;R. J. Hitzemann;K. J. Buck

  • Gene expression differences in mice divergently selected for methamphetamine sensitivity.

    Abraham A. Palmer;Miguel Verbitsky;Rathi Suresh;Helen M. Kamens

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Belknap
John K. Belknap Oregon Health & Science University
Deborah A. Finn
Deborah A. Finn Oregon Health & Science University
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Shannon K. McWeeney
Shannon K. McWeeney Oregon Health & Science University
Andrey E. Ryabinin
Andrey E. Ryabinin Oregon Health & Science University
Suzanne H. Mitchell
Suzanne H. Mitchell Oregon Health & Science University
Gregory P. Mark
Gregory P. Mark Oregon Health & Science University
Karen K. Szumlinski
Karen K. Szumlinski University of California, Santa Barbara
Elissa J. Chesler
Elissa J. Chesler University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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