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Behavioral Neurosciences Research Laboratory |
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| Nancy Bubula Research Technician |
| Nancy is responsible for a number of non-behavioral procedures in the laboratory, including catecholamine and amino acid HPLC and Western protein assays. Currently, she is analyzing dialysate samples obtained from nucleus accumbens following exposure to nicotine. She is also examining forebrain GluR1/2 and pGluR1/2 levels following exposure to psychostimulant drugs. Nancy is also our group's safety officer. |
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Papers: Mitrano DA, Schroeder JP, Smith Y, Cortright JJ, Bubula N, Vezina P, Weinshenker D. α1-adrenergic receptors are localized on presynaptic elements in the nucleus accumbens and regulate mesolimbic dopamine transmission. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012; 37: 2161-2172. Li D, Herrera S, Bubula N, Nikitina E, Palmer AA, Hanck DA, Loweth JA, Vezina P. Casein kinase 1 enables accumbens amphetamine-induced locomotion by regulating AMPA receptor phosphorylation. Journal of Neurochemistry 2011; 118: 237-247. Loweth JA, Singer BF, Baker LK, Wilke G, Inamine H, Bubula N, Alexander JK, Carlezon WA Jr, Neve RL, Vezina P. Transient overexpression of α-Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell enhances behavioral responding to amphetamine. The Journal of Neuroscience 2010; 30: 939-949. Abstracts (last two years): Rodvelt KR, Li D, Neugebauer NM, Forneris J, Bubula N, Vezina P. D1-D2 dopamine receptor heteromers, PKC activation and the expression of amphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2012; 38: 667.05. Singer BF, Bubula N, Bindokas V, Vezina P. Drug-unpaired environments modulate dendritic spine dynamics. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2012; 38: 874.07. Mitrano DA, Schroeder JP, Smith Y, Cortright JJ, Bubula N, Vezina P, Weinshenker D. Functional neuroanatomy of alpha-1 adrenergic receptors in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2011. Forneris J, Herrera S, Bubula N, Cortright JJ, Vezina P. The impact of nicotine exposure regimen on the expression of sensitized dopamine overflow in the nucleus accumbens. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2010; 36: 268.3. Li D, Bubula N, Herrera S, Loweth JA, Nikitina E, Hanck D, Vezina P. Effect of the casein kinase 1 epsilon inhibitor PF-670462 on amphetamine-induced signaling in the nucleus accumbens. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2010; 36: 576.10. Vezina P, Herrera S, Bubula N, Campioni M, McGehee DS, Li D. Previous exposure to amphetamine alters AMPA receptor flip/flop variants in the nucleus accumbens. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2010; 36: 576.9. |
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The University of Chicago Medical Center Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 3077 Chicago, IL 60637-1470 |
| Last Update: January 2013 |