M. Scott Bowers Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles M. Scott Bowers has not added a biography. If you are M. Scott Bowers and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Differential Response of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein-positive Astrocytes in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex Following Ethanol Self-administration Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25833026 Differential Roles of α6β2* and α4β2* Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors in Nicotine- and Cocaine-conditioned Reward in Mice Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25035086 Targeting the Small- and Intermediate-Conductance Ca-Activated Potassium Channels: The Drug-Binding Pocket at the Channel/Calmodulin Interface Neuro-Signals. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25300231 Interactive HIV-1 Tat and Morphine-induced Synaptodendritic Injury is Triggered Through Focal Disruptions in Na⁺ Influx, Mitochondrial Instability, and Ca²⁺ Overload The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25232120 Rat Nucleus Accumbens Core Astrocytes Modulate Reward and the Motivation to Self-administer Ethanol After Abstinence Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24903651 Pain-related Depression of the Mesolimbic Dopamine System in Rats: Expression, Blockade by Analgesics, and Role of Endogenous κ-opioids Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24008352 Exposure of Rats to Environmental Tobacco Smoke During Cerebellar Development Alters Behavior and Perturbs Mitochondrial Energetics Environmental Health Perspectives. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23014793 Compound Stimulus Presentation and the Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Atomoxetine Enhance Long-term Extinction of Cocaine-seeking Behavior Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22089320 Conserved Role of Unc-79 in Ethanol Responses in Lightweight Mutant Mice PLoS Genetics. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20714347 AMPA Receptor Synaptic Plasticity Induced by Psychostimulants: the Past, Present, and Therapeutic Future Neuron. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20624588 Reduced Nucleus Accumbens SK Channel Activity Enhances Alcohol Seeking During Abstinence Neuron. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20223203 Orexin A/hypocretin-1 Selectively Promotes Motivation for Positive Reinforcers The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19741128 Strain Specific Synaptic Modifications on Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons After Ethanol Exposure Biological Psychiatry. Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19118821 Reward-predictive Cues Enhance Excitatory Synaptic Strength Onto Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Science (New York, N.Y.). Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18802002 Nucleus Accumbens AGS3 Expression Drives Ethanol Seeking Through G Betagamma Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18719114 Cocaine but Not Natural Reward Self-administration nor Passive Cocaine Infusion Produces Persistent LTP in the VTA Neuron. Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18667156 Acamprosate Attenuates Cocaine- and Cue-induced Reinstatement of Cocaine-seeking Behavior in Rats Psychopharmacology. Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17764007 Withdrawal from Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Increases Probability of Burst Firing in VTA Neurons in Vitro Journal of Neurophysiology. Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17699688 Accumbens Neurochemical Adaptations Produced by Binge-like Alcohol Consumption Psychopharmacology. Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17225170 Cocaine Self-administration Selectively Abolishes LTD in the Core of the Nucleus Accumbens Nature Neuroscience. Jul, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16732275 Activator of G Protein Signaling 3: a Gatekeeper of Cocaine Sensitization and Drug Seeking Neuron. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15091342 Forebrain Astroglial Plasticity is Induced Following Withdrawal from Repeated Cocaine Administration The European Journal of Neuroscience. Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12670315 The Temporal Sequence of Changes in Gene Expression by Drugs of Abuse Methods in Molecular Medicine. 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12506686 Rodent Brain Microinjection to Study Molecular Substrates of Motivated Behavior Ryan S. Poland1, Cecilia Bull1, Wahab A. Syed1, M. Scott Bowers1,2 1Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine JoVE 53018 Behavior
Rodent Brain Microinjection to Study Molecular Substrates of Motivated Behavior Ryan S. Poland1, Cecilia Bull1, Wahab A. Syed1, M. Scott Bowers1,2 1Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine JoVE 53018 Behavior