Rainer Spanagel

Research interests

Publications

• Correlated gene expression supports synchronous activity in brain networks

  Science · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255905

• Adolescent impulsivity phenotypes characterized by distinct brain networks

  Nature Neuroscience · 2012 · 10.1038/nn.3092

• The IMAGEN study: reinforcement-related behaviour in normal brain function and psychopathology

  Molecular Psychiatry · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.4

• Genetic variation in the PNPLA3 gene is associated with alcoholic liver injury in caucasians

  Hepatology · 2010 · 10.1002/hep.24017

• Withdrawal Phenomena and Dependence Syndrome After the Consumption of „Spice Gold“

  Deutsches Ärzteblatt international · 2009 · 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0464

• Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity: persistence in the VTA triggers adaptations in the NAc

  Nature Neuroscience · 2009 · 10.1038/nn.2367

• Alcoholism: A Systems Approach From Molecular Physiology to Addictive Behavior

  Physiological Reviews · 2009 · 10.1152/physrev.00013.2008

• Genome-wide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence

  Archives of General Psychiatry · 2009 · 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.83

• Neuropharmacology of alcohol addiction

  British Journal of Pharmacology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/bjp.2008.30

• Regulation of Monoamine Oxidase A by Circadian-Clock Components Implies Clock Influence on Mood

  Current Biology · 2008 · 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.012

• Glutamate Receptors on Dopamine Neurons Control the Persistence of Cocaine Seeking

  Neuron · 2008 · 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.07.010

• REVIEW: Behavioural assessment of drug reinforcement and addictive features in rodents: an overview

  Addiction Biology · 2006 · 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2006.00012.x

• The clock gene Per2 influences the glutamatergic system and modulates alcohol consumption

  Nature Medicine · 2004 · 10.1038/nm1163

• Stress-Induced Anhedonia in Mice is Associated with Deficits in Forced Swimming and Exploration

  Neuropsychopharmacology · 2004 · 10.1038/sj.npp.1300532

• Impaired Long-Term Memory and NR2A-Type NMDA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Mice Lacking c-Fos in the CNS

  Journal of Neuroscience · 2003 · 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09116.2003

• mGluR5 Antagonist MPEP Reduces Ethanol-Seeking and Relapse Behavior

  Neuropsychopharmacology · 2003 · 10.1038/sj.npp.1300381

• Enhanced and Delayed Stress-Induced Alcohol Drinking in Mice Lacking Functional CRH1 Receptors

  Science · 2002 · 10.1126/science.1069836

• Cocaine sensitization and reward are under the influence of circadian genes and rhythm

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 10.1073/pnas.142039099

• The dopamine hypothesis of reward: past and current status

  Trends in Neurosciences · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-2236(99)01447-2

• Long-term alcohol self-administration with repeated alcohol deprivation phases: an animal model of alcoholism?

  Alcohol and Alcoholism · 1999 · 10.1093/alcalc/34.2.231

• Impaired stress response and reduced anxiety in mice lacking a functional corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1

  Nature Genetics · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1038/520

• Anti-craving compounds for ethanol: new pharmacological tools to study addictive processes

  Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 1997 · 10.1016/s0165-6147(97)89800-8

• Acamprosate and alcohol: I. Effects on alcohol intake following alcohol deprivation in the rat

  European Journal of Pharmacology · 1996 · 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00174-4

• Opposing tonically active endogenous opioid systems modulate the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1992 · 10.1073/pnas.89.6.2046

• The Effects of Opioid Peptides on Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens: An In Vivo Microdialysis Study

  Journal of Neurochemistry · 1990 · 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb04963.x

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