Vanessa Minervini, PhD

Department

Psychological Science

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Abuse : Current Status
  Maguire David R., etal Interactions between opioids and stimulants [Book Chapter] 2022

Publications

• European journal of pharmacology
  Beltran Nina M., etal Eating a high fat/high carbohydrate diet enhances morphine tolerance, while eating a ketogenic diet mitigates morphine withdrawal in male rats
  1000, p. 177709 2025
• Behavioural pharmacology
  Beltran Nina M, etal The effects of high fat diet consumption on morphine-induced constipation 2025
• The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
  Beltran Nina, etal Eating a Ketogenic Diet, But Not a High Fat/High Carbohydrate Diet, Mitigates Morphine Withdrawal in Male Rats (Abstract ID: 159117)
  392:3 2025
• The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
  Beltran Nina M., etal Morphine-Induced Antinociception and Fecal Motility in Rats Eating a High Fat/High Carbohydrate or Ketogenic Diet
  389, p. 500 - 500 2024
• Behavioural pharmacology
  Strumberger Conor D., etal Antinociceptive and adverse effects of morphine:ketamine mixtures in rats 2023
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure, p. 278 - 285 2021
• Psychopharmacology
  Mada Sanjana, etal Behavioral effects of benzylideneoxymorphone (BOM), a low efficacy µ opioid receptor agonist and a δ opioid receptor antagonist
  237:12, p. 3591 - 3602 2020
• Psychopharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Methocinnamox (MCAM) antagonizes the behavioral suppressant effects of morphine without impairing delayed matching-to-sample accuracy in rhesus monkeys
  237:10, p. 3057 - 3065 2020
• The FASEB journal
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Long‐term Antagonism of Mu Opioid Receptors by Methocinnamox (MCAM) without Adverse Effects on Memory
  34:S1, p. 1 - 1 2020
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Effects of opioid/cannabinoid mixtures on impulsivity and memory in rhesus monkeys
  31:2, p. 233 - 248 2020
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Maguire David R., etal Impact of order of fixed-ratio presentation on demand for self-administered remifentanil in male rats
  31:2-3, p. 216 - 220 2020
• Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
  Rowland Neil E., etal Effect of food predictability on life span in male mice
  74:8, p. 1158 - 1161 2019
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Punishment and reinforcement by opioid receptor agonists in a choice procedure in rats
  30:4, p. 335 - 342 2019
• The FASEB journal
  Maguire David R, etal Effect of Order of Fixed Ratio Presentation on Demand for Self‐administered Remifentanil in Rats
  33:S1, p. lb85 - lb85 2019
• Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  Gerak Lisa R., etal Methocinnamox produces long-lasting antagonism of the behavioral effects of m-opioid receptor agonists but not prolonged precipitated withdrawal in rats
  371:2, p. 507 - 516 2019
• Psychopharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Interactions between kappa and mu opioid receptor agonists
  235:8, p. 2245 - 2256 2018
• Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  Minervini Vanessa, etal History Impacts the Aversive Effects of Drugs
  WCP2018, p. PO2-1-80 2018
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Effects of morphine/CP55940 mixtures on an impulsive choice task in rhesus monkeys
  29:1, p. 60 - 70 2018
• Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Behavioral characterization of κ opioid receptor agonist spiradoline and cannabinoid receptor agonist CP55940 mixtures in rats
  360:2, p. 280 - 287 2017
• American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  Rowland Neil E., etal Differences in temporal aspects of food acquisition between rats and two strains of mice in a closed operant economy
  309:2, p. R93 - R108 2015
• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Role of estrogen receptor-α on food demand elasticity
  103:3, p. 553 - 561 2015
• Physiology and Behavior
  Rowland Neil E., etal Economics of food intake in mice
  136, p. 104 - 110 2014
• Behavioural Processes
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Effects of price and pellet type on food waste in mice
  103, p. 180 - 183 2014
• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Tolerance to cocaine's effects following chronic administration of a dose without detected effects on response rate or pause
  100:3, p. 316 - 332 2013
• Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta
  Minervini Vanessa, etal Cambios intra-sesión en la elasticidad de la demanda por comida en ratas
  39:1, p. 35 - 61 2013

Grants

• Therapeutic Potential of Morphine/Ketamine Mixtures for Treating Pain without Adverse Effects/Sponsor: CURAS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

• The Orexin Antagonist Suvorexant as a Potential Treatment for Polydrug Abuse/Sponsor: CURAS Magis Investigatio Research Award/MIRA