Dustin J . Stairs, PhD

Department

Psychological Science

Position

Professor

Books

• Neuromethods
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Environmental Enrichment and the Effects on Drug Abuse Vulnerability [Book Chapter] 2022
• Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse Volume 1 : Foundations of Understanding, Tobacco, Alcohol, Cannabinoids and Opioids
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Nicotine Addiction [Book Chapter] 2016
• Stairs Dustin, Enrichment-induced differences in corticosterone: Differential response to amphetamine and glucocorticoid receptor blockade in low dose amphetamine self-administration 2007
• Methods in Drug Abuse Research : Cellular and Circuit Level Analyses
  Dworkin Steven I., etal Self-administration of drugs of abuse [Book Chapter] 2002

Publications

• Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior
  Hanson Taena, etal Long- vs short-access cocaine alters behavioral inhibition for cocaine in male rats, p. 173929 2024
• Drug and alcohol dependence
  Stairs Dustin, etal REWARDING EFFECTS OF DELTA 8-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL, CANNABIDIOL, AND A MIXTURE FOLLOWING OF VAPOR EXPOSURE IN MALE RATS
  260, p. 110099 2024
• Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior
  Malone Samantha G, etal Neurobehavioral effects of environmental enrichment and drug abuse vulnerability: An updated review
  221, p. 173471 - 173471 2022
• Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Environmental enrichment increases cue-dependent freezing and behavioral despair but decreases anxiety-like behavior in rats
  196 2020
• Stairs Dustin J., etal Advancing the translation between clinical and preclinical models of individual differences in vulnerability in substance use disorders 2020
• Scientific Reports
  Shelkar Gajanan P., etal Differential effect of NMDA receptor GluN2C and GluN2D subunit ablation on behavior and channel blocker-induced schizophrenia phenotypes
  9:1 2019
• Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  Chacho Nicole M., etal Enrichment-induced differences in methamphetamine drug discrimination in male rats
  179, p. 80 - 88 2019
• Psychopharmacology
  Bockman Charles S., etal Nicotine drug discrimination and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in differentially reared rats
  235:5, p. 1415 - 1426 2018
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Kangiser Megan M., etal Varenicline and GZ-793A differentially decrease methamphetamine self-administration under a multiple schedule of reinforcement in rats
  29:1, p. 87 - 97 2018
• Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Effects of environmental enrichment on d-Amphetamine self-administration following nicotine exposure
  25:5, p. 393 - 401 2017
• Zhongguo yaolixue yu dulixue zazhi
  Bockman C S, etal Effect of differential rearing environments on nicotine-stimulated locomotor activity and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes
  31:10, p. 1014 2017
• Scientific Reports
  Gupta Subhash C., etal The NMDA Receptor GluN2C Subunit Controls Cortical Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance, Neuronal Oscillations and Cognitive Function
  6, p. (13 pages) 2016
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Effects of varenicline and GZ-793A on methamphetamine and food self-administration under a multiple schedule of reinforcement in rats
  156, p. 210 - 211 2015
• Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  Ewin Sarah E., etal The effects of environmental enrichment on nicotine condition place preference in male rats
  23:5, p. 387 - 394 2015
• Neuropharmacology
  Gupta Subhash C., etal Essential role of GluD1 in dendritic spine development and GluN2B to GluN2A NMDAR subunit switch in the cortex and hippocampus reveals ability of GluN2B inhibition in correcting hyperconnectivity
  93, p. 274 - 284 2015
• Drug and alcohol dependence
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Effects of environmental enrichment on amphetamine self-administration under a fixed-ratio and progressive ratio schedule following nicotine exposure
  146, p. e107 - e107 2015
• British Journal of Pharmacology
  Suryavanshi Pratyush S., etal GluN2C/GluN2D subunit-selective NMDA receptor potentiator CIQ reverses MK-801-induced impairment in prepulse inhibition and working memory in Y-maze test in mice
  171:3, p. 799 - 809 2014
• PloS one
  Yadav Roopali, etal Deletion of Glutamate Delta-1 Receptor in Mouse Leads to Enhanced Working Memory and Deficit in Fear Conditioning
  8:4 2013
• European Journal of Neuroscience
  Gupta Subhash C., etal Effect of D-cycloserine in conjunction with fear extinction training on extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in rat
  37:11, p. 1811 - 1822 2013
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  Adams Emily, etal Effects of environmental enrichment on nicotine-induced sensitization and cross-sensitization to d-amphetamine in rats
  129:3, p. 247 - 253 2013
• The FASEB journal
  Hillman Brandon Geoffrey, etal Role of GluN2C‐containing receptors in rodent schizophrenia‐like phenotypes
  26:S1 2012
• The FASEB journal
  Ugale Rajesh R, etal Role of NMDA receptor subtypes in regulation of central amygdala
  26:S1 2012
• PLoS One
  Yadav Roopali, etal Deletion of glutamate delta-1 receptor in mouse leads to aberrant emotional and social behaviors
  7:3, p. e32969 2012
• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  Hillman Brandon G., etal Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory
  95:4, p. 404 - 414 2011
• Psychopharmacology
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Environmental-induced differences in corticosterone and glucocorticoid receptor blockade of amphetamine self-administration in rats
  218:1, p. 293 - 301 2011
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Nicotine and cocaine self-administration using a multiple schedule of intravenous drug and sucrose reinforcement in rats
  21:3, p. 182 - 193 2010
• Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Neurobehavioral effects of environmental enrichment and drug abuse vulnerability
  92:3, p. 377 - 382 2009
• Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Neurobehavioral effects of environmental enrichment and drug abuse vulnerability
  92:3, p. 377 - 382 2009
• Behavioural Brain Research
  Perry Jennifer L., etal Impulsive choice and environmental enrichment
  193:1, p. 48 - 54 2008
• Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Rate-dependent effects of bupropion on nicotine self-administration and food-maintained responding in rats
  90:4, p. 701 - 711 2008
• European Journal of Pharmacology
  Neugebauer Nichole M., etal Lobelane decreases methamphetamine self-administration in rats
  571:1, p. 33 - 38 2007
• European Journal of Neuroscience
  Zhu Jun, etal Individual differences in response to novelty predict prefrontal cortex dopamine transporter function and cell surface expression
  26:3, p. 717 - 728 2007
• Psychopharmacology
  Stairs D. J., etal Effects of nornicotine enantiomers on intravenous S(-)-nicotine self-administration and cardiovascular function in rats
  190:2, p. 145 - 155 2007
• Behavioural Pharmacology
  Stairs Dustin J., etal Effects of environmental enrichment on extinction and reinstatement of amphetamine self-administration and sucrose-maintained responding
  17:7, p. 597 - 604 2006

Grants

• Developing a Vaporization Model to Investigate the Abuse Potential of Cannabidiol (CBD) and delta-8 THC in Rats/Sponsor: CURAS Faculty Research Fund

• The Developmental Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Minor Cannabinoid Drug Reward and Cannabinoid Receptor Levels/Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/NIH