PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  • Achat-Mendes C, Anfuso C, Johnson C, Shepler B, Hurst-Kennedy J, Pinzon K, Simmons R, Dekhane S, Savage J, Sudduth E, D’Costa A, Leader T, Pursell D, Runck C, Awong-Taylor J (2020). Learning, Leaders, and STEM skills: Adaptation of the supplemental instruction model to improve STEM education and build transferable skills in undergraduate courses and beyond. Journal of STEM Education: Innovation and Research Vol 20 No 2, 5-14.
  • Hurst-Kennedy, J., Saum, M., Achat-Mendes, C., D’Costa, A., Javazon, E., Katzman, S., Ricks, E., & Barrera, A. (2020). The Impact of a Semester-Long, Cell Culture and Fluorescence Microscopy CURE on Learning and Attitudes in an Underrepresented STEM Student Population. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2020;21(1):21.1.25.
  • *Fink J, *Pathak H, *Smith J, Achat-Mendes C, Haining RL (2019). Development of a Competition-Binding Assay to Determine Binding Affinity of Molecules to Neuromelanin via Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Biomolecules. May 8;9(5). 
  • *Hall-Kim M., *Granada M., *Fuller S., *Dyle E. and Achat-Mendes C. (2018) Augmented Reinforcing and Anxiolytic Effects of Nicotine and Ethanol in Zebrafish Eastern  Biologist, Zebrafish in Research and Education Special Issue 1:1–14.
  • Haining RL, Achat-Mendes C (2017). Neuromelanin, one of the most overlooked molecules in modern medicine, is not a spectator. Neural Regen Res. 12(3):372-375.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Nic Dhonnchadha BA, Platt DM, Kantak KM, Spealman RD (2012). Glycine Transporter-1 Inhibition Preceding Extinction Training Inhibits Reacquisition of Cocaine Seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology 37(13):2837-2845.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Platt DM, Spealman RD (2012). Antagonism of metabotropic glutamate 1 receptors attenuates behavioral effects of cocaine and methamphetamine in squirrel monkeys. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 343(1):214-24.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Lynch LJ, Sullivan KA, Vallender EJ, Miller GM (2011) Augmentation of methamphetamine-induced behaviors in transgenic mice lacking the trace amine-associated receptor. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 101(2):201-207.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Grundt P, Cao J, Platt DM, Newman AH, Spealman RD (2010). Dopamine D3 and D2 receptor mechanisms in the abuse-related behavioral effects of cocaine: studies with preferential antagonists in squirrel monkeys. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 334:556-655.
  • Nic Dhonnchadha BA, Szalay JJ, Achat-Mendes C, Platt DM, Otto MW, Spealman RD, Kantak KM (2010). D-cycloserine Deters Reacquisition of Cocaine Self-Administration by Augmenting Extinction Learning. Neuropsychopharmacology 35:357-367.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Platt DM, Newman AH, Spealman RD (2009). The dopamine D3 receptor partial agonist CJB 090 inhibits the discriminative stimulus but not the reinforcing or priming effects of cocaine in squirrel monkeys. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 206:73-84.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Valdez GR, Platt DM, Rowlett JK, Spealman RD (2009). Intravenous self-administration of etonitazene alone and combined with cocaine in rhesus monkeys: comparison with heroin and antagonism by naltrexone and naloxonazine. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 204:489-498.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Anderson KL, Itzhak Y (2007). Impairment in consolidation of learned place preference following dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mice is ameliorated by N-acetylcysteine but not D1 and D2 dopamine receptor agonists. Neuropsychopharmacology 32:531-541.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Syed SF, Itzhak Y (2005). Differential effects of amphetamines-induced neurotoxicity on appetitive and aversive Pavlovian conditioning in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 30:1128-1137.
  • Itzhak Y, Achat-Mendes C (2004). Methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy) neurotoxicity: ‘Of Mice and Men’. IUBMB Life 56:249-255.
  • Itzhak Y, Achat-Mendes C, Ali SF, Anderson KL (2004). Long-lasting behavioral sensitization to psychostimulants following p-chloroamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in mice. Neuropharmacology 46:74-84.
  • Achat-Mendes C, Anderson KL, Itzhak Y (2003). Methylphenidate and MDMA adolescent exposure in mice: Long-lasting consequences on cocaine-induced reward and psychomotor stimulation in adulthood. Neuropharmacology 45:106-115.
  • Itzhak Y, Anderson KL, Achat C, Ali SF (2003). Relevance of MDMA (“ecstasy”)-induced neurotoxicity to long-lasting psychomotor stimulation in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 166:241-248.

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