Researchers
Michael Marks

 

Helen Kamens


447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
phone: 303-492-7362
fax: 303-492-8063
email:
helen.kamens@colorado.edu

 

doc Recent Publications

 

 

Research Interests:

Characterizing the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in alcohol and nicotine behaviors.


Selected Publications:

Kamens, H.M., Andersen, J., & Picciotto, M.R. (In Press) Modulation of ethanol consumption by genetic and pharmacological manipulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mice. Psychopharmacology. PMID: 20072781 | pubmed abstract |

Kamens, H.M., McKinnon, C.S., Li, N., Helms, M.L., Belknap, J.K., & Phillips, T.J. (2009) The α3 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is a candidate genes for ethanol stimulation. Genes Brain Behav, 8(6), 600-609. PMID: 19178568 | pubmed abstract |

Kamens, H.M., & Phillips, T.J. (2008) A role for neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in ethanol-induced stimulation, but not cocaine- or methamphetamine-induced stimulation. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 196(3), 377-87. PMID: 17938890 | pubmed abstract |