Effects of Nicotine Exposure in Adolescent Rats on Acquisition of Alcohol Drinking and Response to Nicotine in Adulthood

S & PRESENTATIONS Kostrzewa AL, Rodd ZA, Bell RL, Murphy JM, McBride WJ. Nicotine is selfadministered into the posterior ventral tegmental area (VTA) of Wistar rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, October 2004; San Diego, CA Bracken AL, Rodd ZA, Bell RL, Chambers RA, McBride WJ. Nicotine treatment during peri-adolescence enhances acquisition of ethanol consumption during adulthood in Wistar rats. Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Meeting, July 2007; Chicago, IL Bracken AL, Chambers RA, Berg SA, Rodd ZA, McBride WJ. Nicotine treatment during peri-adolescence enhances behavioral sensitization to nicotine during adulthood in Wistar rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 2007; San Diego, CA Bracken AL, Rodd ZA, Bell RL, Chambers RA, McBride WJ. Exposure to drugs of abuse during adolescence facilitates self-administration and sensitization during adulthood. Alcohol and Stress: A Framework for Future Treatment Strategies, May 2008; Volterra, Italy Bracken AL, Rodd ZA, Chambers RA, Bell RL, McBride WJ. Peri-adolescent exposure to nicotine enhances ethanol consumption during adulthood in alcoholpreferring (P) rats. Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Meeting, July 2008; Washington DC Cook JB, Bracken AL, Rodd ZA, Toalston JE, Lumeng L, Murphy JM, McBride WJ, Bell RL. The effects of ethanol consumption during peri-adolescence or adulthood on subsequent ethanol-induced motor impairment in alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Meeting, July 2008; Washington DC Hauser SR, Ding Z-M, Getachew B, Dhaher R, Bracken AL, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Microinjection of nicotine into the posterior ventral tegmental area (p-VTA) increases alcohol-seeking behavior in alcohol preferring (P) rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 2008; Washington DC Bracken AL, Oster SM, Toalston JE, McQueen VK, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Positive contrast and sustained ethanol self-administration in alcohol-preferring (P) rats given concurrent operant access to ethanol and sucrose. Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Meeting, June 2009; San Diego, CA Getachew B, Hauser SR, Dhaher R, Bracken AL, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Selective breeding for high alcohol preference is associated with increased sensitivity of the posterior ventral tegmental area to the reinforcing properties of nicotine. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 2009; Chicago, IL Hauser SR, Ding Z-M, Getachew B, Bracken AL, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Nicotine self-administration into the posterior ventral aegmental area (p-VTA) is reduced by co-administration of a 5HT-3 receptor antagonist. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 2009; Chicago, IL PUBLICATIONS Bracken AL, Chambers RA, Berg SA, Rodd ZA, McBride WJ (submitted, undergoing revisions) Nicotine exposure during adolescence enhances behavioral sensitivity to nicotine during adulthood in Wistar rats. Bracken AL, Rodd ZA, Chambers RA, Bell RL, McBride WJ (in preparation) Nicotine exposure during adolescence enhances ethanol consumption during adulthood in Wistar and alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Bracken AL, Hauser SR, Getachew B, Chambers RA, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA (in preparation) Nicotine is self-administered into the posterior ventral tegmental area: Effects of pretreatment with nicotine. Getachew B, Bracken AL, Hauser SR, Ding Z-M, Berg SA, Chambers RA, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA (in preparation) Divergent locomotor response to nicotine in alcohol-preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats.