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E. Galaj

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h-index: 25
Works: 72
Citations: 1,456

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Cannabidiol attenuates the rewarding effects of cocaine in rats by CB2, 5-HT1A and TRPV1 receptor mechanisms
E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Hong-Ju Yang, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2019Neuropharmacology104 citations Open access
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Dissecting the Role of GABA Neurons in the VTA versus SNr in Opioid Reward
E. Galaj, Xiao Han, Hui Shen, C. Jordan +4 more
2020Journal of Neuroscience80 citations Open access
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Dopamine D3R antagonist VK4-116 attenuates oxycodone self-administration and reinstatement without compromising its antinociceptive effects
Zhi-Bing You, Guo-Hua Bi, E. Galaj, Vivek Kumar +7 more
2018Neuropsychopharmacology75 citations Open access
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Potential of Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands as Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
E. Galaj, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2019CNS Drugs60 citations Open access
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Cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptor mechanisms underlie cannabis reward and aversion in rats
Krista J Spiller, Guo-Hua Bi, Yi He, E. Galaj +2 more
2019British Journal of Pharmacology56 citations Open access
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The effects of the novel DA D3 receptor antagonist SR 21502 on cocaine reward, cocaine seeking and cocaine-induced locomotor activity in rats
E. Galaj, S. Ananthan, M. Saliba, R. Ranaldi
2014Psychopharmacology50 citations
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Dopamine D3 receptor-based medication development for the treatment of opioid use disorder: Rationale, progress, and challenges
E. Galaj, A. H. Newman, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2020Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews49 citations Open access
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Cannabidiol inhibits sucrose self-administration by CB1 and CB2 receptor mechanisms in rodents
Guo-Hua Bi, E. Galaj, Yi He, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2019Addiction Biology46 citations Open access
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Therapeutic efficacy of environmental enrichment for substance use disorders
E. Galaj, E. Barrera, R. Ranaldi
2019Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior45 citations Open access
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Dopamine D1 and D3 receptor polypharmacology as a potential treatment approach for substance use disorder.
E. Galaj, Scott T. Ewing, R. Ranaldi
2018Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews43 citations
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The selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonist, SR 21502, reduces cue-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking and heroin conditioned place preference in rats
E. Galaj, M. Manuszak, Sandra Babic, S. Ananthan +1 more
2015Drug and Alcohol Dependence42 citations Open access
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Possible Receptor Mechanisms Underlying Cannabidiol Effects on Addictive-like Behaviors in Experimental Animals
E. Galaj, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2020International Journal of Molecular Sciences41 citations Open access
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Different receptor mechanisms underlying phytocannabinoid‐ versus synthetic cannabinoid‐induced tetrad effects: Opposite roles of CB1/CB2 versus GPR55 receptors
Xiao-Fei Wang, E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Cindy Zhang +5 more
2019British Journal of Pharmacology41 citations Open access
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Persistent alterations of accumbal cholinergic interneurons and cognitive dysfunction after adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure
E. Galaj, B. Kipp, S. Floresco, L. Savage
2019Neuroscience35 citations Open access
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Contrasting Effects of Adolescent and Early-Adult Ethanol Exposure on Prelimbic Cortical Pyramidal Neurons
E. Galaj, Changyong Guo, Donald Huang, R. Ranaldi +1 more
2020Drug and Alcohol Dependence31 citations Open access
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Environmental enrichment as a potential intervention for heroin seeking.
E. Galaj, M. Manuszak, R. Ranaldi
2016Drug and Alcohol Dependence30 citations
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Environmental enrichment induces early heroin abstinence in an animal conflict model.
J. Peck, E. Galaj, Stephanie Eshak, Kristena L. Newman +1 more
2015Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior30 citations
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Blockade of β-Adrenergic Receptors by Propranolol Disrupts Reconsolidation of Drug Memory and Attenuates Heroin Seeking
Liangpei Chen, Shi-Hao Huang, Chang Yang, Feilong Wu +5 more
2021Frontiers in Pharmacology29 citations Open access
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Progress in Opioid Reward Research: From a Canonical Two-Neuron Hypothesis to Two Neural Circuits
E. Galaj, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2020Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior29 citations Open access
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β‐Caryophyllene, a dietary terpenoid, inhibits nicotine taking and nicotine seeking in rodents
Yi He, E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Xiao-Fei Wang +2 more
2019British Journal of Pharmacology29 citations Open access
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A red nucleus–VTA glutamate pathway underlies exercise reward and the therapeutic effect of exercise on cocaine use
Yi He, G. Madeo, Ying Liang, Cindy Zhang +12 more
2022Science Advances27 citations Open access
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Optogenetic brain-stimulation reward: A new procedure to re-evaluate the rewarding versus aversive effects of cannabinoids in dopamine transporter-Cre mice
Bree A. Humburg, C. Jordan, Hai-Ying Zhang, Hui Shen +6 more
2021Addiction Biology27 citations Open access
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Nucleus accumbens shell small conductance potassium channels underlie adolescent ethanol exposure-induced anxiety
Lili Shan, E. Galaj, Yao-Ying Ma
2019Neuropsychopharmacology27 citations Open access
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Involvement of the ghrelin system in the maintenance and reinstatement of cocaine-motivated behaviors: a role of adrenergic action at peripheral β1 receptors
Zhi-Bing You, E. Galaj, F. Alén, Bin Wang +9 more
2021Neuropsychopharmacology25 citations Open access
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β-caryophyllene, an FDA-Approved Food Additive, Inhibits Methamphetamine-Taking and Methamphetamine-Seeking Behaviors Possibly via CB2 and Non-CB2 Receptor Mechanisms
Xiang-Hu He, E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Yi He +4 more
2021Frontiers in Pharmacology25 citations Open access
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Beta-caryophyllene inhibits cocaine addiction-related behavior by activation of PPARα and PPARγ: repurposing a FDA-approved food additive for cocaine use disorder
E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Allamar R. Moore, Kai Chen +3 more
2020Neuropsychopharmacology22 citations Open access
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A food-associated CS activates c-Fos in VTA DA neurons and elicits conditioned approach.
K. Kest, Ivonne Cruz, Dan-Hong Chen, E. Galaj +1 more
2012Behavioural Brain Research22 citations
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The role of circTmeff-1 in incubation of context-induced morphine craving.
Hailei Yu, B. Xie, Jing-jing Zhang, Yixiao Luo +7 more
2021Pharmacological Research21 citations
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Pharmacological targeting of G protein-coupled receptor heteromers
E. Moreno, Nil Casajuana-Martin, Michael Coyle, Baruc Campos Campos +14 more
2022Pharmacological Research19 citations Open access
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The dopamine D3 receptor antagonist, SR 21502, facilitates extinction of cocaine conditioned place preference
E. Galaj, J. Haynes, R. Nisanov, S. Ananthan +1 more
2015Drug and Alcohol Dependence18 citations Open access
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A highly D3R-selective and efficacious partial agonist (S)-ABS01-113 compared to its D3R-selective antagonist enantiomer (R)-ABS01-113 as potential treatments for opioid use disorder
E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Benjamin Klein, Briana J Hempel +13 more
2022Neuropsychopharmacology17 citations Open access
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Presynaptic and postsynaptic mesolimbic dopamine D3 receptors play distinct roles in cocaine versus opioid reward in mice
Zheng-Xiong Xi, Miriam E. Bocarsly, E. Galaj, Briana J Hempel +10 more
2024Biological Psychiatry16 citations Open access
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CircTmeff-1 in the nucleus accumbens regulates the reconsolidation of cocaine-associated memory.
Qianchao Shen, B. Xie, E. Galaj, Hailei Yu +5 more
2022Brain Research Bulletin16 citations
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Neurobiology of Reward-Related Learning
E. Galaj, R. Ranaldi
2021Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews16 citations Open access
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Dopamine D1 and D3 receptor interactions in cocaine reward and seeking in rats
E. Galaj, W. Harding, R. Ranaldi
2016Psychopharmacology16 citations
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Xie2-64, a novel CB2R ligand, reduces cocaine abuse-related behaviors in rodents
C. Jordan, Zhi-Wei Feng, E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi +5 more
2020Neuropharmacology15 citations Open access
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Berberine Facilitates Extinction of Drug-Associated Behavior and Inhibits Reinstatement of Drug Seeking
Xi Shen, Rongji Hui, Yixiao Luo, Hailei Yu +7 more
2020Frontiers in Pharmacology15 citations Open access
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Adolescent ethanol exposure alters cholinergic function and apical dendritic branching within the orbital frontal cortex
B. Kipp, P. T. Nunes, E. Galaj, B. Hitchcock +5 more
2021Neuroscience13 citations Open access
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No evidence that environmental enrichment during rearing protects against cocaine behavioral effects but as an intervention reduces an already established cocaine conditioned place preference
E. Galaj, A. Shukur, M. Manuszak, Kristena L. Newman +1 more
2017Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior13 citations
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Involvement of the ghrelin system in the maintenance of oxycodone self-administration: converging evidence from endocrine, pharmacologic and transgenic approaches
Zhi-Bing You, E. Gardner, E. Galaj, Allamar R. Moore +6 more
2022Molecular Psychiatry12 citations Open access
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The Impact of Heroin Self-Administration and Environmental Enrichment on Ventral Tegmental CRF1 Receptor Expression
E. Galaj, E. Barrera, Kirk Persaud, R. Nisanov +7 more
2023International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology10 citations Open access
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Repurposing antimalarial artesunate for the prophylactic treatment of depression: Evidence from preclinical research
Shi-Hao Huang, E. Galaj, Jinfeng Wang, Yi Guo +7 more
2022Brain and Behavior10 citations Open access
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Exogenous Carbon Monoxide Produces Rapid Antidepressant- and Anxiolytic-Like Effects
Yixiao Luo, R. Ullah, Jinfeng Wang, Yuru Du +7 more
2021Frontiers in Pharmacology10 citations Open access
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Cell-type specific expression and behavioral impact of galanin and GalR1 in the locus coeruleus during opioid withdrawal
S. Foster, E. Galaj, S. Karne, S. Ferré +1 more
2021bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Exogenous SO2 donor treatment impairs reconsolidation of drug reward memory in mice.
Rui-Lan Ding, Zhen-Bang Yang, Yipu Zhang, Yuan Gao +10 more
2021European Journal of Pharmacology9 citations
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Differential effects on natural reward processing in rats after repeated heroin
E. Galaj, Ivonne Cruz, Jordan Schachar, Matthew Koziolek +1 more
2013Psychopharmacology9 citations
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Therapeutic potential of PIMSR, a novel CB1 receptor neutral antagonist, for cocaine use disorder: evidence from preclinical research
E. Galaj, Briana J Hempel, Allamar R. Moore, Benjamin Klein +4 more
2022Translational Psychiatry8 citations Open access
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β-caryophyllene inhibits heroin self-administration, but does not alter opioid-induced antinociception in rodents
E. Galaj, Guo-Hua Bi, Zheng-Xiong Xi
2024Neuropharmacology7 citations Open access
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Differential Alterations of Insular Cortex Excitability after Adolescent or Adult Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Administration in Male Rats
Yi-xiao Luo, E. Galaj, Yao-Ying Ma
2020Journal of Neuroscience Research7 citations Open access
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RDS-04-010: a novel atypical DAT inhibitor that inhibits cocaine taking and seeking and itself has low abuse potential in experimental animals
Omar Soler-Cedeño, E. Galaj, Benjamin Klein, Jianjing Cao +3 more
2025Translational Psychiatry6 citations Open access
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