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Diana Dow-Edwards

Recent Publications

Melnick SM, Torres-Reverson A, Dow-Edwards D. Preweaning cocaine exposure alters brain glucose metabolic rates following repeated amphetamine administration in the adult rat. Brain Res Dev 2004;153(1):127-34.

Wang X, Dow-Edwards D, Anderson V, Minkoff H, Hurd YL. In utero marijuana exposure associated with abnormal amygdala dopamine D(2) gene expression in the human fetus. Biol Psychiatry 2004;56(12):909-15.

Wang X, Dow-Edwards D, Keller E, Yurd YL. Preferential limbic expression of the cannabinoid receptor mRNA in the human fetal brain. Neuroscience 2003;118(3):681-94.

Middaugh LD, Dow-Edwards D, Li AA, Sandler JD, Seed J, Sheets LP, Shuey DL, Slikker W, Jr., Weisenburger WP, Wise LD, Selwyn MR. Neurobehavioral assessment: a aurvey of use and value in safety assessment studies. Toxicol Sci 2003;76(2):250-261.

Melnick SM, Dow-Edwards DL. Correlating brain metabolism with stereotypic and locomotor behavior. Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput 2003;35(3):452-457.

Melnick SM, Dow-Edwards DL. Blunted metabolic response to SKF 82958 in the mesolimbic system following preweaning cocaine treatment. Brain Res Dev 2003;143(2):253-259.

Melnick SM, Weedon J, Dow-Edwards DL. The effects of perinatal AZT exposure on the acoustic startle response in adult rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002;24(6):773-81.

Dow-Edwards DL, Freed-Malen LA, Gerkin LM. Sexual dimorphism in the brain metabolic response to prenatal cocaine exposure. Brain Res Dev 2001 23;129(1):73-9.

Melnick SM, Dow-Edwards DL. Differential behavioral responses to chronic amphetamine in adult male and female rats exposed to postnatal cocaine treatment. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001;69(1-2):219-24.

Dow-Edwards DL, Busidan Y. Behavioral responses to dopamine agonists in adult rats exposed to cocaine during the preweaning period. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001;70(1):23-30.

Busidan Y, Shi X, Dow-Edwards DL. AZT distribution in the fetal and postnatal rat central nervous system. J Pharm Sci 2001;90(12):1964-71.

Melnick SM, Kubie JL, Laungani R, Dow-Edwards, DL. Impairment of spatial learning following preweaning cocaine exposure in the adult rat. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001;23(5):445-51.

Naik MU, Benedikz E, Hernandez I, Libien J, Hrabe J, Valsamis M, Dow-Edwards D, Osman M, Sacktor TC. Distribution of protein kinase Mzeta and the complete protein kinase C isoform family in rat brain. J Comp Neurol 2000;426(2):243-58.