Recent Presentations

      Foreman, J.E., Klein, L.C., Stine, M.M., & Vandenbergh, D.J.  (2004 October).  Nucleus accumbens gene expression in nicotine-preferring periadolescent mice.  To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Ceballos, R.M., Stine, M.M., Kamens, H.M., Whetzel, C.A., DeNucci, C., Bonner, J., & Klein, L.C.  (2004 February).  Forced and voluntary oral nicotine consumption do not influence body weight gain in adolescent mice.  Presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Phoenix, AZ.

Rodrigues, I.M., Corwin, E.J., & Klein, L.C.  (2004 February).  Sex differences in blood pressure and arginine-vasopressin levels in regular smokers while smoking and following 24-hr abstinence and in non-smokers.  Presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Phoenix, AZ.

Stine, M.M., Dancer, K.P., Palmer, K.S., Grunberg, N.E., & Klein, L.C.  (2004 February).  Locomotor responses to nicotine in adolescent rats predicts subsequent opioid consumption in adulthood.  Presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Phoenix, AZ.

Whetzel, C.A., Klein, L.C., Ceballos, R.M, & Corwin, E.J.  (2004 February).  Interferon gamma levels between non-smokers and smokers while smoking and during 24-hr abstinence differ depending on gender.  Presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Phoenix, AZ.

Ritter, F.E., Klein, L.C., Quigley, K.S., Councill, I.G., Avraamides, M.N., Reifers, A.L., Whetzel, C.A., Stine, M.M., Ceballos, R.M., & Morgan, G.P.  (2003 November).  Using cognitive modeling to study behavior moderators: Pre-task appraisal, anxiety and caffeine.  Presented at the Office of Naval Research Cognitive Architectures Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Ritter, F.E., Klein, L.C., Quigley, K.S., Councill, I.G., Avraamides, M.N., Whetzel, C.A., Simpson, K., Stine, M.M., Ceballos, R.M., Morgan, G., & Gandhi, M.  (2003 July).  Using cognitive modeling to study behavior moderators: Pre-task appraisal, anxiety and later, caffeine.  Presented at the 10th annual ACT-R Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA.  (ACT-R Workshop: http://act.psy.cmu.edu/).

Vandenbergh, D.J., Mong, J., Klein, L.C., Stine, M.M., Pfaff, D., Vogler, G.P., Callegari, F., & Chiaromonte, F.  (2003 March).  Sex differences dominate patterning of gene expression in neonatal mouse brains following prenatal exposure to nicotine.  Presented at the Sex and Gene Expression IV meeting, the Society for Women's Health, Winston-Salem, NC.

Klein, L.C., Ceballos, R.M., Stine, M.M., Vandenbergh, D.J., Kamens, H., & Ellis, C.A.  (2003 February).  Choice oral nicotine consumption decreases body weight in adult but not adolescent C57Bl/6J mice.  Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.

Klein, L.C., Corwin, E.J., & Ceballos, R.M.  (2003 February).  Leptin, hunger, and body weight: Influence of gender, tobacco smoking, and smoking abstinence.  Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.

Klein, L.C., Corwin, E.J., & Rodrigues, I.M.  (2003 February).  Sex differences in arginine vasopressin response in regular smokers, smokers during 24-hr abstinence, and non-smokers.  Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.

Stine, M.M. & Klein, L.C.  (2003 February).  Repeated early methylphenidate exposure alters nicotine consumption by periadolescent C57Bl/6J male mice.  Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.

Vandenbergh, D.J., Mong, J., Klein, L.C., Stine, M.M., Pfaff, D., Vogler, G.P., Callegari F., & Chiaromonte, F.  (2003 February).  Sex differences in genome-wide transcriptional response to nicotine exposure in utero.  Presented at the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.