Pharmacological evidence for a motivational role of κ-opioid systems in ethanol dependence BM Walker, GF Koob Neuropsychopharmacology 33 (3), 643-652, 2008 | 462 | 2008 |
Systemic κ‐opioid receptor antagonism by nor‐binaltorphimine reduces dependence‐induced excessive alcohol self‐administration in rats BM Walker, EP Zorrilla, GF Koob Addiction biology 16 (1), 116-119, 2011 | 235 | 2011 |
The γ‐Aminobutyric Acid‐B Receptor Agonist Baclofen Attenuates Responding for Ethanol in Ethanol‐Dependent Rats BM Walker, GF Koob Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31 (1), 11-18, 2007 | 224 | 2007 |
Pain-induced negative affect is mediated via recruitment of the nucleus accumbens kappa opioid system N Massaly, BA Copits, AR Wilson-Poe, L Hipólito, T Markovic, HJ Yoon, ... Neuron 102 (3), 564-573. e6, 2019 | 179 | 2019 |
α 1-Noradrenergic receptor antagonism blocks dependence-induced increases in responding for ethanol BM Walker, DD Rasmussen, MA Raskind, GF Koob Alcohol 42 (2), 91-97, 2008 | 178 | 2008 |
The one-two punch of alcoholism: role of central amygdala dynorphins/kappa-opioid receptors JL Kissler, S Sirohi, DJ Reis, HT Jansen, RM Quock, DG Smith, ... Biological psychiatry 75 (10), 774-782, 2014 | 169 | 2014 |
κ-opioid receptors are implicated in the increased potency of intra-accumbens nalmefene in ethanol-dependent rats KA Nealey, AW Smith, SM Davis, DG Smith, BM Walker Neuropharmacology 61 (1-2), 35-42, 2011 | 136 | 2011 |
Targeting dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor systems to treat alcohol abuse and dependence BM Walker, GR Valdez, JP McLaughlin, G Bakalkin Alcohol 46 (4), 359-370, 2012 | 123 | 2012 |
Inflammatory pain promotes increased opioid self-administration: role of dysregulated ventral tegmental area μ opioid receptors L Hipólito, A Wilson-Poe, Y Campos-Jurado, E Zhong, ... Journal of Neuroscience 35 (35), 12217-12231, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
Nalmefene for the management of alcohol dependence: review on its pharmacology, mechanism of action and meta-analysis on its clinical efficacy K Mann, L Torup, P Sørensen, A Gual, R Swift, B Walker, W van den Brink European Neuropsychopharmacology 26 (12), 1941-1949, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
Age-related differences in the blood alcohol levels of Wistar rats BM Walker, CL Ehlers Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 91 (4), 560-565, 2009 | 102 | 2009 |
Affective cue-induced escalation of alcohol self-administration and increased 22-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during alcohol withdrawal: role of kappa-opioid receptors AL Berger, AM Williams, MM McGinnis, BM Walker Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (4), 647-654, 2013 | 84 | 2013 |
The α 1 adrenergic receptor antagonist prazosin reduces heroin self-administration in rats with extended access to heroin administration TN Greenwell, BM Walker, P Cottone, EP Zorrilla, GF Koob Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 91 (3), 295-302, 2009 | 81 | 2009 |
Effects of prolonged ethanol vapor exposure on forced swim behavior, and neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor levels in rat brains BM Walker, DA Drimmer, JL Walker, T Liu, AA Mathé, CL Ehlers Alcohol 44 (6), 487-493, 2010 | 77 | 2010 |
Alcohol-induced plasticity in the dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor system S Sirohi, G Bakalkin, BM Walker Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 5, 95, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
Dissociable effects of ethanol consumption during the light and dark phase in adolescent and adult Wistar rats BM Walker, JL Walker, CL Ehlers Alcohol 42 (2), 83-89, 2008 | 71 | 2008 |
Increased alcohol drinking in isolate-housed alcohol-preferring rats. CL Ehlers, BM Walker, JP Pian, JL Roth, CJ Slawecki Behavioral neuroscience 121 (1), 111, 2007 | 70 | 2007 |
The effect of intermittent alcohol vapor or pulsatile heroin on somatic and negative affective indices during spontaneous withdrawal in Wistar rats AM Williams, DJ Reis, AS Powell, LJ Neira, KA Nealey, CE Ziegler, ... Psychopharmacology 223 (1), 75-88, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
Plasticity associated with escalated operant ethanol self-administration during acute withdrawal in ethanol-dependent rats requires intact matrix metalloproteinase systems AW Smith, KA Nealey, JW Wright, BM Walker Neurobiology of learning and memory 96 (2), 199-206, 2011 | 48 | 2011 |
Maladaptive behavioral regulation in alcohol dependence: Role of kappa-opioid receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis CM Erikson, G Wei, BM Walker Neuropharmacology 140, 162-173, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |