George F. Koob

Also affiliated with National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Society of Addiction Medicine, National Drug Addiction Center, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NeuroscienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyPsychology

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Driven by 31 papers. Top paper: “Factors underlying the neurofunctional domains of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment assessed by a standardized neurocognitive battery”.

Factors underlying the neurofunctional domains of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment assessed by a standardized neurocognitive battery

Translational Psychiatry(2024)10.1038/s41398-024-02987-9

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14 citations

Jeremy W. Luk, Melanie L. Schwandt, Laura E. Kwako, Tonette Vinson, Yvonne Horneffer +6 more

Pancreatic Pain—Knowledge Gaps and Research Opportunities in Children and Adults

Pancreas(2021)10.1097/mpa.0000000000001899

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11 citations

Dana K. Andersen, A. Vania Apkarian, Melena D. Bellin, Luana Colloca, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes +19 more

Brain pathways to recovery from alcohol dependence

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/25bn-9325

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2 citations

Dieter J. Meyerhoff, Antonio Noronha, Edith V. Sullivan, George Fein, Adolf Pfefferbaum +17 more

Epistatic evidence for gender-dependant slow neurotransmission signalling in substance use disorders: PPP1R12B versus PPP1R1B

EBioMedicine(2020)10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103066

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6 citations

Juan Zhao, Chunnuan Chen, Jie Xu, Richard L. Bell, F. Scott Hall +5 more

Pursuing the Mechanisms Underlying Alcohol-Induced Changes in the Ghrelin System: New Insights from Preclinical and Clinical Investigations

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.07.30.228494

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Sara L. Deschaine, Adriana Gregory‐Flores, Lia J. Zallar, Zhi‐Bing You, Hui Sun +15 more

Brain ethanol metabolism by astrocytic ALDH2 drives the behavioural effects of ethanol intoxication

Nature Metabolism(2021)10.1038/s42255-021-00357-z

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118 citations

Qi Cao, Fanghan Yang, Hongying Zhu, Su Xu, Qi Chen +11 more

Tolerance to alcohol: A critical yet understudied factor in alcohol addiction

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior(2021)10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173155

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88 citations

M. Adrienne McGinn, Caroline Smith, Michael A. Arends, George F. Koob, Leandro F. Vendruscolo +1 more

Glucocorticoid receptor modulators decrease alcohol self-administration in male rats

Neuropharmacology(2021)10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108510

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35 citations

Brendan J. Tunstall, Joel E. Schlosburg, Adriana Gregory‐Flores, Olivier George, Giordano de Guglielmo +5 more

Nutritional Ketosis as a Potential Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry(2021)10.3389/fpsyt.2021.781668

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34 citations

Sophie K. Elvig, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, George F. Koob, Valerie L. Darcey, Michael King +4 more

A closer look at alcohol‐induced changes in the ghrelin system: novel insights from preclinical and clinical data

Addiction Biology(2021)10.1111/adb.13033

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29 citations

Mehdi Farokhnia, Adriana Gregory‐Flores, Lia J. Zallar, Zhi‐Bing You, Hui Sun +15 more

Drug addiction co-morbidity with alcohol: Neurobiological insights

International review of neurobiology(2021)10.1016/bs.irn.2020.11.002

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9 citations

Caroline B. Pantazis, Brendan J. Tunstall, Renata C.N. Marchette, Erika R. Carlson, Nadia Said +3 more

Spironolactone as a potential new pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder: convergent evidence from rodent and human studies

Molecular Psychiatry(2022)10.1038/s41380-022-01736-y

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41 citations

Christopher T. Rentsch, Vicky Chuong, M. Adrienne McGinn, Sophie K. Elvig, Eliza Douglass +10 more

Corticosteroid sensitization drives opioid addiction

Molecular Psychiatry(2022)10.1038/s41380-022-01501-1

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29 citations

Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, M. Adrienne McGinn, Jorge Miranda‐Barrientos, Vez Repunte‐Canonigo, Gabriel D. Bossé +16 more

Extended access to fentanyl vapor self-administration leads to addiction-like behaviors in mice: Blood chemokine/cytokine levels as potential biomarkers

Addiction Neuroscience(2022)10.1016/j.addicn.2022.100057

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21 citations

Erika R. Carlson, Nadia Said, George F. Koob, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, Renata C.N. Marchette

The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue semaglutide reduces alcohol drinking and modulates central GABA neurotransmission

JCI Insight(2023)10.1172/jci.insight.170671

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208 citations

Mehdi Farokhnia, Sophia Khom, Claire Pince, Sophie K. Elvig, Roman Vlkolinský +6 more

Heroin- and Fentanyl-Induced Respiratory Depression in a Rat Plethysmography Model: Potency, Tolerance, and Sex Differences

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics(2023)10.1124/jpet.122.001476

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53 citations

Erika R. Carlson, Emma V. Frye, Lyndsay Hastings, Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, Gustavo Mejias-Torres +6 more

Pharmacological GHSR (ghrelin receptor) blockade reduces alcohol binge-like drinking in male and female mice

Neuropharmacology(2023)10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109643

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36 citations

Agnieszka Sulima, Kenner C. Rice, Jed A. Kucharczk, Kim D. Janda, Khalin E. Nisbett +4 more

Sex and hormonal status influence the anxiolytic-like effect of oxytocin in mice

Neurobiology of Stress(2023)10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100567

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24 citations

Luis Antonio Pérez González, Marina Teruel, C. Sue Carter, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, Michael E. Ragozzino +2 more

Cold nociception as a measure of hyperalgesia during spontaneous heroin withdrawal in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior(2023)10.1016/j.pbb.2023.173694

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8 citations

Emma V. Frye, Erika R. Carlson, Vicky Chuong, Aniah N Matthews, George F. Koob +3 more

NIAAA-Supported Research and the Public Discourse Around Alcohol: A Clarification Regarding Mitchell and McCambridge (2023)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs(2023)10.15288/jsad.23-00073

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2 citations

George F. Koob

Genetic or pharmacological GHSR blockade has sexually dimorphic effects in rodents on a high-fat diet

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3236045/v1

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András H. Lékó, Adriana Gregory‐Flores, Renata C.N. Marchette, Juan L. Gomez, Janaina Vendruscolo +17 more

The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research

Nature Medicine(2024)10.1038/s41591-023-02744-3

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66 citations

Patricia Flatley Brennan, Michael F. Chiang, Lindsey A. Criswell, Rena N. D’Souza, Gary H. Gibbons +26 more

GHSR blockade, but not reduction of peripherally circulating ghrelin via β1-adrenergic receptor antagonism, decreases binge-like alcohol drinking in mice

Molecular Psychiatry(2024)10.1038/s41380-024-02713-3

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10 citations

Lindsay A Kryszak, Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, George F. Koob, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, Lorenzo Leggio +1 more

Genetic or pharmacological GHSR blockade has sexually dimorphic effects in rodents on a high-fat diet

Communications Biology(2024)10.1038/s42003-024-06303-5

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12 citations

Adriana Gregory‐Flores, Renata C.N. Marchette, Juan L. Gomez, Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, Vez Repunte‐Canonigo +18 more

PET imaging in rat brain shows opposite effects of acute and chronic alcohol exposure on phosphodiesterase-4B, an indirect biomarker of cAMP activity

Neuropsychopharmacology(2024)10.1038/s41386-024-01988-y

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10 citations

Sung Won Kim, Amanda Olsen-Dufour, Torben Pearson, Michael L. Freaney, Erick Singley +16 more

The mGlu5 receptor negative allosteric modulator mavoglurant reduces escalated cocaine self-administration in male and female rats

Psychopharmacology(2024)10.1007/s00213-024-06634-5

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5 citations

Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, K. Whiting, Jane B. Acri, Nora D. Volkow, George F. Koob +1 more

A conceptual framework for the intersection of hyperalgesia and hyperkatifeia in alcohol addiction

Alcohol(2025)10.1016/j.alcohol.2025.08.004

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13 citations

Leandro F. Vendruscolo, George F. Koob

Evidence for independent actions of the CRF and ghrelin systems in binge-like alcohol drinking in mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry(2025)10.1016/j.pnpbp.2025.111341

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3 citations

Lindsay A Kryszak, Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, George F. Koob, Lorenzo Leggio, Leandro F. Vendruscolo +1 more

Converging Structural and Functional Evidence for a Rat Salience Network

Biological Psychiatry(2020)10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.023

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87 citations

Robin J. Keeley, Stephanie A Carmack, Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo, Hanbing Lu, Hong Gu +6 more

Hypocretin signaling in the central amygdala drives methamphetamine self-administration in male rats

Neuropharmacology(2025)10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110653

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Adam J. Brandner, Yanan Zhang, George F. Koob, Brooke E. Schmeichel, Tyler A. Zarin

Demand for fentanyl becomes inelastic following extended access to fentanyl vapor self-administration

Neuropharmacology(2020)10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108355

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40 citations

Adam J. Brandner, Brandon A. Blank, David N. Kearns, George F. Koob, Leandro F. Vendruscolo +2 more