The Kenny Laboratory

Publications

'Macrophage' cannabinoid receptor goes up in smoke.
Kenny PJ.
Nat Neurosci. 2011 Aug 26;14(9):1100-2.

Recent advances in understanding nicotinic receptor signaling mechanisms that regulate drug self-administration behavior.
Tuesta LM, Fowler CD, Kenny PJ.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2011 Oct 15;82(8):984-95.

Intravenous nicotine self-administration and cue-induced reinstatement in mice: effects of nicotine dose, rate of drug infusion and prior instrumental training.
Fowler CD, Kenny PJ.
Neuropharmacology. 2011 Sep;61(4):687-98.

Methylation, memory and addiction.
Bali P, Im HI, Kenny PJ.
Epigenetics. 2011 Jun;6(6):671-4.

Reward mechanisms in obesity: new insights and future directions.
Kenny PJ.
Neuron. 2011 Feb 24;69(4):664-79.

Habenular α5 nicotinic receptor subunit signalling controls nicotine intake.
Fowler CD, Lu Q, Johnson PM, Marks MJ, Kenny PJ.
Nature. 2011 Mar 31;471(7340):597-601.

How can we begin to measure recovery?
Dodge K, Krantz B, Kenny PJ.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2010 Dec 7;5:31.

Tobacco dependence, the insular cortex and the hypocretin connection.
Kenny PJ.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2011 Feb;97(4):700-7.

MeCP2 controls BDNF expression and cocaine intake through homeostatic interactions with microRNA-212.
Im HI, Hollander JA, Bali P, Kenny PJ.
Nat Neurosci. 2010 Sep;13(9):1120-7.

Patterns of responding differentiate intravenous nicotine self-administration from responding for a visual stimulus in C57BL/6J mice.
Contet C, Whisler KN, Jarrell H, Kenny PJ, Markou A.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 Oct;212(3):283-99.

Argonaute 2 in dopamine 2 receptor-expressing neurons regulates cocaine addiction.
Schaefer A, Im HI, Venø MT, Fowler CD, Min A, Intrator A, Kjems J, Kenny PJ, O'Carroll D, Greengard P.
J Exp Med. 2010 Aug 30;207(9):1843-51.

Striatal microRNA controls cocaine intake through CREB signalling.
Hollander JA, Im HI, Amelio AL, Kocerha J, Bali P, Lu Q, Willoughby D, Wahlestedt C, Conkright MD, Kenny PJ.
Nature. 2010 Jul 8;466(7303):197-202.

Dopamine D2 receptors in addiction-like reward dysfunction and compulsive eating in obese rats.
Johnson PM, Kenny PJ.
Nat Neurosci. 2010 May;13(5):635-41.

MicroRNA-219 modulates NMDA receptor-mediated neurobehavioral dysfunction.
Kocerha J, Faghihi MA, Lopez-Toledano MA, Huang J, Ramsey AJ, Caron MG, Sales N, Willoughby D, Elmen J, Hansen HF, Orum H, Kauppinen S, Kenny PJ, Wahlestedt C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 3;106(9):3507-12.

NMDA receptors regulate nicotine-enhanced brain reward function and intravenous nicotine self-administration: role of the ventral tegmental area and central nucleus of the amygdala.
Kenny PJ, Chartoff E, Roberto M, Carlezon WA Jr, Markou A.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 Jan;34(2):266-81.

Insular hypocretin transmission regulates nicotine reward.
Hollander JA, Lu Q, Cameron MD, Kamenecka TM, Kenny PJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Dec 9;105(49):19480-5.

Subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in nicotine reward, dependence, and withdrawal: evidence from genetically modified mice.
Fowler CD, Arends MA, Kenny PJ.
Behav Pharmacol. 2008 Sep;19(5-6):461-84.

Expression of a noncoding RNA is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and drives rapid feed-forward regulation of beta-secretase.
Faghihi MA, Modarresi F, Khalil AM, Wood DE, Sahagan BG, Morgan TE, Finch CE, St Laurent G 3rd, Kenny PJ, Wahlestedt C.
Nat Med. 2008 Jul;14(7):723-30.

Decreased brain reward function during nicotine withdrawal in C57BL6 mice: evidence from intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) studies.
Johnson PM, Hollander JA, Kenny PJ.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2008 Sep;90(3):409-15.