Recent Publications

• Kupferschmidt, DA, Newman, AE, Boonstra, R., Erb, S (in press) Antagonism of cannabinoid 1 receptors reverses the anxiety-like behavior induced by central injections of corticotropin-releasing factor and cocaine withdrawal. Neuroscience, Epub ahead of print.
• Jovanovski, D., Erb, S., Nussbaum, D., Campbell, Z., and Zakzanis (in press) Development of a Novel, Ecologically Oriented Virtual Reality Measure of Executive Function: The Multitasking in the City Test, Applied Neuropsychology.
• Brown, ZJ, Nobrega, J, Erb, S (2011) Noradrenaline-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking is associated with increases in c-fos mRNA expression in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Behavioral Brain Research, 217(2):472-6.
• Kupferschmidt DA, ZJ Brown, Erb, S (2011) A Procedure for Studying the Stress-Induced Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking in Laboratory Rats. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 6;(47). pii: 2265.
• Kupferschmidt, DA, Lovejoy, DA, Rotzinger, S, Erb, S (2011) Teneurin C-terminal associated peptide (TCAP)-1 blocks the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) on the reinstatement of cocaine seeking and expression of cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. British Journal of Pharmacology, 162(3):574-83.
• Erb, S, Placenza, F. (2011) In: Olmstead, CM, ed. Animal Models of Drug Addiction, pp. 461-479. Humana Press: New York.
• Kupferschmidt, DA, Funk, D, Erb, S, Le AD (2010) Age-Related Effects of Acute Nicotine on Behavioural and Neuronal Measures of Anxiety. Behavioral Brain Research, 213(2):288-92.
• Erb, S (2010) Evaluation of the relationship between anxiety during withdrawal and stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 34(5): 798-807
• *Shalev, U, *Erb, S, Shaham, Y. (2010) Role of CRF and other neuropeptides in stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking. Brain Research, 1314: 15-28. (*Co-first author)
• Brown, ZA, Tribe, E, D'Souza, N, Erb, S (2009) Interaction between noradrenaline and corticotropin releasing factor in the reinstatement of cocaine seeking in the rat. Psychopharmacology, 203(1):121-30.
• Kupferschmidt, DA, Tribe, E, Erb, S (2009) Effects of repeated yohimbine on the extinction and reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 91(3):473-80.
• Brown, ZJ, Erb S (2007) Footshock stress reinstates cocaine seeking in rats after extended post-stress delays. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 195 (1), 61-70.
• Erb, S, Kayyali, H, Romero, K. (2006) A study of the lasting effects of cocaine pre-exposure on anxiety-like behaviors under baseline conditions and in response to central injections of corticotropin releasing factor. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 85(1):206-13.
• Erb, S, Brown, ZJ (2006) A role for corticotropin-releasing factor in the long-term expression of behavioural sensitization to cocaine. Behavioral Brain Research, 172, 360-4.
• Placenza, F, Vaccarino, FJ, Fletcher, PJ, Erb, S. (2006) Blockade of central neurokinin-1 receptors has differential effects on opiate- and cocaine-induced locomotor activity and self-administration behavior . Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 84, 94-101.
• Erb, S, Petrovic, A, Yi, D, Kayyali, H (2006) Central injections of CRF reinstate cocaine seeking in rats after post-injection delays of up to 3 hours: An influence of time and environmental context. Psychopharmacology, 187, 112-20.