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Amir H. Rezvani

Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 104790, Dept. of Psychiatry, Durham, NC 27710
323 Foster St., Durham, NC 27701
Office hours By appointment.  

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Oral 18-Methoxycoronaridine (18-MC) Decreases Nicotine Self-Administration in Rats

Book section · January 1, 2019 Tobacco addiction is a major problem worldwide with devastating health and socioeconomic consequences. Although several pharmacological treatments have been designed for combating this addiction, the development of more effective medications for the treatm ... Full text Cite

Involvement of the NMDA system in learning and memory

Book section · January 1, 2006 Since its discovery in the early 1950s, the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor system in the brain has been implicated in many fundamental functions, including neuronal plasticity, neurotoxicity, learning, and memory (Riedel et al., 2003). The aim of thi ... Full text Cite

Nicotinic involvement in cognitive function of rats

Book section · January 1, 2001 Rat models have been very useful in demonstrating the effects of nicotinic agonist and antagonist on memory performance. Experimental rat models have been critical in providing the behavioral characterization of nicotinic effects on memory, as well as impo ... Cite