JEFFERY D. STEKETEE, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Pharmacology

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

424 Crowe Research Building

874 Union Avenue

Memphis, TN 38163

Tel: (901) 448-4585;

Education

Ph.D. Institution: University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX

Postdoctoral: Washington State University, Department of Neuropharmacology, Pullman, WA

Research Interests

Our lab studies the neurocircuitry of drug addiction. Using behavioral, pharmacological and neurochemical techniques, we study the involvement of specific brain regions in the actions of stimulants (cocaine and amphetamine), inhalants (toluene), and ethanol.

Links

Pharmacology - Jeffery Steketee

Recent Publications

• Xie X, Steketee JD. Effects of repeated exposure to cocaine on group II metabotropic glutamate receptor function in the rat medial prefrontal cortex: behavioral and neurochemical studies. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Nov 14; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19005645
• Xie X, Steketee JD. Repeated exposure to cocaine alters the modulation of mesocorticolimbic glutamate transmission by medial prefrontal cortex Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors. J Neurochem. 2008 Oct;107(1):186-96. Epub 2008 Jul 31. PMID: 18673447
• Steketee JD. Cortical mechanisms of cocaine sensitization. Crit Rev Neurobiol. 2005;17(2):69-86. Review. PMID: 16808728
• Wang F, Chen H, Steketee JD, Sharp BM. Upregulation of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits within specific mesocorticolimbic regions during chronic nicotine self-administration. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2007 Jan;32(1):103-9. Epub 2006 Feb 1. PMID: 16452988
• Jayaram P, Steketee JD. Cocaine-induced increases in medial prefrontal cortical GABA transmission involves glutamatergic receptors. Eur J Pharmacol. 2006 Feb 15;531(1-3):74-9. Epub 2006 Jan 10. PMID: 16409999
• Jayaram P, Steketee JD. Effects of cocaine-induced behavioural sensitization on GABA transmission within rat medial prefrontal cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Apr;21(7):2035-9. PMID: 15869498

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