Published Abstracts of Presentations (1999-present)

1. Wood, M., Booze, R.M., Lehner, A.F., Tobin, T., and Mactutus, C.F.: Brain levels of cocaine and metabolites in rat fetuses, as a function of uterine position, after maternal IV administration. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, Keystone, CO, July, 1999; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 21: 329, 1999.
2. Mactutus, C.F., Welch, M.A., Strupp, B.J., and Booze, R.M.: Replication of the dose-response effects of prenatal IV cocaine on the auditory startle response (ASR). Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, Keystone, CO, July, 1999; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 21: 337-338, 1999.
3. Mactutus, C.F., Welch, M.A., Wood, M.L., and Booze, R.M.: Pharmaco-kinetics of intravenous (IV) nicotine: A role for gender differences in behavioral sensitization? Presentation at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Nancy, France, June, 1999; IBNS Abstracts 8: P2-52, 1999.
4. Wood, M.L. (C.F. Mactutus & R.M. Booze, sponsors) Estrous cyclicity and behavioral sensitization in female rats following repeated intravenous cocaine administration. Presented at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Nancy, France, June, 1999.
5. Nath, A., Maragos, W., Booze, R.M., Mactutus, C.F., Anderson, C., Jones, M., and Bell, J.: Enhancement of human immunodeficiency virus protein-induced neurotoxicity with methamphetamine and cocaine. Presentation at the American Neurological Association, Seattle WA, 1999; Ann. Neurol. 46: 488, 1999.
6. Booze, R.M., Wood, M.L., Welch, M.A., and Mactutus, C.F.: Gender differences in, and sex hormone modulation of, non-reproductive behavior following repeated IV cocaine administration. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, FL, October, 1999; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 25: 304, 1999.
7. White, T.L., Hermer-Vazquez, L., Beaudin, S., Gendle, M., Mactutus, C.F., Booze, R.M., and Strupp, B.J.: Enduring effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on selective attention and emotional reactivity: A dose-response study. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, FL, October, 1999; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 25: 2079, 1999.
8. Wood, M.L., Hauser, K.F., Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A., Strupp, B.J., and Mactutus, C.F.: Prenatal intravenous cocaine alters Purkinje cell development in neonatal rats. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, FL, October, 1999; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 25: 2081, 1999.
9. Bansal, A.K., Mactutus, C.F., Nath, A., and Booze, R.M.: Perinatal HIV-1 infection: Developing a rodent model to study the consequent neuro-toxicity. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, June, 2000; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 22: 454, 2000.
10. Welch, M.A., Browning, C.E., and Mactutus, C.F.: The uterine position effect (UPE) for rat fetal brain and body weight: dependence upon horn size. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, June, 2000; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 22: 461, 2000.
11. Wood, M.L., Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A., Strupp, B.J., and Mactutus, C.F.: Prenatal IV cocaine: effects of gestational exposure period. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, June, 2000; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 22: 462, 2000.
12. Snow, D.M., J.D. Smith, R.M. Booze, M.A. Welch, and C.F. Mactutus. Cocaine alters locus coeruleus neuron behavior in vitro. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, June, 2000; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 22: 463-464, 2000.
13. Mactutus, C.F., Bansal, A.K., Nath, A., Hauser, K.F., and Booze, R.M.: Perinatal Tat injection: A rodent model to study HIV-1 neurotoxicity and interactions with in utero drug exposure. Neuroscience of HIV 2000, Edinburg, Scotland, June, 2000. J. NeuroVirol. 6: 258, 2000.
14. Booze, R.M. Bansal, A.K., Mactutus, C.F., and Nath, A.: Neurotoxicity of HIV proteins, gp120 and Tat, in rat striatum. Presentation at the Neuroscience of HIV 2000, Edinburg, Scotland, June, 2000. J. NeuroVirol. 6: 258, 2000.
15. Mactutus, C.F., Welch, M.A., and Booze, R.M.: Dynamic characterization of cigarette smoke in female rats. Presentation at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago, IL, August 6-11, 2000.
16. Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A., Billings, K.A., Apple, S.R., and Mactutus, C.F. Behavioral sensitization to intravenous (IV) nicotine: Modulation by gender and gonadal hormones. Presentation at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago, IL, August 6-11, 2000.
17. Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A., Strupp, B.J., and Mactutus, C.F.: Prenatal IV cocaine and prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the auditory startle response (ASR): Effects of gestation exposure period. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, November, 2000; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 26: 268, 2000.
18. Mactutus, C.F., Lehner, A.F., Tobin, T., Welch, M.A., and Booze, R.M.: Regional brain distribution following IV bolus cocaine: Locus coeruleus is a primary target. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, November, 2000; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 26: 1823, 2000.
19. Pauly, J.R., Mactutus, C.F., Sparks, J.A., and Pauly, T.H.: Persistent behavioral and biochemical alterations following in utero nicotine exposure. J. Investig. Med. 48: 820, Suppl. S, 2000.
20. Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A. and Mactutus, C.F.: Role of gonadal hormones in nicotine sensitization. Presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Seattle, WA, March, 2001.
21. Aksenov, M.Y., Bansal, A.K., Wu, G., Nath, A., Anderson, C., Mactutus, C.F., and Booze, R.M.: Oxidative damage induced by HIV-1 Tat protein, Presentation at the Gordon Conference, The molecular basis of neuro-degenerative disease, Colorado Springs, March, 2001.
22. Mactutus, C.F., Strupp, B.J., Snow, D.M., Welch, M.A., and Booze, R.M.: In utero cocaine exposure: The developing noradrenergic system as a primary target. Presentation at the Winter Conference on Neurochemistry, Solden, Austria, March, 2001.
23. Booze, R.M., Aksenov, M.Y., Kendelson, S., Nath, A., and Mactutus, C.F.: Estrogen modulation of oxidative damage induced by HIV-1 Tat protein, Presentation at the Winter Conference on Neurochemistry, Solden, Austria, March, 2001.
24. Booze, R.M., M.A. Welch, A.F. Lehner, C. Hughes, T. Tobin, and Mactutus, C.F.: Gonadal hormones regulate stereotypic behavior in male and female rats following repeated IV cocaine administration. Presentation at the annual meeting of the College of Problems of Drug Dependence, June, 2001; CPDD Abstracts, 63: in press.
25. Mactutus, C.F., M.A. Welch, A.F. Lehner, C. Hughes, T. Tobin, and Booze, R.M.: IV cocaine and regional brain distribution differences. Presentation at the annual meeting of the College of Problems of Drug Dependence, June, 2001; CPDD Abstracts, 63: in press.
26. Meyer, J.S., Rise, D.C., McReynolds, A.M., Booze, R.M., Welch, M.A., and Mactutus, C.F.: Regional serotonin transported (SERT) binding following prenatal IV cocaine exposure. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, Montreal, Canada, June, 2001; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 23: in press.
27. Foltz, T.L., Welch, M.A., Strupp, B.J., Booze, R.M., and Mactutus, C.F.: Prenatal IV cocaine and the HR-OR: A dose-response study. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, Montreal, Canada, June, 2001; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 23: in press.
28. Mactutus, C.F., Wu, G., Welch, M.A., Nath, A., and Booze, R.M.: Perinatal intracerebral Tat injection: Impairments in sensory gating. Presentation at the joint Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and Teratology Society meeting, Montreal, Canada, June, 2001; Neurotoxicol. Teratol., 23: in press.
29. Carman, H.M. and Mactutus, C.F.: The ontogeny of spatial memory in rats. Presentation at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; ISDP Abstracts 34: 16, 2001.
30. Myers, J., Welch, M.A., Booze, R.M., Strupp, B.J., and Mactutus, C.F.: Prenatal IV cocaine: Catecholaminergic alterations in prepulse inhibition (PPI). Presentation at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; ISDP Abstracts 34: 45, 2001.
31. Myers, J., Welch, M.A., Booze, R.M., Strupp, B.J., and Mactutus, C.F.: Gestation exposure period and prenatal IV cocaine: Alterations in noradrenergic modulation of prepulse inhibition (PPI). Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 27: 978.20, 2001.
32. Carman, H.M., Welch, M.A., Booze, R.M., and Mactutus, C.F.: Intracerebral hippocampal injections of tat: Effects on prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the auditory startle response (ASR). Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 27: 657.10, 2001.
33. Booze, R.M., Hasselrot, U., Wu, G., Nath, A., Anderson, C., Mactutus, C.F., and Aksenov, M.Y.: Neurodegeneration and oxidative damage induced by HIV-1 tat protein. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 27: 563.1, 2001.
34. Kendall-Eagelson, S.L., Anderson, C., Nath, A., Mactutus, C.F. and Booze, R.M.: Estrogenic and androgenic effects on neurotoxicity of cocaine and HIV proteins in vitro. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2001; Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 27: 978.16, 2001.

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