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Ph.D Oregon Health and Science University, 1998
Research interests are focused on the genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors that contribute to alcohol drinking behavior and the development of alcoholism.
Current emphasis is on investigating how stress and stress hormones, as well as how individual differences in sensitivity to the positive and negative motivational effects of alcohol, may influence alcohol drinking behavior.
Recent Publications:
Barrenha, G.D., Chester, J.A. (2007). Genetic correlation between innate alcohol preference and fear-potentiated startle in selected mouse lines. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(7), 1081-1088. Epub 2007 Apr 19.
Chester, J.A., Barrenha, G.D. (2007). Acoustic startle at baseline and during acute alcohol withdrawal in replicate mouse lines selectively bred for high or low alcohol preference. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(10), 1633-1644. Epub 2007 Sept 17.
Chester, J.A., Watts, V.J. (2007). Adenylyl cyclase 5 - A new clue in the search for the "Fountain of Youth"? Science STKE, 413, pe64.
Chester, J.A., Barrenha, G.D., Hughes, M.L., Keuneke, K.J. (2008). Age- and sex-dependent effects of footshock stress on subsequent alcohol drinking and acoustic startle behavior in mice selectively bred for high alcohol preference. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32(10), 1782-1794. Epub 2008 Jul 23.
Ehlers, C.L., Chester, J.A. (2009). Alcoholism. In: Squire, L.R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, vol. 1, pp. 231-236. Oxford: Academic Press.
Przybyla, J.A. Cueva, J.P. Chemel, B.R., Hsu, K.J., Riese, D.J. II, McCorvy, J.D., Chester, J.A., Nichols, D.E., Watts, V. J. (2009). Comparison of the enantiomers of (±)-doxanthrine, a high efficacy full dopamine D1 receptor agonist, and a reversal of enantioselectivity at D1 versus alpha2C adrenergic receptors. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 19(2) 138-146. Epub 2008 Nov 22.
Timberlake, W., Leffel, J., Chester, J.A., Froehlich, J.C. (2009). Alcohol intake during choice in three pairs of rat lines selectively bred for differences in alcohol preference: Effects of forced alcohol drinking. Alcohol, 43(2), 105-118.
Mill, C.P., Chester, J.A., Riese, D.J. (2009) EGFR may couple moderate alcohol consumption to increased breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer (London), 1, 31-38.
Placzek, E.A., Cooper, B.R., Placzek, A.T., Chester, J.A., Davisson, V.J., Barker, E.L. (2010). Lipidomic metabolism analysis of the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide (N-arachidonylethanolamide). Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print].
Chester, J.A., Gallt L.E. (2010). Pentylenetetrazol produces a conditioned place aversion to alcohol withdrawal in mice, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 95(2), 258-65. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
Powers, M.S., Barrenha, G.D., Mlinac, N.S, Barker, E.L., Chester, J.A. (2010). Effects of the novel endocannabinoid uptake inhibitor, LY2183240, on fear-potentiated startle and alcohol-seeking behaviors in mice selectively bred for high alcohol preference. Psychopharmacology, 212(4), 571-83. Epub 2010 Sep 14.
Barrenha, G.D., Coon L.E., Chester, J.A. (2011). Effects of alcohol on the acquisition and expression of fear potentiated startle in mouse lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference. Psychopharmacology, 218(1), 191-201. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
Powers, M.S., Barrenha, G.D., Mlinac, N.S, Barker, E.L., Chester, J.A. (2010). Effects of the novel endocannabinoid uptake inhibitor, LY2183240, on fear-potentiated startle and alcohol-seeking behaviors in mice selectively bred for high alcohol preference. Psychopharmacology, 212(4), 571-83. Epub 2010 Sep 14.
Barrenha, G.D., Coon L.E., Chester, J.A. (2011). Effects of alcohol on the acquisition and expression of fear potentiated startle in mouse lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference. Psychopharmacology, 218(1), 191-201. Epub 2011 Apr 13. |
