| Assessing appetitive, aversive, and negative ethanol-mediated reinforcement through an immature rat model RM Pautassi, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews 33 (6), 953-974, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |
| Relationship between ethanol-induced activity and anxiolysis in the open field, elevated plus maze, light-dark box, and ethanol intake in adolescent rats MB Acevedo, ME Nizhnikov, JC Molina, RM Pautassi Behavioural brain research 265, 203-215, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
| Prenatal ethanol exposure increases ethanol intake and reduces c-Fos expression in infralimbic cortex of adolescent rats MC Fabio, SM March, JC Molina, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear, RM Pautassi Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 103 (4), 842-852, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Prenatal ethanol increases ethanol intake throughout adolescence, alters ethanol‐mediated aversive learning, and affects μ but not δ or κ opioid receptor mRNA expression MC Fabio, AF Macchione, ME Nizhnikov, RM Pautassi European Journal of Neuroscience 41 (12), 1569-1579, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| Restraint stress enhances alcohol intake in adolescent female rats but reduces alcohol intake in adolescent male and adult female rats A Wille-Bille, A Ferreyra, M Sciangula, F Chiner, ME Nizhnikov, ... Behavioural brain research 332, 269-279, 2017 | 54 | 2017 |
| Reinforcing properties of ethanol in neonatal rats: involvement of the opioid system. ME Nizhnikov, EI Varlinskaya, ES Petrov, NE Spear Behavioral neuroscience 120 (2), 267, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
| High ethanol dose during early adolescence induces locomotor activation and increases subsequent ethanol intake during late adolescence MB Acevedo, JC Molina, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear, RM Pautassi Developmental Psychobiology 52 (5), 424-440, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| Prenatal ethanol exposure increases ethanol reinforcement in neonatal rats ME Nizhnikov, JC Molina, EI Varlinskaya, NE Spear Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30 (1), 34-45, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| Opioid antagonists block the acquisition of ethanol-mediated conditioned tactile preference in infant rats ME Nizhnikov, RM Pautassi, E Truxell, NE Spear Alcohol 43 (5), 347-358, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Newborn rats' first suckling experience: taste differentiation and suckling plasticity ME Nizhnikov, ES Petrov, EI Varlinskaya, NE Spear Physiology & behavior 76 (2), 181-198, 2002 | 45 | 2002 |
| Binge ethanol intoxication heightens subsequent ethanol intake in adolescent, but not adult, rats MC Fabio, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear, RM Pautassi Developmental psychobiology 56 (3), 574-583, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Prenatal ethanol exposure leads to greater ethanol-induced appetitive reinforcement RM Pautassi, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear, JC Molina Alcohol 46 (6), 585-593, 2012 | 40 | 2012 |
| Dynorphin A (1–13) and responsiveness of the newborn rat to a surrogate nipple: Immediate behavioral consequences and reinforcement effects in conditioning ES Petrov, ME Nizhnikov, EI Varlinskaya, NE Spear Behavioural brain research 170 (1), 1-14, 2006 | 40 | 2006 |
| Central reinforcing effects of ethanol are blocked by catalase inhibition ME Nizhnikov, JC Molina, NE Spear Alcohol 41 (7), 525-534, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
| Transgenerational transmission of the effect of gestational ethanol exposure on ethanol use‐related behavior ME Nizhnikov, DO Popoola, NM Cameron Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 40 (3), 497-506, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Differential effects of ethanol and midazolam upon the devaluation of an aversive memory in infant rats RM Pautassi, M Nizhnikov, JC Molina, SL Boehm II, N Spear Alcohol 41 (6), 421-431, 2007 | 38 | 2007 |
| Early maternal separation affects ethanol-induced conditioning in a nor-BNI insensitive manner, but does not alter ethanol-induced locomotor activity RM Pautassi, ME Nizhnikov, MC Fabio, NE Spear Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 100 (3), 630-638, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| Brief Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Alters Behavioral Sensitivity to the Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonist (U 62,066 E) and Antagonist (Nor‐BNI) and Reduces Kappa Opioid Receptor … ME Nizhnikov, RM Pautassi, JM Carter, JD Landin, EI Varlinskaya, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 38 (6), 1630-1638, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Age-related effects of chronic restraint stress on ethanol drinking, ethanol-induced sedation, and on basal and stress-induced anxiety response MS Fernández, MC Fabio, RS Miranda-Morales, MB Virgolini, ... Alcohol 51, 89-100, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
| Ethanol‐induced locomotor activity in adolescent rats and the relationship with ethanol‐induced conditioned place preference and conditioned taste aversion MB Acevedo, ME Nizhnikov, NE Spear, JC Molina, RM Pautassi Developmental psychobiology 55 (4), 429-442, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
