Publications

 PEER- REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Sable, H.J., Paige, N.B., Nalan, P.A., Pace, R.L., Hicks, C.B., Regan S.L., Williams, M., Vorhees, C., & Lester, D.B. (in press). Phasic Dopamine Release in Two Different Rat Models of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) versus Lphn3 Knockout Rats. Neuroscience. 

Sable, H.J., & Lester, D.B. (2024). Memphis NeuroSTART Program: Promoting Student Success and Increasing the Diversity of Applicants to Neuroscience Graduate Programs. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 22(3), A246-A255.

Honeywell, K.M., Freels, T.G., McWain, M.A., Chaffin, A.S., Nolen, H.G., Sable, H.J., & Lester, D.B. (2024). Chronic Effects of Indirect and Direct Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists on Addiction-Related Behaviors and Dopamine Release. Behavioral Neuroscience 138(2), 108-124. 

Boschen, S.L., D'Aquila, P.S., & Lester, D.B. (2023). A Special Issue on the Roles of Dopamine in Neural Circuits, Genetics, and Behavior. Brain Sciences, 14(1), 20. 

Leonardo, M., Brunty, S., Huffman, J., Lester, D.B., & Dickson, P. E. (2023). Effects of isolation housing stress and mouse strain on intravenous cocaine self-administration, sensory stimulus self-administration, and reward preference. Scientific reports, 13(1), 2810. 

Addison, S.J., Lemus, S., & Lester, D.B. (2022). Age Dependent Effects of Social Isolation on Behaviors Related to Anxiety and Addiction in Mice. QuaesitUM, 9, 40-57. (University of Memphis student journal, paper awarded “Outstanding Paper Award”).

Love, M., Pace, R., Nalan, P., & Lester, D.B. (2022). The Effects of Chronic Cocaine Exposure and Withdrawal on Dopamine Functioning. QuaesitUM, 9, 1-17. (University of Memphis student journal, paper awarded “Outstanding Paper Award”).

McWain, M.A., Pace, R.L., Nalan, P.A., & Lester, D.B. (2022). Age-dependent effects of social isolation on mesolimbic dopamine release. Experimental Brain Research, 240, 2803–2815. 

Sable, H., Lester, D.B., Potter, J.L., Nolen, H.G., Cruthird, D.M., Estes, L.M., Johnson, A.D., Regan, S.L., Williams, M.T., & Vorhees, C.V. (2021). An assessment of executive function in two different rat models of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Spontaneously hypertensive versus Lphn3 knockout rats. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, e12767. doi: 10.1111/gbb.1276. 

Estes, M.K., Bland, J.J. , Ector, K.K., Puppa, M.J., Powell, D.W., & Lester, D.B. (2021). A high fat western diet attenuates phasic dopamine release. Neuroscience Letters, 756, 135952. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135952. 

Towers, S., Comstock, J., Paige, N., Dickson, P., & Lester, D.B. (2020). Environmental Enrichment Alters Mesolimbic Dopamine Release in Mice. QuaesitUM, 7, 161-174. (University of Memphis student journal, paper awarded “Outstanding Paper Award”).

Freels, T.G., Gabriel, D.B.K., Lester, D.B., & Simon, N.W. (2020). Risky decision-making predicts dopamine release dynamics in the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45, 266-275. doi:10.1038/s41386-019-0527-0.  

Powell, D.W., Blackmore, S.E., Puppa, M., Lester, D., Murray, N.G., Reed-Jones, R.J., & Rui-Ping, X. (2020). Deep brain stimulation enhances movement complexity during gait in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Letters, 728, 133588. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.010. 

Estes, M.K, Freels, T.F., Prater, W.D., Swamy, M., & Lester, D.B. (2019). Chronic oxytocin administration alters mesolimbic dopamine transmission in mice.  Neuroscience, 408, 226-238. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.04.006. 

Holloway, Z.R., Paige, N.B., Comstock, J.F., Nolen, H.G., Sable, H.J., & Lester, D.B. (2019). Cerebellar modulation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission is functionally asymmetrical. Cerebellum. doi: 10.1007/s12311-019-01074-w. 

Freels, T.G., Lester, D.B., & Cook, M.N. (2019).  Arachidonoyl serotonin (AA-5-HT) modulates general fear-like behavior and inhibits mesolimbic dopamine release.  Behavioural Brain Research, 362, 140-151.  doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.010. 

Holloway, Z., Freels, T.F., Comstock, J.F., Nolen, H.G., Sable, H.J. & Lester, D.B. (2018). Comparing phasic dopamine dynamics in the striatum, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex. Synapse, e22074.  doi: 10.1002/syn.22074.  

Prater, W.T., Swami, M., Beane, M.D., & Lester, D.B. (2018). Examining the effects of common laboratory methods on the sensitivity of carbon fiber electrodes in amperometric recordings of dopamine. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 8, 117-125. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2018.83007 

Powell, D.W., Szekely, B, Blackmore, S.E., Nelson, A., Schallert, A., Lester, D.B., Murray, N.G., & Puppa, M. (2018). Effects of sampling rate and movement frequency on entropic measures of regularity. Journal of Nature and Science, 5, e504.

Dickson, P.E., Rogers,T.D., Lester, D.B., Miller, M.M., Matta, S.G., Chesler E.J., Kobor, M.S., Goldowitz, D., Blaha, C.D., & Mittleman, G. (2011). Genotype-dependent effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on dopamine functional dynamics in the nucleus accumbens shell in male and female mice: a potential mechanism underlying the gateway effect of nicotine.  Psychopharmacology, 215, 631-642. 

Lester, D.B., Rogers, T.D., & Blaha, C.D. (2010). Acetylcholine-dopamine interactions in the pathophysiology and treatment of CNS disorders. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutic, 16, 137-162.

Lester, D.B., Miller, A.D., & Blaha, C.D. (2010). Muscarinic receptor blockade in the ventral tegmental area attenuates cocaine enhancement of laterodorsal tegmentum stimulation-evoked accumbens dopamine efflux in the mouse. Synapse, 64, 216-223. 

Schmidt, L.S., Miller, A.D., Lester, D.B., Bay-Richter, C., Schulein, C., Frikke-Schmidt, H., Wess, J., Blaha, C.D., Woldbye, D., Fink-Jensen, A., & Wortein, G. (2010). Increased amphetamine-induced locomotor activity, sensitization, and accumbal dopamine release in M5 muscarinic knockout mice. Psychopharmacology, 207, 547-558. 

Lester D.B., Rogers, T.D., Garris P.A., Lee, K.H., Mohseni P., & Blaha C.D. (2009) Neuronal pathways involved in deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1, 3302-3305.

Lee, K.H., Blaha, C.D., Garris, P.A., Mohseni, P., Horne, A.E., Bennet, K.E., Agnesi, F., Bledsoe, J.M., Lester, D., Kimble, C., Min, H., Kim, Y., & Cho, Z. (2009). Evolution of deep brain stimulation: human electrometer and smart devices supporting the next generation of therapy. Neuromodulation, 12, 85-103.  

Lester, D.B., Miller, A.D., Pate, T.D., & Blaha, C.D. (2008). Midbrain acetylcholine and glutamate receptors modulate accumbal dopamine release. NeuroReport, 19, 991-995. 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Jackson-Lewis V., Lester, D.B., Kozina, E., Przedborski, S., & Smeyne R.J. (2014). MPTP, Neurotoxin and Viral (Exogenous) Models of PD. In M. LeDoux (Ed.),  Movement Disorders: Genetics and Models (2nd Edition). Elsevier Publishing. 

Miller, A.D., Forster, G.L., Lester, D.B., & Blaha, C.D. (2008). Mesopontine cholinergic and glutamatergic modulation of mesoaccumbens dopaminergic neurotransmission.  In H.N. David (Ed.), The Nucleus Accumbens: Neurotransmitters and Related Behaviours (pp. 111-136). Philadelphia, PA; Old City Publishing.

Blaha, C.D., Lester, D.B., Ramsson, E.S., Lee, K.H., & Garris, P.A. (2008). Striatal dopamine release evoked by subthalamic stimulation in intact and 6-OHDA-lesioned rats: Relevance to deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. In P. Phillips, S. Sandberg, S. Ahn, & A. Phillips (Eds.), Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience (pp. 395-397). Vancouver, Canada.