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EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2008-2012 University of Wisconsin- Madison; Ph.D., Psychology (Biology, Brain and
Behavior); Advisor: Craig W. Berridge, Ph.D.; Ph.D. minor: Population Health Sciences/Distributed
2008-2009 University of Wisconsin- Madison; M.S., Psychology (Biology, Brain and Behavior)
1997-2001 University of Wisconsin- Madison; B.S., Psychology
Post-doctoral training
2014-2019 National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD; Advisor: Dr. George Koob
2012-2014 The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA; Advisor: Dr. George Koob
Research/Teaching Interests
- Neurobiology/neurocircuitry of substance/alcohol use disorders
- Neuropeptide contributions to compulsive drug/alcohol intake
- Sleep dysfunction comorbidity in substance/alcohol use disorders
PUBMED
PubMed PublicationsSELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Aldridge GM, Zarin TA, Brandner AJ, George O, Gilpin NW, Repunte-Canonigo V, Sanna PP, Koob GF, Vendruscolo LF, Schmeichel BE (2022). Effects of single and dual hypocretin-receptor blockade or knockdown of hypocretin projections to the central amygdala on alcohol drinking in dependent male rats. Addiction Neuroscience, vol 2, Sept 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.addicn.2022.100028.
Jones MR, Brandner AJ, Vendruscolo LF, Koob GF, Vendruscolo JCM and Schmeichel BE (2022). Effects of alcohol withdrawal on sleep macroarchitecture and microarchitecture in female and male rats. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10 June 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.838486
Schmeichel BE, Matzeu A, Koebel P, Vendruscolo LF, Sidhu H, Sharhryari R, Kieffer BL, Koob GF, Martin-Fardon R, Contet C (2018). Knockdown of hypocretin attenuates extended access cocaine self-administration in rats. Neuropyschopharmacology 43: 2373-2382.
Vendruscolo JCM, Tunstall BJ, Carmack SA, Schmeichel BE, Lowery-Gionta E, Cole M, George O, Vandewater S, Taffe M, Koob GF, Vendruscolo LF (2018). Compulsive-like sufentanil vapor selfadministration in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 43(4):801-809.
Schmeichel BE, Herman MA, Roberto M, and Koob GF (2017). Hypocretin Neurotransmission within the Central Amygdala Mediates Escalated Cocaine Self-Administration and Stress-induced Reinstatement in Rats. Biological Psychiatry 81(7): 606-615.
Schmeichel BE, Barbier E, Misra KK, Contet C, Schlosburg JE, Grigoriadis D, Williams JP, Karlsson C, Pitcairn C, Heilig M, Koob GF, Vendruscolo LF (2015). Hypocretin receptor 2 antagonism dose-dependently reduces escalated heroin self-administration in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 40: 1123-1129.
Schmeichel BE and Berridge CW (2014). Amphetamine acts within the lateral hypothalamic area to elicit affectively neutral arousal and reinstate drug seeking. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 17: 63-75.
Schmeichel BE and Berridge CW (2013). Neurocircuitry underlying the preferential sensitivity of prefrontal catecholamines to low-dose psychostimulants. Neuropsychopharmacology 38: 1078-1084.
Schmeichel BE and Berridge CW (2013). Wake-promoting actions of noradrenergic α1- and β-receptors within the lateral hypothalamic area. European Journal of Neuroscience 37: 891-900.
Schmeichel BE, Zemlan FP, Berridge CW (2013). A selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor improves prefrontal cortex-dependent cognitive function: potential relevance to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropharmacology 64: 321-328.
Berridge CW, Devilbiss DM, Andrzejewski M, Arnsten AFT, Kelley AE, Schmeichel BE, Hamilton CM and Spencer R (2006). Methylphenidate preferentially increases catecholamine neurotransmission within the prefrontal cortex at low doses that enhance cognitive function. Biological Psychiatry 60: 1111-1120.