 Rick Bevins
Office: Burnett, 19A 
(402) 472-1189
rbevins1@unl.edu
Behavioral Neuropharmacology Lab Homepage |
Educational History Jacksonville State University Research Interests My research program bridges areas of neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, animal learning, and cognition. I use animal models as a tool to elucidate factors involved in the etiology of drug abuse. This research includes assessment of neuropharmacological and behavioral variables that affect learned associations between environmental cues and the psychoactive effects of abused drugs. Other empirical effort focuses on the parallel between mechanisms mediating novelty and drug reward, the ability of drug cues to acquire additional excitatory and/or modulatory control over behavior, and behavioral and neurochemical processes underlying methamphetamine addiction. Service -Vice Chair of Psychology |
Representative Publications Selected Articles - Bevins RA & Palmatier MI (2004) Extending the role of associative learning processes in nicotine addiction. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 3, 143-158. [DOI: 10.1177/1534582304272005; PMID: 15653812] Books - Bevins RA & Bardo MT, Eds. (2004) Volume 50 of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Motivational Factors in the Etiology of Drug Abuse. Participants: Bardo M, Bevins R, de Wit H, Koob G, Panksepp J, Spealman R, Stewart J, Vogel-Sprott M, & Wise R. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. |
Funding - NIH (R01-DA018114): “Acquired appetitive properties of nicotine” |
Peer Review (Grants) -NIH (NCRR) Site Visit Reviewer, 2002 Peer Review (Journals) - Learning & Behavior |
