{"id":2118,"date":"2023-02-06T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=2118"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:09:52","slug":"george-breese-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/directory\/george-breese-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"George Breese, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/faculty-research\/breese-research-history\">More on Dr. Breese&#8217;s Research History<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular Basis for Ethanol-GABA Interactions<\/li>\n<li>Molecular Basis of Ethanol Action on NMDA Receptors<\/li>\n<li>CNS Transmitters Involved in Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety Gene Therapy and Seizures<\/li>\n<li>Theory of the Role of Stress in Relapse in Alcoholism<\/li>\n<li>Neurobiology of Lesch-Nyhan Disease<\/li>\n<li>Neurobiology of Anti-Depressant Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Neurobiology of D1 Dopamine Receptors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recent Publications<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27918314\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">A mouse model for chronic pain-induced increase in ethanol consumption.<\/a> Butler RK, Knapp DJ, Ulici V, Longobardi L, Loeser RF, <strong>Breese GR<\/strong>.<span class=\"jrnl\" title=\"Pain\">Pain<\/span>. 2017 Mar;158(3):457-462. doi: 10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000000780 <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27918314\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">PMID:27918314<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27665607\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Age-related differences in anxiety-like behavior and amygdalar CCL2 responsiveness to stress following alcohol withdrawal in male Wistar rats.<\/a> Harper KM, Knapp DJ, Park MA, <strong>Breese GR<\/strong>. <span class=\"jrnl\" title=\"Psychopharmacology\">Psychopharmacology (Berl)<\/span>. 2017 Jan;234(1):79-88. doi: 10.1007\/s00213-016-4439-y. <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27665607\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">PMID:27665607<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27472367\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Stress and Withdrawal from Chronic Ethanol Induce Selective Changes in Neuroimmune mRNAs in Differing Brain Sites.<\/a> Knapp DJ, Harper KM, Whitman BA, Zimomra Z, <strong>Breese GR<\/strong>. <span class=\"jrnl\" title=\"Brain sciences\">Brain Sci<\/span>. 2016 Jul 27;6(3). pii: E25. doi: 10.3390\/brainsci6030025.<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27472367\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> PMID:27472367<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27139233\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Persistent adaptation by chronic alcohol is facilitated by neuroimmune activation linked to stress and CRF.<\/a> <strong>Breese GR,<\/strong> Knapp DJ. <span class=\"jrnl\" title=\"Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)\">Alcohol<\/span>. 2016 May;52:9-23. doi: 10.1016\/j.alcohol.2016.01.005. <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27139233\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">PMID:27139233<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27029809\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The Use of Perinatal 6-Hydroxydopamine to Produce a Rodent Model of Lesch-Nyhan Disease.<\/a> Knapp DJ, <strong>Breese GR<\/strong>. <span class=\"jrnl\" title=\"Current topics in behavioral neurosciences\">Curr Top Behav Neurosci<\/span>. 2016;29:265-77. doi: 10.1007\/7854_2016_444. <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27029809\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">PMID:27029809<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?cmd=PureSearch&amp;term=Breese+GR%5BAuthor%5D\">Click here for a full list of publications from PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests More on Dr. Breese&#8217;s Research History Molecular Basis for Ethanol-GABA Interactions Molecular Basis of Ethanol Action on NMDA Receptors CNS Transmitters Involved in Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety Gene Therapy and Seizures Theory of the Role of Stress in Relapse in Alcoholism Neurobiology of Lesch-Nyhan Disease Neurobiology of Anti-Depressant Drugs Neurobiology of D1 Dopamine Receptors Recent &hellip; 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