Richard E. Harlan, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Neuroscience Program
harlanre@tulane.edu
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Research Interests:
Neurobiology of opiate actions. In one major project, we study the neural circuitry that is activated in response to acute injection of opiates, particularly morphine. In a second major project, we study the rewarding properties of opiates using behavioral tests. |
Publications:
| Harlan, R.E., D.S. Webber and M.M. Garcia. Involvement of nitric oxide in morphine-induced c-Fos expression in the rat striatum. Brain Res. Bull. 54: 207-212, 2001. |
| Garcia, M.M., R.M. Edwards, G.B. Brennan and R.E. Harlan. Deafferentation-induced plasticity and protein kinase C expression in the cochlear nucleus of the rat. Hearing Res. 147: 113-124, 2000. |
| Harlan, R.E., H.E. Brown, C.M. Lynch, D. D'Souza and M.M. Garcia. Androgenic-anabolic steriods blunt morphine-induced c-Fos expression in the rat striatum: Possible role of b-endorphin. Brain Res. 853: 99-104, 2000. |
| McInvale, A.C., R.E. Harlan, and M.M. Garcia. Immunocytochemical detection of two nuclear proteins within the same neuron using light microscopy. Brain Res Protocols. 5: 39-48, 2000. |
| Harlan, R.E. and M.M. Garcia. Brain regions and drug addiction. Science. 284: 1124-1125, 1999. |