Jennifer DiNieri, B.A.
Ph.D. Rotation Student, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics

E-mail: jennifer.dinieri@mssm.edu

Mailing Address

One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1603, New York, NY 10029

Location

Annenberg Building, 1468 Madison Avenue, Room 19-76

Training and Education

Ph.D Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Research Assistant (2003-2006) McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA

B.A. (2003) Neuroscience, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA

Research Interests

My research focuses on the identification of neurobiological factors that confer risk for the development of drug addiction and related psychiatric disorders. I am particularly interested in understanding how prenatal cannabis exposure affects neurodevelopment and increases vulnerability for substance abuse later in life.

Selected Publications

Beguin C, Potter DN, DiNieri JA, Munro TA, Richards MR, Paine TA, Berry L, Zhao Z, Roth BL, Xu W, Liu-Chen LY, Carlezon WA Jr, Cohen BM. N-methylacetamide analog of salvinorin A: a highly potent and selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist with oral efficacy. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Jan;324(1):188-95.

Roybal K, Theobold D, Graham A, DiNieri JA, Russo SJ, Krishnan V, Chakravarty S, Peevey J, Oehrlein N, Birnbaum S, Vitaterna MH, Orsulak P, Takahashi JS, Nestler EJ, Carlezon WA Jr, McClung CA. Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 10;104(15):6406-11.

Weldon DA, DiNieri JA, Silver MR, Thomas AA, Wright RE. Reward-related neuronal activity in the rat superior colliculus. Behav Brain Res. 2007 Feb 12;177(1):160-4.

Carlezon WA Jr, Beguin C, DiNieri JA, Baumann MH, Richards MR, Todtenkopf MS, Rothman RB, Ma Z. Lee DY, Cohen BM. Depressive-like effects of the kappa-opioid receptor agonist salvinorin A on behavior and neurochemistry in rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Jan;316(1):440-7.