Amir Levine

Director, Levine Laboratory for Social-Developmental Neuroscience · New York Presbyterian Hospital

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History

Molecular mechanism for a gateway drug: epigenetic changes initiated by nicotine prime gene expression by cocaine
Science Translational Medicine · 2011 · First of 10 authors · Corresponding · 193 citations
CREB-binding protein controls response to cocaine by acetylating histones at the fosB promoter in the mouse striatum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2005 · First of 6 authors · 193 citations
Evidence for the Risks and Consequences of Adolescent Cannabis Exposure
Review · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2017 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 171 citations

Consequences of Nicotine Exposure on Dopamine D2 Binding in Adolescence and Adulthood. An In-vivo Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Study in Rats.
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R03
Contact PI · $264.6K · New York State Psychiatric Institute Dba Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc
2017–2021
A Molecular Analysis of the Gateway Hypothesis in Mice
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R01
PI · $2.7M · Columbia University Health Sciences
2007–2013