Neurophysiological substrates of addiction; Role of neurosteroids in learning/memory; Epilepsy treatment
Education
PHDPHARMACOLOGYUNIV OF UTAH1987
BSMEDICAL TECHNOLOGYUNIV OF UTAH1980
Professional Affiliations
Neuroscience1
Publications
Lee, R.S., STEFFENSEN, SCOTT C., and Henriksen, S.J..Discharge Profiles of Ventral Tegmental Area GABA Neurons During Movement, Anesthesia and the Sleep-wake Cycle..J. Neuroscience.
STEFFENSEN, S.C., Lee, R.S., Henriksen, S.J., Packer, T.L. and Cook, D.R..A Novel Electroencephalographic Analysis Method Discriminates Alcohol Effects From Those Of Other Sedative/Hynotics.Journal of Neuroscience Methods.
Scott C. STEFFENSEN.Effects of alcohol on the human brain.Union Signal.
Lassen, M.B., Brown, J.E., Stobbs, S.H., Gunderson, S.H., Maes, L., Valenzuela, C.F., Ray, A.P., Henriksen, S.J., and Steffensen, S.C..Brain stimulation reward is integrated by a network of electrically-coupled GABA neurons.Brain Research.
STEFFENSEN, SCOTT C., Lee, R.S., Henriksen, S.J., Cook, D.R.A Novel Electroencephalographic Analysis Method Discriminates Alcohol Effects From Those of Other Sedative/hynotics.J. Neurosci. Methods.
Stobbs, S.H., Ohran, A.L., Lassen, M.B., Allison, D.W., Brown, J.E. and STEFFENSEN, S.C..Ethanol suppression of ventral tegmental area GABA neuron electrical transmission involves NMDA receptors.Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Steffensen, S.C., Ohran, A.L., Shipp, D.N., Hales, K. Stobbs, S.H., Fleming, D.E..Gender-selective effects of the P300 and N400 components of the visual-evoked potential.Vision Research.
STEFFENSEN, SCOTT C., Lee, R.S., Stobbs, S.H., and Henriksen, S.J..Responses of Ventral Tegmental Area GABA Neurons to Brain Stimulation Reward.Brain Research.
Steffensen, S.C., Taylor, S.R., Horton, M.L., Barber, E.N., Lyle, L.T., Stobbs, S.H. and Allison, D.W.Cocaine disinhibits dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area via use-dependent blockade of GABA neuron voltage-sensitive sodium channels.Eur J Neuroscience.
Allison, D.W., Ohran, A.L., Stobbs, S.H., Mameli, M., Valenzeula, C.F., Sudweeks, S.N., Ray, A.P., Henriksen, S.J. and Steffensen, S.C.Connexin-36 gap junctions mediate electrical coupling between ventral tegmental area GABA neurons.Synapse.
Steffensen, S.C., Stobbs, S.H., Colago, E.E.O., Lee, R.S., Koob, G.F., Gallegos, R.A., Henriksen, S.J..Contingent and non-contingent effects of heroin on mu-opoid receptor-containing ventral tegmental area GABA neurons.Experimental Neurology.
Steffensen, S.C., Hales, K., Jones, M., Allison, D.W..Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and estrone sulfate reduce GABA recurrent inhibition in the hippocampus via muscarinic receptors.Hippocampus.
Steffensen, S.C., Allison, D.W., Yorgason, J.T and Hansen, D.M.The retina as a window on alcohol effects on mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission.Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res..
Allison, D.W., Mickelsen, R.S., and Steffensen, S.C..Effects of ethanol on the excitability and electrical coupling of GABA neurons in the midbrain.Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res..
Steffensen, S.C., Hales, K., Bradley, K., Trikha, A., Hansen, D.M., Yorgason, J.T., Walton, C.H., Thomas, S.J., Taylor, S.R., Askew, C.E. and Allison, D.W.Physiological and molecular adaptation of ventral tegmental area GABA neurons to chronic alcohol.Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res.
S.C. Steffensen, A.J. Ohran, A. Bevan, M.E. Haws, Allison, D.W., and S.H. Stobbs.Ethanol modulates electrical coupling between GABA neurons in the ventral tegmental area.Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res.
Steffensen, S.C., Fleming, D.E., Taylor, S.R., Hansen, D.M., Walton, C.H., and Allison, D.W.Cocaine disinhibits neurons in the ventral tegmental area via use-dependent blockade of GABA neuron voltage-sensitive sodium channels.Soc. Neurosci. Absts.
Allison, D.W., Taylor, S.R., Askew, C.E., Anderson, E., Partridge, L.D., Valenzuela, C.F., and Steffensen, S.C.Pregnenolone sulfate enhances GABA inhibition in the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus.Soc. Neurosci. Absts.
Yorgason, J.T., Walton, C.H., Hansen, D.M., Gallegos, R.A., Criado, J.R., and Steffensen, S.C..Contingent and non-contingent effects of low-dose ethanol on GABA neuron activity in the ventral tegmental area.Soc. Neurosci. Absts.
