Leslie L. Devaud
Professor
Pharmacy
Pacific University
India
Biography
Education: 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C. 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow, Burroughs Wellcome, Neuropharmacology, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 1989 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chapel Hill, N.C. 1988 Doctor of Philosophy, Neuropharmacology, Oregon State University School of Pharmacy, Corvallis, Ore.
Research Interest
Areas of Research & Specialization: My primary interest is in the neurobiological basis for alcohol dependence and withdrawal with a focus on brain and behavioral sex differences in response to alcohol.
Publications
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Devaud LL, Fritschy JM, Sieghart W, Morrow AL. Bidirectional alterations of GABAA receptor subunit peptide levels in rat cortex during chronic ethanol consumption and withdrawal. Journal of neurochemistry. 1997 Jul 1;69(1):126-30.
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VanDoren MJ, Matthews DB, Janis GC, Grobin AC, Devaud LL, Morrow AL. Neuroactive steroid 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one modulates electrophysiological and behavioral actions of ethanol. Journal of Neuroscience. 2000 Mar 1;20(5):1982-9.
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Grobin AC, Matthews DB, Devaud LL, Morrow AL. The role of GABAA receptors in the acute and chronic effects of ethanol. Psychopharmacology. 1998 Sep 18;139(1):2-19.
