Pubmed | * graduate mentee; ** undergraduate mentee

Peer-reviewed Articles

Vanegas*, S.O., Zaki, A., Dealy, C.N., Kinsey, S.G. (2024). The minor phytocannabinoid delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol attenuates collagen-induced arthritic inflammation and pain-depressed behaviors. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In press.

Eckard*, ML, Kinsey, SG. (2024). Differential disruption of response alternation by precipitated Δ9-THC withdrawal and subsequent Δ9-THC abstinence in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, in press.

Vanegas*, S.O., Reck*, A.M., Rodriguez*, C.E., Marusich, J.A., Yassin, O., Sotzing, G., Wiley, J.L., Kinsey, S.G. (2022). Hemp-derived Δ⁸-tetrahydrocannabinol produces physical dependence in mice. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 240:109640. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109640.

Nass*, SR, Steele*, F.F, and Kinsey, SG. (2021). MAGL inhibition attenuates inflammatory arthritis-induced paw inflammation. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 6:233-241.

Eckard* M.L., & Kinsey, S.G. (2021). Gabapentin attenuates somatic signs of precipitated THC withdrawal in mice. Neuropharmacology. 190:108554. PDF

Trexler*, KR, Vanegas*, SO, Poklis, JL, & Kinsey, SG (2020). The short-acting synthetic cannabinoid AB-FUBINACA induces physical dependence in mice. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 214:108179.

White, AN, Gross*, JD, Kaski*, SW, Trexler* KR, Wix, KA, Rodriguiz, RM, Wetsel, WC, Kinsey, SG, Siderovski, DP, Setola, V. (2020). Genetic deletion of Rgs12 in mice affects serotonin transporter expression and function in vivo and ex vivo. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 34:1393-1407.

Eckard*, M.L., Trexler*, K.R., Anderson, K.G., & Kinsey, S.G. (2020). Precipitated Δ⁹-THC withdrawal reduces motivation for sucrose reinforcement in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 195:172966.

Kaski* SW, White AN, Gross* JD, Trexler* KR, Wix K, Harland AA, Prisinzano TE, Aube J, Kinsey SG, Kenakin T, Siderovski D, Setola V. (2019). Preclinical testing of nalfurafine as an opioid-sparing adjuvant that potentiates analgesia by the mu opioid receptor-targeting agonist morphine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 371:487-499.

Trexler*, K.R., Eckard*, M.L., and Kinsey, S.G. (2019). CB1 positive allosteric modulation attenuates Δ9-THC withdrawal and NSAID-induced gastric inflammation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 177:27-33.

Trexler*, K.R., Nass*, S.R., Crowe*, M.S., Jones**, M.S., McKitrick**, A.W., Gross, J., Siderovski, D.P., & Kinsey, S.G. (2018). Novel tests of spontaneous and precipitated THC withdrawal in mice. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 191:14-24.

Neeley, B; Overholt**, T; Artz, E, Kinsey, SG, & Marsat, G. (2018). Selective and context-dependent social and behavioral effects of cannabinoids in Ghost Knifefish. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 91(4):214-227

Crowe*, M.S., Wilson, C.D., Leishman, E., Banks, M., Bradshaw, H.B., Prather, P.L., & Kinsey, S.G (2018). The monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor KML29 synergistically potentiates the analgesic effects of gabapentin in mice. British Journal of Pharmacology. 174(23):4523-4539.

Donvito, G., Nass*, SR, Wilkerson, JL, Curry, Z., Schurman, LD, Kinsey, SG, & Lichtman, AH (2018). The endogenous cannabinoid system: a budding source of targets for treating inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Neuropsychopharmacology. 43(1):52-79.

Crowe*, M.S. & Kinsey, S.G. (2017). MAGL inhibition modulates gastric secretion and motility following NSAID exposure in mice. European Journal of Pharmacology. 807:198-204.

Wilkerson, JL, Ghosh, S, Bagdas, D, Mason, BL, Crowe*, MS, Hsu, K, Wise, LE, Kinsey, SG, Damaj, MI, Cravatt, BF & Lichtman, AH. (2016). Diacylglycerol lipase beta inhibition reverses nociceptive behavior in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. British Journal of Pharmacology. 173(10):1678-92.

McBean*, A.L., Kinsey, S.G., & Montgomery-Downs, H.M. (2016). Effects of a Single Night of Postpartum Sleep on Childless Women's Daytime Functioning. Physiology & Behavior. 156:137-47.

Ignatowska-Jankowska, B.M., Bailie, G., Crowe*, M.S., Kinsey, S.G., Ross, R., & Lichtman, A.H. (2015) A Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator Reduces Neuropathic Pain in the Mouse with no Psychoactive Effects. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(13):2948-59.

Ghosh, S., Kinsey, S.G., Liu, Q., Hruba, L, McMahon, L.R., Wise, L.E., Abdullah, R.A., Selley, D.E., Sim-Selley, L.J.,  Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2015). Full FAAH inhibition combined with partial monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition: Augmented and sustained antinociceptive effects with negligible cannabimimetic side effects in mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 354:111-120.

Nass*, S.R., Long, J.Z., Schlosburg, J.E., Cravatt, B.F., Lichtman, A.H., & Kinsey, S.G. (2015). Endocannabinoid catabolic enzymes function to maintain thermal homeostasis in response to environmental or immunological challenge. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 10:364-370.

Crowe*, M.S., Leishman, E., Gujjar, R., Mahadevan, A., Banks, M.L., Bradshaw, H.B., & Kinsey, S.G. (2015). Dual Cyclooxygenase and Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibition Synergistically Attenuates Neuropathic Pain. British Journal of Pharmacology. 172:1700-1712.

Grim, T.W., Ghosh, S., Hsu, K, Cravatt, B.F., Kinsey, S.G., & Lichtman, A.H. (2014). Co-administration of a FAAH inhibitor and an NSAID produces enhanced anti-allodynic effects in murine neuropathic and inflammatory pain models. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior.124:405-411.

Crowe*, M.S., Nass*, S.R., Gabella*, K.M., & Kinsey, S.G. (2014). The endocannabinoid system modulates stress, emotionality, and inflammation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 42:1-5.

Schlosburg, JE, Kinsey, SG, Ignatowska-Jankowska, B, Ramesh, D, Abdullah, RA, Tao, Q, Booker, L, Long, JZ, Selley, DE, Cravatt, BF, and Lichtman, AH (2014). Prolonged monoacylglycerol lipase blockade causes equivalent CB1-receptor mediated adaptations in FAAH wild type and knockout mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 350(2):196-204.

Ignatowska-Jankowska, BM, Ghosh, S, Crowe*, MS, Kinsey, SG, Niphakis, MJ, Abdullah, RA, O'Neal, ST, Walentiny, DM, Wiley, JL, Cravatt, BF, and Lichtman, AH (2013). In vivo characterization of the highly selective monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor KML29: Antinociceptive activity without cannabimimetic side effects. British Journal of Pharmacology. 171(6):1392-1407.

Kinsey, S.G. and Cole**, E.C. (2013). Acute Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol blocks gastric hemorrhages induced by the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac sodium in mice. European Journal of Pharmacology. 715(1-3):111-116.

Kinsey, S.G., Wise, L.E., Ramesh, D., Long, J.Z., Selley, D.E., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2013). Repeated Low Dose Administration of the Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitor JZL184 Retains CB1 Receptor Mediated Antinociceptive and Gastroprotective Effects. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 345(3), 492-501.

Booker, L., Kinsey, S.G., Abdullah, R.A., Long, J.Z., Boger, D., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2012). The FAAH Inhibitor PF-3845 Acts in the Nervous System to Reverse Lipopolysaccharide-induced Tactile Allodynia in Mice. British Journal of Pharmacology.165(8), 2485-2496.

Nomura, D.K., Morrison, B.E., Blankman, J.L., Long, J.Z., Kinsey, S.G., Marcondes, M.C., Ward, A.M., Lichtman, A.H., Conti, B., & Cravatt, B. F. (2011). Anatomical demarcation of proinflammatory eicosanoids by enzymes that produce arachidonic acid. Science. 334(6057), 809-813.

Kinsey, S.G., Naidu, P.S., Cravatt, B.F., Dudley, D.T., & Lichtman, A.H. (2011). Fatty acid amide hydrolase blockade produces anti-arthritic affects in the mouse collagen-induced arthritis model. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 99(4), 718-725.

Ramesh, D., Schlosburg, J.E, Abdullah, R.A., Kinsey, S.G., Long, J.Z., Cravatt, B.F., Akbarali, H.I., Sim-Selley, L.J., & Lichtman, A.H. (2011). Targeting endocannabinoid catabolizing enzymes for the treatment of opioid withdrawal. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 339(1), 173-185.

Kinsey, S.G., Nomura, D.K., O’Neal, S.T., Long, J.Z., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2011). Inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) attenuates NSAID-induced gastric hemorrhages in mice. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 338(3), 795-802.

Ezzili, C., Mileni, M., McGlinchey, N., Long, J.Z., Kinsey, S.G., Hochstatter, D.G., Cravatt, B.F., Stevens, R.C., Lichtman, A.H., Bilsky, E.J., & Boger, D.L. (2011). Reversible Competitive alpha-Ketoheterocycle Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Containing Additional Conformational Constraints in the Acyl Side Chain: Orally Active, Long Acting Analgesics. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54(8), 2805-2822.

Kinsey, S.G., O’Neal, S.T., Long, J.Z., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2011). Inhibition of endocannabinoid catabolic enzymes elicits anxiolytic-like effects in the marble burying assay. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 98, 21–27.

Kinsey, S.G., Mahadevan, A., Naidu, S.P., Zhao, B., Sun, H., Selley, D.E., Damaj, M.I., & Lichtman, A.H. (2011).  The novel CB2 cannabinoid receptor-selective agonist O-3223 reduces pain and inflammation without apparent cannabinoid behavioral effects.  Neuropharmacology. 60, 244-251.

Schlosburg, J.E., Blankman, J.L., Long, J.Z., Nomura, D.K., Pan, B., Kinsey, S.G., Nguyen, P.T., Ramesh, D., Booker, L., Burston, J.J., Thomas, E.A., Selley, D.E., Sim-Selley, L.J., Liu, Q., Lichtman, A.H., and Cravatt, B.F. (2010). Chronic monoacylglycerol lipase blockade causes functional antagonism of the endocannabinoid system.  Nature Neuroscience. 13, 1113-1119.

Kinsey, S.G., Long, J.Z., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H. (2010). Fatty acid amide hydrolase and monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitors produce anti-allodynic effects in mice through distinct cannabinoid receptor mechanisms. The Journal of Pain. 11, 1420-1428.

Naidu, P.S., Kinsey, S.G., Guo, T.L., Cravatt, B.F., & Lichtman, A.H (2010).  Regulation of Inflammatory Pain by Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH). The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 334, 182-190. , 182-190. , 182-190.

Bailey, M.T., Kinsey, S.G., Padgett, D.A., Sheridan, J.F., & Leblebicioglu, B. (2009). Social stress enhances IL-1b and TNF-a production by Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide-stimulated CD11b+ cells. Physiology & Behavior. 98, 351-358.

Kinsey, S.G., Long, J.Z., O'Neal, S.T., Abdullah, R.A., Poklis, J.L., Boger, D., Cravatt, B.F. & Lichtman, A.H. (2009). Blockade of endocannabinoid-degrading enzymes attenuates neuropathic pain. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 330, 902-910.

Bailey, M.T., Kierstein, S., Sharma, S., Spaits, Kinsey, S.G., M., Tliba, O., Sheridan, J.F., Panettieri, R.A., & Haczku, A. (2009). Social stress enhances allergen-induced airway inflammation in mice and inhibits corticosteroid responsiveness of cytokine production. The Journal of Immunology. 182, 7888-7896.

Long, J.Z., Li, W, Booker, L, Burston, J.J., Kinsey, S.G., Schlosburg, J.E., Pavon, F.J., Serrano, A.M., Selley, D.E., Parsons, L.H., Lichtman, A.H., & Cravatt, B.F. (2009). Selective blockade of 2-arachidonoylglycerol produces cannabinoid behavioral effects. Nature Chemical Biology. 5, 37-44.

Schlosburg, J.E., Kinsey, S.G., & Lichtman, A.H. (2009). Targeting Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) to treat pain and inflammation. The AAPS Journal. 11, 39-44.

Kinsey, S.G., Bailey, M.T., Sheridan, J.F. & Padgett, D.A. (2008). The inflammatory response to social defeat is increased in older mice.  Physiology & Behavior. 93, 628-636.

Avitsur, R., Kinsey, S.G., Bidor, K., Bailey, M.T., Padgett, D.A. & Sheridan, J.F. (2007). Subordinate social status increases the vulnerability to the immunological effects of social stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32, 1097-1105.

Kinsey, S.G., Bailey, M.T., Padgett, D.A., Sheridan, J.F. & Avitsur, R. (2007). Repeated social defeat causes increased anxiety-like behavior and alters splenocyte function in C57BL/6 and CD-1 mice.  Brain Behavior and Immunity. 21, 458-466.

Kinsey, S.G., Prendergast, B.J. & Nelson, R.J. (2003). Photoperiod and stress affect wound healing in Siberian hamsters. Physiology and Behavior. 78, 205-211.

Prendergast, B.J., Bilbo, S.D., Hotchkiss, A. H., Kinsey, S.G., & Nelson, R.J. (2003). Photoperiodic adjustments in immune function protect Siberian hamsters from lethal endotoxemia. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 18, 51-62.

Other Publications

Kinsey, SG, & Lichtman AH (2018). The Endogenous Cannabinoid System: A Cadre of Potential Therapeutic Targets. In: Cannabis Use Disorder, eds. Montoya, ID and Weiss, S.

Kinsey, S.G. & Ramesh, D. (2016). Is medical marijuana actually medicinal? Two experts explain the evidence. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/what-do-we-know-about-marijuanas-medical-benefits-two-experts-explain-the-evidence-64200

Kinsey, S.G. (2014). Review of “Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology” (2nd ed), Jorge H. Daruna. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 35, 109-110.