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Last published 2025
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Brian J. Parks

Researcher

Also affiliated: University of Applied Management Studies (2024)

Faculty Researcher

3 h-index 12 pubs 36 cited

  • Humans
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Mitragyna
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Ethanol
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Rats
  • Buprenorphine
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  • United States

Biography and Research Information

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Brian J. Parks conducts research focused on substance-related disorders and the effects of various substances on animal models, particularly in relation to pregnancy and early life adversity. His work investigates the pharmacological properties of substances like buprenorphine, including its metabolism and interactions, and explores the impact of environmental factors, such as limited bedding and nesting, on ethanol consumption in female rats. Parks also examines public perceptions and motives related to substances like kratom, analyzing responses to regulatory inquiries. His research has involved studies on the effects of early life adversity models on adolescent ethanol self-administration and adrenergic receptor expression. Collaborations with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Lisa K. Brents and Julia Tobacyk, have resulted in multiple shared publications. Parks' scholarship metrics include an h-index of 3, with 12 total publications and 29 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 12
  • Citations: 36

Selected Publications

  • Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Theory-Based Preceptorship Survey for Nurse Practitioners (2025)
    Nursing Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Limited bedding and nesting increases ethanol drinking in female rats (2024)
    Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Interaction between buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (2023)
    Drug and Alcohol Dependence 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Deuterated buprenorphine retains pharmacodynamic properties of buprenorphine and resists metabolism to the active metabolite norbuprenorphine in rats (2023)
    Frontiers in Pharmacology 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of a two-hit model of early life adversity on oral ethanol self-administration and adrenergic receptor expression in adolescent rats (2023)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics DOI OpenAlex
  • 481 Interactions between buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (2023)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
  • Interaction between buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. (2022)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Deuterated buprenorphine retains pharmacodynamic properties of buprenorphine and resists metabolism to the active metabolite norbuprenorphine in rats (2022)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Qualitative content analysis of public responses to an FDA inquiry on the impact of scheduling changes to kratom (2022)
    International Journal of Drug Policy 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of prenatal opioid exposure and early life adversity on opioid‐induced antinociception (2022)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • 384 Motives for kratom self-medication: contents of public comments solicited by the FDA (2022)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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