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Last published 2024
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Julia Tobacyk

Researcher

Also affiliated: Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2015–2019); Louisiana Tech University (2015)

Faculty Researcher

7 h-index 21 pubs 199 cited

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Female
  • Methionine
  • Cryopreservation
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Melanoma
  • Pregnancy
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Kidney
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Mice
  • Disease Models, Animal

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Julia Tobacyk's research focuses on understanding the physiological and behavioral effects of various substances and environmental factors in animal models. Her work has investigated the impact of early life adversity on ethanol self-administration and adrenergic receptor expression in adolescent rats, as well as the effects of limited bedding and nesting on ethanol consumption in female rats. Tobacyk has also explored the interaction between buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and the protective effects of deuterated buprenorphine in pregnant rats. Additionally, her research includes studies on mitochondrial injury in rat renal proximal tubular cells, examining the role of MnSOD and OMA1-dependent OPA1 proteolytic processing. She has also analyzed public discourse related to FDA inquiries on kratom. Tobacyk collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Lisa K. Brents, Brian J. Parks, and Michael D. Berquist.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 21
  • Citations: 199

Selected Publications

  • Deuterated Buprenorphine Mitigates Fentanyl Effects in Pregnant Rats (2024)
    Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 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
  • 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
  • Response to article – alternative interpretation of “there is reduced immunohistochemical staining of placental aromatase in severe neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome” (2023)
    The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine DOI OpenAlex
  • Interaction between buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. (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
  • Overexpression of MnSOD Protects against Cold Storage-Induced Mitochondrial Injury but Not against OMA1-Dependent OPA1 Proteolytic Processing in Rat Renal Proximal Tubular Cells (2021)
    Antioxidants 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fluorescence-Based Assay For Measuring OMA1 Activity (2021)
    Methods in molecular biology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The BK activator NS11021 partially protects rat kidneys from cold storage and transplantation-induced mitochondrial and renal injury (2020)
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The first direct activity assay for the mitochondrial protease OMA1 (2019)
    Mitochondrion 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Modulation of dietary methionine intake elicits potent, yet distinct, anticancer effects on primary versus metastatic tumors (2018)
    Carcinogenesis 35 citations DOI OpenAlex

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