University of Colorado DenverCollege of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Colorado Denver

Sondra BlandSondra Bland, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: NC 5010B
Office Phone: 303-352-3722
Fax: 303-556-3520

E-mail: sondra.bland@ucdenver.edu

 

Research Interests

  • The impact of adverse experiences during adolescence on risk and resilience to addiction.
  • Sex differences in mood disorders and addiction.
  • The influence of stress and social experience on drug-seeking behavior and reward.
  • Prefrontal cortex modulation of emotional and drug-seeking behavior.

Representative Publications

Bland, S.T., Hutchinson M R., Watkins L.R., Maier S.F. (2009).  The glial activation inhibitor AV411 reduces morphine-induced nucleus accumbens dopamine release and precipitated morphine withdrawal.  Brain Behavior and Immunity 23(4): 492-497. View publication

Der-Avakian A., Bland S.T., Rozeske R.R., Tamblyn J.P., Hutchinson M.R., Watkins L.R., Maier S.F. (2007) The effects of a single exposure to uncontrollable stress on the subsequent conditioned place preference responses to oxycodone, cocaine, and ethanol in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 191(4):899-907. View publication

Bland S.T., Schmid M.J., Der-Avakian A., Watkins L.R., Spencer R.L., Maier S.F. (2005) Expression of c-fos and BDNF mRNA in subregions of the prefrontal cortex of male and female rats after acute uncontrollable stress. Brain Research 1051, 90-99. View publication

Bland S.T., Twining C., Schmid M.J., Der-Avakian A., Watkins L.R., Maier S.F. (2004) Stress potentiation of morphine-induced dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens shell is dependent upon stressor uncontrollability and is mediated by the dorsal raphe nucleus. Neuroscience 126, 705-715. View publication