Christopher R McCurdy

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1 Sigma receptor agonists: receptor binding and effects on mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission assessed by microdialysis. Biol Psychiatry 2010 1.39
2 Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth). Addiction 2008 1.32
3 Opioid receptors and legal highs: Salvia divinorum and Kratom. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2008 1.28
4 Targeting the methyl erythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway for novel antimalarial, antibacterial and herbicidal drug discovery: inhibition of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) enzyme. Curr Pharm Des 2007 1.26
5 N-naphthoyl-beta-naltrexamine (NNTA), a highly selective and potent activator of μ/kappa-opioid heteromers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.05
6 Sigma receptors and cocaine abuse. Curr Top Med Chem 2011 1.02
7 Mitragyna speciosa, a psychoactive tree from Southeast Asia with opioid activity. Curr Top Med Chem 2011 0.99
8 A novel substituted piperazine, CM156, attenuates the stimulant and toxic effects of cocaine in mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2010 0.98
9 Conversion of a highly selective sigma-1 receptor-ligand to sigma-2 receptor preferring ligands with anticocaine activity. J Med Chem 2008 0.97
10 Toward a structure-based model of salvinorin A recognition of the kappa-opioid receptor. J Med Chem 2008 0.97
11 Determination of mitragynine in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS: application to pharmacokinetics. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009 0.94
12 Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 6-acetyl-3-(4-(4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)butyl)benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one (SN79), a cocaine antagonist, in rodents. AAPS J 2011 0.94
13 A combined ligand-based and target-based drug design approach for G-protein coupled receptors: application to salvinorin A, a selective kappa opioid receptor agonist. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2006 0.93
14 A unique binding epitope for salvinorin A, a non-nitrogenous kappa opioid receptor agonist. FEBS J 2006 0.90
15 Early development of sigma-receptor ligands. Future Med Chem 2011 0.90
16 The hallucinogen derived from Salvia divinorum, salvinorin A, has kappa-opioid agonist discriminative stimulus effects in rats. Neuropharmacology 2007 0.90
17 Pharmacological evaluation of SN79, a sigma (σ) receptor ligand, against methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in vivo. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2012 0.89
18 CM156, a high affinity sigma ligand, attenuates the stimulant and neurotoxic effects of methamphetamine in mice. Neuropharmacology 2011 0.89
19 SN79, a sigma receptor ligand, blocks methamphetamine-induced microglial activation and cytokine upregulation. Exp Neurol 2013 0.88
20 Phytochemical characterization of the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa grown in U.S.A. Nat Prod Commun 2009 0.87
21 The evaluation of AZ66, an optimized sigma receptor antagonist, against methamphetamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity and memory impairment in mice. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2012 0.86
22 Opioid receptor function in social attachment in young domestic fowl. Behav Brain Res 2005 0.85
23 CM156, a sigma receptor ligand, reverses cocaine-induced place conditioning and transcriptional responses in the brain. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011 0.83
24 Specific cross-linking of Lys233 and Cys235 in the mu opioid receptor by a reporter affinity label. Biochemistry 2005 0.83
25 Ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of AZ66, a sigma receptor ligand, in rat plasma and its application to in vivo pharmacokinetics. Biomed Chromatogr 2013 0.82
26 Chemical function-based pharmacophore development for novel, selective kappa opioid receptor agonists. J Mol Graph Model 2008 0.81
27 Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of a novel sigma receptor ligand with improved metabolic stability and antagonistic effects against methamphetamine. AAPS J 2011 0.81
28 Herbal medicines for the management of opioid addiction: safe and effective alternatives to conventional pharmacotherapy? CNS Drugs 2011 0.81
29 Antidepressive effects of the κ-opioid receptor agonist salvinorin A in a rat model of anhedonia. Behav Pharmacol 2012 0.81
30 Structure-activity relationships of neuropeptide FF and related peptidic and non-peptidic derivatives. Peptides 2006 0.81
31 Determination of a highly selective mixed-affinity sigma receptor ligand, in rat plasma by ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011 0.81
32 Evaluation of σ-1 receptor radioligand 18F-FTC-146 in rats and squirrel monkeys using PET. J Nucl Med 2013 0.81
33 A 96-well filtration method for radioligand binding analysis of σ receptor ligands. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2012 0.80
34 Toward Mycobacterium tuberculosis DXR inhibitor design: homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2007 0.79
35 Comparative protein modeling of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase enzyme from Plasmodium falciparum: a potential target for antimalarial drug discovery. J Chem Inf Model 2006 0.78
36 Synthesis and characterization of [³H]-SN56, a novel radioligand for the σ₁ receptor. Eur J Pharmacol 2010 0.78
37 Heteroatom analogues of hydrocodone: synthesis and biological activity. J Org Chem 2013 0.78
38 Solution-phase parallel synthesis of spirohydantoins. J Comb Chem 2005 0.77
39 Nonpeptide ligands of neuropeptide FF: current status and structural insights. Future Med Chem 2012 0.77
40 Sigma receptor antagonists attenuate acute methamphetamine-induced hyperthermia by a mechanism independent of IL-1β mRNA expression in the hypothalamus. Eur J Pharmacol 2012 0.77
41 Beta-triketone inhibitors of plant p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase: modeling and comparative molecular field analysis of their interactions. J Agric Food Chem 2009 0.77
42 Nonpeptide small molecule agonist and antagonist original leads for neuropeptide FF1 and FF2 receptors. J Med Chem 2014 0.77
43 σ Receptor antagonist attenuation of methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity is correlated to body temperature modulation. Pharmacol Rep 2013 0.76
44 Structure activity relationship study of benzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)one based σ receptor ligands. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013 0.75
45 Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of indole-based sigma receptor ligands. Eur J Med Chem 2011 0.75
46 Computational Study on the Conformations of Mitragynine and Mitragynaline. Theochem 2010 0.75
47 Development and validation of a UPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of 7-hydroxymitragynine, a μ-opioid agonist, in rat plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2013 0.75
48 SAR analysis of new dual targeting fluoroquinolones. Implications of the benzenesulfonyl group. Med Chem 2012 0.75
49 Inhibition of choline uptake by N-cyclohexylcholine, a high affinity ligand for the choline transporter at the blood-brain barrier. J Drug Target 2005 0.75
50 o-Naphthalenedicarboxaldehyde derivative of 7'-aminonaltrindole as a selective delta-opioid receptor affinity label. J Med Chem 2007 0.75
51 Strategies to treat substance abuse and addiction. Curr Top Med Chem 2011 0.75
52 Ligand macromolecule interactions: theoretical principles of molecular recognition. Methods Mol Biol 2009 0.75
53 Opioid receptor-like 1 (ORL1) molecular "road map" to understanding ligand interaction and selectivity. Curr Top Med Chem 2005 0.75