Edward D Levin, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological & Brain Sciences

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological & Brain Sciences
PhD Environmental Toxicology, University of Wisconsin, 2006
mailing address: 341 Bell Bldg Durham, NC 27710
office: 341 Bell Bldg
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phone: 919-681-6273

research interests | publications | courses | curriculum vita

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. ED Levin, Y Tizabi, AH Rezvani, DP Caldwell, A Petro, B Getachew (2005). Chronic nicotine and dizocilpine effects on regionally specific nicotinic and NMDA glutamate receptor binding.. Brain research, Netherlands, 1041(2), 132-42.  [abs]
  2. Levin ED. Marine and freshwater toxin impacts on neurobehavioral function. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 Jul 27..
  3. ED Levin (2005). Fetal nicotinic overload, blunted sympathetic responsivity, and obesity.. Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology, United States, 73(7), 481-4.
  4. Arthur D and ED Levin. Spatial and non-spatial discrimination learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio) Animal Cognition, 4:125-131, 2001..
  5. ED Levin, NC Christopher, JD Crapo (2005). Memory decline of aging reduced by extracellular superoxide dismutase overexpression.. Behavior genetics, United States, 35(4), 447-53.  [abs]
  6. Book Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System. ED Levin (ed.), CRC Press, New York, 2001..
  7. NA Addy, A Pocivavsek, ED Levin (2005). Reversal of clozapine effects on working memory in rats with fimbria-fornix lesions.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, United States, 30(6), 1121-7.  [abs]
  8. Levin ED and AH Rezvani. Nicotinic Involvement in Memory Function of Rats. In: Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System. ED Levin (ed.), CRC Press, New York, 167-178 2001..
  9. HK White, ED Levin (2004). Chronic transdermal nicotine patch treatment effects on cognitive performance in age-associated memory impairment.. Psychopharmacology, Germany, 171(4), 465-71.  [abs]
  10. Levin ED and NC Christopher. Persistence of nicotinic agonist RJR 2403 induced working memory improvement in rats. Drug Development Research, In press..
  11. AH Rezvani, ED Levin (2004). Nicotine-antipsychotic drug interactions and attentional performance in female rats.. European journal of pharmacology, Netherlands, 486(2), 175-82.  [abs]
  12. Levin ED, A Bradley N Addy and N Sigurani. Hippocampal (7 and (4(2 nicotinic receptors and working memory. Neuroscience. In press..
  13. Levin ED, A rat model of the cognitive impairment from Pfiesteria piscicida exposure. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109(Suppl. 5):757-763, 2001..
  14. Levin ED, DE Schmechel, JM Burkholder, HB Glasgow, Jr., N Deamer-Melia, VC Moser and G.J. Harry. Persisting learning deficits in rats after exposure to pfiesteria piscicida. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105:1320-1325, 1997..
  15. Levin ED, N Addy, A Nakajima, NC Christopher, FJ Seidler and TA Slotkin Persistent behavioral consequences of neonatal chlorpyrifos exposure in rats. Developmental Brain Research, 130:83-89, 2001..
  16. LM Icenogle, NC Christopher, WP Blackwelder, DP Caldwell, D Qiao, FJ Seidler, TA Slotkin, ED Levin Behavioral alterations in adolescent and adult rats caused by a brief subtoxic exposure to chlorpyrifos during neurulation.. Neurotoxicology and teratology, United States, 26(1), 95-101.  [abs]
  17. Levin ED. Nicotine Effects on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In: Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System. ED Levin (ed.), CRC Press, New York, 251-260, 2001..
  18. ED Levin, HA Swain, S Donerly, E Linney Developmental chlorpyrifos effects on hatchling zebrafish swimming behavior.. Neurotoxicology and teratology, United States, 26(6), 719-23.  [abs]
  19. Levin ED. Nicotinic Systems: An Integrated Approach. In: Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System. ED Levin (ed.), CRC Press, New York, 281-282, 2001..
  20. ED Levin, E Chen Nicotinic involvement in memory function in zebrafish.. Neurotoxicology and teratology, United States, 26(6), 731-5.  [abs]
  21. Rezvani AH and ED Levin. Cognitive effects of nicotine. Biological Psychiatry. 49:258-267, 2001..
  22. ED Levin, K Pizarro, WG Pang, J Harrison, JS Ramsdell Persisting behavioral consequences of prenatal domoic acid exposure in rats.. Neurotoxicology and teratology, United States, 27(5), 719-25.  [abs]
  23. Rezvani AH, PJ Bushnell, JM Burkholder, HB Glasgow, Jr. and ED Levin. Specificity of cognitive impairment from Pfiesteria piscicida exposure in rats: Attention and visual function vs. behavioral plasticity. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 23:609-616, 2001..
  24. Gainetinov RR, WW Wetsel, SR Jones, ED Levin, M Jaber and MG Caron. Role of serotonin in the paradoxical calming effect of psychostimulants on hyperactivity. Science, 283:397-401, 1999..
  25. Kelly SA, CM Havrilla, TC Brady, KL Harris amd ED Levin. Oxidative stress in toxicology: Established mammalian and emerging piscine model systems. Environmental Health Perspectives, 106:375-384, 1998..
  26. Levin ED and BB Simon. Nicotinic acetylcholine involvement in cognitive function in animals. Psychopharmacology, 138:217-230, 1998..
  27. Levin ED and TA Slotkin. Developmental neurotoxicity of nicotine. In Handbook of Developmental Neurotoxicology, (W. Slikker, Jr. and L.W. Chang eds.), Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 587-615, 1998..
  28. Levin ED, CK Conners, D Silva, SC Hinton , WH Meck, J March and JE Rose. Transdermal nicotine effects on attention. Psychopharmacology, 140:135-141, 1998..
  29. Levin ED, BB Simon and CK Conners. Transdermal nicotine treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In: Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Pharmacology and Therapeutic Opportunities, S.P. Arneric and J.D. Brioni (eds.), John Wiley, New York,349-357, 1998..
  30. Levin ED, EC Hochrein, TC Brady, TD Oury, LM Jonsson, SL. Marklund and J. Crapo Molecular manipulations of extracellular superoxide dismutase: functional importance for learning. Behavior Genetics, 28:381-390, 1998..
  31. Levin ED, D Torry, NC Christopher, X Yu, G Einstein and R Schwartz-Bloom. Is binding to nicotinic acetylcholine and dopamine receptors related to working memory in rats?. Brain Research Bulletin, 43:295-304, 1997..
  32. Levin ED, NC Christopher and SJ Briggs. Chronic nicotinic agonist and antagonist effects on T-maze alternation. Physiology and Behavior, 61:863-866, 1997..
  33. Levin ED and D Torry. Nicotine effects on memory performance. In: International Symposium on Nicotine: The Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems II, P.B.S. Clarke, M. Quik, K. Thurau and F. Adlkofer (Eds.), BirkhŠuser, Boston, pp 329-335, 1995..
  34. Levin ED and JE Rose. Acute and chronic nicotinic interactions with dopamine systems and working memory performance. In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol 757, Functional Diversity of Interacting Receptors, A. Lajtha and L. Abood (eds.), The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, pp 245-252, 1995..
  35. Levin ED, NC Christopher MB Abou-Donia. Triphenyl phosphite-induced impairment of spatial alternation. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 44:461-467, 1995..
  36. AndrŽn PE, ED Levin, U Liminga and L Gunne. Behavioral and neurochemical consequences of ibotenic acid lesion in the subthalamic nucleus in the common marmoset. Brain Research Bulletin, 36:301-306, 1994..
  37. Brucato FH, ED Levin, JE Rose and HS Swartzwelder. Intracerebroventricular nicotine and mecamylamine alter radial-arm maze performance in rats. Drug Development Research, 31:18-23, 1994..
  38. Levin ED and B Eisner. Nicotine interactions with dopamine agonists: Effects on working memory function. Drug Development Research, 31:32-37, 1994..
  39. Levin ED and J Rosecrans. The promise of nicotinic-based therapeutic treatments. Drug Development Research, 31:1-2, 1994..
  40. Levin ED, EC Westman, RM Stein, E Carnahan, M Sanchez, S Herman, FM Behm and JE Rose. Nicotine skin patch treatment increases abstinence, decreases withdrawal symptoms and attenuates rewarding effects of smoking. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14:41-49, 1994..
  41. Levin, ED. Nicotine effects and working memory performance. Recent Advances in Tobacco Science, 20:49-66, 1994..
  42. Rose JE, FM Behm, EC Westman, ED Levin, RM Stein, J Lane and GV Ripka. Combined effects of nicotine and mecamylamine in attenuating smoking reward. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2:328-344, 1994..

Courses (Fall 2008):

  • Psy 126.01, Behavior/neurochemistry Synopsis
    Trent 039a, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Pharm 347.01, Seminar in toxicology