MICHAEL BALLARD
mballard@uchicago.edu

Michael is a 1st year graduate student, currently rotating.

Selected Publications:

Zhang, M., Ballard, M.E., Unger, L.V., Haupt, A., Gross, G., Decker, M.W., Drescher, K.U., Rueter, L.E. (2007) Effects of Antipsychotics and Selective D3 Antagonists on PPI Deficits Induced by PD 128907 and Apomorphine. Behavioral Brain Research 182(1):1-11.
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Ballard, M.E., Basso, A.M., Gallagher, K.B., Browman, K.E., Fox, G.B., Drescher, K.U., Gross, G., Decker, M.W., Rueter, L.E., Zhang, M. (2007) The Drug-Induced Helplessness Test: An Animal Assay for Assessing Behavioral Despair in Response to Neuroleptic Treatment. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 190(1):1-11.
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Zhang, M., Ballard, M.E., Kohlhaas, K.L., Browman, K.E., Jongen-Relo, A.L., Unger, L.V., Fox, G.B., Gross G., Decker M.W., Drescher K.U., Rueter L.E. (2006) Effect of Dopamine D3 Antagonists on PPI in DBA/2J Mice or PPI Deficit Induced by Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesion in Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. Jul; 31(7):1382-92.
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Fox, G.B., Esbenshade, T.A., Pan, J.B., Browman, K.E., Zhang, M., Ballard, M.E., Radek, R.J., Miner, H., Bitner, R.S., Krueger, K.M., Yao, B.B., Faghih, R., Rueter, L.E., Komater, V.A., Drescher, K.U., Buckley, M.J., Sullivan, J.P., Cowart, M.D., Decker, M.W., Hancock, A.A. (2005) Selective H3 Receptor (H3R) Blockade: Broad Efficacy in Cognition and Schizophrenia. Inflammation Research 54 Suppl 1: S23-4.
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Zhang, M., Ballard, M.E., Pan, L.P., Roberts, S., Pu, Y.M., Pease, J., Curtis, M., Cowart, M., Esbenshade, T.A., Fox, G.B., Decker, M.W., Hancock, A.A., Rueter, L.E. (2005) Lack of Cataleptogenic Potentiation with Non-Imidazole H3 Receptor Antagonist Reveals Potential Drug-Drug Interactions Between Imidazole-Based H3 Receptor Antagonists and Antipsychotic Drugs. Brain Research 1045(1-2):142-9.
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Fox, G.B., Esbenshade, T.A., Pan, J.B., Radek, R.J., Krueger, K.M., Yao, B.B., Browman, K.E., Buckley, M.J., Ballard, M.E., Komater, V.A., Miner, H., Zhang, M., Faghih, R., Rueter, L.E., Bitner, R.S., Drescher, K.U., Wetter, J., Marsh, K., Lemaire, M., Porsolt, R.D., Bennani, Y.L., Sullivan, J.P., Cowart, M.D., Decker, M.W., Hancock, A.A. (2005) Pharmacological properties of ABT-239 [4-(2-{2-[(2R)-2-Methylpyrrolidinyl]ethyl}-benzofuran-5-yl)benzonitrile]: II. Neurophysiological characterization and broad preclinical efficacy in cognition and schizophrenia of a potent and selective histamine H3 receptor antagonist. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 313 (1):176-90.
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Rueter, L.E., Ballard, M.E., Gallagher, K.B., Basso, A.M., Curzon, P., Kohlhaas, K.L. (2004) Chronic Low Dose Risperidone and Clozapine Alleviate Positive but not Negative Symptoms in the Rat Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesion Model of Schizophrenia. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 176(3-4):312-9.
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Selected Abstracts/Presentations:

Ballard, M.E., Zhang, M., Kohlhaas, K.L., Browman, K.E., Jongen-Relo, A., Unger, L.V., Fox, G.B., Gross, G., Decker, M.W., Drescher, K.U., Rueter, L.E. Effect of Dopamine D3 Antagonists on PPI Deficits, Naturally Occurring in DBA/2J Mice or Induced by Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesions in Rats. Poster: Great Lakes Chapter ASPET Annual Meeting 2005, Downers Grove, Illinois, June 17.

Gross, G., Drescher, K.U., Haupt, A., Teschendorf, H-J., Jongen-Relo, A., Wicke, K.M., Zhang, M., Browman, K.E., Ballard, M.E., Rueter, L.E., Decker, M.W., Schoemaker, H., Sullivan, J.P. ABT-127, a new selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonist: behavioral pharmacology studies. Poster: Great Lakes Chapter ASPET Annual Meeting 2005, Downers Grove, Illinois, June 17.

Ballard, M.E., Zhang, M., Drescher, K.U., Gross, G., Decker, M.W., Rueter, L.E. Sucrose Consumption and Drug-Induced Helplessness Tests: Preclinical Animal Models for Assessing Drug-Induced Anhedonia and Motivational Deficit. Poster:
National SFN Annual Meeting 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 8-12.

Zhang, M., Ballard, M.E., Drescher, K.U., Gross, G., Decker, M.W., Rueter, L.E. Evaluation of D3 Receptor Involvement in Psychosis: Studies in Preclinical Animal Models. Poster:  National SFN Annual Meeting 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 8-12.

Rueter, L.E., Kohlhaas, K.L., Ballard, M.E., Gallagher, K.B., Basso, A.M., Curzon, P. Effect of Chronic Low Dose Clozapine and Risperidone on Positive and Negative Symptoms in the Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal (VH) Lesion Model of Schizophrenia. Poster: National SFN Annual Meeting 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 8-12.

White, D.A., Ballard, M.E., Holtzman, S.G. Acute Pretreatment with Kappa-Opioid Agonists Potentiates Naltrexone-Induced Drinking Suppression in Water-Deprived Rats. Poster: National SFN Annual Meeting 2001, San Diego, California, Nov. 10-15.