My research with the Psychopharmacology Lab has focused primarily on the aversive affective experience of cocaine as assessed with the Conditioned Taste Aversion preparation. In collaboration with the Molecular Neurobiology Division at the National Institutes on Drug Abuse; I am currently investigating the pharmacological basis of cocaine-induced taste aversions using specific gene deletions to create transgenic, knock-out subjects lacking the Dopamine, Norepinephrine and Serotonin re-uptake transporters. Using these models my research will also investigate various other behavioral and physiological responses to cocaine administration.

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles and Proceedings
1. Duncan, P.M., Parris, B., Schultz, S., Jones, J., Gordon, A., Dyer, B & Marshall, H. (2005) Behavioral effects and drug vulnerability in rats exposed to Pfiesteria toxin. Neurotoxicology & Teratology 27; 701-710. [Full Text]
2. Busse G. D., Verendeez, A., Jones, J. & Riley, A. L. (2005) Alcohol does not potentiate the aversiveness of cocaine within the taste aversion design. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior 82; 207-214. [Full Text]
3. Jones J.D., Busse G,D., & Riley A. L. (2006) Strain-dependent sex differences in the effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced taste aversions. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior; In Press. [Full Text]
4. Duncan, P.M., Parris, B., Schultz, S., Jones, J., Gordon, A., Dyer, B & Marshall, H. (2005) Behavioral effects and drug vulnerability in rats exposed to Pfiesteria toxin. Neurotoxicology & Teratology 27; 701-710.
5. Busse G. D., Verendeez, A., Jones, J. & Riley, A. L. (2005) Alcohol does not potentiate the aversiveness of cocaine within the taste aversion design. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior 82; 207-214.
6. Jones J.D., Busse G,D., & Riley A. L. (2006) Strain-dependent sex differences in the effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced taste aversions. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior; 83; 554-560.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Poster Presentations
1. Jones J.D., Hall F.S., Uhl G.R., & Riley A. L. (2006) DAT gene knockout does not not affect the aversive affective experience of cocaine as assessed in the conditioned taste aversion preparation. A paper presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ. June, 2006.
2. Jones J.D., Hall F.S., Uhl G.R., & Riley A. L. (2006) Dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin transporter gene knock-out fails to disrupt cocaine-induced taste aversions. A paper presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. November, 2006.
3. Jones J.D., Hall F.S., Uhl G.R., & Riley A. L. (2007) The Effects of Single and Multiple Monoamine Transporter Gene Deletion on Cocaine-Induced Taste Aversion. A paper presentation at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil June 2007.