My research interests include affective properties of drugs of abuse and I'm currently investigating individual differences in the aversive and rewarding effects of morphine. I am interested in conditioned taste aversion as a phenomenon in general, its interpretations and implications, and its use in psychopharmacology.

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles and Proceedings
1. Freeman KB, Verendeev A, Riley AL. Noradrenergic antagonism enhances the conditioned aversive effects of cocaine. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2008; 88: 523-532.
2. Busse, G.D., Verendeev, A., Jones, J., Riley, A.L. (2005). The effects of cocaine, alcohol and cocaine/alcohol combinations in the taste aversion design. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 82 (1), 207-214.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Poster Presentations
1. Verendeev, A., Freeman, K. B., Riley, A. L. (2006). Assessment of a noradrenergic role in the mediation of cocaine-induced conditioned taste aversion. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. [Full Text]
2. Busse, G., Verendeev, A., Jones, J., Riley, A. L. (2005). Alcohol does not potentiate the aversiveness of cocaine within the conditioned taste aversion design. College on the Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, FL.