Kirsten Culver
Assistant Professor, Nursing

journal articles

• The impact of curricular changes on BSCN students' clinical learning outcomes.  Nurse Education in Practice.  21:51-58. 2016
• Altered dopamine D2-like receptor binding in rats with behavioral sensitization to quinpirole: effects of pre-treatment with Ro 41-1049.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  592:67-72. 2008
• Effects of hypophysectomy on compulsive checking and cortical dendrites in an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Behavioural Pharmacology.  19:271-283. 2008
• Differential effects of clorgyline on sensitization to quinpirole in rats tested in small and large environments.  Psychopharmacology.  186:534-543. 2006
• Hypophysectomy does not block sensitization to the dopamine agonist quinpirole or its modulation by the MAOI clorgyline.  Hormones and Behavior.  45:23-30. 2004
• Asymmetric modulation of a catecholamine‐regulated protein in the rat brain, following quinpirole administration.  Synapse.  49:261-269. 2003
• Clorgyline-induced switch from locomotion to mouthing in sensitization to the dopamine D2/D3 agonist quinpirole in rats: role of sigma and imidazoline I2 receptors.  Psychopharmacology.  167:211-218. 2003
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitor-induced blockade of locomotor sensitization to quinpirole: role of striatal dopamine uptake inhibition.  Neuropharmacology.  43:385-393. 2002
• Effect of nicotine on quinpirole-induced checking behavior in rats: implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder.  Biological Psychiatry.  51:164-171. 2002
• Compulsive checking behavior of quinpirole-sensitized rats as an animal model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD): form and control..  BMC Neuroscience.  2:4-4. 2001
• A switch mechanism between locomotion and mouthing implicated in sensitization to quinpirole in rats.  Psychopharmacology.  151:202-210. 2000
• Role of dopamine systems in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): implications from a novel psychostimulant-induced animal model..  Pharmacological Reports.  51:55-61. 1999
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitor sensitive site implicated in sensitization to quinpirole.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  339:109-111. 1997