Scott E Bowen (ad4771)

Psychology

Behavioral pharmacology, behavioral toxicology, neurobehavioral teratology

Awards

• WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
• WSU CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Fellow status in Division 28, American Psychological Association
• Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Leadership Training Grant/Mortar Board's LEAD Advisor Development Program

Grants

• "Response Contingent Behavioral Effects of Abused Solvents". Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Research Service Award) -- Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (F32DA005670)
• “Behavioral Studies of Opiate Tolerance and Dependence.” Role: Co-Investigator. Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (2R01DA003796)
• “Self-administration of Abused Inhalants in Mice”. Role: Principal Investigator. Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01DA15095)
• “A Preclinical Model of Adolescent Toluene Abuse in Rats”. Role: Principal Investigator. Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R21DA019151)
• “Behavioral Effects of Gestational Inhalant Abuse in Rats”. Role: Principal Investigator. Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01DA15951)
• ”Does Repeated Toluene Alter Ethanol’s Properties”. Role: Principal Investigator. Source: Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
• ”Inhaled Toluene-Produced Physical Dependence in Mice”. Role: Principal Investigator. Source: Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
• “The effects of gestational opioid exposure on the maternal brain, behavior and microbiome”. Role: Co-Investigator. Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA 052386). Susie Brummelte, PI

• Inhalant that contributed to Aaron Carter's death needs more regulation, advocates say
• The movement to relax ban on psychedelic drugs
• Society for Psychopharmacology and Substance Use Scientist Spotlight

Student names are italicized and underlined.

• Bowen, S.E., Hannigan, J.H., Davidson, C. & Callan, S.P. (2018). Abstinence Following Toluene Exposure Increases Anxiety-Like Behavior in Mice. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 65, 42-50. PMID: 29292231. doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2017.12.010
• Wallin, C.M., Bowen, S.E., Roberge, C.L., Richardson, L.M., Brummelte, S. (2019) Gestational buprenorphine exposure: Effects on pregnancy, development, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, and behavior in a translational rodent model. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205, 1-11. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107625
• Apawu, A.K., Callan, S.P., Mathews, T.A., and Bowen, S.E. (2020). Repeated Toluene Exposure Leads to Neuroadaptation in Dopamine Release Mechanisms within the Nucleus Accumbens Core. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2020.115260
• Davidson, C.J., Hannigan, J.H., and Bowen, S.E. (2021). Effects of Inhaled Combined Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes (BTEX): Toward an Environmental Exposure Model. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2020.103518
• Wallin, C.M., Bowen, S.E., & Brummelte, S. (2021). Opioid use during pregnancy can impair maternal behavior and the Maternal Brain Network: A literature review. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106976
• Wallin, C.M., Bowen, S.E., and Brummelte, S. (2021). Opioid use during pregnancy can impair maternal behavior and the Maternal Brain Network: a scoping review of the literature”. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. PMID: 33812002 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106976
• Cruz, S.L. and Bowen, S.E. (2021). The last two decades on preclinical and clinical research on inhalant effects. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. PMID: 34087382; DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106999
• Davidson, C., Svenson, D., Hannigan, J., Perrine, S. and Bowen, S.E. (2021). A Novel Preclinical Model of Environment-like Combined Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes (BTEX) Exposure: Behavioral and Neurochemical Findings. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2022.107076
• Svenson, D.W., Davidson, C.J., Thakur, C., and Bowen, S.E. (2022). Acute Exposure to Abuse-Like Concentrations of Toluene Induces Inflammation in Mouse Lungs and Brain. Journal of Applied Toxicology. doi.org/10.1002/jat.4285

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 Laboratory Facilites

Research focuses on behavioral pharmacology, behavioral toxicology, and neurobehavioral teratology, also to understand why volatile organic solvents, such as toluene and nitrous oxide, are abused.

Disease/Disorder

Behavioral pharmacology and toxicology of commonly abused drugs.

Species

Rats and mice.

Methods

Rodent models/tests for anxiety or depression behaviors, activity, memory, operant methods of reinforcement, and developmental milestones.

Key Collaborators

John Hannigan, Shane Perrine, Alana Conti, Susanne Brummelte, George Borszcz, Matthew Galloway.

 PubMed Search (past 5 years).