Physician

Neurosurgery

Carrie Walters works in the field of Neurosurgery. She attended Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has a rank of 19 in research and a 29 in primary care She over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAANS)". Carrie L. Walters is a published MD. She published 13 publications, including: 'Characterization of pharmacological and behavioral differences to nicotine in C57Bl/6 and DBA/2 mice.'

Publications

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• Mu-opioid receptor and CREB activation are required for nicotine reward.
• Expression of fos-related antigens in the nucleus accumbens during opiate withdrawal and their attenuation by a D2 dopamine receptor agonist.
• Behavioral activation induced by D(2)-like receptor stimulation during opiate withdrawal.
• Alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists selectively activate limbic regions of the rat foreBrain: an effect similar to antipsychotics.
• Different requirements for cAMP response element binding protein in positive and negative reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse.
• Beta 2 subunit-containing nicotinic receptors mediate acute nicotine-induced activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-dependent pathways in vivo.
• Characterization of pharmacological and behavioral differences to nicotine in C57Bl/6 and DBA/2 mice.
• Reduced nicotine reward in obesity: cross-comparison in human and mouse.
• Alterations in morphine-induced reward, locomotor activity, and thermoregulation in CREB-deficient mice.
• Differential distribution of CREB in the mesolimbic dopamine reward pathway.
• Augmented responses to morphine and cocaine in mice with a 12-lipoxygenase gene disruption.
• The beta2 but not alpha7 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is required for nicotine-conditioned place preference in mice.

Schools

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• Northwestern Center Feinberg School of Medicine

• University of Chicago

• National Institute Health

Procedures Preformed

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• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Herniated Disc Surgery
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Conditions Treated

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAANS)

Education

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• Barrow Neurological Institute
• University of Chicago
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

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