Jerry Wright

Jerry Wright, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Research Associate

    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders

    The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA)

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  • Advisors:

    Mike A Taffe, Jenny L. Wiley

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Biopsychology, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
     
    M.Sc., Biopsychology, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
     
    B.Sc., Biology, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
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  • Research:
    Interaction between High-fat diets and Cannabinoids

    Food intake and energy balance are regulated by the complex interplay of a series of neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and neuropeptides. The complexity of this highly-evolved and multiply-redundant system may well reflect the physiological importance of feeding behavior. Obviously, an organism that cannot control food intake and regulate metabolism does not persist long enough to reproduce and therefore represents an evolutionary dead end. The central focus of my research is the interaction between cannabinergic drugs and diets rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. An emerging body of evidence suggests that sustained consumption of diets rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g., the typical Western diet) reduces CB1 receptor expression in a region-specific fashion and reduces the sensitivity to some of the pharmacological effects of cannabinergic drugs.

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  • Honors:

    2009-present NIAAA Institutional Training Grant

    2008 NIDA/NIAAA/American Psychological Association Travel Award

    2006-2009 National Institute on Drug Abuse Institutional Training Grant

    2006-2008 International Cannabinoid Research Society Travel Grant

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Jerry Wright's Posters and Presentations (9)

  • Acute Treatment with Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Impairs Cognitive Function in Rhesus Macaques (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr, Renee Croce and Michael A Taffe

    20th Annual Meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society , Lund, Sweden; 07/2010
  • Effects of Ethanol on Reversal Learning and Extradimensional Attentional Shift in Rhesus Macaques (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr and Michael A Taffe

    33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX; 06/2010
  • Effects of Ethanol on Reversal Learning in Rhesus Macaques (presentation)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr and Michael A Taffe

    Research Society on Alcoholism, Paper Sessions, San Antonio, TX; 06/2010
  • Exercise is Associated with Increased Drug-Taking in Rats that Self-Administer Methamphetamine at Low Levels (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr, Sophia A Davis, Glen D Dickinson, Michael A Taffe

    Experimental Biology, ASPET poster sessions, Anaheim, CA; 04/2010
  • Progressive-ratio Performance after Chronic Exposure to Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol during Adolescence (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr and Jenny L Wiley

    American Psychological Association, National Meeting, Boston, MA; 08/2008
  • Effects of a high-fat diet during adolescence on sensitivity to delta-9-THC (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr. & Jenny L. Wiley

    ICRS, 18th Annual Symposium on the Cannabinoids. Aviemore, Scotland; 06/2008
  • The Motivation to Work for Food after Sustained CB1 Blockade during Adolescence (presentation)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr. & Jenny L. Wiley

    ICRS, 17th Annual Symposium on the Cannabinoids sponsored by the International Cannabinoid Research Society. St. Sauveur, Quebec, Canada; 06/2007
  • The Influence of Selected Endocannabinoid Analogs on Food Intake and Locomotion (presentation)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr., James J. Burston, Darnica C. Leggettt, Raj K. Razdan & Jenny L. Wiley

    ICRS, 16th Annual Symposium on the Cannabinoids sponsored by the International Cannabinoid Research Society. June 24-28, 2006. Tihany, Hungary; 06/2006
  • Differential Development of Tolerance in Adolescent Rats upon Repeated Exposure to (poster)

    M. Jerry Wright Jr., Mary E. Tokarz, Mary M. O'Connell & Jenny L Wiley

    ASPET, National Meeting, San Diego, CA ; 04/2005

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One Figure for Jerry Wright

Discrimination and Reversal Learning. Two-factor RM-ANOVA confirmed a significant interaction of EtOH and phase on errors-to-criterion,(p<0.001). The effect of EtOH depended on whether the monkey was engaged in discrimination or reversal learning.


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