Erin Bobeck

Biology

Associate Professor


Erin Bobeck

Contact Information

Office Location: BNR 237
Phone: (435) 797-2489
Email: erin.bobeck@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Experimental Psychology, (Neuroscience), Washington State University, 2013
The role of intracellular signaling pathways on mu-opioid receptor agonist induced antinociception and tolerance
MS, Experimental Psychology, (Neuroscience), Washington State University, 2010
BS, Psychology, Washington State University, 2004

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Afrose, L., McDermott, M.V, Bhuiyan, A.I, Pathak, S.K, Bobeck, E.N, (2022). GPR171 activation regulates morphine tolerance but not withdrawal in a test-dependent manner in mice.. Behavioural Pharmacology, 33:7, 442-451. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000692
  • Schoo, S.M, Bobeck, E.N, Morgan, M.M, (2018). Enhanced antinociception with repeated microinjections of apomorphine into the periaqueductal gray of male and female rats.. Behavioural pharmacology
  • Bobeck, E.N, Gomes, I., Pena, D., Cummings, K.A, Clem, R.L, Mezei, M., Devi, L.A, (2017). The BigLEN-GPR171 Peptide Receptor System Within the Basolateral Amygdala Regulates Anxiety-Like Behavior and Contextual Fear Conditioning.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 42:13, 2527-2536.
  • Wardman, J.H, Gomes, I., Bobeck, E.N, Stockert, J.A, Kapoor, A., Bisignano, P., Gupta, A., Mezei, M., Kumar, S., Filizola, M., Devi, L.A, (2016). Identification of a small-molecule ligand that activates the neuropeptide receptor GPR171 and increases food intake.. Science signaling, 9:430, ra55.
  • Gupta, A., Gomes, I., Bobeck, E.N, Fakira, A.K, Massaro, N.P, Sharma, I., Cavé, A., Hamm, H.E, Parello, J., Devi, L.A, (2016). Collybolide is a novel biased agonist of κ-opioid receptors with potent antipruritic activity.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113:21, 6041-6.
  • Gomes, I., Bobeck, E.N, Margolis, E.B, Gupta, A., Sierra, S., Fakira, A.K, Fujita, W., Müller, T.D, Müller, A., Tschöp, M.H, Kleinau, G., Fricker, L.D, Devi, L.A, (2016). Identification of GPR83 as the receptor for the neuroendocrine peptide PEN.. Science signaling, 9:425, ra43.
  • Bobeck, E.N, Ingram, S.L, Hermes, S.M, Aicher, S.A, Morgan, M.M, (2016). Ligand-biased activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 leads to differences in opioid induced antinociception and tolerance.. Behavioural brain research, 298:Pt B, 17-24.
  • Macey, T.A, Bobeck, E.N, Suchland, K.L, Morgan, M.M, Ingram, S.L, (2015). Change in functional selectivity of morphine with the development of antinociceptive tolerance.. British journal of pharmacology, 172:2, 549-61.
  • Gupta, A., Fujita, W., Gomes, I., Bobeck, E.N, Devi, L.A, (2015). Endothelin-converting enzyme 2 differentially regulates opioid receptor activity.. British journal of pharmacology, 172:2, 704-19.
  • Bobeck, E.N, Chen, Q., Morgan, M.M, Ingram, S.L, (2014). Contribution of adenylyl cyclase modulation of pre- and postsynaptic GABA neurotransmission to morphine antinociception and tolerance.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 39:9, 2142-52.
  • Bobeck, E.N, Haseman, R.A, Hong, D., Ingram, S.L, Morgan, M.M, (2012). Differential development of antinociceptive tolerance to morphine and fentanyl is not linked to efficacy in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of the rat.. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 13:8, 799-807.
  • Gunn, A., Bobeck, E.N, Weber, C., Morgan, M.M, (2011). The influence of non-nociceptive factors on hot-plate latency in rats.. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 12:2, 222-7.
  • Macey, T.A, Ingram, S.L, Bobeck, E.N, Hegarty, D.M, Aicher, S.A, Arttamangkul, S., Morgan, M.M, (2010). Opioid receptor internalization contributes to dermorphin-mediated antinociception.. Neuroscience, 168:2, 543-50.
  • Bobeck, E.N, McNeal, A.L, Morgan, M.M, (2009). Drug dependent sex-differences in periaqueducatal gray mediated antinociception in the rat.. Pain, 147:1-3, 210-6.
  • Macey, T.A, Bobeck, E.N, Hegarty, D.M, Aicher, S.A, Ingram, S.L, Morgan, M.M, (2009). Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation counteracts morphine tolerance in the periaqueductal gray of the rat.. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 331:2, 412-8.
  • Morgan, M.M, Bobeck, E.N, Ingram, S.L, (2009). Glutamate modulation of antinociception, but not tolerance, produced by morphine microinjection into the periaqueductal gray of the rat.. Brain research, 1295, 59-66.
  • Ingram, S.L, Macey, T.A, Bobeck, E.N, Morgan, M.M, (2008). Tolerance to repeated morphine administration is associated with increased potency of opioid agonists.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 33:10, 2494-504.
  • Bobeck, E.N, Lisowski, M.J, Macey, T.A, Ingram, S.L, Morgan, M.M, (2008). Microinjection of the vehicle dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) into the periaqueductal gray modulates morphine antinociception.. Brain research, 1204, 53-8.
  • Meyer, P.J, Bobeck, E.N, Ingram, S.L, Morgan, M.M, (2007). Analgesic tolerance to microinjection of the micro-opioid agonist DAMGO into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray.. Neuropharmacology, 52:8, 1580-5.
  • Ingram, S.L, Bobeck, E.N, Morgan, M.M, (2007). Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for opioid tolerance in adolescent rats.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 32:3, 600-6.
  • Morgan, M.M, Bobeck, E.N, Levine, C.S, Ingram, S.L, (2006). Antinociceptive tolerance revealed by cumulative intracranial microinjections of morphine into the periaqueductal gray in the rat.. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 85:1, 214-9.
  • Morgan, M.M, Bobeck, E.N, Stalding, B.M, King, M.M, (2006). Morphine antinociceptive potency on chemical, mechanical, and thermal nociceptive tests in the rat.. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 7:5, 358-66.

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Publications | Other

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Teaching

BIOL 6750 - Topics in Biology, Spring 2023
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2022
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2022
BIOL 4450 - Neurobiology, Fall 2021
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2021
PSY, BIOL 4750, 6750, 7140 - Methods in Neuroscience, Fall 2020
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2020
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2020
BIOL 4450 - Neurobiology, Fall 2019
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2019
BIOL 1620 - Biology II, Spring 2019
BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Fall 2018
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Spring 2018

Graduate Students Mentored

Megan Raddatz, Biology, March 2022
Alyssa Lauer, Biology, August 2021
Callie Porter, Biology, August 2021
Max McDermott, Biology, May 2018
Akila Ram, Biology, January 2018 - May 2021
Leela Afrose, Biology, January 2018 - December 2020