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Vicki Nejtek

Associate Professor Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Member Institute for Healthy Aging

University of North Texas Health Science Center

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College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Institute for Healthy Aging; TCOM

School of Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Vicki Nejtek is currently serving as a College Of Biomedical And Translational Sciences Associate Professor Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Member Institute for Healthy Aging at University of North Texas Health Science Center.

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Vicki Nejtek

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Associate Professor Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Member Institute for Healthy Aging

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psychiatry neuroscience psychopathology mental health neuropsychopharmacology psychiatric research neurology psychopharmacology addiction depression pharmacology substance use disorders psychotropic medication affective disorders psychiatric care addiction medicine psychological medicine psychiatric disorders geriatrics neuropharmacology mood symptom asthma biological psychiatry psychoneuroendocrinology psychoactive drugs neurochemistry bipolar disorder translational psychiatry substance use mammalian biology brain science dopamine clinical psychiatry alcohol dependence neuropsychiatry psychotic disorders molecular neurobiology stress biomarkers emotion regulation stimulant dependence atypical antipsychotics pharmacotherapy protein science neuroscience of aging affective neuroscience glucocorticoids clinical neuroscience psychological co-morbidities social stress emotional responses psychoactive substance use health care delivery nigral-specific increase substantia nigra striatal dopamine pink1 knockout rats low emotion events amphetamine use respiratory medicine psychiatric diseases comorbid psychiatric disorders compulsive behaviors psychoneuroimmunology mobile health emergency department administration emergency care methanol pharmacoepidemiology clinical management psychiatric side effects clinical implications inner-city asthma clinic mood disorders flexible-dose study emotional stress perceptions consecutive stress paradigm parkinson's disease cognition antipsychotic agents biomarkers brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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EDITORIAL: Translational Research Advancements Utilizing the Iowa Gambling Task in Preclinical and Clinical Studies: 30 Years of the Igt. Frontiers in Psychiatry (2025)

substance use disorderstranslational research advancementsclinical studiesexperimental psychologyaddictive behaviorsgamblingbehavioral sciencesharm reductionaddictioniowa gambling taskbehavioral addictionspsychologyclinical psychology

Eye Movements During the Iowa Gambling Task in Parkinson’s Disease: A Brief Report. Frontiers in Psychology (2025)

neurologyvisual functionparkinson's diseaseneurosciencemovement disordersbrief reportmotor disordersiowa gambling taskeye trackingvisual scienceeye movements

Aging Accelerates Locomotor Decline in Pink1 Knockout Rats in Association With Decreased Nigral, but Not Striatal, Dopamine and Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression. Experimental Neurology (2024)

pink1 knockout ratsneuroscience of agingaging cellmolecular neurodegenerationaccelerates locomotor declinephysiologytyrosine hydroxylase expressionbiogerontologyageingneuroscienceneurodegenerative diseasesdopamine

Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise Alleviates Motor Deficits in 6-Ohda Lesioned Rats and Reduces Serum Levels of Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease Severity Without Recovery of Striatal Dopamine or Tyrosine Hydroxylase. Experimental Neurology (2024)

Ella A. KasangaIsabel SotoAshley CentnerRobert McManusMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteYoonhee HanJerome LiskTravis EhrhardtKen WheelerIsha Mhatre-WintersJason R. RichardsonChristopher BishopVicki A. NejtekMichael F. Salvatore

neurologyphysiologystriatal dopamineparkinson's diseaseneurosciencetyrosine hydroxylase

Pink1 Knockout Rats Show Premotor Cognitive Deficits Measured Through a Complex Maze. Frontiers in Neuroscience (2024)

pink1 knockout ratscognitive neurosciencebehavioral neuroscienceneuroscienceneuropsychopharmacologybrain sciencepremotor cognitive deficitsdevelopmental cognitive neurosciencecognitive sciencebrain functionpsychologycomplex maze

Differential Expression of Ret and Gdnf Family Receptor, Gfr-α1, Between Striatum and Substantia Nigra Following Nigrostriatal Lesion: A Case for Diminished Gdnf-Signaling. Experimental Neurology (2023)

Ella A KasangaYoonhee HanWalter NavarreteRobert McManusMarla K ShiffletCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaFredric P ManfredssonVicki A NejtekJason R RichardsonMichael F Salvatore

protein expressionneuroanatomyneuroscienceneuroradiologygeneticssubstantia nigranigrostriatal lesiongdnf family receptormedicinal researchdifferential expressionfunctional regulationneuroimagingneurologyprotein sciencebrain imagingbrain scienceexperimental medicinenervous systembrain injuryneurotransmissionmammalian biologycentral nervous system

Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise in 6-Ohda-Lesioned Rats Alleviates Established Motor Deficits and Reduces Neurofilament Light and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Serum Levels Without Increased Striatal Dopamine or Tyrosine Hydroxylase Protein. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Ella A. KasangaIsabel SotoAshley CentnerRobert McManusMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteYoonhee HanJerome LiskKen WheelerIsha Mhatre-WintersJason R. RichardsonChristopher BishopVicki A. NejtekMichael F. Salvatore

exercise physiologymotor deficitsanimal physiologyphysiologystriatal dopamineneurosciencemammalian biologyrehabilitation

Nigral-Specific Increase in Ser31 Phosphorylation Compensates for Tyrosine Hydroxylase Protein and Nigrostriatal Neuron Loss: Implications for Delaying Parkinsonian Signs. Experimental Neurology (2023)

Ella A. KasangaYoonhee HanMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteRobert McManusCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaVicki A. NejtekFredric P. ManfredssonJeffrey H. KordowerJason R. RichardsonMichael F. Salvatore

neurologyparkinsonian signsnigral-specific increasetyrosine hydroxylase proteinneurosciencenigrostriatal neuron losscentral nervous system

Establishing Equivalent Aerobic Exercise Parameters Between Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease and Pink1 Knockout Rats. Journal of Parkinson s Disease (2022)

Michael F. SalvatoreIsabel SotoElla A. KasangaRachael JamesMarla K. ShiffletKirby DoshierJoel T. LittleJoshia JohnHelene M. AlphonsoJ. Thomas CunninghamVicki A. Nejtek

exercise physiologyphysiologyparkinson's diseaseneurosciencehealth sciences

Nigral-Specific Increase in Ser31 Tyrosine Hydroxylase Phosphorylation Offsets Dopamine Loss and Forestalls Hypokinesia Onset During Progressive Nigrostriatal Neuron Loss. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)

Ella A. KasangaYoonhee HanMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteRobert McManusCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaVicki A. NejtekJason R. RichardsonMichael F. Salvatore

neurologyneurochemistryneuropharmacologyforestalls hypokinesia onsetnigral-specific increasecognitive neuroscienceneurosciencedopaminemolecular neurobiologyneurophysiologypharmacologymolecular neuroscience

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Vicki Nejtek

Associate Professor Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Member Institute for Healthy Aging

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Affiliations

College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Institute for Healthy Aging; TCOM

School of Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Honors

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Experiences

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Vicki Nejtek

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Associate Professor Pharmacology & Neuroscience ; Member Institute for Healthy Aging

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

EDITORIAL: Translational Research Advancements Utilizing the Iowa Gambling Task in Preclinical and Clinical Studies: 30 Years of the Igt. Frontiers in Psychiatry (2025)

Eye Movements During the Iowa Gambling Task in Parkinson’s Disease: A Brief Report. Frontiers in Psychology (2025)

neurologyvisual functionparkinson's diseaseneurosciencemovement disordersbrief reportmotor disordersiowa gambling taskeye trackingvisual scienceeye movements

Aging Accelerates Locomotor Decline in Pink1 Knockout Rats in Association With Decreased Nigral, but Not Striatal, Dopamine and Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression. Experimental Neurology (2024)

neurologyphysiologystriatal dopamineparkinson's diseaseneurosciencetyrosine hydroxylase

Pink1 Knockout Rats Show Premotor Cognitive Deficits Measured Through a Complex Maze. Frontiers in Neuroscience (2024)

Ella A KasangaYoonhee HanWalter NavarreteRobert McManusMarla K ShiffletCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaFredric P ManfredssonVicki A NejtekJason R RichardsonMichael F Salvatore

exercise physiologymotor deficitsanimal physiologyphysiologystriatal dopamineneurosciencemammalian biologyrehabilitation

Ella A. KasangaYoonhee HanMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteRobert McManusCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaVicki A. NejtekFredric P. ManfredssonJeffrey H. KordowerJason R. RichardsonMichael F. Salvatore

neurologyparkinsonian signsnigral-specific increasetyrosine hydroxylase proteinneurosciencenigrostriatal neuron losscentral nervous system

Establishing Equivalent Aerobic Exercise Parameters Between Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease and Pink1 Knockout Rats. Journal of Parkinson s Disease (2022)

Michael F. SalvatoreIsabel SotoElla A. KasangaRachael JamesMarla K. ShiffletKirby DoshierJoel T. LittleJoshia JohnHelene M. AlphonsoJ. Thomas CunninghamVicki A. Nejtek

exercise physiologyphysiologyparkinson's diseaseneurosciencehealth sciences

Ella A. KasangaYoonhee HanMarla K. ShiffletWalter NavarreteRobert McManusCaleb ParryArturo BarahonaVicki A. NejtekJason R. RichardsonMichael F. Salvatore

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