Patricia "Sue" Grigson-Kennedy, MS, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Patricia "Sue" Grigson-Kennedy, MS, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2025
Yammine, L, Grigson, PS, Schmitz, JM, Evans, BB & Hendershot, CS 2025, 'The Potential Utility of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Medications for Addiction Treatment: A Narrative Review of Clinical and Epidemiological Evidence', Current Addiction Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00657-4
2024
Freet, CS, Evans, B, Brick, TR, Deneke, E, Wasserman, EJ, Ballard, SM, Stankoski, DM, Kong, L, Raja-Khan, N, Nyland, JE, Arnold, AC, Krishnamurthy, VB, Fernandez-Mendoza, J, Cleveland, HH, Scioli, AD, Molchanow, A, Messner, AE, Ayaz, H, Grigson, PS & Bunce, SC 2024, 'Ecological momentary assessment and cue-elicited drug craving as primary endpoints: study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the efficacy of a GLP-1 receptor agonist in opioid use disorder', Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, vol. 19, no. 1, 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00481-7
Urbanik, LA, Booth, JL, Acharya, NK, Evans, BB & Grigson, PS 2024, 'Effect of acute treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, and estrus phase on cue- and drug-induced fentanyl seeking in female rats', Behavioural Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000805
2023
McLaughlin, PJ, West, EA, Grigson, PS & Hobkirk, AL 2023, 'Addiction III: From mouse to man', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 193, pp. 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.12.001
Fang, J, Miller, P & Grigson, PS 2023, 'Sleep is increased by liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, in rats', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 192, pp. 142-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.11.012
2022
Douton, JE, Acharya, NK, Stoltzfus, B, Sun, D, Grigson, PS & Nyland, JE 2022, 'Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats', Behavioural Pharmacology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 364-378. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000685
Urbanik, LA, Acharya, NK & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Acute treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, reduces cue- and drug-induced fentanyl seeking in rats', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 189, pp. 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.08.023
McFalls, AJ, Imperio, CG, Woodward, E, Krikorian, C, Stoltsfus, B, Wronowski, B, Grigson, PS, Freeman, WM & Vrana, KE 2022, 'An RNA-seq study of the mPFC of rats with different addiction phenotypes', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 191, pp. 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.09.023
Evans, B, Stoltzfus, B, Acharya, N, Nyland, JE, Arnold, AC, Freet, CS, Bunce, SC & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Dose titration with the glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist, liraglutide, reduces cue- and drug-induced heroin seeking in high drug-taking rats', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 189, pp. 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.08.022
McFalls, AJ, Jenney, C, Stanford, RS, Woodward, E, Hajnal, A, Grigson, PS & Vrana, KE 2022, 'Greater avoidance of a saccharin cue paired with passive delivery of heroin is associated with a select increase in expression of CRFR2 and CRFbp in the hippocampus in rats', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 191, pp. 48-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.10.009
Yingst, JM, Lester, C, Livelsberger, C, Allen, SI, Hammett, E, Veldheer, S, Hummer, B, Bordner, C, Zhu, J, Sciamanna, CN, Trushin, N, Tan, HS, Wilson, SJ, Twining, RC, Foulds, J & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of random nicotine delivery on cigarettes per day and smoke exposure', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 188, pp. 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.07.017
2021
Kamens, HM, Miller, CN, Caulfield, JI, Zeid, D, Horton, WJ, Silva, CP, Sebastian, A, Albert, I, Gould, TJ, Fishbein, D, Grigson, PS & Cavigelli, SA 2021, 'Adolescent Stress Reduces Adult Morphine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization in C57BL/6J Mice', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 15, 678102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.678102
Nyland, JE, Raja-Khan, NT, Bettermann, K, Haouzi, PA, Leslie, DL, Kraschnewski, JL, Parent, LJ & Grigson, PS 2021, 'Diabetes, Drug Treatment, and Mortality in COVID-19: A Multinational Retrospective Cohort Study', Diabetes, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 2903-2916. https://doi.org/10.2337/db21-0385
Douton, JE, Norgren, R & Grigson, PS 2021, 'Effects of a glucagon-like peptide-1 analog on appetitive and consummatory behavior for rewarding and aversive gustatory stimuli in rats', Physiology and Behavior, vol. 229, 113279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113279
Douton, JE, Augusto, C, Stoltzfus, B, Carkaci-Salli, N, Vrana, KE & Grigson, PS 2021, 'Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats', Behavioural Pharmacology, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000609
Douton, JE, Horvath, N, Mills-Huffnagle, S, Nyland, JE, Hajnal, A & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, reduces heroin self-administration and drug-induced reinstatement of heroin-seeking behaviour in rats', Addiction Biology, vol. 27, no. 2, e13117. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13117