Search Results - "Elmer, Greg I"
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Habenula-Induced Inhibition of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Is Diminished by Lesions of the Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (04-01-2017)“…Neurons in the lateral habenula (LHb) are transiently activated by aversive events and have been implicated in associative learning. Functional changes…”
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Fluctuations in Endogenous Kynurenic Acid Control Hippocampal Glutamate and Memory
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-2011)“…Kynurenic acid (KYNA), an astrocyte-derived metabolite, antagonizes the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) and, possibly, the glycine co-agonist…”
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Reduction of Endogenous Kynurenic Acid Formation Enhances Extracellular Glutamate, Hippocampal Plasticity, and Cognitive Behavior
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-07-2010)“…At endogenous brain concentrations, the astrocyte-derived metabolite kynurenic acid (KYNA) antagonizes the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and,…”
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Pre- and postnatal exposure to kynurenine causes cognitive deficits in adulthood
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-05-2012)“…Levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous product of tryptophan degradation, are elevated in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of individuals with…”
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Anti-relapse neurons in the infralimbic cortex of rats drive relapse-suppression by drug omission cues
Published in Nature communications (02-09-2019)“…Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder of compulsive drug use. Studies of the neurobehavioral factors that promote drug relapse have yet to produce an…”
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Engaging Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): Neurocircuitry in Search of Meaning
Published in Schizophrenia bulletin (01-09-2016)“…The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative was implemented to reorient the approach to mental health research from one focused on Diagnostic and…”
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Hyperoxic reperfusion after global cerebral ischemia promotes inflammation and long-term hippocampal neuronal death
Published in Journal of neurotrauma (01-04-2010)“…In this study we tested the hypothesis that long-term neuropathological outcome is worsened by hyperoxic compared to normoxic reperfusion in a rat global…”
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The habenula governs the attribution of incentive salience to reward predictive cues
Published in Frontiers in human neuroscience (09-12-2013)“…The attribution of incentive salience to reward associated cues is critical for motivation and the pursuit of rewards. Disruptions in the integrity of the…”
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Inhibition of kynurenine aminotransferase II attenuates hippocampus‐dependent memory deficit in adult rats treated prenatally with kynurenine
Published in Hippocampus (01-02-2019)“…A combination of genetic and environmental factors contributes to schizophrenia (SZ), a catastrophic psychiatric disorder with a hypothesized…”
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MicroRNAs Are Involved in the Development of Morphine-Induced Analgesic Tolerance and Regulate Functionally Relevant Changes in Serpini1
Published in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience (24-03-2016)“…Long-term opioid treatment results in reduced therapeutic efficacy and in turn leads to an increase in the dose required to produce equivalent pain relief and…”
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Genotype-Environment Interactions in Mouse Behavior: A Way out of the Problem
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-03-2005)“…In behavior genetics, behaviroal patterns of mouse genotypes, such as inbred strains, crosses, and knockouts, are characterized and compared to associate them…”
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NMDAR inhibition-independent antidepressant actions of ketamine metabolites
Published in Nature (London) (26-05-2016)“…Major depressive disorder affects around 16 per cent of the world population at some point in their lives. Despite the availability of numerous…”
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Heritability of nociception I: responses of 11 inbred mouse strains on 12 measures of nociception
Published in Pain (Amsterdam) (01-03-1999)“…It is generally acknowledged that humans display highly variable sensitivity to pain, including variable responses to identical injuries or pathologies. The…”
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Combined Application of Behavior Genetics and Microarray Analysis to Identify Regional Expression Themes and Gene-Behavior Associations
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (17-05-2006)“…In this report we link candidate genes to complex behavioral phenotypes by using a behavior genetics approach. Gene expression signatures were generated for…”
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Altered spatial learning, cortical plasticity and hippocampal anatomy in a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia-related endophenotypes
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-09-2012)“…Adult rats exposed to the DNA‐methylating agent methylazoxymethanol on embryonic day 17 show a pattern of neurobiological deficits that model some of the…”
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Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neuronal Responses to Habenular Stimulation and Foot Shock Are Altered by Lesions of the Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus
Published in Neuroscience (24-05-2024)“…•RMTg lesions reduce LHb induced inhibition of DA firing.•RMTg lesions reduce foot shock induced inhibition of DA firing.•Lower prevalence of neurons with…”
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Ketamine metabolite (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine reverses behavioral despair produced by adolescent trauma
Published in Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior (01-09-2020)“…Early life trauma dramatically increases the risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD), and is associated with a markedly decreased adult treatment…”
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Heritability of nociception II. 'Types' of nociception revealed by genetic correlation analysis
Published in Pain (Amsterdam) (01-03-1999)“…Clinical pain syndromes, and experimental assays of nociception, are differentially affected by manipulations such as drug administration and exposure to…”
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White matter and latency of visual evoked potentials during maturation: A miniature pig model of adolescent development
Published in Journal of neuroscience methods (01-11-2024)“…Continuous myelination of cerebral white matter (WM) during adolescence overlaps with the formation of higher cognitive skills and the onset of many…”
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Continuous kynurenine administration during the prenatal period, but not during adolescence, causes learning and memory deficits in adult rats
Published in Psychopharmacology (01-07-2014)“…Rationale Cognitive dysfunctions, including deficits in hippocampus-mediated learning and memory, are core features of the psychopathology of schizophrenia…”
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