Search Results - "Foster, Daniel J"
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Allosteric Modulation of GPCRs: New Insights and Potential Utility for Treatment of Schizophrenia and Other CNS Disorders
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (03-05-2017)“…G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play critical roles in regulating brain function. Recent advances have greatly expanded our understanding of these…”
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Antipsychotic-like Effects of M4 Positive Allosteric Modulators Are Mediated by CB2 Receptor-Dependent Inhibition of Dopamine Release
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (21-09-2016)“…Muscarinic receptors represent a promising therapeutic target for schizophrenia, but the mechanisms underlying the antipsychotic efficacy of muscarinic…”
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Cannabinoid type-2 receptors: An emerging target for regulating schizophrenia-relevant brain circuits
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (11-08-2022)“…Although the cannabinoid type-2 receptor (CB2) is highly expressed in the immune system, emerging evidence points to CB2 playing a key role in regulating…”
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Indirect detector for ultra‐high‐speed X‐ray micro‐imaging with increased sensitivity to near‐ultraviolet scintillator emission
Published in Journal of synchrotron radiation (01-09-2024)“…Ultra‐high‐speed synchrotron‐based hard X‐ray (i.e. above 10 keV) imaging is gaining a growing interest in a number of scientific domains for tracking…”
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Genome-wide CRISPR interference screen identifies long non-coding RNA loci required for differentiation and pluripotency
Published in PloS one (03-11-2021)“…Although many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) exhibit lineage-specific expression, the vast majority remain functionally uncharacterized in the context of…”
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Bile diversion, a bariatric surgery, and bile acid signaling reduce central cocaine reward
Published in PLoS biology (26-07-2018)“…The gut-to-brain axis exhibits significant control over motivated behavior. However, mechanisms supporting this communication are poorly understood. We reveal…”
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A retrospective observational study of patient analgesia outcomes when regional anaesthesia procedures are performed by consultants versus supervised trainees
Published in Anaesthesia and intensive care (01-05-2022)“…At teaching hospitals, consultants must provide effective supervision, including appropriate selection of teaching cases, such that the outcomes achieved by…”
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Allosteric activation of M₄ muscarinic receptors improve behavioral and physiological alterations in early symptomatic YAC128 mice
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (10-11-2015)“…Mutations that lead to Huntington’s disease (HD) result in increased transmission at glutamatergic corticostriatal synapses at early presymptomatic stages that…”
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lin-4 and the NRDE pathway are required to activate a transgenic lin-4 reporter but not the endogenous lin-4 locus in C. elegans
Published in PloS one (11-01-2018)“…As the founding member of the microRNA (miRNA) gene family, insights into lin-4 regulation and function have laid a conceptual foundation for countless…”
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Muscarinic receptors: from clinic to bench to clinic
Published in Trends in pharmacological sciences (Regular ed.) (01-06-2022)“…Efforts to target muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain have been hampered by dose-limiting side effects. In a tour de force of team science, Brown…”
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Receptor regulation of osmolyte homeostasis in neural cells
Published in The Journal of physiology (15-09-2010)“…The capacity of cells to correct their volume in response to hyposmotic stress via the efflux of inorganic and organic osmolytes is well documented. However,…”
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Targeting muscarinic receptors to treat schizophrenia
Published in Behavioural brain research (07-05-2021)“…Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a diverse range of symptoms that can have profound impacts on the lives of patients…”
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Targeting the Actions of Muscarinic Receptors on Dopamine Systems: New Strategies for Treating Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Published in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology (23-01-2024)“…Cholinergic regulation of dopamine (DA) signaling has significant implications for numerous disorders, including schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and…”
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Activation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 3 Modulates Thalamo-accumbal Transmission and Rescues Schizophrenia-Like Physiological and Behavioral Deficits
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (01-08-2024)“…Polymorphisms in the gene encoding for metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3) are associated with an increased likelihood of schizophrenia diagnosis and can…”
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Discovery of Potent, Orally Bioavailable Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Transporter (Spns2) Inhibitors
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (11-07-2024)“…Targeting the S1P pathway has resulted in the development of S1P1 receptor modulators for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and ulcerative colitis. We…”
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Activity in LIP, But not V4, Matches Performance When Attention is Spread
Published in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) (01-12-2018)“…Abstract The enhancement of neuronal responses in many visual areas while animals perform spatial attention tasks has widely been thought to be the neural…”
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Ventral Tegmental Area M5 Muscarinic Receptors Mediate Effort-Choice Responding and Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine in a Sex-Specific Manner
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-05-2023)“…Optimization of effort-related choices is impaired in depressive disorders. Acetylcholine (ACh) and dopamine (DA) are linked to depressive disorders, and…”
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Examining the role of muscarinic M5 receptors in VTA cholinergic modulation of depressive-like and anxiety-related behaviors in rats
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-07-2020)“…Acetylcholine is implicated in mood disorders including depression and anxiety. Increased cholinergic tone in humans and rodents produces pro-depressive and…”
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Activation of the mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptor has antipsychotic-like effects and is required for efficacy of M4 muscarinic receptor allosteric modulators
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-11-2020)“…Recent clinical and preclinical studies suggest that selective activators of the M 4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor have potential as a novel treatment for…”
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mGlu1-mediated restoration of prefrontal cortex inhibitory signaling reverses social and cognitive deficits in an NMDA hypofunction model in mice
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2022)“…Extensive evidence supports the hypothesis that deficits in inhibitory GABA transmission in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) may drive pathophysiological changes…”
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