Search Results - "Hawkins, Virginia E."
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Purinergic regulation of vascular tone in the retrotrapezoid nucleus is specialized to support the drive to breathe
Published in eLife (07-04-2017)“…Cerebral blood flow is highly sensitive to changes in CO /H where an increase in CO /H causes vasodilation and increased blood flow. Tissue CO /H also…”
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Kir4.1 channels contribute to astrocyte CO2/H+-sensitivity and the drive to breathe
Published in Communications biology (28-03-2024)“…Astrocytes in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) stimulate breathing in response to CO 2 /H + , however, it is not clear how these cells detect changes in CO 2…”
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Epilepsy-Associated KCNQ2 Channels Regulate Multiple Intrinsic Properties of Layer 2/3 Pyramidal Neurons
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (18-01-2017)“…KCNQ2 potassium channels are critical for normal brain function, as both loss-of-function and gain-of-function KCNQ2 variants can lead to various forms of…”
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Epilepsy-Associated KCNQ2 Channels Regulate Multiple Intrinsic Properties of Layer 2/3 Pyramidal Neurons
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (18-01-2017)“…KCNQ2 potassium channels are critical for normal brain function, as both loss-of-function and gain-of-function KCNQ2 variants can lead to various forms of…”
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MeCP2 deficiency results in robust Rett-like behavioural and motor deficits in male and female rats
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-08-2016)“…Since the identification of MECP2 as the causative gene in the majority of Rett Syndrome (RTT) cases, transgenic mouse models have played a critical role in…”
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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Protect Oligodendrocytes from Acute Ischemia in the Mouse Optic Nerve
Published in Neurochemical research (01-09-2017)“…Studies by Bruce Ransom and colleagues have made a major contribution to show that white matter is susceptible to ischemia/hypoxia. White matter contains axons…”
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HCN channels contribute to serotonergic modulation of ventral surface chemosensitive neurons and respiratory activity
Published in Journal of neurophysiology (15-02-2015)“…Chemosensitive neurons in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) provide a CO2/H(+)-dependent drive to breathe and function as an integration center for the…”
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MeCP2 deficiency results in robust Rett-like behavioural and motor deficits in male and female rats
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Molecular underpinnings of ventral surface chemoreceptor function: focus on KCNQ channels
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-03-2015)“…Central chemoreception is the mechanism by which CO2/H+‐sensitive neurons (i.e. chemoreceptors) regulate breathing in response to changes in tissue CO2/H+…”
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Astrocyte‐specific deletion of Kir4.1 increases normoxic ventilation after acclimatization to chronic sustained hypoxia
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2018)“…Chronic sustained hypoxia (CH) produces ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia (VAH), which involves time‐dependent increases of ventilation in normoxia and…”
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Conditional knockout of astrocytic Kir4.1 channels impairs central respiratory drive despite maintaining a subset of Cx26 + astrocytes within the RTN
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2016)“…Abstract only Central chemoreception is the mechanism by which the brain regulates breathing in response to changes in tissue CO 2 /H + . The retrotrapezoid…”
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Kir4.1 channels contribute to astrocyte CO 2 /H + -sensitivity and the drive to breathe
Published in Communications biology (28-03-2024)“…Astrocytes in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) stimulate breathing in response to CO /H , however, it is not clear how these cells detect changes in CO /H …”
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