Search Results - "Leach, Prescott"
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Modeling fragile X syndrome in the Fmr1 knockout mouse
Published in Intractable & Rare Diseases Research (01-11-2014)“…Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a commonly inherited form of intellectual disability and one of the leading genetic causes for autism spectrum disorder. Clinical…”
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Cellular, molecular, and genetic substrates underlying the impact of nicotine on learning
Published in Neurobiology of learning and memory (01-01-2014)“…•We examine the effects of nicotine on hippocampus-dependent learning through different stages of drug administration.•We examine how nicotine usurps the…”
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Thyroid hormone signaling: Contribution to neural function, cognition, and relationship to nicotine
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-10-2015)“…Cigarette smoking is common despite its adverse effects on health, such as cardiovascular disease and stroke. Understanding the mechanisms that contribute to…”
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"Gadd45b" Knockout Mice Exhibit Selective Deficits in Hippocampus-Dependent Long-Term Memory
Published in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) (01-08-2012)“…Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible [beta] ("Gadd45b") has been shown to be involved in DNA demethylation and may be important for cognitive processes…”
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Cell-autonomous and non-cell autonomous effects of neuronal BIN1 loss in vivo
Published in PloS one (13-08-2019)“…BIN1 is the most important risk locus for Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), after ApoE. BIN1 AD-associated SNPs correlate with Tau deposition as well as…”
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Translational Mouse Models of Autism: Advancing Toward Pharmacological Therapeutics
Published in Current topics in behavioral neurosciences (01-01-2016)“…Animal models provide preclinical tools to investigate the causal role of genetic mutations and environmental factors in the etiology of autism spectrum…”
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Targeted deletion of the mouse α2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit gene (Chrna2) potentiates nicotine-modulated behaviors
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-05-2013)“…Baseline and nicotine-modulated behaviors were assessed in mice harboring a null mutant allele of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit gene α2…”
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c-Jun-N-terminal kinase 1 is necessary for nicotine-induced enhancement of contextual fear conditioning
Published in Neuroscience letters (03-08-2016)“…•JNK1 is critical for nicotine-enhanced contextual fear conditioning.•JNK1 WT mice show increased contextual memory in response to nicotine treatment.•JNK1 KO…”
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Structure-Based Design of an Iminoheterocyclic β‑Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme (BACE) Inhibitor that Lowers Central Aβ in Nonhuman Primates
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (14-04-2016)“…We describe successful efforts to optimize the in vivo profile and address off-target liabilities of a series of BACE1 inhibitors represented by 6 that…”
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The Effects of Acute Nicotine, Chronic Nicotine, and Withdrawal From Chronic Nicotine on Performance of a Cued Appetitive Response
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01-04-2013)“…Nicotine is a widely used addictive drug, with an estimated 73 million Americans 12 years of age or older having used a tobacco product in the last month,…”
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Stronger learning recruits additional cell-signaling cascades: c-Jun-N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) is necessary for expression of stronger contextual fear conditioning
Published in Neurobiology of learning and memory (01-02-2015)“…•Stronger learning recruits additional cell signaling cascades.•JNK1 is differentially involved in weak versus strong learning.•WT, but not JNK1 KO, mice show…”
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Withdrawal From Chronic Nicotine Reduces Thyroid Hormone Levels and Levothyroxine Treatment Ameliorates Nicotine Withdrawal-Induced Deficits in Hippocampus-Dependent Learning in C57BL/6J Mice
Published in Nicotine & tobacco research (01-06-2015)“…Cigarette smoking alters a variety of endocrine systems including thyroid hormones. Altered thyroid hormone signaling may lead to a subclinical or overt…”
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Thyroid receptor β involvement in the effects of acute nicotine on hippocampus-dependent memory
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-06-2015)“…Cigarette smoking is common despite adverse health effects. Nicotine's effects on learning may contribute to addiction by enhancing drug-context associations…”
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Design and Validation of Bicyclic Iminopyrimidinones As Beta Amyloid Cleaving Enzyme‑1 (BACE1) Inhibitors: Conformational Constraint to Favor a Bioactive Conformation
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (08-11-2012)“…On the basis of our observation that the biaryl substituent of iminopyrimidinone 7 must be in a pseudoaxial conformation to occupy the contiguous S1–S3…”
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Nicotine ameliorates NMDA receptor antagonist-induced deficits in contextual fear conditioning through high-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampus
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-03-2011)“…NMDA glutamate receptors (NMDARs) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are both involved in learning and synaptic plasticity. Increasing evidence…”
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Nicotine shifts the temporal activation of hippocampal protein kinase A and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 to enhance long-term, but not short-term, hippocampus-dependent memory
Published in Neurobiology of learning and memory (01-03-2014)“…•Acute nicotine enhances hippocampus-dependent LTM but not STM.•Increased PKA activation is necessary for enhancement of LTM by acute nicotine.•Nicotine and…”
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Normal Performance of Fmr1 Mice on a Touchscreen Delayed Nonmatching to Position Working Memory Task
Published in eNeuro (01-01-2016)“…Fragile X syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by mild-to-severe cognitive deficits. The complete absence of Fmr1 and its protein product in…”
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Characterization of the selective mGluR1 antagonist, JNJ16259685, in rodent models of movement and coordination
Published in Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior (01-04-2011)“…Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) antagonists interfere with learning and memory; however, their role in motor function is not well elucidated despite…”
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In Vivo Characterization of a Novel γ-Secretase Inhibitor SCH 697466 in Rodents and Investigation of Strategies for Managing Notch-Related Side Effects
Published in Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases (2013)“…Substantial evidence implicates β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Aβ is produced by the proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid…”
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In Vivo Characterization of a Novel -Secretase Inhibitor SCH 697466 in Rodents and Investigation of Strategies for Managing Notch-Related Side Effects
Published in International journal of alzheimer's disease (2013)“…Substantial evidence implicates -amyloid (A) peptides in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A is produced by the proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid…”
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