Search Results - "Messing, R."

SEB‐3, a CRF receptor‐like GPCR, regulates locomotor activity states, stress responses and ethanol tolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans by Jee, C., Lee, J., Lim, J. P., Parry, D., Messing, R. O., McIntire, S. L.

“…We develop a new genetic tool of persistent activation of stress system that demonstrates a novel conserved role of corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF)…”
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Development and use of molecular diagnostic tools to determine trophic links and interspecific interactions in aphid–parasitoid communities in Hawaii by Gariepy, T.D., Messing, R.H.

“…[Display omitted] ► Molecular detection of interspecific interactions between parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Aphis gossypii in Hawaii. ► Rearing…”
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Intracellular signaling pathways that regulate behavioral responses to ethanol by Newton, P M, Messing, R O

“…Recent evidence indicates that ethanol modulates the function of specific intracellular signaling cascades, including those that contain cyclic adenosine 3',…”
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Ligand requirements for involvement of PKCε in synergistic analgesic interactions between spinal μ and δ opioid receptors by Schuster, D J, Metcalf, M D, Kitto, K F, Messing, R O, Fairbanks, C A, Wilcox, G L

“…Background and Purpose We recently found that PKCε was required for spinal analgesic synergy between two GPCRs, δ opioid receptors and α2A adrenoceptors,…”
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PKCε phosphorylates α4β2 nicotinic ACh receptors and promotes recovery from desensitization by Lee, A M, Wu, D‐F, Dadgar, J, Wang, D, McMahon, T, Messing, R O

“…Background and Purpose Nicotinic (ACh) receptor recovery from desensitization is modulated by PKC, but the PKC isozymes and the phosphorylation sites involved…”
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Fitness Consequences of Body-Size-Dependent Host Species Selection in a Generalist Ectoparasitoid by Wang, X. G., Messing, R. H.

“…In insect parasitoids, offspring fitness is strongly influenced by the adult female's choice of host, particularly in ectoparasitoids that attack non-growing…”
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Using evolutionary tools to facilitate the prediction and prevention of host-based differentiation in biological control: a review and perspective by Vorsino, A.E., Wieczorek, A.M., Wright, M.G., Messing, R.H.

“…The unprecedented success of biological control (biocontrol) agents led some of the proponents of this technology to promote its use as a panacea for all pest…”
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Severity of alcohol-induced painful peripheral neuropathy in female rats: Role of estrogen and protein kinase (A and Cε) by Dina, O.A, Gear, R.W, Messing, R.O, Levine, J.D

“…Abstract Small-fiber painful peripheral neuropathy, a complication of chronic ethanol ingestion, is more severe in women. In the present study, we have…”
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Amygdala protein kinase C epsilon controls alcohol consumption by Lesscher, H. M. B., Wallace, M. J., Zeng, L., Wang, V., Deitchman, J. K., McMahon, T., Messing, R. O., Newton, P. M.

“…Alcoholism is a progressive disorder that involves the amygdala. Mice lacking protein kinase C epsilon (PKCɛ) show reduced ethanol consumption, sensitivity and…”
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The type 1 equilibrative nucleoside transporter regulates anxiety‐like behavior in mice by Chen, J., Rinaldo, L., Lim, S.‐J., Young, H., Messing, R. O., Choi, D.‐S.

“…Activation of adenosine receptors in the brain reduces anxiety‐like behavior in animals and humans. Because nucleoside transporters regulate adenosine levels,…”
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A Novel Nociceptor Signaling Pathway Revealed in Protein Kinase C ε Mutant Mice by Khasar, Sachia G., Lin, Yu-Huei, Martin, Annick, Dadgar, Jahan, McMahon, Thomas, Wang, Dan, Hundle, Bhupinder, Aley, K.O., Isenberg, William, McCarter, Gordon, Green, Paul G., Hodge, Clyde W., Levine, Jon D., Messing, Robert O.

“…There is great interest in discovering new targets for pain therapy since current methods of analgesia are often only partially successful. Although protein…”
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Amygdala protein kinase C epsilon regulates corticotropin‐releasing factor and anxiety‐like behavior by Lesscher, H. M. B., McMahon, T., Lasek, A. W., Chou, W.‐H., Connolly, J., Kharazia, V., Messing, R. O.

“…Corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF), its receptors, and signaling pathways that regulate CRF expression and responses are areas of intense investigation for…”
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Biological Control of Invasive Species: Solution or Pollution? by Messing, Russell H., Wright, Mark G.

“…Biological control of invasive species using co-evolved natural enemies has long been considered a safe, cost effective, and environmentally benign tool for…”
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Increased Sensitivity to the Aversive Effects of Ethanol in PKCε Null Mice Revealed by Place Conditioning by Newton, P. M, Messing, R. O

“…Determining the intracellular signaling pathways that mediate the rewarding effects of ethanol may help identify drug targets to curb excessive alcohol…”
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Key Role for the Epsilon Isoform of Protein Kinase C in Painful Alcoholic Neuropathy in the Rat by Dina, Olayinka A, Barletta, Justine, Chen, Xiaojie, Mutero, Annick, Martin, Annick, Messing, Robert O, Levine, Jon D

“…Chronic alcohol consumption produces a painful peripheral neuropathy for which there is no reliably successful therapy, attributable to, in great part, a lack…”
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Increased response to morphine in mice lacking protein kinase C epsilon by Newton, P. M., Kim, J. A., McGeehan, A. J., Paredes, J. P., Chu, K., Wallace, M. J., Roberts, A. J., Hodge, C. W., Messing, R. O.

“…The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine–threonine kinases has been implicated in behavioral responses to opiates, but little is known about the individual…”
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Increased Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus After Transient Global Ischemia in Gerbils by Liu, Jialing, Solway, Karen, Messing, Robert O, Sharp, Frank R

“…Neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult rodents is regulated by NMDA receptors, adrenal steroids, environmental stimuli, and seizures. To determine whether…”
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Ethanol differentially enhances hippocampal GABA A receptor-mediated responses in protein kinase C gamma (PKC gamma) and PKC epsilon null mice by Proctor, W R, Poelchen, W, Bowers, Barbara J, Wehner, Jeanne M, Messing, R O, Dunwiddie, T V

“…Ethanol intoxication results partly from actions of ethanol at specific ligand-gated ion channels. One such channel is the GABA(A) receptor complex, although…”
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Direct vs. inclusive fitness in the evolution of aphid cornicle length by MONDOR, E.B, MESSING, R.H

“…By comparing the relative sizes of anatomical structures among phenotypes, selective pressures that shape species' morphologies can be evaluated. Aphids emit…”
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Psyttalia ponerophaga (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a potential biological control agent of olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California by Sime, K R, Daane, K M, Kirk, A, Andrews, J W, Johnson, M W, Messing, R H

“…The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is a newly invasive, significant threat to California's olive industry. As part of a classical biological…”
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