Search Results - "Solberg, Leah C"
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Adenylate cyclase 3: a potential genetic link between obesity and major depressive disorder
Published in Physiological genomics (01-01-2024)“…Obesity and major depressive disorder (MDD) are both significant health issues that have been increasing in prevalence and are associated with multiple…”
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Comparative Microbiome Signatures and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Mouse, Rat, Non-human Primate, and Human Feces
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (30-11-2018)“…Gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in several aspects of host health and diseases. There has been an exponential surge in the use of animal models that…”
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Region-Based Convolutional Neural Nets for Localization of Glomeruli in Trichrome-Stained Whole Kidney Sections
Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-08-2018)“…Histologic examination of fixed renal tissue is widely used to assess morphology and the progression of disease. Commonly reported metrics include glomerular…”
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Nociceptin attenuates the escalation of oxycodone self-administration by normalizing CeA–GABA transmission in highly addicted rats
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-01-2020)“…Approximately 25% of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, and 5 to 10% develop an opioid use disorder. Although the…”
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The regulatory landscape of multiple brain regions in outbred heterogeneous stock rats
Published in Nucleic acids research (28-10-2022)“…Heterogeneous Stock (HS) rats are a genetically diverse outbred rat population that is widely used for studying genetics of behavioral and physiological…”
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QTL mapping in outbred populations: successes and challenges
Published in Physiological genomics (01-02-2014)“…Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping in animal populations has been a successful strategy for identifying genomic regions that play a role in complex…”
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Genome‐Wide Association Study in 3,173 Outbred Rats Identifies Multiple Loci for Body Weight, Adiposity, and Fasting Glucose
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-10-2020)“…Objective Obesity is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Despite the success of human genome‐wide association studies, the specific genes that…”
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The paraventricular thalamus is a critical mediator of top-down control of cue-motivated behavior in rats
Published in eLife (10-09-2019)“…Cues in the environment can elicit complex emotional states, and thereby maladaptive behavior, as a function of their ascribed value. Here we capture…”
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Genetic Mapping of Multiple Traits Identifies Novel Genes for Adiposity, Lipids, and Insulin Secretory Capacity in Outbred Rats
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-01-2023)“…Despite the successes of human genome-wide association studies, the causal genes underlying most metabolic traits remain unclear. We used outbred heterogeneous…”
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Genetic Fine‐Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes and Variants for Adiposity Traits in Outbred Rats
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-01-2018)“…Objective Obesity is a major risk factor for multiple diseases and is in part heritable, yet the majority of causative genetic variants that drive excessive…”
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Changes in environmental stress over COVID-19 pandemic likely contributed to failure to replicate adiposity phenotype associated with Krtcap3
Published in Physiological genomics (01-10-2023)“…We previously identified keratinocyte-associated protein 3, , as an obesity-related gene in female rats where a whole body knockout (KO) led to increased…”
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Incentive salience attribution, “sensation-seeking” and “novelty-seeking” are independent traits in a large sample of male and female heterogeneous stock rats
Published in Scientific reports (20-02-2019)“…There are a number of traits that are thought to increase susceptibility to addiction, and some of these are modeled in preclinical studies. For example,…”
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Individual variation in the propensity to attribute incentive salience to a food cue: Influence of sex
Published in Behavioural brain research (01-02-2015)“…•Two different outbred strains: Sprague-Dawley and Heterogeneous Stock.•Motivational value of the cue was assessed by two measures.•Female SD rats acquired PCA…”
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Transcriptome-wide analyses of adipose tissue in outbred rats reveal genetic regulatory mechanisms relevant for human obesity
Published in Physiological genomics (01-06-2022)“…Transcriptomic analysis in metabolically active tissues allows a systems genetics approach to identify causal genes and networks involved in metabolic disease…”
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Sept8/SEPTIN8 involvement in cellular structure and kidney damage is identified by genetic mapping and a novel human tubule hypoxic model
Published in Scientific reports (22-01-2021)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which can ultimately progress to kidney failure, is influenced by genetics and the environment. Genes identified in human genome…”
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Sensitivity to food and cocaine cues are independent traits in a large sample of heterogeneous stock rats
Published in Scientific reports (26-01-2021)“…Sensitivity to cocaine and its associated stimuli (“cues”) are important factors in the development and maintenance of addiction. Rodent studies suggest that…”
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Premature responding is associated with approach to a food cue in male and female heterogeneous stock rats
Published in Psychopharmacology (01-07-2016)“…Rationale Disorders of behavioral regulation, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and drug addiction, are in part due to poor inhibitory…”
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Genome-wide genetic association of complex traits in heterogeneous stock mice
Published in Nature genetics (01-08-2006)“…Difficulties in fine-mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) are a major impediment to progress in the molecular dissection of complex traits in mice. Here we…”
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Rats are the smart choice: Rationale for a renewed focus on rats in behavioral genetics
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-01-2014)“…Due in part to their rich behavioral repertoire rats have been widely used in behavioral studies of drug abuse-related traits for decades. However, the mouse…”
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Heterogeneous Stock Populations for Analysis of Complex Traits
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2017)“…Heterogeneous Stock (HS) populations allow for fine-resolution genetic mapping of a variety of complex traits. HS mice and rats were created from breeding…”
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