G J Blatt

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Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Parcellation of cortical afferents to three distinct sectors in the parahippocampal gyrus of the rhesus monkey: an anatomical and neurophysiological study
    Gene J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Comp Neurol 466:161-79. 2003
  2. ncbi Organization of direct hippocampal efferent projections to the cerebral cortex of the rhesus monkey: projections from CA1, prosubiculum, and subiculum to the temporal lobe
    G J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Comp Neurol 392:92-114. 1998
  3. ncbi Density and distribution of hippocampal neurotransmitter receptors in autism: an autoradiographic study
    G J Blatt
    Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    J Autism Dev Disord 31:537-43. 2001
  4. ncbi Decreased GAD67 mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism: pathophysiological implications
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St, R1003, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 113:559-68. 2007
  5. ncbi Parvalbumin-, calbindin-, and calretinin-immunoreactive hippocampal interneuron density in autism
    Y A Lawrence
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acta Neurol Scand 121:99-108. 2010
  6. ncbi The anterior cingulate cortex in autism: heterogeneity of qualitative and quantitative cytoarchitectonic features suggests possible subgroups
    Marissa Leigh Simms
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, L 1004, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 118:673-84. 2009
  7. ncbi Calbindin-D28k is a more reliable marker of human Purkinje cells than standard Nissl stains: a stereological experiment
    Elizabeth R Whitney
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, L 1004, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Neurosci Methods 168:42-7. 2008
  8. ncbi Increased GAD67 mRNA expression in cerebellar interneurons in autism: implications for Purkinje cell dysfunction
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Neurosci Res 86:525-30. 2008
  9. ncbi Cerebellar Purkinje cells are reduced in a subpopulation of autistic brains: a stereological experiment using calbindin-D28k
    Elizabeth R Whitney
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, L 1004, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Cerebellum 7:406-16. 2008
  10. ncbi Decreased GAD65 mRNA levels in select subpopulations of neurons in the cerebellar dentate nuclei in autism: an in situ hybridization study
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Autism Res 2:50-9. 2009

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  1. ncbi Parcellation of cortical afferents to three distinct sectors in the parahippocampal gyrus of the rhesus monkey: an anatomical and neurophysiological study
    Gene J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Comp Neurol 466:161-79. 2003
    ....
  2. ncbi Organization of direct hippocampal efferent projections to the cerebral cortex of the rhesus monkey: projections from CA1, prosubiculum, and subiculum to the temporal lobe
    G J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Comp Neurol 392:92-114. 1998
    ..Thus, in the monkey, CA1 is not a single uniform entity and may have a unique role as a source of direct hippocampal projections to the cerebral cortex...
  3. ncbi Density and distribution of hippocampal neurotransmitter receptors in autism: an autoradiographic study
    G J Blatt
    Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    J Autism Dev Disord 31:537-43. 2001
    ....
  4. ncbi Decreased GAD67 mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism: pathophysiological implications
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St, R1003, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 113:559-68. 2007
    ..These findings may also contribute to the understanding of previous reports of alterations in the GABAergic system in limbic and cerebro-cortical areas contributing to a more widespread pathophysiology in autistic brains...
  5. ncbi Parvalbumin-, calbindin-, and calretinin-immunoreactive hippocampal interneuron density in autism
    Y A Lawrence
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acta Neurol Scand 121:99-108. 2010
    ..There has been a long-standing interest in the possible role of the hippocampus in autism and both postmortem brain and neuroimaging studies have documented varying abnormalities in this limbic system structure...
  6. ncbi The anterior cingulate cortex in autism: heterogeneity of qualitative and quantitative cytoarchitectonic features suggests possible subgroups
    Marissa Leigh Simms
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, L 1004, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 118:673-84. 2009
    ..Further neuroanatomic analyses of the ACC, from carefully documented subjects with autism, could substantially expand our understanding of ACC functions and its role in autism...
  7. ncbi Calbindin-D28k is a more reliable marker of human Purkinje cells than standard Nissl stains: a stereological experiment
    Elizabeth R Whitney
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, L 1004, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Neurosci Methods 168:42-7. 2008
    ..Regardless of the exact cause, these observations suggest that Nissl staining may not be a reliable marker for PCs and that CB is an excellent alternative marker...
  8. ncbi Increased GAD67 mRNA expression in cerebellar interneurons in autism: implications for Purkinje cell dysfunction
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Neurosci Res 86:525-30. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Cerebellar Purkinje cells are reduced in a subpopulation of autistic brains: a stereological experiment using calbindin-D28k
    Elizabeth R Whitney
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, L 1004, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Cerebellum 7:406-16. 2008
    ..These data demonstrate that a reduction in cerebellar PCs was not a consistent feature of these autistic brains and that it occurred without discernible correlation between their density and the clinical features or severity of autism...
  10. ncbi Decreased GAD65 mRNA levels in select subpopulations of neurons in the cerebellar dentate nuclei in autism: an in situ hybridization study
    Jane Yip
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Autism Res 2:50-9. 2009
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  11. ncbi Asymmetry of neuron numbers in the hippocampal formation of prenatally malnourished and normally nourished rats: a stereological investigation
    James P Lister
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Hippocampus 16:946-58. 2006
    ..Our findings agree with previous reports of left dominant asymmetries in the rat brain and suggest that this may result from differences in total numbers of neurons...
  12. ncbi GABAergic cerebellar system in autism: a neuropathological and developmental perspective
    Gene J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Int Rev Neurobiol 71:167-78. 2005
  13. ncbi Decreased GABA(B) receptors in the cingulate cortex and fusiform gyrus in autism
    Adrian L Oblak
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Laboratory of Autism Neuroscience Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Neurochem 114:1414-23. 2010
    ..Interestingly, the presence of seizure in a subset of autism cases did not have a significant effect on the density of GABA(B) receptors in any of the three regions...
  14. ncbi Density of cerebellar basket and stellate cells in autism: evidence for a late developmental loss of Purkinje cells
    Elizabeth R Whitney
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02218 2526, USA
    J Neurosci Res 87:2245-54. 2009
    ..2008) suggests that PCs were generated, migrated to their proper location in the PC layer, and subsequently died in the autistic cases that showed a reduction in PCs...
  15. ncbi Decreased GABAA receptors and benzodiazepine binding sites in the anterior cingulate cortex in autism
    A Oblak
    Boston University School of Medicine, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Autism Res 2:205-19. 2009
    ..Such disturbances likely underlie the core alterations in socio-emotional behaviors in autism...
  16. ncbi Birthdates and number of neurons in the serotonergic raphe nuclei in the rat with prenatal protein malnutrition
    R S King
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 E, Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Nutr Neurosci 5:391-7. 2002
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  17. ncbi Neuropathology of progressive cognitive decline in chronically hypertensive rhesus monkeys
    T L Kemper
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    Acta Neuropathol 101:145-53. 2001
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  18. ncbi [3H]-flunitrazepam-labeled benzodiazepine binding sites in the hippocampal formation in autism: a multiple concentration autoradiographic study
    Jeffrey T Guptill
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, R 1003, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Autism Dev Disord 37:911-20. 2007
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  19. ncbi Effect of prenatal protein malnutrition on numbers of neurons in the principal cell layers of the adult rat hippocampal formation
    James P Lister
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Hippocampus 15:393-403. 2005
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  20. ncbi Effects of prenatal protein malnutrition and acute postnatal stress on granule cell genesis in the fascia dentata of neonatal and juvenile rats
    Raymond S King
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Brain Res Dev Brain Res 150:9-15. 2004
    ..Thus, the pattern of neurogenesis in the fascia dentata and its response to stress has been fundamentally altered by prenatal protein deprivation...
  21. ncbi The olivocerebellar projection in normal (+/+), heterozygous weaver (wv/+), and homozygous weaver (wv/wv) mutant mice: comparison of terminal pattern and topographic organization
    G J Blatt
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118
    Exp Brain Res 95:187-201. 1993
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  22. ncbi Increased density of hippocampal kainate receptors but normal density of NMDA and AMPA receptors in a rat model of prenatal protein malnutrition
    Todd A Fiacco
    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Comp Neurol 456:350-60. 2003
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