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Abnormal dendrite and spine morphology in primary visual cortex in the CGG knock-in mouse model of the fragile X premutationRobert F Berman
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 8519, U S A
Epilepsia 53:150-60. 2012....
Neuropathologic features in the hippocampus and cerebellum of three older men with fragile X syndromeClaudia M Greco
MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
Mol Autism 2:2. 2011..abstract:..
Mouse models of fragile X-associated tremor ataxiaRobert F Berman
Department of Neurological Surgery and the Neurotherapeutics Research Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Investig Med 57:837-41. 2009..To describe the development of mouse models of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia (FXTAS) and the behavioral, histological and molecular characteristics of these mice...
Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: further evaluation of altered neurotoxic potential in SJL miceRobert F Berman
Department of Neurological Surgery and the Center for Children s Environmental Health, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
Toxicol Sci 101:294-309. 2008....
Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the hippocampus: spatial behavior, electrophysiology, and neuroanatomyR F Berman
Department of Neurological Surgery, Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, 95616, USA
Hippocampus 10:94-110. 2000..Such studies provide a better understanding of neurological deficits associated with FAS in humans, and may also contribute to the development of strategies to ameliorate the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on behavior...
Evidence for increased dorsal hippocampal adenosine release and metabolism during pharmacologically induced seizures in ratsR F Berman
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Brain Res 872:44-53. 2000....
Murine hippocampal neurons expressing Fmr1 gene premutations show early developmental deficits and late degenerationYucui Chen
Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Hum Mol Genet 19:196-208. 2010..The reduced viability of preCGG neurons is consistent with the mRNA toxicity and neurodegeneration associated with FXTAS...
Immunologic and neurodevelopmental susceptibilities of autismIsaac N Pessah
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Neurotoxicology 29:532-45. 2008....
Excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission is differentially influenced by two ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls in the hippocampal slice preparationKyung Ho Kim
Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 237:168-77. 2009..Differential sensitization of ryanodine receptors by Ca(2+) appears to mediate, at least in part, hippocampal excitotoxicity by non-coplanar PCBs...
Ubiquitin-positive intranuclear inclusions in neuronal and glial cells in a mouse model of the fragile X premutationH Jurgen Wenzel
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95618, USA
Brain Res 1318:155-66. 2010..This new finding of previously unreported pathology in astrocytes of CGG KI mice now provides an important mouse model to study astrocyte pathology in human FXTAS...
Progressive spatial processing deficits in a mouse model of the fragile X premutationMichael R Hunsaker
Program in Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Behav Neurosci 123:1315-24. 2009..At 48 weeks of age, CGG KI mice were unable to detect either change in object location. These data indicate that hippocampal-dependent impairments in spatial processing may occur prior to parietal cortex-dependent impairments in FXTAS...
Neuroprotective effects of selective N-type VGCC blockade on stretch-injury-induced calcium dynamics in cortical neuronsKiarash Shahlaie
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Neurotrauma 27:175-87. 2010..In particular, SNX-185 may represent an effective class of drugs that can significantly protect injured neurons from the secondary insults that commonly occur after TBI...
Temporal ordering deficits in female CGG KI mice heterozygous for the fragile X premutationMichael R Hunsaker
Program in Neuroscience, University of California Davis, 1515 Newton Court, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Behav Brain Res 213:263-8. 2010..No mice had any difficulty in detecting the presence of a novel object. These data suggest female CGG KI mice show a CGG repeat length-sensitive deficit for temporal ordering...
Differential hippocampal protection when blocking intracellular sodium and calcium entry during traumatic brain injury in ratsXueren Zhao
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616 8797, USA
J Neurotrauma 25:1195-205. 2008....
Comparison of behavioral deficits and acute neuronal degeneration in rat lateral fluid percussion and weight-drop brain injury modelsThomas M Hallam
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
J Neurotrauma 21:521-39. 2004..While both models produce reliable and characteristic behavioral and neuronal pathologies, their differences are important to consider when choosing a brain injury model...
NAAG peptidase inhibitor increases dialysate NAAG and reduces glutamate, aspartate and GABA levels in the dorsal hippocampus following fluid percussion injury in the ratChunlong Zhong
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616-8797, USA
J Neurochem 97:1015-25. 2006..The results are consistent with the hypothesis that inhibition of NAAG peptidase may reduce excitotoxic events associated with TBI...
Neuroprotection in the rat lateral fluid percussion model of traumatic brain injury by SNX-185, an N-type voltage-gated calcium channel blockerLillian L Lee
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Exp Neurol 190:70-8. 2004..These data support previous studies demonstrating substantial neuroprotection after TBI by treatment with N-type VGCC blockers...
An NMR metabolomic investigation of early metabolic disturbances following traumatic brain injury in a mammalian modelMark R Viant
Department of Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
NMR Biomed 18:507-16. 2005..The results also provide support for further development and application of metabolomic technologies for studying TBI and for the utilization of multivariate models for classifying the extent of trauma within an individual...
Cell death and long-term maintenance of neuron-like state after differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells: a comparison of protocolsNeggy Rismanchi
Department of Neurological Surgery, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Brain Res 991:46-55. 2003..Thus, differentiation procedures may be substantially affected BMSC potential, and maintenance of immunoreactivity to neuronal antigens was dependent on specific, nonphysiological environmental conditions...
Early loss of astrocytes after experimental traumatic brain injuryXueren Zhao
Department of Neurological Surgery, Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
Glia 44:140-52. 2003..We conclude that astrocyte loss occurs in the hippocampus early after TBI. The data suggest that loss of supporting glial cell may contribute to subsequent neuronal degeneration...
Environmental enrichment alters neurotrophin levels after fetal alcohol exposure in ratsElizabeth A Parks
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:1741-51. 2008..As both environmental enrichment and prenatal alcohol exposure can individually alter neurotrophin expression, we studied the interaction of prenatal alcohol and postweaning environmental enrichment on brain neurotrophin levels in rats...
Reversal learning after prenatal or early postnatal alcohol exposure in juvenile and adult ratsShonagh K O'Leary-Moore
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C S Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, 275 East Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Alcohol 38:99-110. 2006..These results demonstrate how the timing of alcohol exposure leads to variability in the age-dependent expression of learning deficits associated with fetal alcohol effects...
Postnatal environmental or experiential amelioration of neurobehavioral effects of perinatal alcohol exposure in ratsJohn H Hannigan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, 275 East Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 31:202-11. 2007....
Principles and practices of neurodevelopmental assessment in children: lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention ResearchKim N Dietrich
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, and the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1437-46. 2005..The human neurodevelopmental phenotype will be most clearly represented in models that include environmental chemical exposures, the social milieu, and complex human genetic characteristics that we are just beginning to understand...
Methylmercury elicits rapid inhibition of cell proliferation in the developing brain and decreases cell cycle regulator, cyclin EKelly Burke
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Neurotoxicology 27:970-81. 2006..In aggregate, our observations identify the G1/S transition as an early target of MeHg toxicity and raise the possibility that cyclin E degradation contributes to both decreased proliferation and eventual cell death...
Research Grants
- VOLTAGE SENSITIVE CALCIUM CHANNELS IN BRAIN INJURYRobert Berman; Fiscal Year: 2002....
