Basal ganglia and autism – a translational perspective
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Research focuses on the functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia and the neurobiological basis of motor control, sensorimotor integration and learning. We are particularly interested in the mechanisms of regulation of GABAergic neurons in the basal ganglia of normal animals and experimental models of Parkinson's disease. Experimental approaches include analysis of protein/peptide expression by quantitative in situ hybridization histochemistry, immunohistochemistry and Western-blotting and analysis of behavioral activity.
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Boston University School of Medicine
United States of America
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Ph.D.
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Decreased parvalbumin mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism.
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Basal ganglia and autism - a translational perspective.
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Decreased parvalbumin mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism
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Loss of glutamic acid decarboxylase (Gad67) in striatal neurons expressing the Drdr1a dopamine receptor prevents L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned mice.
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Loss of glutamic acid decarboxylase (Gad67) in Gpr88-expressing neurons induces learning and social behavior deficits in mice.
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Decreased parvalbumin mRNA expression in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease.
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Decreased glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA expression in prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease.
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Effects of age on axon terminals forming axosomatic and axodendritic inhibitory synapses in prefrontal cortex.
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Metabotropic glutamate mGluR5 receptor blockade opposes abnormal involuntary movements and the increases in glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA levels induced by l-DOPA in striatal neurons of 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats.
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Decreased GAD65 mRNA levels in select subpopulations of neurons in the cerebellar dentate nuclei in autism: an in situ hybridization study.
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Increased GAD67 mRNA expression in cerebellar interneurons in autism: implications for Purkinje cell dysfunction.
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Time-course of SKF-81297-induced increase in glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 and 67 mRNA levels in striatonigral neurons and decrease in GABA(A) receptor alpha1 subunit mRNA levels in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata, in adult rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion.
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Unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of dopamine neurons and subchronic L-DOPA administration in the adult rat alters the expression of the vesicular GABA transporter in different subsets of striatal neurons and in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata.
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Haloperidol treatment after high-dose methamphetamine administration is excitotoxic to GABA cells in the substantia nigra pars reticulata.
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Decreased GAD67 mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism: pathophysiological implications.
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Subchronic administration of L-DOPA to adult rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of dopamine neurons results in a sensitization of enhanced GABA release in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata.
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L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in adult rats with a unilateral 6-OHDA lesion of dopamine neurons is paralleled by increased c-fos gene expression in the subthalamic nucleus.
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Comparative effects of acute or chronic administration of levodopa to 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats on the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase in the neostriatum and GABAA receptors subunits in the substantia nigra, pars reticulata.
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High-dose methamphetamine acutely activates the striatonigral pathway to increase striatal glutamate and mediate long-term dopamine toxicity.
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Normalization of glutamate decarboxylase gene expression in the entopeduncular nucleus of rats with a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion correlates with increased GABAergic input following intermittent but not continuous levodopa.
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Dual effects of intermittent or continuous L-DOPA administration on gene expression in the globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus of adult rats with a unilateral 6-OHDA lesion.
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Tyrosine kinase B and C receptors in the neostriatum and nucleus accumbens are co-localized in enkephalin-positive and enkephalin-negative neuronal profiles and their expression is influenced by cocaine.
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Gene expression of the GAD67 and GAD65 isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase is differentially altered in subpopulations of striatal neurons in adult rats lesioned with 6-OHDA as neonates.
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Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced dyskinesias.
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Dopamine and serotonin interactions in the modulation of the expression of the immediate-early transcription factor, nerve growth factor-inducible B, in the striatum.
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c-fos gene expression is induced in a subpopulation of striatal neurons following a single administration of a dopamine D1-receptor agonist in adult rats lesioned with 6-OHDA as neonates.
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Two isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase: why?
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Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) gene expression is increased by dopamine receptor agonists in a subpopulation of rat striatal neurons.
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Preproenkephalin mRNA expression in the caudate-putamen of MPTP monkeys after chronic treatment with the D2 agonist U91356A in continuous or intermittent mode of administration: comparison with L-DOPA therapy.
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AMPA and NMDA glutamate receptor subunits in midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the squirrel monkey: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study.
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Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD67 and GAD65) gene expression is increased in a subpopulation of neurons in the putamen of Parkinsonian monkeys.
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A novel neuronal P2x ATP receptor ion channel with widespread distribution in the brain.
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Dopamine receptor agonists regulate levels of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor and its mRNA in a subpopulation of rat striatal neurons.
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L-DOPA regulates glutamate decarboxylases mRNA levels in MPTP-treated monkeys.
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Unilateral nigrostriatal lesions induce a bilateral increase in glutamate decarboxylase messenger RNA in the reticular thalamic nucleus.
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Effect of 6-OHDA lesions on striatal mRNA levels encoding for glutamate receptor subunits.
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Anatomical localization and regulation of somatostatin gene expression in the basal ganglia and its clinical implications.
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MK-801 decreases striatal and cortical GAD65 mRNA levels.
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Differential regulation of mRNA levels encoding for the two isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65 and GAD67) by dopamine receptors in the rat striatum.
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Increased glutamate decarboxylase mRNA levels in the striatum and pallidum of MPTP-treated primates.
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Striatal changes in preproenkephalin mRNA levels in parkinsonian monkeys.
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Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) mRNA levels in the striatum and pallidum of MPTP-treated monkeys.
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Differential regulation of glutamate decarboxylase and preproenkephalin mRNA levels in the rat striatum.
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Regulation of glutamic acid decarboxylase gene expression in efferent neurons of the basal ganglia.
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Effects of neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine injections on glutamate decarboxylase, preproenkephalin and dopamine D2 receptor mRNAs in the adult rat striatum.
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Changes of D1 and D2 receptors in adult rat neostriatum after neonatal dopamine denervation: quantitative data from ligand binding, in situ hybridization and iontophoresis.
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Effects of nigrostriatal lesions on the levels of messenger RNAs encoding two isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase in the globus pallidus and entopeduncular nucleus of the rat.
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Comparative distribution of messenger RNAs encoding glutamic acid decarboxylases (Mr 65,000 and Mr 67,000) in the basal ganglia of the rat.
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Ultrastructural analysis of the serotonin hyperinnervation in adult rat neostriatum following neonatal dopamine denervation with 6-hydroxydopamine.
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Messenger RNAs encoding glutamate-decarboxylases are differentially affected by nigrostriatal lesions in subpopulations of striatal neurons.
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Effects of quinolinic acid on messenger RNAs encoding somatostatin and glutamic acid decarboxylases in the striatum of adult rats.
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Lesions of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway alter preprosomatostatin messenger RNA levels in the striatum, the entopeduncular nucleus and the lateral hypothalamus of the rat.
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Morphology of central serotonin neurons. Brief review of quantified aspects of their distribution and ultrastructural relationships.
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Elevation of dopamine D2 but not D1 receptors in adult rat neostriatum after neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine denervation.
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Serotonin innervation in adult rat neostriatum. II. Ultrastructural features: a radioautographic and immunocytochemical study.
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GABA innervation in adult rat oculomotor nucleus: a radioautographic and immunocytochemical study.
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Serotonin innervation in adult rat neostriatum. I. Quantified regional distribution.
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Monoamine innervation of the oculomotor nucleus in the rat. A radioautographic study.
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Radioautographic study of 3H-GABA uptake in the oculomotor nucleus of the cat.
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