What is new in the
Maier/Watkins Laboratory?
Here are our 2009 abstracts for Society for Neuroscience
Meetings
Barrientos, R.M., Ahrendsen, J., Crysdale, N.Y., Chapman, T. R., Frank, M.G., Campeau, S, Day, H.E.W., Watkins, L.R., Patterson, S.L., Maier, S.F. The effects of voluntary wheel running on infection-induced hippocampal BDNF mRNA changes in aging rats. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Bland, S.T. Beckley, J.T., Fischer, E.K., Imonugo, O., Ortiz, N.C., Watkins, L.R., Maier, S.F., Isolation rearing and restraint stress produce sex-dependent changes in medial prefrontal cortex immediate early gene expression, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Christianson, J.P., Kubala, K.H., Nadler, D., Watkins, L.R., Maier, S.F. Chewing during an inescapable stressor blocks the behavioral effects of the stressor: role of the medial prefrontal cortex and dorsal raphé nucleus. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Ellis, A., Wieseler, J., Ramos, K., Mcfadden, A., Brown, K., Starnes, C., Maier, S.F., Watkins, L.R. & Falci, S., Characterization of glial activation and treatment of mechanical allodynia in a rat model of spinal cord injury, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Frank, M.G., Miguel, Z., Watkins, L.R., & Maier, S.F., Prior exposure to glucocorticoids sensitizes the neuroinflammatory response to e. coli lipopolysaccharide, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Hutchinson, M.R., Chan, S., Fong, S., Phipps, S., Somogyi, A.A., Yin, H., Rice, K.C., Watkins, L.R. Novel Toll Like Receptor 4 activity of opioids alters opioid response, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Jennings, J.H., Christianson, J.P., Benison, A., Barth, D., Watkins, L.R., Maier, S.F. Safety signals mitigate the consequences of uncontrollable stress via a circuit involving the sensory insular cortex. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Loram LC, Harrison JA, Sloane EM, Taylor FR, Sholar P, Maier SF, Rieger J, Watkins LR. Spinal adenosine modulation: enduring anti-inflammatory action in neuroinflammatory disorders. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Loram LC, Sloane EM, Harrison JA, Sholar P, Taylor FR, Hutchinson MR, Maier SF, Rieger J, Watkins LR. Long-duration reversal of neuropathic pain via sustained release of spinal interleukin-10 is mediated by adenosine 2a receptor activation. PNIRS 2009.
Loram LC, Sloane EM, Sholar PW, Taylor FR, Harrison JA, Hutchinson MR, Maier SF, Rieger J, Watkins LR. Adenosine 2A receptor agonist produces long-duration reversal of neuropathic pain via sustained release of spinal interleukin-10. American Pain Society 2009.
Miguel, Z.D., Frank, M.G., Watkins, Maier, S.F., Uncontrollable stress upregulates mRNA expression of the endogenous danger signal HMGB-1 in the hippocampus: implications for stress immune interactions, Proc. Society for Neuroscience, 2009.
Northcutt, A.N., Bland, S.T., Hutchinson, M.R., Sfregola, C., Rozeske, R., Maier, S.F., Rice, K.C., Watkins, L.R., Novel Toll Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Involvement in Morphine Reward, Soc. For Neuroscience, 2009.
Ragole, T., Christianson, J.P., Strong, P.V., Greenwood, B.N., Amat, J., Fleshner, M.R., Watkins, L.R., & Maier, S.F. Stress-induced anxiety involves serotonin release in the basolateral amygdala and the 5-HT2C receptor. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Ramos, K.M., Lewis, M.T., Crysdale, N.Y., Harrison, J.A., Sloane, E.M., Maier, S.F., & Watkins, L.R., The GLT-1 upregulating drug ceftriaxone reverses neuropathic pain, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Ramos, K.M, Lewis, M.T., Crysdale, N.Y., Harrison, J.A., Sloane, E.M, Maier, S.F., Watkins, L.R. The GLT-1 upregulating drug ceftriaxone reverses neuropathic pain in rat models of peripheral nerve injury and multiple sclerosis. NIH 4th Annual Symposium on Advances in Pain Research, 2009.
Rozeske, R.R., Evans, A.K., Watkins, L.R., Lowry, C.A., and Maier, S.F. Serotonin differentially inhibits in vitro neuronal firing rates in the dorsal raphe nucleus following escapable and inescapable stress. Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Shridhar, M., Hutchinson, M.R., Zhang, Y., Buchanan, M., Zhao, T., Silvka, P, Landgraf, K., Evans, J.H., Falke, J., Maier, S.F., Rice, K.C., Sammakia, T., Yin, H. & Watkins, L.R., Novel nonstereoselective toll-like receptor activity of opioids: a mechanistic approach, Soc. for Neuroscience, 2009.
Thompson, B.M., Baratta, M.V., Biedenkapp, J.C., Watkins, L.R., Maier, S.F. Activation of the infralimbic prefrontal cortex induces persistent enhancements in the inhibition of conditioned fear. Soc. for Neuroscience.