Recent Publications

Dr. Gianluca Tosini (2004 - 2005)

Sakamoto K., Liu C., Kasamatsu M., Pozdeyev N.V., Iuvone PM, Tosini G.  Dopamine regulates melanopsin mRNA expression in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Eur J. Neuroscience 22: 3129-3126 (2005).

Tosini G, Aguzzi J. Effect of space flight on circadian rhythms. Adv Space Biol Med. 10:165-74 (2005).

Paul K.N., Fukuhara C., Karom M., Tosini G., Albers H.E. DNQX blocks the acute increase of Per1 and Per2 mRNA levels in most but all areas of the SCN. Molecular Brain Res 139: 129-136 (2005)  

Fukuhara C., Aguzzi J., Bullock N.M., Tosini G. Effect of long-term exposure to constant dim light on the circadian system of rats. Neurosignals 14: 117-125.

Iuvone PM., Tosini G, Haque R, Klein DC, Chaurasia SS.  Circadian Clocks, Clock-Controlled Genes and Melatonin Biosynthesis in the Retina. Prog Retin Eye Res. 24: 433-456 (2005).

Chaurasia S.S., Rollag M.D., Jiang  G., Haynes W.P.,  Haque R., Natesan A, Zatz M., Tosini G., Liu C., Korf K.W., P.M. Iuvone, Provencio I. Molecular Cloning, localization and circadian expression of melanopsini (Opn4): Differential regulation of expression in pineal and retinal cell types. J. Neurochemistry 92: 158-170 (2005).

Sakamoto K., Liu, C., Tosini, G.   Classical Photoreceptors regulate melanopsin mRNA levels in the rat retina. J. Neuroscience 24: 9693-9697 (2004).

Sakamoto K., Liu, C., Tosini, G.  Circadian Rhythms in the retina of rats with photoreceptor degeneration. J.  Neurochemistry 90: 1019-1024 (2004)

Liang, J., Wessel, J., Iuvone, M., Tosini, G., Fukuhara, C. Tryptophan hydroxylase1 and 2 gene expression in the rat retina. Neuroreport 15: 1497-1500. (2004)

Paul KN, Gamble K.L., Novak C.,  Fukuhara C. Tosini G., Albers H.E.  TTX blocks the transduction of light information from the SCN to the pineal gland without influencing Per1 and Per2 expression in the SCN cells.  Eur. J. Neurosci 19:2808-2814. (2004)

Fukuhara C, Liu C., Ivanova T.N., Chan G.C-K, Storm D.R., Iuvone P.M., Tosini G. Gating of the cAMP signaling cascade and melatonin synthesis by the circadian clock in mammalian retina. J. Neuroscience 24:1803-1811. (2004)

Liu C, Fukuhara C., Wessel JH, Iuvone PM, Tosini G. Localization of Aa-nat mRNA in the rat retina by fluorescence in situ hybridization and laser capture microdissection. Cell Tissue Res. 315: 197-201. (2004)

Dr. Byron Ford

Clement C.M., Thomas, L.K, Mou, Y., Croslan D.R., Gibbons, G.H., Ford B.D. (2006) Neuregulin-1 Attenuates Neointimal Formation Following Vascular Injury and Inhibits the Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells, J. Vasc. Res. (in Press)

Xu Z., Croslan D.R., Harris A.E., Ford. G.D., Ford B.D. (2006) Extended therapeutic window for intravascular administration of neuregulin-1 following focal ischemic stroke. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 26(4):527-535 .

Ford G.D., Xu Z., Gates, A., Jiang J., Ford, B.D. (2006) Expression Analysis Systematic Explorer (EASE) Analysis Reveals Differential Gene Expression in Permanent and Transient Focal Stroke Rat Models. Brain Res. 1071(1): 226-236.

Bhat G.K., Sea T.L., Olatinwo M., Simorgankir D., Ford G.D., Ford B.D. , Mann D.R. (2006) Expression levels of apoptosis-related genes in the testis of leptin-deficient mice. J. Androl. 27(2):302-310.

Dorsey W.C., Tchounwou P.B., Ford B.D. (2006) Neuregulin 1-Beta Cytoprotective Role in AML 12 Mouse Hepatocytes Exposed to Pentachlorophenol. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 3(1):11-22.

Xu Z., Ford G.D., Croslan D., Jiang J., Gates A., Allen R., Ford B.D. , (2005) Neuroprotection by neuregulin-1 following focal stroke is associated with the attenuation of ischemia-induced pro-inflammatory and stress gene expression. Neurobiol. Disease. 19(3): 461-470.

Xu. Z. and Ford B.D. (2005) Upregulation of erbB receptors in rat brain after middle cerebral arterial occlusion. Neurosci. Lett. 375(3):181-186.

Liu Y., Ford B.D. , Mann M.A., Fischbach G.D. (2005) Neuregulin-1 increases the proliferation of neuronal progenitors from embryonic neural stem cells Dev. Biol. 283(2): 437-445.

Dorsey W.C., Ford B.D. , Roane L., Haynie D.T., Tchounwou P.B. (2005) Induced mitogenic activity in AML-12 mouse hepatocytes exposed to low-dose ultra-wideband electromagnetic radiation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2(1): 24–30

Bhat G.K., Sea T.L., Olatinwo M., Simorgankir D., Ford G.D., Ford B.D. , Mann D.R. (2005) Expression levels of apoptosis-related genes in the testis of leptin-deficient mice. J. Androl. 27(3):

Dr. Chiaka Fukuhara

Fukuhara, C., Yamazaki, S., Liang, J. Pineal circadian clocks gate arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase gene expression in the mouse pineal gland. J Neurochem (2004) in press.

Fukuhara, C. Effect of dark exposure in the middle of the day on Period1, Period2, and arylalkylamine N-acetyltansferase mRNA levels in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus and pineal gland. Mol Brain Res 130 (2004) 109-114.

Liang, J., Wessel, J.H., Iuvone, P.M., Tosini, G., Fukuhara, C. Diurnal rhythms of tryptophan hydroxylase1 and 2 mRNA expression in the rat retina. NeuroReport 15 (2004) 1497-500.

Paul, K.N., Gamble, K.L., Fukuhara, C., Novak, C., Tosini, G., Albers, E.H. Tetrodotoxin prevents the decrease of melatonin levels the pineal gland without influencing Per1 and Per2 mRNA levels in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Euro J Neurosci 19 (2004) 2808-2814.

Fukuhara, C., Liu, C., Ivanova, T.N., Chan, G.C.K., Storm, D.R., Iuvone, P.M., Tosini, G., Gating of the cAMP signaling cascade and melatonin synthesis by the circadian clock in mammalian retina. J. Neurosci. 24 (2004) 1803-1811.

Fukuhara, C. and Tosini, G. Peripheral circadian oscillators and their rhythmic regulation. Frontiers in Bioscience 8 (2003) 642-651.

Dr. Ernie Steele

MacLeish PR, Chen X, and Steele E (2001) Fluoxetine suppresses the rise in intracellular levels of calcium and blocks IK(Ca) and ICl(Ca) in the salamander rod [ARVO Abstract] Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 42(4):S119 Abstract nr 642. Presented at 2001 ARVO Annual Meeting.

Steele Jr EC, Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2001) Compartmentalization of ionic currents and associated calcium-mediated regulatory mechanisms in salamander rod photoreceptors. Presented at Inaugural Conference of Specialized Centers in Neuroscience.

Steele Jr EC, Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2002) Ca2+ channel alpha1C subunit specifically expressed in bipolar cells of retina in higher vertebrates [ARVO Abstract]. To be presented at 2002 ARVO Annual Meeting.

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