Microglial dopamine receptor elimination defines sex-specific nucleus accumbens development and social behavior in adolescent rats

Ashley M. Kopec, Caroline J. Smith, Nathan R. Ayre, +2

Nature Communications

Optimized solubilization of TRIzol-precipitated protein permits Western blotting analysis to maximize data available from brain tissue

Ashley M. Kopec, Phillip D. Rivera, Michael J. Lacagnina, +2

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Neuroimaging BiomarkersMedicineNatural SciencesBioanalysisBiomedical Imaging +8

MAPK Establishes a Molecular Context That Defines Effective Training Patterns for Long-Term Memory Formation

Gary T. Philips, Xiaojing Ye, Ashley M. Kopec, +1

Journal of Neuroscience

Molecular RegulationHuman MemoryShort-term MemoryCellular PhysiologyMolecular Context +25

<scp>YAP</scp> and <scp>TAZ</scp> regulate Schwann cell proliferation and differentiation during peripheral nerve regeneration

Haley Jeanette, Leandro N. Marziali, Urja Bhatia, +6

Glia

Hippo PathwayNeuroregenerationDevelopmental BiologyPeripheral Nerve RegenerationPeripheral Nerve Injury +11

Opioid Self-Administration is Attenuated by Early-Life Experience and Gene Therapy for Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 in the Nucleus Accumbens of Male Rats

Michael J. Lacagnina, Ashley M. Kopec, Stewart S. Cox, +7

Neuropsychopharmacology

Opioid EpidemicSocial SciencesInflammationPlasmid DnaAnti-inflammatory Il-10 +17

Distinct Growth Factor Families Are Recruited in Unique Spatiotemporal Domains during Long-Term Memory Formation in Aplysia californica

Ashley M. Kopec, Gary T. Philips, Thomas Carew

Neuron

BiologyPattern FormationDevelopmental BiologyMemory SystemDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience +10

A novel cysteine-rich neurotrophic factor in <i>Aplysia</i> facilitates growth, MAPK activation, and long-term synaptic facilitation

Lu Pu, Ashley M. Kopec, Heather D. Boyle, +1

Learning & Memory

Sex differences in the effects of high fat diet on underlying neuropathology in a mouse model of VCID

Charly Abi‐Ghanem, Abigail E. Salinero, David Kordit, +12

Biology of Sex Differences

Estimating the glutamate transporter surface density in distinct sub-cellular compartments of mouse hippocampal astrocytes

Anca Rǎdulescu, Gabrielle C. Todd, Cassandra Williams, +7

PLoS Computational Biology

Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmissionCellular NeurobiologySocial Sciences +16

Immune signaling as a node of interaction between systems that sex-specifically develop during puberty and adolescence

Lauren Granata, Kelsea R. Gildawie, Nafissa Ismail, +2

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Several Biological SystemsBrain DevelopmentImmunologyReproductive BiologyImmune System +22