The Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations

Bayazit Yunusbayev, Mait Metspalu, M. Jarve, +11

Molecular Biology and Evolution

EthnicityHuman MigrationHistorical GeographyGeneticsArchaeology +20

miR-1, miR-10b, miR-155, and miR-191 are novel regulators of BDNF

Kärt Varendi, Anmol Kumar, Mari‐Anne Härma, +1

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

GeneticsBdnf 3'UtrTranscriptional RegulationSkeletal MuscleLong Non-coding Rna +15

GDNF Overexpression from the Native Locus Reveals its Role in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System Function

Anmol Kumar, Jaakko Kopra, Kärt Varendi, +21

PLoS Genetics

Striatal DopamineNeurodegenerative DiseasesNative Locus RevealsNeuroanatomyGenetics +12

Distinguishing the co-ancestries of haplogroup G Y-chromosomes in the populations of Europe and the Caucasus

Siiri Rootsi, Natalie M. Myres, Alice A Lin, +30

European Journal of Human Genetics

Haplotype DeterminationHuman VariationCytogeneticsMedicineGenetics +7

Dampened Amphetamine-Stimulated Behavior and Altered Dopamine Transporter Function in the Absence of Brain GDNF

Jaakko Kopra, Anne Panhelainen, Sara af Bjerkén, +7

Journal of Neuroscience

Short-term Preoperative Dietary Restriction Is Neuroprotective in a Rat Focal Stroke Model

Kärt Varendi, Mikko Airavaara, Jenni E. Anttila, +5

PLoS ONE

NutritionCerebrovascular DiseaseCaloric RestrictionCerebral Vascular RegulationThrombosis +23

The Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations

Bayazit Yunusbayev, Mait Metspalu, M. Jarve, +11

Molecular Biology and Evolution

EthnicityHistorical GeographyHuman MigrationInternational Population MovementAncient Human Migrations +8

Role of glial-cell-derived neurotrophic factor in salivary gland stem cell response to irradiation

Xiaohong Peng, Kärt Varendi, Martti Maimets, +2

Radiotherapy and Oncology

NeuroregenerationCell SignalingGlial-cell-derived Neurotrophic FactorMedicineNeural Stem Cell +6