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Eric J Vallender

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Ho A, Winham S, Armasu S, Blacker C, Millischer V, Lavebratt C, et al.
J Psychiatr Res . 2019 Jul; 117:45-54. PMID: 31279243
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and temporal pole (TP) are brain regions that display abnormalities in bipolar disorder (BD) patients. DNA methylation - an epigenetic mechanism both heritable and sensitive to...
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Brown C, Mtui D, Oswald B, Van Leuven J, Vallender E, Schultz-Darken N, et al.
Am J Primatol . 2019 May; 81(10-11):e983. PMID: 31062394
The genus Bifidobacterium is purported to have beneficial consequences for human health and is a major component of many gastrointestinal probiotics. Although species of Bifidobacterium are generally at low relative...
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Zhang X, Yasuda K, Gilmore R, Westmoreland S, Platt D, Miller G, et al.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) . 2019 Mar; 236(5):1531-1544. PMID: 30903211
Rationale: Increasing evidence has demonstrated that changes in the gut microbiome, including those associated with dietary influences, are associated with alterations in many physiological processes. Alcohol consumption is common across...
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Mahajan G, Vallender E, Garrett M, Challagundla L, Overholser J, Jurjus G, et al.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry . 2017 Nov; 82:177-186. PMID: 29175309
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric disorder for which available medications are often not effective. The high prevalence of MDD and modest response to existing therapies compels efforts...
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Chandler C, Follett M, Porter N, Liang K, Vallender E, Miller G, et al.
Alcohol . 2017 Aug; 63:19-26. PMID: 28847378
Humans with histories of prolonged heavy alcohol use exhibit poorer performance on cognitive tasks associated with problem solving, short-term memory, and visuospatial reasoning, even following the cessation of drinking, when...
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Vallender E, Goswami D, Shinday N, Westmoreland S, Yao W, Rowlett J
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2017 Apr; 175:9-23. PMID: 28376414
Background: The behavioral consequences associated with addiction are thought to arise from drug-induced neuroadaptation. The mesolimbic system plays an important initial role in this process, and while the dopaminergic system...
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Sweeney C, Rando J, Panas H, Miller G, Platt D, Vallender E
Mol Biol Evol . 2017 Mar; 34(7):1629-1643. PMID: 28333316
The mu opioid receptor is involved in many natural processes including stress response, pleasure, and pain. Mutations in the gene also have been associated with opiate and alcohol addictions as...
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Xue C, Raveendran M, Harris R, Fawcett G, Liu X, White S, et al.
Genome Res . 2016 Dec; 26(12):1651-1662. PMID: 27934697
Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are the most widely used nonhuman primate in biomedical research, have the largest natural geographic distribution of any nonhuman primate, and have been the focus of...
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Yasuda K, Oh K, Ren B, Tickle T, Franzosa E, Wachtman L, et al.
Cell Host Microbe . 2015 Mar; 17(3):385-391. PMID: 25732063
The gut microbiome is widely studied by fecal sampling, but the extent to which stool reflects the commensal composition at intestinal sites is poorly understood. We investigated this relationship in...
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Vallender E
Genome Biol . 2014 Nov; 15(11):507. PMID: 25417723
Whole-genome sequencing of Mauritian cynomolgus macaques reveals novel candidate loci for controlling simian immunodeficiency virus replication.