Joseph L Nunez
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Recent Articles
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Balasubramanian P, Subramanian M, Nunez J, MohanKumar S, MohanKumar P
Behav Brain Res
. 2013 Dec;
261:127-33.
PMID: 24361909
Changes in serum estradiol levels are associated with mood disorders in women. However, the underlying mechanisms are not clear. Because alterations in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and monoamine levels in...
2.
Fakhouri W, Nunez J, Trail F
Environ Health Perspect
. 2010 Jun;
118(10):1400-5.
PMID: 20529762
Background: Atrazine (ATR), a commonly used herbicide in the United States, is widely distributed in water and soil because of its mobility through ecosystems and its persistence in the environment....
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Soellner D, Grandys T, Nunez J
Behav Brain Res
. 2009 Aug;
205(1):191-9.
PMID: 19686781
In this report, we demonstrate that chronic prenatal exposure to a moderate dose of caffeine disrupts novel object recognition and radial arm maze behaviors in adult male and female rats....
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Zhou X, Moon C, Zheng F, Luo Y, Soellner D, Nunez J, et al.
J Neurosci Res
. 2009 Apr;
87(12):2632-44.
PMID: 19396876
The general features of neuroplasticity are developmentally regulated. Although it has been hypothesized that the loss of plasticity in mature neurons may be due to synaptic saturation and functional reduction...
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Nunez J, Aberdeen G, Albrecht E, McCarthy M
Endocrinology
. 2008 Aug;
149(12):6433-43.
PMID: 18703635
High levels of maternal estrogens are likely to gain access to the fetal brain, yet little is known regarding the role of the steroid hormone 17beta-estradiol in neuronal differentiation and...
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Nunez J, McCarthy M
Exp Neurol
. 2008 Feb;
210(2):699-708.
PMID: 18289534
Clinical evidence and animal models indicate greater brain damage in newborn males following injury. In adults, glutamate is the primary source of excitotoxic cell death and the steroid, estradiol, is...
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McClean J, Nunez J
Exp Neurol
. 2007 Nov;
210(1):41-50.
PMID: 17997403
One of the most critical times in the human lifespan is the late embryonic/early postnatal period, due to the careful orchestration of numerous events leading to normal brain development. This...
8.
Nunez J, McCarthy M
Dev Neurobiol
. 2007 Sep;
67(14):1879-90.
PMID: 17823921
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is as an excitatory neurotransmitter during brain development. Activation of GABA(A) receptors in neonatal rat hippocampus results in chloride efflux and membrane depolarization sufficient to open voltage...
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Hilton G, Nunez J, Bambrick L, Thompson S, McCarthy M
Eur J Neurosci
. 2006 Dec;
24(11):3008-16.
PMID: 17156362
Hypoxic/ischemic (HI) brain injury in newborn full-term and premature infants is a common and pervasive source of life time disabilities in cognitive and locomotor function. In the adult, HI induces...
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Hilton G, Ndubuizu A, Nunez J, McCarthy M
Brain Res Dev Brain Res
. 2005 Aug;
159(2):99-111.
PMID: 16125793
Perinatal brain injury is associated with the release of amino acids, principally glutamate and GABA, resulting in massive increases in intracellular calcium and eventual cell death. We have previously demonstrated...