Sgβ1, a novel locust (Schistocerca gregaria) non-α nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like subunit with homology to the Drosophila melanogaster Dβ1 subunit
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Jones, A. K. M., Marshall, A., Darlison, M., Blake, A., Buckingham, S., Darlison, M., & Sattelle, D. (2005)
Sgβ1, a novel locust (Schistocerca gregaria) non-α nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like subunit with homology to the Drosophila melanogaster Dβ1 subunit. Invertebrate Neuroscience, 5(3-4), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10158-005-0007-6
The cloning, sequencing and functional expression of Sgβ1, a novel locust (Schistocerca gregaria) non-α nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit is described. This sub...
Consequences of the Evolution of the GABAA Receptor Gene Family
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Darlison, M. G., Pahal, I., & Thode, C. (2005)
Consequences of the Evolution of the GABAA Receptor Gene Family. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 25(3-4), 607-624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-005-4004-4
1. This paper reviews the evolution of the family of genes present in mammals and other vertebrates that encode $γ$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A (GABAA) receptors, which ar...
Early socio-emotional experience induces expression of the immediate-early gene Arc/arg3.1 (activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein/activity-regulated gene) in learning-relevant brain regions of the newborn chick
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Bock, J., Thode, C., Hannemann, O., Braun, K., & Darlison, M. (2005)
Early socio-emotional experience induces expression of the immediate-early gene Arc/arg3.1 (activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein/activity-regulated gene) in learning-relevant brain regions of the newborn chick. Neuroscience, 133(3), 625-633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.02.048
We have cloned a full-length complementary {DNA} from the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), which encodes a polypeptide that exhibits ∼75% identity to the product of the mam...
The chicken immediate-early gene ZENK is expressed in the medio-rostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale, a brain region involved in acoustic imprinting, and is up-regulated after exposure to an auditory stimulus
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Thode, C., Bock, J., Braun, K., & Darlison, M. (2005)
The chicken immediate-early gene ZENK is expressed in the medio-rostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale, a brain region involved in acoustic imprinting, and is up-regulated after exposure to an auditory stimulus. Neuroscience, 130(3), 611-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.10.015
The immediate-early gene zenk (an acronym for the avian orthologue of the mammalian genes zif-268, egr-1, ngfi-a and krox-24) has been extensively employed, in studies on osci...
Genetic linkage and radiation hybrid mapping of the three human GABAC receptor ρ subunit genes: GABRR1, GABRR2 and GABRR3
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Bailey, M. E., Albrecht, B. E., Johnson, K. J., & Darlison, M. G. (1999)
Genetic linkage and radiation hybrid mapping of the three human GABAC receptor ρ subunit genes: GABRR1, GABRR2 and GABRR3. BBA - Gene Structure and Expression, 1447(2-3), 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-4781%2899%2900167-0
{GABAC} receptors mediate rapid inhibitory neurotransmission in retina. We have mapped, in detail, the human genes which encode the three polypeptides that comprise this recep...
Multiple genes for neuropeptides and their receptors: co-evolution and physiology
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Darlison, M. G., & Richter, D. (1999)
Multiple genes for neuropeptides and their receptors: co-evolution and physiology. Trends in Neurosciences, 22(2), 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2236%2898%2901333-2
It is now well established that neuropeptide receptors, which are present throughout the {CNS} and in peripheral tissues, frequently exist in a variety of different forms (cal...
Expression of the GABAA receptor gamma4-subunit gene: anatomical distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the domestic chick forebrain and the effect of imprinting training
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Harvey, R. J., McCabe, B. J., Solomonia, R. O., Horn, G., & Darlison, M. G. (1998)
Expression of the GABAA receptor gamma4-subunit gene: anatomical distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the domestic chick forebrain and the effect of imprinting training. The European journal of neuroscience, 10(9), 3024-3028. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00354.x
The learning process of imprinting involves morphological, electrophysiological and biochemical changes in a region of the chick (Gallus gallus domesticus) forebrain known as ...
Candidate gene study of eight GABAA receptor subunits in panic disorder
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Darlison, M. G., Bailey, M., Johnson, K., Wang, Z., Crowe, R., Albrecht, B., …Zoega, T. (1997)
Candidate gene study of eight GABAA receptor subunits in panic disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154(8), 1096-1100. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.8.1096
OBJECTIVE: gamma-Aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor subunit genes are candidate genes for panic disorder. Benzodiazepine agonists acting at this receptor can suppress p...
Opioid receptors from a lower vertebrate (Catostomus commersoni): Sequence, pharmacology, coupling to a G-protein-gated inward-rectifying potassium channel (GIRK1), and evolution
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Darlison, M. G., Greten, F. R., Harvey, R. J., Kreienkamp, H., Stühmer, T., Zwiers, H., …Richter, D. (1997)
Opioid receptors from a lower vertebrate (Catostomus commersoni): Sequence, pharmacology, coupling to a G-protein-gated inward-rectifying potassium channel (GIRK1), and evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94(15), 8214-8219
The molecular evolution of the opioid receptor family has been studied by isolating cDNAs that encode six distinct opioid receptor-like proteins from a lower vertebrate, the t...
In Situ Hybridization Localization of the GABAA Receptor β2S- and β2L-Subunit Transcripts Reveals Cell-Specific Splicing of Alternate Cassette Exons
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Harvey, R., & Darlison, M. (1997)
In Situ Hybridization Localization of the GABAA Receptor β2S- and β2L-Subunit Transcripts Reveals Cell-Specific Splicing of Alternate Cassette Exons. Neuroscience, 77(2), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522%2896%2900467-8
We have recently described two variants of the chicken {GABAA} receptor β2 subunit which arise by alternative splicing of the corresponding primary gene transcript. The long f...