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2024, 'TRPC Channels Activated by G Protein-Coupled Receptors Drive Ca2+ Dysregulation Leading to Secondary Brain Injury in the Mouse Model', Translational Stroke Research, 15, pp. 844 - 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-023-01173-1
,2023, 'KCC2 downregulation after sciatic nerve injury enhances motor function recovery', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34701-y
,2023, 'Regulation of lipid synthesis in myelin modulates neural activity and is required for motor learning', GLIA, 71, pp. 2591 - 2608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.24441
,2023, 'Microglia enable cross-modal plasticity by removing inhibitory synapses', Cell Reports, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112383
,2023, 'Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 419 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00140.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking and validating the “cell membrane” core concept of physiology by an Australian team', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 575 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00143.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking and validating the “cell-cell communication” core concept of physiology by an Australian team', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 443 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00145.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking and validating the “integration” core concept of physiology by an Australian team', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 436 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00144.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking the “movement of substances” core concept of physiology by an Australian team', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00149.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking the homeostasis core concept in physiology: an Australian perspective', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 427 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00141.2022
,2023, 'Unpacking the renal system component of the “structure and function” core concept of physiology by an Australian team', Advances in Physiology Education, 47, pp. 453 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00150.2022
,2022, 'Controlled activation of cortical astrocytes modulates neuropathic pain-like behaviour', Nature Communications, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31773-8
,2022, 'Global transgenic upregulation of KCC2 confers enhanced diazepam efficacy in treating sustained seizures', Epilepsia, 63, pp. e15 - e22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.17097
,2021, 'Pain induces stable, active microcircuits in the somatosensory cortex that provide a therapeutic target', Science Advances, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd8261
,2021, 'Controlled activation of cortical astrocytes can reverse neuropathic chronic pain', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-150434/v1
,2020, 'Maternal immune activation induces sustained changes in fetal microglia motility', Scientific Reports, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78294-2
,2020, 'Activity-dependent global downscaling of evoked neurotransmitter release across glutamatergic inputs in Drosophila', Journal of Neuroscience, 40, pp. 8025 - 8041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0349-20.2020
,2020, 'Motor learning requires myelination to reduce asynchrony and spontaneity in neural activity', GLIA, 68, pp. 193 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/glia.23713
,2019, 'Dual microglia effects on blood brain barrier permeability induced by systemic inflammation', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13812-z
,2019, 'Overexpression of neuronal K + –Cl − co-transporter enhances dendritic spine plasticity and motor learning', Journal of Physiological Sciences, 69, pp. 453 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12576-018-00654-5
,2019, 'Making light work of fine-tuning channelrhodopsins', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294, pp. 3822 - 3823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.H119.007749
,2018, 'Focal Ischaemic Infarcts Expand Faster in Cerebellar Cortex than Cerebral Cortex in a Mouse Photothrombotic Stroke Model', Translational Stroke Research, 9, pp. 643 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-018-0615-1
,2018, 'Microglia enhance synapse activity to promote local network synchronization', eNeuro, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0088-18.2018
,2018, 'Cortical astrocytes prime the induction of spine plasticity and mirror image pain', Pain, 159, pp. 1592 - 1606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001248
,2018, 'Conditional Upregulation of KCC2 selectively enhances neuronal inhibition during seizures', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/253831
,2017, 'Activation-dependent rapid postsynaptic clustering of glycine receptors in mature spinal cord neurons', eNeuro, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0194-16.2017
,2016, 'Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex', Nature Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12540
,2016, 'Cortical astrocytes rewire somatosensory cortical circuits for peripheral neuropathic pain', Journal of Clinical Investigation, 126, pp. 1983 - 1997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI82859
,2016, 'Microglial contact prevents excess depolarization and rescues neurons from excitotoxicity', eNeuro, 3, pp. 9133 - 9144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0004-16.2016
,2013, 'THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: OVERVIEW', BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 170, pp. 1449 - 1458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.12444
,2013, 'An optimised 3 M KCl salt-bridge technique used to measure and validate theoretical liquid junction potential values in patch-clamping and electrophysiology', European Biophysics Journal, 42, pp. 631 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-013-0911-3
,2013, 'Microglia and synapse interactions: Fine tuning neural circuits and candidate molecules', Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2013.00070
,2013, 'Microglia: Actively surveying and shaping neuronal circuit structure and function', Trends in Neurosciences, 36, pp. 209 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2012.11.007
,2012, 'Alternative Splicing of the TRPC3 Ion Channel Calmodulin/ IP3 Receptor-Binding Domain in the Hindbrain Enhances Cation Flux', The Journal of Neuroscience, 32, pp. 11414 - 11423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6446-11.2012
,2012, 'Enhanced GABAergic activity in the mouse primary somatosensory cortex is insufficient to alleviate chronic pain behavior with reduced expression of neuronal potassium-chloride cotransporter', Journal of Neuroscience, 32, pp. 16552 - 16559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2104-12.2012
,2012, 'Functions of microglia in the central nervous system-beyond the immune response', Neuron Glia Biology, 7, pp. 47 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1740925X12000063
,2010, 'Depolarizing shift in the GABA-induced current reversal potential by lidocaine hydrochloride', Brain Research, 1345, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.052
,2010, 'External divalent cations increase anion-cation permeability ratio in glycine receptor channels', Pflugers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 460, pp. 131 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-010-0792-6
,2010, 'Further analysis of counterion permeation through anion-selective glycine receptor channels.', Channels, 4, pp. 142 - 149, http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/channels/article/11020
,2009, 'Characterization of the effects of charged residues in the intracellular loop on ion permeation in α1 glycine receptor channels', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, pp. 2023 - 2030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M806618200
,2009, 'Clustering of Neuronal K+-Cl- Cotransporters in Lipid Raftsby Tyrosine Phosphorylation', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, pp. 27980 - 27988
,2009, 'Resting microglia directly monitor the functional state of synapses in vivo and determine the fate of ischemic terminals', Journal of Neuroscience, 29, pp. 3974 - 3980
,2008, 'Anion-cation permeability correlates with hydrated counterion size in glycine receptor channels', Biophysical Journal, 95, pp. 4698 - 4715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.107.125690
,2008, 'Zinc modulation of glycine receptors in acutely isolated rat CA3 neurons', Life Sciences, 83, pp. 149 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2008.04.024
,2007, 'Early changes in KCC2 phosphorylation in response to neuronal stress result in functional downregulation', Journal of Neuroscience, 27, pp. 1642 - 1650
,2006, 'A single P-loop glutamate point mutation to either lysine or arginine switches the cation-anion selectivity of the CNGA2 channel', Journal of General Physiology, 127, pp. 375 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.200509378
,2005, 'Mutation of the pore glutamate affects both cytoplasmic and external dequalinium block in the rat olfactory CNGA2 channel', European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 34, pp. 442 - 453
,2004, 'A patch-clamp investigation of membrane currents in a novel mammalian retinal ganglion cell line', Brain Research, 1003, pp. 205 - 208
,2004, 'Charged residues at the 2 ` position of human GABA(c) rho 1 receptorsinvert ion selectivity and influence open state probability', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, pp. 54153 - 54160
,2004, 'Differential modulation of evoked and spontaneous glycine release fromrat spinal cord glycinergic terminals by the cyclic AMP/protein kinaseA transduction cascade', Journal of Neurochemistry, 91, pp. 657 - 666
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