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2024

Prenatal ethanol and cannabis exposure have sex- and region-specific effects on somatostatin and neuropeptide Y interneurons in the rat hippocampus. Reid, H. M. O., Trepanier, O., Gross, A., Poberezhnyk, P., Snowden, T., Conway, K., Breit, K. R., Rodriguez, C., Thomas, J. D., & Christie, B. R. (2024). Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 10.1111/acer.15350.

In Progress:

Developmental ethanol exposure produces deficits in long-term potentiation in vivo that persist following postnatal choline supplementation. Titterness et al., in press
Adiponectin rescues synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Thacker et al., in press
Optimizing GABA_A receptor antagonism for the induction of long-term potentiation in the mouse and rat dentate gyrus in vitro. Eyolfson et al., revision under review
Brain Changes: A Scoping Review of Mindfulness-Based Training in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Snowden et al., revision under review
A systematic review of studies on GRM7 deficient patients. Revision under review
The effect of traumatic brain injury on learning and memory: A synaptic focus. Eyolfson et al., under review

2023

Assessing Changes in Synaptic Plasticity Using an Awake Closed-Head Injury Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. BR Christie, A Gross, A Willoughby, E Grafe, J Brand, E Bosdachin, H Reid, C Acosta, E Eyolfson. Journal of Visualized Experiments (191), e64592.
Women are Taking the Hit: Examining the Unique Consequences of Cannabis Use Across the Female Lifespan. EL Gräfe, HMO Reid, I Shkolnikov, K Conway, A Kit, C Acosta, BR Christie. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 101076.
Stress and traumatic brain injury: An inherent bi-directional relationship with temporal and synergistic complexities. J Brand, SJ McDonald, JR Gawryluk, BR Christie, SR Shultz. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105242
Reelin rescues behavioural, electrophysiological, and molecular metrics of a chronic stress phenotype in a similar manner to ketamine. Johnston JN, Allen J, Shkolnikov I, Sanchez-Lafuente CL, Reive BS, Scheil K, Liang S, Christie BR, Kalynchuk LE, Caruncho HJ. eNeuro. 2023 Aug 11;10(8):ENEURO.0106-23.2023. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0106-23.2023. Print 2023 Aug. PMID: 37550058
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes sex-specific increases in cell proliferation and inflammation in juvenile rats. KJ Neale, HMO Reid, B. Sousa, E. McDonagh, J. Morrison, S. Shultz, E. Eyolfson, BR Christie. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 10.1186/s12974-023-02916-5
A protocol for remote cognitive training developed for use in clinical populations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Snowden T, Ohlhauser L, Morrison J, Faubert J, Gawryluk J, Christie BR. Neurotrauma Rep. 2023 Aug 14;4(1):522-532. doi: 10.1089/neur.2023.0009. eCollection 2023.PMID:37645472
Progranulin is an FMRP target that influences macroorchidism but not behaviour in a mouse model of Fragile-X Syndrome. Life B, Bettio LEB, Gantois I, Christie BR, Leavitt BR. Curr Res Neurobiol. 2023 Jun 16;5:100094. doi: 10.1016/j.crneur.2023.100094. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37416094.

2022

Postnatal Choline Supplementation Rescues Deficits in Synaptic Plasticity Following Prenatal Ethanol Exposure.
EL Grafe, MMM Wade, CE Hodson, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Nutrients 14 (10), 2004
Brain changes: aerobic exercise for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.
T Snowden, J Morrison, M Boerstra, E Eyolfson, C Acosta, E Grafe, H Reid, … Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 17
A hybrid thread-based temperature and humidity sensor for continuous wound monitoring.
S Hasanpour, L Karperien, T Walsh, M Jahanshahi, Z Hadisi, KJ Neale, … Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 370, 132414
Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Impairs Long-Term Depression Of Synaptic Efficacy In The Hippocampus.
C Pinar, C Fontaine, J Trivino-Paredes, A Gross, B Christie. Journal of Neurotrauma 39 (11-12), A79-A79
Train Your Brain: A Patient-Partnered Study To Determine If Three-Dimensional Multiple-Object Tracking Improves Cognitive Function In Individuals With Moderate To Severe Brain …
T Snowden, L Ohlhauser, B Mayoh, J Morrison, S Waddington, …JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 39 (11-12), A14-A15
Sex-Specific Effects Of Postnatal Choline Supplementation On Juvenile LTP
EL Grafe, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Alcoholism-Clinical And Experimental Research 46, 199a-199a
Prenatal Alcohol And THC Exposure Alters Interneurons And Microglia In The Hippocampus Of Adult Rats
H Reid, A Gross, P Poberezhnyk, A Hinde, O Trepanier, T Snowden, … Alcoholism-Clinical And Experimental Research 46, 199a-199a

2021

1: Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on choline-induced long-term depression in the hippocampus

EL Grafe, CJ Fontaine, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Journal of Neurophysiology 126 (5), 1622-1634

. 2: Prenatal alcohol and cannabis exposure can have opposing and region-specific effects on parvalbumin interneuron . numbers in the hippocampus

H Reid, T Snowden, I Shkolnikov, K Breit, C Rodriguez, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Alcoholism – Clinical and Experimental Research

. 3: Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function

MR Islam, S Valaris, MF Young, EB Haley, R Luo, SF Bond, S Mazuera, RR Kitchen, BJ Caldarone, LEB Bettio, BR Christie, AB Schmider, RJ Soberman, A Besnard, MP Jedrychowski, H Kim, H Tu, E Kim, SH Choi, RE Tanzi, BM Spiegelman, CD Wrann. Nature Metabolism 3 (8), 1058-1070

4: Chronic AdipoRon treatment mimics the effects of physical excercise on restoring hippocampal neuroplasticity in diabetic mice

TH Lee, BR Christie, K Lin, PMF Siu, L Zhang, T Yuan, P Komal, A Xu, KF So, S Yau. Molecular Neurobiology 58, 4666-4681

. 5: Prenatal alcohol and cannabis exposure in rat parvalbumin interneurons.

H Reid, T Snowden, I Shkolnikov, K Breit, C Rodriguez, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Alcoholism – Clinical and Experimental Research

6: Prenatal alcohol and THC exposure alters interneuron numbers in the hippocampus of adult rats

H Reid, A Gross, P Poberezhnyk, S Winger, A Hinde, T Snowden, I Shkolnikov, C Rodriguez, K Breit, JD Thomas, BR Christie. Alcoholism – Clinical and Experimental Research

. 7: Understanding Changes in Hippocampal Interneurons Subtypes in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review. H Reid, N Chen-Mack, T Snowden, BR Christie

8: Unlocking the brain: A new method for Western blot protein detection from fixed brain tissue

JS Thacker, D Andersen, S Liang, N Zieniewicz, JS Trivino-Paredes, … Journal of Neuroscience Methods 348, 108995

9: Heading in the right direction: a critical review of studies examining the effects of heading in soccer players

T Snowden, H Reid, S Kennedy, R Kenny, A McQuarrie, L Stuart-Hill, … Journal of neurotrauma 38 (2), 169-188

10: AdipoRon Treatment Induces a Dose-Dependent Response in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

TH Lee, BR Christie, H van Praag, K Lin, PMF Siu, A Xu, KF So, S Yau. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (4), 2068

11: Acute Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol prompts rapid changes in cannabinoid CB₁ receptor immunolabeling and subcellular structure in CA1 hippocampus of young adult mice

IBD Río, N Puente, A Mimenza, A Ramos, M Serrano, L Lekunberri, … Journal of Comparative Neurology

2020

1: Endocannabinoid receptors contribute significantly to multiple forms of long-term depression in the rat dentate gyrus.

Fontaine CJ, Gräfe EL, Pinar C, Bonilla-Del Río I, Grandes P, Christie BR. Learn Mem. 2020 Aug 17;27(9):380-389. doi: 10.1101/lm.050666.119. Print 2020 Sep.PMID: 32817304

2: Interplay between hormones and exercise on hippocampal plasticity across the lifespan.

Bettio LEB, Thacker JS, Rodgers SP, Brocardo PS,Christie BR, Gil-Mohapel J.Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2020 Aug 1;1866(8):165821. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165821. Epub 2020 May 3.PMID: 32376385 Review.

3: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Perinatal Alcohol Exposure and Perinatal Marijuana Exposure on Adult Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus.

Reid HMO, Lysenko-Martin MR, Snowden TM, Thomas JD, Christie BR. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jun;44(6):1164-1174. doi: 10.1111/acer.14332. Epub 2020 May 14.PMID: 32246781 Review.

4: Hippocampal cognitive impairment in juvenile rats after repeated mild traumatic brain injury.

Pinar C, Trivino-Paredes J, Perreault ST, Christie BR. Behav Brain Res. 2020 Jun 1;387:112585. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112585. Epub 2020 Mar 14.PMID: 32184155

5: An Engineered Infected Epidermis Model for In Vitro Study of the Skin’s Pro-Inflammatory Response.

Jahanshahi M, Hamdi D, Godau B, Samiei E, Sanchez-Lafuente CL, Neale KJ, Hadisi Z, Dabiri SMH, Pagan E, Christie BR, Akbari M.Micromachines (Basel). 2020 Feb 23;11(2):227. doi: 10.3390/mi11020227.PMID: 32102205

6: Multiple Object Tracking Scores Predict Post-Concussion Status Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Lysenko-Martin MR, Hutton CP, Sparks T, Snowden T,Christie BR. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Aug 15;37(16):1777-1787. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6842. Epub 2020 Apr 17.PMID: 31950862

7: Intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence impairs cannabinoid type 1 receptor-dependent long-term depression and recognition memory in adult mice.

Peñasco S, Rico-Barrio I, Puente N, Fontaine CJ, Ramos A, Reguero L, Gerrikagoitia I, de Fonseca FR, Suarez J, Barrondo S, Aretxabala X, García Del Caño G, Sallés J, Elezgarai I, Nahirney PC,Christie BR, Grandes P.Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 Jan;45(2):309-318. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0530-5. Epub 2019 Sep 30.PMID: 31569197

2019

1: Impaired Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in Juvenile Offspring Following Prenatal Ethanol Exposure

Fontaine CJ, Pinar C, Yang W, Pang AF, Suesser KE, Choi JSJ, Christie BR. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Aug 6. doi:
10.1111/acer.14170. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31386206.

2: Acute slice preparation for electrophysiology increases spine numbers equivalently in the male and female juvenile hippocampus: a DiI labeling study

Trivino-Paredes JS, Nahirney PC, Pinar C, Grandes P, Christie BR. J Neurophysiol. 2019 Sep 1;122(3):958-969. doi: 10.1152/jn.00332.2019. Epub 2019 Jul 3. PubMed PMID:31268808.

3: Endocannabinoid long-term depression revealed at medial perforant path excitatory synapses in the dentate gyrus

Peñasco S, Rico-Barrio I, Puente N, Gómez-Urquijo SM, Fontaine CJ,
Egaña-Huguet J, Achicallende S, Ramos A, Reguero L, Elezgarai I, Nahirney PC, Christie BR, Grandes P. Neuropharmacology. 2019
Jul 15;153:32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.04.020. Epub 2019 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 31022405.

4: Mild Closed-Head Injury in Conscious Rats Causes Transient Neurobehavioral and Glial Disturbances: A Novel Experimental Model of Concussion.

Pham L, Shultz SR, Kim HA, Brady RD, Wortman RC, Genders SG, Hale MW, O’Shea RD, Djouma E, van den Buuse M, Church JE, Christie BR, Drummond GR, Sobey CG, McDonald SJ. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jul 15;36(14):2260-2271. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6169. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 30843474.

5: A Rapid Neurological Assessment Protocol for Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Awake Rats.

Christie BR, Trivino-Paredes J, Pinar C, Neale KJ, Meconi A, Reid H, Hutton CP.Curr Protoc Neurosci. 2019 Sep;89(1):e80. doi: 10.1002/cpns.80.PMID: 31532919

6: Fragile-X Syndrome Is Associated With NMDA Receptor Hypofunction and Reduced Dendritic Complexity in Mature Dentate Granule Cells

Yau SY, Bettio L, Chiu J, Chiu C, Christie BR. Front Mol Neurosci. 2019 Jan 17;11:495. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00495. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30705620; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6344420.

7: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects the hippocampal levels of histone variant H2A.Z-2

Gretzinger TL, Tyagi M, Fontaine CJ, Cheema MS, González-Perez M, Freeman ME, Christie BR, Ausió J. Biochem Cell Biol. 2019 Aug; 97(4):431-436. doi: 10.1139/bcb-2018-0240. Epub 2019 Jan 3. PubMed PMID:30605356.

2018

3: Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus of Adult FMR1 Knockout Mice

Pinar C, Yau SY, Sharp Z, Shamei A, Fontaine CJ, Meconi AL, Lottenberg CP, Christie BR. Brain Plast. 2018 Dec 26;4(2):185-195. doi: 10.3233/BPL-170052. PubMed PMID: 30598869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6311353.

4: Diffusion MRI abnormalities in adolescent rats given repeated mild traumatic brain injury

Wortman RC, Meconi A, Neale KJ, Brady RD, McDonald SJ, Christie BR, Wright DK, Shultz SR. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Oct 17;5(12):1588-1598. doi: 10.1002/acn3.667. eCollection 2018 Dec. PubMed PMID: 30564624; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6292182.

5: Impaired spatial processing in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

Ghilan M, Bettio LEB, Noonan A, Brocardo PS, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Behav Brain Res. 2018 Sep 17;350:72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.05.012. Epub 2018 May 17.PubMed PMID: 29778627.

6: Repeated mild traumatic brain injury can cause acute neurologic impairment without overt structural damage in juvenile rats

Meconi A, Wortman RC, Wright DK, Neale KJ, Clarkson M, Shultz SR, Christie BR. PLoS One. 2018 May 8;13(5):e0197187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197187. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29738554; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5940222.

8: Adolescent ethanol intake alters cannabinoid type-1 receptor localization in astrocytes of the adult mouse hippocampus

Bonilla-Del Rίo I, Puente N, Peñasco S, Rico I, Gutiérrez-Rodrίguez A, Elezgarai I, Ramos A, Reguero L, Gerrikagoitia I, Christie BR, Nahirney P, Grandes P. Addict Biol. 2019 Mar;24(2):182-192. doi: 10.1111/adb.12585. Epub 2017 Nov 23. PubMed PMID:29168269.

7: Chronic minocycline treatment improves hippocampal neuronal structure, NMDA receptor function, and memory processing in Fmr1 knockout mice

Yau SY, Bettio L, Vetrici M, Truesdell A, Chiu C, Chiu J, Truesdell E, Christie BR. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 May;113:11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 29367010.

2017

1: Effects of Isx-9 and stress on adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Experimental considerations and future perspectives

Bettio LEB, Gil-Mohapel J, Patten AR, O’Rourke NF, Hanley RP, Gopalakrishnan K, Wulff JE, Christie BR. Neurogenesis (Austin). 2017 Jun 1;4(1):e1317692. doi: 10.1080/23262133.2017.1317692. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28656155; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5477711.

2: Revisiting the flip side: Long-term depression of synaptic efficacy in the hippocampus

Pinar C, Fontaine CJ, Triviño-Paredes J, Lottenberg CP, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Sep;80:394-413. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jun 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 28624435.

3:The Effects of Ethanol Exposure During Distinct Periods of Brain Development on Oxidative Stress in the Adult Rat Brain

Brocardo PS, Gil-Mohapel J, Wortman R, Noonan A, McGinnis E, Patten AR, Christie BR. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017 Jan;41(1):26-37. doi: 10.1111/acer.13266. Epub 2016 Nov 11. PubMed PMID:27862017.

4: Impaired bidirectional NMDA receptor dependent synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of adult female Fmr1 heterozygous knockout mice

Yau SY, Bostrom CA, Chiu J, Fontaine CJ, Sawchuk S, Meconi A, Wortman RC,Truesdell E, Truesdell A, Chiu C, Hryciw BN, Eadie BD, Ghilan M, Christie BR. Neurobiol Dis. 2016Dec;96:261-270. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.09.012. Epub 2016 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 27659109.

5: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Produces Long-Lasting Deficits in Synaptic Plasticity in the Female Juvenile Hippocampus

White ER, Pinar C, Bostrom CA, Meconi A, Christie BR. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Mar 1;34(5):1111-1123. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4638. Epub 2016 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 27735217.

6:The potential for animal models to provide insight into mild traumatic brain injury: Translational challenges and strategies

Shultz SR, McDonald SJ, Vonder Haar C, Meconi A, Vink R, van Donkelaar P,
Taneja C, Iverson GL, Christie BR. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 May;76(Pt B):396-414. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.09.014. Epub 2016 Sep 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 27659125.

2016

1: Chronic corticosterone administration reduces dendritic complexity in mature, but not young granule cells in the rat dentate gyrus

Yau SY, Li A, Tong JB, Bostrom C, Christie BR, Lee TM, So KF. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2016 Sep 21;34(5):849-57. doi: 10.3233/RNN-160662. PubMed PMID: 27567758; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5345640.

2: ISX-9 can potentiate cell proliferation and neuronal commitment in the rat dentate gyrus

Bettio LE, Patten AR, Gil-Mohapel J, O’Rourke NF, Hanley RP, Kennedy S, Gopalakrishnan K, Rodrigues AL, Wulff J, Christie BR. Neuroscience.2016 Sep 22;332:212-22. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.042. Epub 2016 Jun 29. PubMed PMID: 27373772.

3: Chronic minocycline treatment improves social recognition memory in adult male Fmr1 knockout mice

Yau SY, Chiu C, Vetrici M, Christie BR. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Oct 1;312:77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.06.015. Epub 2016 Jun 9. PubMed PMID: 27291517.

4: The effects of hormones and physical exercise on hippocampal structural plasticity

Triviño-Paredes J, Patten AR, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2016 Apr;41:23-43. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.03.001. Epub 2016 Mar 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 26989000.

5: The antidepressant-like effect of chronic guanosine treatment is associated with increased hippocampal neuronal differentiation

Bettio LE, Neis VB, Pazini FL, Brocardo PS, Patten AR, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR, Rodrigues AL. Eur J Neurosci. 2016 Apr;43(8):1006-15. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13172. Epub 2016 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 26779605.

6: Prenatal ethanol exposure impairs temporal ordering behaviours in young adult rats

Patten AR, Sawchuk S, Wortman RC, Brocardo PS, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Feb 15;299:81-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.11.032. Epub 2015 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 26632335.

7: Effects of pre-natal alcohol exposure on hippocampal synaptic plasticity: Sex, age and methodological considerations

Fontaine CJ, Patten AR, Sickmann HM, Helfer JL, Christie BR. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 May;64:12-34. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.02.014. Epub 2016 Feb 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 26906760.

8: Hippocampal dysfunction and cognitive impairment in Fragile-X Syndrome

Bostrom C, Yau SY, Majaess N, Vetrici M, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Sep;68:563-574. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.033. Epub 2016 Jun 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 27345143.

9: The Benefits of Exercise on Structural and Functional Plasticity in the Rodent Hippocampus of Different Disease Models

Patten AR, Yau SY, Fontaine CJ, Meconi A, Wortman RC, Christie BR. Brain Plast. 2015 Oct 9;1(1):97-127. doi: 10.3233/BPL-150016. Review. PubMed PMID: 29765836; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC5928528.

10: Time-Course Analysis of Protein and Lipid Oxidation in the Brains of Yac128 Huntington’s Disease Transgenic Mice

Brocardo PS, McGinnis E, Christie BR, Gil-Mohapel J. Rejuvenation Res. 2016 Apr;19(2):140-8. doi: 10.1089/rej.2015.1736. Epub 2016 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 26371883.

2015 and Earlier

1: Enhanced corticosteroid signaling alters synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus in mice lacking the fragile X mental retardation protein

Ghilan M, Hryciw BN, Brocardo PS, Bostrom CA, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 May;77:26-34. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.01.008. Epub 2015 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 25731748.

2: Physical exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis and antidepressant effects are mediated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin

Yau SY, Li A, Hoo RL, Ching YP, Christie BR, Lee TM, Xu A, So KF. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 4;111(44):15810-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415219111. Epub 2014 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 25331877; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4226125.

2014

1: A comparison of the different animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and their use in studying complex behaviors

Patten AR, Fontaine CJ, Christie BR. Front Pediatr. 2014 Sep 3;2:93. doi: 10.3389/fped.2014.00093. eCollection 2014. Review. PubMed PMID: 25232537; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4153370.

2:Physical exercise-induced adult neurogenesis: a good strategy to prevent cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases?

Yau SY, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR, So KF. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:403120. doi: 10.1155/2014/403120. Epub 2014 Apr 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 24818140; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4000963.

3: Deletion of the NMDA receptor GluN2A subunit significantly decreases dendritic growth in maturing dentate granule neurons

Kannangara TS, Bostrom CA, Ratzlaff A, Thompson L, Cater RM, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 1;9(8):e103155. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103155. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25083703; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4118862.

4: Prenatal ethanol exposure differentially affects hippocampal neurogenesis in the adolescent and aged brain

Gil-Mohapel J, Titterness AK, Patten AR, Taylor S, Ratzlaff A, Ratzlaff T, Helfer J, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2014 Jul 25;273:174-88. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.05.012. Epub 2014 May 15. PubMed PMID: 24846617.

5:YAC128 Huntington’s disease transgenic mice show enhanced short-term hippocampal synaptic plasticity early in the course of the disease

Ghilan M, Bostrom CA, Hryciw BN, Simpson JM, Christie BR, Gil-Mohapel J. Brain Res. 2014 Sep 18;1581:117-28. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.011. Epub 2014 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 24949563.

6: Sustained running in rats administered corticosterone prevents the development of depressive behaviors and enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity without increasing neurotrophic factor levels

Yau SY, Li A, Zhang ED, Christie BR, Xu A, Lee TM, So KF. Cell Transplant. 2014;23(4-5):481-92. doi: 10.3727/096368914X678490. PubMed PMID: 24816445.

7: GluN2A-/- Mice Lack Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in the Dentate Gyrus and Perform Poorly on Spatial Pattern Separation Tasks

Kannangara TS, Eadie BD, Bostrom CA, Morch K, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Aug;25(8):2102-13. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu017. Epub 2014 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 24554729; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4494024.

8: The role of oxidative stress in Huntington’s disease: are antioxidants good therapeutic candidates?

Gil-Mohapel J, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. Curr Drug Targets. 2014 Apr;15(4):454-68. Review. PubMed PMID: 24428525.

2013

1: Omega-3 fatty acids can reverse the long-term deficits in hippocampal synaptic plasticity caused by prenatal ethanol exposure

Patten AR, Sickmann HM, Dyer RA, Innis SM, Christie BR. Neurosci Lett. 2013 Sep 13;551:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.05.051. Epub 2013 Jul 18. Erratum in: Neurosci Lett. 2016 Apr;22(2):224-5. PubMed PMID: 23872044.

2: Hippocampal neurogenesis levels predict WATERMAZE search strategies in the aging brain

Gil-Mohapel J, Brocardo PS, Choquette W, Gothard R, Simpson JM, Christie BR. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 23;8(9):e75125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075125. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24086453; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3781090.

3: Long-term exercise is needed to enhance synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

Patten AR, Sickmann H, Hryciw BN, Kucharsky T, Parton R, Kernick A, Christie BR. Learn Mem. 2013 Oct 16;20(11):642-7. doi: 10.1101/lm.030635.113. PubMed PMID: 24131795.

4: Rescue of NMDAR-dependent synaptic plasticity in Fmr1 knock-out mice

Bostrom CA, Majaess NM, Morch K, White E, Eadie BD, Christie BR. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Jan;25(1):271-9. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht237. Epub 2013 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 23968838.

5: Liquid diets reduce cell proliferation but not neurogenesis in the adult rat hippocampus

Patten AR, Moller DJ, Graham J, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2013 Dec 19;254:173-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience. 2013.09.024. Epub 2013 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 24060822.

6:Prenatal ethanol (EtOH) exposure alters the sensitivity of the adult dentate gyrus to acute EtOH exposure

Helfer JL, White ER, Christie BR. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jan;38(1):135-43. doi: 10.1111/acer.12227. Epub 2013 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 23915337.

7: Prenatal ethanol exposure has sex-specific effects on hippocampal long-term potentiation

Sickmann HM, Patten AR, Morch K, Sawchuk S, Zhang C, Parton R, Szlavik L, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2014 Jan;24(1):54-64. doi:
10.1002/hipo.22203. Epub 2013 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 23996604.

8: Impairments in hippocampal synaptic plasticity following prenatal ethanol exposure are dependent on glutathione levels

Patten AR, Brocardo PS, Sakiyama C, Wortman RC, Noonan A, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2013 Dec;23(12):1463-75. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22199. Epub 2013 Oct 1. PubMed PMID: 23996467.

9: Electrophysiological identification of medial and lateral perforant path inputs to the dentate gyrus

Petersen RP, Moradpour F, Eadie BD, Shin JD, Kannangara TS, Delaney KR, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2013 Nov 12;252:154-68. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.063. Epub 2013 Aug 7. PubMed PMID: 23933307.

2012

1: Effects of Ethanol Exposure during Distinct Periods of Brain Development on Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity

Patten AR, Gil-Mohapel J, Wortman RC, Noonan A, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. Brain Sci. 2013 Jul 19;3(3):1076-94. doi: 10.3390/brainsci3031076. PubMed PMID: 24961522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4061886.

2: Impact of treadmill running and sex on hippocampal neurogenesis in the mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Ma X, Hamadeh MJ, Christie BR, Foster JA, Tarnopolsky MA. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e36048. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036048. Epub 2012 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 22558322; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3338488.

3: Omega-3 supplementation can restore glutathione levels and prevent oxidative damage caused by prenatal ethanol exposure

Patten AR, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. J Nutr Biochem. 2013 May;24(5):760-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.04.003. Epub 2012 Jul 25. PubMed PMID: 22841392.

4: Differential response of hippocampal subregions to stress and learning

Hawley DF, Morch K, Christie BR, Leasure JL. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e53126. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053126. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 23285257; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3532167.

5: Enhanced deficits in long-term potentiation in the adult dentate gyrus with 2nd trimester ethanol consumption

Helfer JL, White ER, Christie BR. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051344. Epub 2012 Dec 5. PubMed PMID: 23227262; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3515437.

6: Anxiety- and depression-like behaviors are accompanied by an increase in oxidative stress in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Protective effects of voluntary physical exercise

Brocardo PS, Boehme F, Patten A, Cox A, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Neuropharmacology. 2012 Mar;62(4):1607-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.10.006. Epub 2011 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 22019722.

2011

1: Neurogenesis in Huntington’s disease: can studying adult neurogenesis lead to the development of new therapeutic strategies?

Gil-Mohapel J, Simpson JM, Ghilan M, Christie BR. Brain Res. 2011 Aug 11;1406:84-105. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.06.040. Epub 2011 Jun 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 21742312.

2: Glutathione restores the mechanism of synaptic plasticity in aged mice to that of the adult

Robillard JM, Gordon GR, Choi HB, Christie BR, MacVicar BA. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e20676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020676. Epub 2011 May 31. PubMed PMID: 21655192; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3105108.

3: Voluntary exercise induces adult hippocampal neurogenesis and BDNF expression in a rodent model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Boehme F, Gil-Mohapel J, Cox A, Patten A, Giles E, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. Eur J Neurosci. 2011 May;33(10):1799-811. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07676.x. Epub 2011 May 3. PubMed PMID: 21535455.

4: Voluntary exercise does not enhance long-term potentiation in the adolescent female dentate gyrus

Titterness AK, Wiebe E, Kwasnica A, Keyes G, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2011 Jun 2;183:25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.050. Epub 2011 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 21458541.

5: The role of oxidative stress in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Brocardo PS, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Brain Res Rev. 2011 Jun 24;67(1-2):209-25. doi:10.1016/j.brainresrev.2011.02.001. Epub 2011 Apr 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 21315761.

6: Altered adult hippocampal neuronal maturation in a rat model of fetal alcohol syndrome

Gil-Mohapel J, Boehme F, Patten A, Cox A, Kainer L, Giles E, Brocardo PS, Christie BR. Brain Res. 2011 Apr 12;1384:29-41. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.116. PubMed PMID: 21303667.

7: Prenatal ethanol exposure enhances NMDAR-dependent long-term potentiation in the adolescent female dentate gyrus

Titterness AK, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2012 Jan;22(1):69-81. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20849. Epub 2010 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 21080406.

8: NMDA receptor hypofunction in the dentate gyrus and impaired context discrimination in adult Fmr1 knockout mice

Eadie BD, Cushman J, Kannangara TS, Fanselow MS, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2012 Feb;22(2):241-54. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20890. Epub 2010 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 21049485.

2010

1: Altered adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the YAC128 transgenic mouse model of Huntington disease

Simpson JM, Gil-Mohapel J, Pouladi MA, Ghilan M, Xie Y, Hayden MR, Christie BR. Neurobiol Dis. 2011 Feb;41(2):249-60. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.09.012. Epub 2010 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 20875859.

2: Hippocampal cell loss and neurogenesis after fetal alcohol exposure: insights from different rodent models

Gil-Mohapel J, Boehme F, Kainer L, Christie BR. Brain Res Rev. 2010 Sep 24;64(2):283-303. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.04.011. Epub 2010 May 13. PubMed PMID: 20471420.

3: Characterization of the neurogenesis quiescent zone in the rodent brain: effects of age and exercise

Gil-Mohapel J, Simpson JM, Titterness AK, Christie BR. Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Mar;31(5):797-807. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07132.x. Erratum in: Eur J Neurosci. 2010 May;31(9):1708. PubMed PMID: 20374281.

2009

1: Running reduces stress and enhances cell genesis in aged mice

Kannangara TS, Lucero MJ, Gil-Mohapel J, Drapala RJ, Simpson JM, Christie BR, van Praag H. Neurobiol Aging. 2011 Dec;32(12): 2279-86. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.12.025. Epub 2010 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 20106549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6016367.

2: NGF is essential for hippocampal plasticity and learning

Conner JM, Franks KM, Titterness AK, Russell K, Merrill DA, Christie BR, Sejnowski TJ, Tuszynski MH. J Neurosci. 2009 Sep 2;29(35):10883-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2594-09.2009. PubMed PMID: 19726646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2765804.

3: Fmr1 knockout mice show reduced anxiety and alterations in neurogenesis that are specific to the ventral dentate gyrus

Eadie BD, Zhang WN, Boehme F, Gil-Mohapel J, Kainer L, Simpson JM, Christie BR. Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Nov;36(2):361-73. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.08.001. Epub 2009 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 19666116.

4: Endogenous cannabinoid signaling is required for voluntary exercise-induced enhancement of progenitor cell proliferation in the hippocampus

Hill MN, Titterness AK, Morrish AC, Carrier EJ, Lee TT, Gil-Mohapel J, Gorzalka BB, Hillard CJ, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2010 Apr;20(4):513-23. doi:10.1002/hipo.20647. PubMed PMID: 19489006; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2847038.

5: Overexpression of the cell adhesion protein neuroligin-1 induces learning deficits and impairs synaptic plasticity by altering the ratio of excitation to inhibition in the hippocampus

Dahlhaus R, Hines RM, Eadie BD, Kannangara TS, Hines DJ, Brown CE, Christie BR, El-Husseini A. Hippocampus. 2010 Feb;20(2):305-22. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20630. PubMed PMID: 19437420.

6: Stress differentially regulates the effects of voluntary exercise on cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of mice

Kannangara TS, Webber A, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2009 Oct;19(10):889-97. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20514. PubMed PMID: 18958850.

7: Exercising some control over the hippocampus

Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2009 Oct;19(10):887-8. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20709. PubMed PMID: 19743303.

8: Cognition, learning behaviour and hippocampal synaptic plasticity are not disrupted in mice over-expressing the cholesterol transporter ABCG1

Parkinson PF, Kannangara TS, Eadie BD, Burgess BL, Wellington CL, Christie BR. Lipids Health Dis. 2009 Feb 24;8:5. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-8-5. PubMed PMID: 19239689; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2654451.

2008-2005

1: Exercising our brains: how physical activity impacts synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus

Christie BR, Eadie BD, Kannangara TS, Robillard JM, Shin J, Titterness AK. Neuromolecular Med. 2008;10(2):47-58. doi: 10.1007/s12017-008-8033-2. Epub 2008 Jun 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 18535925.

2: Long-term depression in vivo: effects of sex, stress, diet, and prenatal ethanol exposure

Titterness AK, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2008;18(5):481-91. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20407. PubMed PMID: 18240319.

3: Contribution of NR2A and NR2B NMDA subunits to bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus in vivo

Fox CJ, Russell KI, Wang YT, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2006;16(11):907-15. PubMed PMID: 17024679.

4: Effects of exercise on NMDA receptor subunit contributions to bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the mouse dentate gyrus

Vasuta C, Caunt C, James R, Samadi S, Schibuk E, Kannangara T, Titterness AK, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2007;17(12):1201-8. PubMed PMID: 17879376.

5: Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory retrieval impairment

Wong TP, Howland JG, Robillard JM, Ge Y, Yu W, Titterness AK, Brebner K, Liu L, Weinberg J, Christie BR, Phillips AG, Wang YT. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jul 3;104(27):11471-6. Epub 2007 Jun 25. PubMed PMID: 17592137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2040922.

6: Tyrosine phosphorylation of the GluR2 subunit is required for long-term depression of synaptic efficacy in young animals in vivo

Fox CJ, Russell K, Titterness AK, Wang YT, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2007;17(8):600-5. PubMed PMID: 17534972.

7: Antidepressant effects of exercise: evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?

Ernst C, Olson AK, Pinel JP, Lam RW, Christie BR. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2006 Mar;31(2):84-92. Review. PubMed PMID: 16575423; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1413959.

8: Hippocampal cell proliferation is reduced following prenatal ethanol exposure but can be rescued with voluntary exercise

Redila VA, Olson AK, Swann SE, Mohades G, Webber AJ, Weinberg J, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2006;16(3):305-11. PubMed PMID: 16425237.

9: Environmental enrichment and voluntary exercise massively increase neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus via dissociable pathways

Olson AK, Eadie BD, Ernst C, Christie BR. Hippocampus. 2006;16(3):250-60. Review. PubMed PMID: 16411242.

10: Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus. Hippocampus

Christie BR, Cameron HA. 2006;16(3):199-207. Review. PubMed PMID: 16411231.

11: Nestin-expressing cells and their relationship to mitotically active cells in the subventricular zones of the adult rat

Ernst C, Christie BR. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Dec;22(12):3059-66. PubMed PMID: 16367772.

12: The putative neural stem cell marker, nestin, is expressed in heterogeneous cell types in the adult rat neocorte

Ernst C, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2006;138(1):183-8. Epub 2005 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 16343784.

13: Temporally specific proliferation events are induced in the hippocampus following acute focal injury

Ernst C, Christie BR. J Neurosci Res. 2006 Feb 15;83(3):349-61. PubMed PMID: 16342206.

14: Exercise-induced changes in dendritic structure and complexity in the adult hippocampal dentate gyrus

Redila VA, Christie BR. Neuroscience.
2006;137(4):1299-307. Epub 2005 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 16338077.

15: Deletion of the nuclear receptor Nr2e1 impairs synaptic plasticity and dendritic structure in the mouse dentate gyrus

Christie BR, Li AM, Redila VA, Booth H, Wong BK, Eadie BD, Ernst C, Simpson EM. Neuroscience. 2006 Feb;137(3):1031-7. Epub 2005 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 16289828.

16: Variation in antibiosis ability, against potato pathogens, of bacterial communities recovered from the endo- and exoroots of potato crops produced under conventional versus minimum tillage systems

Sturz AV, Peters RD, Carter MR, Sanderson JB, Matheson BG, Christie BR. Can J Microbiol. 2005 Aug;51(8):643-54. PubMed PMID: 16234863.

17: Isolectin-IB 4 as a vascular stain for the study of adult neurogenesis

Ernst C, Christie BR. J Neurosci Methods. 2006 Jan 15;150(1):138-42. Epub 2005 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 16095716.

18: Corticotrophin-releasing hormone decreases synaptic transmission in rat sensorimotor cortex in vivo

Froc DJ, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2005;134(3):965-73. PubMed PMID: 16019154.

19: Voluntary exercise rescues deficits in spatial memory and long-term potentiation in prenatal ethanol-exposed male rats

Christie BR, Swann SE, Fox CJ, Froc D, Lieblich SE, Redila V, Webber A. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Mar;21(6):1719-26. PubMed PMID: 15845099.

20: Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density

Eadie BD, Redila VA, Christie BR. J Comp Neurol. 2005 May 23;486(1):39-47. PubMed PMID: 15834963.

21: Prolonged cannabinoid treatment results in spatial working memory deficits and impaired long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in vivo

Hill MN, Froc DJ, Fox CJ, Gorzalka BB, Christie BR. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Aug;20(3):859-63. PubMed PMID: 15255998.

2004-2001

1: Effects of voluntary exercise on synaptic plasticity and gene expression in the dentate gyrus of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo

Farmer J, Zhao X, van Praag H, Wodtke K, Gage FH, Christie BR. Neuroscience. 2004;124(1):71-9. PubMed PMID: 14960340.

2: Mice lacking methyl-CpG binding protein 1 have deficits in adult neurogenesis and hippocampal function

Zhao X, Ueba T, Christie BR, Barkho B, McConnell MJ, Nakashima K, Lein ES, Eadie BD, Willhoite AR, Muotri AR, Summers RG, Chun J, Lee KF, Gage FH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 May 27;100(11):6777-82. Epub 2003 May 14. PubMed PMID: 12748381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC164523.

3: Reduced synaptic plasticity in the lateral perforant path input to the dentate gyrus of aged C57BL/6 mice

Froc DJ, Eadie B, Li AM, Wodtke K, Tse M, Christie BR. J Neurophysiol. 2003 Jul;90(1):32-8. Epub 2003 Mar 12. PubMed PMID: 12634277.

4: Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

van Praag H, Schinder AF, Christie BR, Toni N, Palmer TD, Gage FH. Nature. 2002 Feb 28;415(6875):1030-4. PubMed PMID: 11875571.

5: The role of RNA editing of kainate receptors in synaptic plasticity and seizures

Vissel B, Royle GA, Christie BR, Schiffer HH, Ghetti A, Tritto T, Perez-Otano I, Radcliffe RA, Seamans J, Sejnowski T, Wehner JM, Collins AC, O’Gorman S, Heinemann SF. Neuron. 2001 Jan;29(1):217-27. PubMed PMID: 11182093.

6: Weeds as a source of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in agricultural soils

Sturz AV, Matheson BG, Arsenault W, Kimpinski J, Christie BR. Can J Microbiol. 2001 Nov;47(11):1013-24. PubMed PMID: 11766050.

7: Active dendrites, potassium channels and synaptic plasticity

Johnston D, Christie BR, Frick A, Gray R, Hoffman DA, Schexnayder LK,
Watanabe S, Yuan LL. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2003 Apr 29;358(1432):667-74. Review. PubMed PMID: 12740112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1693145.

8: Synaptic plasticity in morphologically identified CA1 stratum radiatum interneurons and giant projection cells

Christie BR, Franks KM, Seamans JK, Saga K, Sejnowski TJ. Hippocampus. 2000;10(6):673-83. PubMed PMID: 11153713.

9: Dopamine D1/D5 receptor modulation of excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V prefrontal cortex neurons

Seamans JK, Durstewitz D, Christie BR, Stevens CF, Sejnowski TJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 2;98(1):301-6. PubMed PMID: 11134516; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC14585.

2000-1988

1: van Praag H, Christie BR, Sejnowski TJ, Gage FH. Running enhances neurogenesis, learning, and long-term potentiation in mice

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1999 Nov 9;96(23):13427-31. PubMed PMID: 10557337; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC23964.

2: Dihydropyridine-sensitive, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels contribute to the resting intracellular Ca2+ concentration of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Magee JC, Avery RB, Christie BR, Johnston D. J Neurophysiol. 1996 Nov;76(5):3460-70. PubMed PMID: 8930286.

3: Contribution of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels to homosynaptic long-term depression in the CA1 region in vitro

Christie BR, Schexnayder LK, Johnston D. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Mar;77(3):1651-5. PubMed PMID: 9084630.

4: The role of dendritic action potentials and Ca2+ influx in the induction of homosynaptic long-term depression in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Christie BR, Magee JC, Johnston D. Learn Mem. 1996 Sep-Oct;3(2-3):160-9. PubMed PMID: 10456086.

5: Dendritic calcium channels and hippocampal long-term depression.

Christie BR, Magee JC, Johnston D. Hippocampus. 1996;6(1):17-23. Review. PubMed PMID: 8878737.

6: Evidence for common expression mechanisms underlying heterosynaptic and associative long-term depression in the dentate gyrus

Christie BR, Stellwagen D, Abraham WC. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Sep;74(3):1244-7. PubMed PMID: 7500147.

7: Different Ca2+ channels in soma and dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons mediate spike-induced Ca2+ influx

Christie BR, Eliot LS, Ito K, Miyakawa H, Johnston D. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Jun;73(6):2553-7. PubMed PMID: 7666160.

8: Reduction of the threshold for long-term potentiation by prior theta-frequency synaptic activity.

Christie BR, Stellwagen D, Abraham WC. Hippocampus. 1995;5(1):52-9. PubMed PMID: 7787946.

9: Immediate early gene expression associated with the persistence of heterosynaptic long-term depression in the hippocampus

Abraham WC, Christie BR, Logan B, Lawlor P, Dragunow M. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Oct 11;91(21):10049-53. PubMed PMID: 7937835; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC44955.

10: Flip side of synaptic plasticity: long-term depression mechanisms in the hippocampus

Christie BR, Kerr DS, Abraham WC. Hippocampus. 1994 Apr;4(2):127-35. Review. PubMed PMID: 7951687.

11:L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel antagonists block heterosynaptic long-term depression in the dentate gyrus of anaesthetized rats

Christie BR, Abraham WC. Neurosci Lett. 1994 Feb 14;167(1-2):41-5. PubMed PMID: 7513841.

12: Differential regulation of paired-pulse plasticity following LTP in the dentate gyrus

Christie BR, Abraham WC. Neuroreport. 1994 Jan 12;5(4):385-8. PubMed PMID: 8003660.

13:Priming of associative long-term depression in the dentate gyrus by theta frequency synaptic activity

Christie BR, Abraham WC. Neuron. 1992 Jul;9(1):79-84. PubMed PMID: 1321647.

14: NMDA-dependent heterosynaptic long-term depression in the dentate gyrus of anaesthetized rats

Christie BR, Abraham WC. Synapse. 1992 Jan;10(1):1-6. PubMed PMID: 1531559.

15: Effects ofVerticillium albo-atrum culture filtrate on somatic embryogenesis in alfalfa

Yu K, Christie BR, Pauls KP. Plant Cell Rep. 1990 Jan;8(9):509-11. doi: 10.1007/BF00820197. PubMed PMID: 24226274.