Publications

The following is a brief listing of our most recent publications. For a full list of publications, please click here.

2023

Velazquez-Arcelay K, Colbran LL, McArthur E, Brand CM, Rinker DC, Siemann JK, McMahon DG, Capra JA. Archaic Introgression Shaped Human Circadian Traits. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 Dec 1;15(12):evad203. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad203. PMID: 38095367; PMCID: PMC10719892.

McMahon DG, Dowling JE. Neuromodulation: Actions of Dopamine, Retinoic Acid, Nitric Oxide, and Other Substances on Retinal Horizontal Cells. Eye Brain. 2023 Oct 31;15:125-137. doi: 10.2147/EB.S420050. PMID: 37928979; PMCID: PMC10625386.

Jameson AN, Siemann JK, Melchior J, Calipari ES, McMahon DG, Grueter BA. Photoperiod Impacts Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Dynamics. eNeuro. 2023 Feb 16;10(2):ENEURO.0361-22.2023. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0361-22.2023. PMID: 36781229; PMCID: PMC9937087.

2022

Kim H, Leng K, Park J, Sorets AG, Kim S, Shostak A, Embalabala RJ, Mlouk K, Katdare KA, Rose IVL, Sturgeon SM, Neal EH, Ao Y, Wang S, Sofroniew MV, Brunger JM, McMahon DG, Schrag MS, Kampmann M, Lippmann ES. Reactive astrocytes transduce inflammation in a blood-brain barrier model through a TNF-STAT3 signaling axis and secretion of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 2;13(1):6581. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34412-4. PMID: 36323693; PMCID: PMC9630454.

2021

Kim S, McMahon DG. Light sets the brain's daily clock by regional quickening and slowing of the molecular clockworks at dawn and dusk. Elife. 2021 Dec 20;10:e70137. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70137. PMID: 34927581; PMCID: PMC8687663.

Tackenberg MC, Hughey JJ, McMahon DG. Optogenetic stimulation of VIPergic SCN neurons induces photoperiodic-like changes in the mammalian circadian clock. Eur J Neurosci. 2021 Nov;54(9):7063-7071. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15442. Epub 2021 Oct 4. PMID: 34486778; PMCID: PMC8796658.

Manz KM, Siemann JK, McMahon DG, Grueter BA. Patch-clamp and multi-electrode array electrophysiological analysis in acute mouse brain slices. STAR Protoc. 2021 Apr 5;2(2):100442. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100442. PMID: 33899023; PMCID: PMC8056272.

Siemann JK, Grueter BA, McMahon DG. Rhythms, Reward, and Blues: Consequences of Circadian Photoperiod on Affective and Reward Circuit Function. Neuroscience. 2021 Mar 1;457:220-234. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.12.010. Epub 2020 Dec 30. PMID: 33385488; PMCID: PMC7897275.

Giannoni-Guzmán MA, Kamitakahara A, Magalong V, Levitt P, McMahon DG. Circadian photoperiod alters TREK-1 channel function and expression in dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons via melatonin receptor 1 signaling. J Pineal Res. 2021 Mar;70(2):e12705. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12705. Epub 2020 Dec 12. PMID: 33210730; PMCID: PMC8496951.

Jones JR, Tackenberg MC, McMahon DG. Optogenetic Methods for the Study of Circadian Rhythms. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2130:325-336. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0381-9_24. PMID: 33284455.

2020

Tackenberg MC, Giannoni-Guzmán MA, Sanchez-Perez E, Doll CA, Agosto-Rivera JL, Broadie K, Moore D, McMahon DG. Neonicotinoids disrupt circadian rhythms and sleep in honey bees. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 21;10(1):17929. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72041-3. PMID: 33087835; PMCID: PMC7578099.

Siemann JK, Williams P, Malik TN, Jackson CR, Green NH, Emeson RB, Levitt P, McMahon DG. Photoperiodic effects on monoamine signaling and gene expression throughout development in the serotonin and dopamine systems. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 22;10(1):15437. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72263-5. PMID: 32963273; PMCID: PMC7508939.

Tackenberg MC, Hughey JJ, McMahon DG. Distinct Components of Photoperiodic Light Are Differentially Encoded by the Mammalian Circadian Clock. J Biol Rhythms. 2020 Aug;35(4):353-367. doi: 10.1177/0748730420929217. Epub 2020 Jun 11. PMID: 32527181; PMCID: PMC8281571.

Thal LB , Mann VR , Sprinzen D , McBride JR , Reid KR , Tomlinson ID , McMahon DG , Cohen BE , Rosenthal SJ . Ligand-conjugated quantum dots for fast sub-diffraction protein tracking in acute brain slices. Biomater Sci. 2020 Feb 4;8(3):837-845. doi: 10.1039/c9bm01629e. PMID: 31790090; PMCID: PMC7002256.

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