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Overview

Andres Buonanno is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Biological Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of topics such as receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, diet and metabolism studies, tryptophan and brain disorders, stress responses and cortisol, cellular transport and secretion, and monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • ErbB4 Null Mice Display Altered Mesocorticolimbic and Nigrostriatal Dopamine Levels as well as Deficits in Cognitive and Motivational Behaviors (2020), published in eNeuro
  • Transcytosis and trans-synaptic retention by postsynaptic ErbB4 underlie axonal accumulation of NRG3 (2022), published in The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Toxic and Phenotypic Effects of AAV_Cre Used to Transduce Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pathway-specific contribution of parvalbumin interneuron NMDARs to synaptic currents and thalamocortical feedforward inhibition (2022), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • ER-PM Junctions on GABAergic Interneurons Are Organized by Neuregulin 2/VAP Interactions and Regulated by NMDA Receptors (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Andres Buonanno's research include Ricardo Murphy, Detlef Vullhorst, Miguel Skirzewski, Marie E. Cronin, and Larissa Erben.

The scientist has published multiple articles in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, eNeuro, The Journal of Cell Biology, Molecular Psychiatry, and the Journal of Neurochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Transcription factor TEAD4 specifies the trophectoderm lineage at the beginning of mammalian development.

    Rieko Yagi;Matthew J. Kohn;Irina Karavanova;Kotaro J. Kaneko

  • Selective modulation of desensitization at AMPA versus kainate receptors by cyclothiazide and concanavalin A

    K.M. Partin;D.K. Patneau;C.A. Winters;M.L. Mayer

  • Neuregulin and ErbB receptor signaling pathways in the nervous system.

    Andres Buonanno;Gerald D Fischbach

  • Myogenin and MyoD join a family of skeletal muscle genes regulated by electrical activity.

    Raluca Eftimie;Hans R. Brenner;Andres Buonanno

  • The neuregulin receptor ErbB-4 interacts with PDZ-containing proteins at neuronal synapses

    Rolando A. G. Garcia;Kuzhalini Vasudevan;Andres Buonanno

  • Neuregulin-beta induces expression of an NMDA-receptor subunit.

    Miwako Ozaki;Michael Sasner;Ryoji Yano;Hsieng S. Lu

  • Selective Expression of ErbB4 in Interneurons, But Not Pyramidal Cells, of the Rodent Hippocampus

    Detlef Vullhorst;Joerg Neddens;Irina Karavanova;Ludovic Tricoire

  • Molecular cloning and development analysis of a new glutamate receptor subunit isoform in cerebellum

    V Gallo;LM Upson;WP Hayes;L Vyklicky

  • Sequence and expression of a frog brain complementary DNA encoding a kainate-binding protein

    Keiji Wada;Claude J. Dechesne;Shunichi Shimasaki;Ron G. King

  • The Neuregulin Signaling Pathway and Schizophrenia: From Genes to Synapses and Neural Circuits

    Andrés Buonanno

  • Neuregulin-1 Modulates Hippocampal Gamma Oscillations: Implications for Schizophrenia

    André Fisahn;Jörg Neddens;Leqin Yan;Andrés Buonanno

  • Neuregulin-1 Reverses Long-Term Potentiation at CA1 Hippocampal Synapses

    Oh-Bin Kwon;Marines Longart;Detlef Vullhorst;Dax A. Hoffman

  • Gene regulation by patterned electrical activity during neural and skeletal muscle development.

    Andres Buonanno;R Douglas Fields

  • The MyoD family of myogenic factors is regulated by electrical activity: isolation and characterization of a mouse Myf-5 cDNA

    Andres Buonanno;Lynne Apone;Maria I. Morasso;Richard Beers

  • The importance of the NRG-1/ErbB4 pathway for synaptic plasticity and behaviors associated with psychiatric disorders.

    Alon Shamir;Oh-Bin Kwon;Irina Karavanova;Detlef Vullhorst

  • Selective populations of hippocampal interneurons express ErbB4 and their number and distribution is altered in ErbB4 knockout mice

    Jörg Neddens;Andrés Buonanno

  • The locus coeruleus drives disinhibition in the midline thalamus via a dopaminergic mechanism

    B. Sofia Beas;Brandon J. Wright;Miguel Skirzewski;Yan Leng

  • Neuregulin-1 regulates LTP at CA1 hippocampal synapses through activation of dopamine D4 receptors.

    Oh Bin Kwon;Daniel Paredes;Carmen M. Gonzalez;Jörg Neddens

  • Erbb transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptors are differentially expressed throughout the adult rat central nervous system

    K M Gerecke;J M Wyss;I Karavanova;A Buonanno

  • Developmental Vulnerability of Synapses and Circuits Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders

    Peter Penzes;Andres Buonanno;Maria Passafaro;Carlo Sala

  • Novel regional and developmental NMDA receptor expression patterns uncovered in NR2C subunit-β-galactosidase knock-in mice

    Irina Karavanova;Kuzhalini Vasudevan;Jun Cheng;Andres Buonanno

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Jay N. Giedd
Jay N. Giedd University of California, San Diego
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University
Tsutomu Hashikawa
Tsutomu Hashikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Chris J. McBain
Chris J. McBain National Institutes of Health
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jonathan Flint
Jonathan Flint University of California, Los Angeles
Pamela Sklar
Pamela Sklar Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Grahame J. Kidd
Grahame J. Kidd Cleveland Clinic

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