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Overview

Bruce F. O'Hara is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience, focusing on areas such as sleep, circadian rhythms, and neural function. Their research spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics.

The main topics of Bruce F. O'Hara's work include:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce F. O'Hara are:

  • "Altered synaptic connectivity and brain function in mice lacking microglial adapter protein Iba1" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The role of GABAergic neural circuits in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder" (2020) published in International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
  • "A Microbe Associated with Sleep Revealed by a Novel Systems Genetic Analysis of the Microbiome in Collaborative Cross Mice" (2020) published in Genetics
  • "Chemical sympathectomy reduces peripheral inflammatory responses to acute and chronic sleep fragmentation" (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • "A comparative study of sleep and diurnal patterns in house mouse (Mus musculus) and Spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)" (2020) published in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaboration is evident in their work, with co-authors including:

  • Sridhar Sunderam
  • Marilyn J. Duncan
  • Adam D. Bachstetter
  • Dillon Huffman
  • Asmaa A. Ajwad

Bruce F. O'Hara's publications have appeared in several notable venues, reflecting their research focus on sleep and neural function. These venues include:

  • SLEEP
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Best Publications

  • The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

    Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

  • Role of Melanopsin in Circadian Responses to Light

    Norman F. Ruby;Thomas J. Brennan;Xinmin Xie;Vinh Cao

  • Cloning of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) rho 1 cDNA: a GABA receptor subunit highly expressed in the retina.

    G R Cutting;L Lu;B F O'Hara;L M Kasch

  • The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view.

    Oduola Abiola;Joe M. Angel;Philip Avner;Alexander A. Bachmanov

  • Homer1a is a core brain molecular correlate of sleep loss

    Stéphanie Maret;Stéphane Dorsaz;Laure Gurcel;Sylvain Pradervand

  • A role for cryptochromes in sleep regulation.

    Jonathan P Wisor;Bruce F O'Hara;Akira Terao;Chris P Selby

  • Genetic vulnerability to drug abuse. The D2 dopamine receptor Taq I B1 restriction fragment length polymorphism appears more frequently in polysubstance abusers.

    Stevens S. Smith;Bruce F. O'Hara;Antonio M. Persico;David A. Gorelick;David A. Gorelick

  • Identification of a putative γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor subunit rho2 cDNA and colocalization of the genes encoding rho2 (GABRR2) and rho1 (GABRR1) to human chromosome 6q14–q21 and mouse chromosome 4

    Garry R. Cutting;Sheila Curristin;Huda Zoghbi;Bruce O'Hara

  • NPAS2 as a transcriptional regulator of non-rapid eye movement sleep: Genotype and sex interactions

    Paul Franken;Carol A. Dudley;Sandi Jo Estill;Monique Barakat

  • A non-circadian role for clock-genes in sleep homeostasis:a strain comparison

    Paul Franken;Paul Franken;Ryan Thomason;H Craig Heller;Bruce F O'Hara

  • Pattern Recognition of Sleep in Rodents Using Piezoelectric Signals Generated by Gross Body Movements

    A.E. Flores;J.E. Flores;H. Deshpande;J.A. Picazo

  • Brain transcription factor expression: effects of acute and chronic amphetamine and injection stress

    Antonio M. Persico;Charles W. Schindler;Bruce F. O'Hara;Michael T. Brannock

  • Dopamine D2 receptor RFLPs, haplotypes and their association with substance use in black and Caucasian research volunteers.

    Bruce F. O’Hara;Stevens S. Smith;Geoffrey Bird;Antonio M. Persico

  • Gene Expression in the Brain across the Hibernation Cycle

    Bruce F. O’Hara;Fiona L. Watson;Hilary K. Srere;Himanshu Kumar

  • GABAA, GABAC, and NMDA receptor subunit expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and other brain regions.

    Bruce F. O'Hara;Rozi Andretic;H.Craig Heller;Donald B. Carter

  • Effects of aging and genotype on circadian rhythms, sleep, and clock gene expression in APPxPS1 knock-in mice, a model for Alzheimer's disease

    Marilyn J. Duncan;J. Tyler Smith;Kathleen M. Franklin;Tina L. Beckett

  • Evaluation of a Piezoelectric System as an Alternative to Electroencephalogram/ Electromyogram Recordings in Mouse Sleep Studies

    Géraldine M Mang;Jérôme Nicod;Yann Emmenegger;Kevin D Donohue

  • Resolvins AT-D1 and E1 differentially impact functional outcome, post-traumatic sleep, and microglial activation following diffuse brain injury in the mouse.

    Jordan L. Harrison;Rachel K. Rowe;Timothy W. Ellis;Nicole S. Yee

  • Neuroanatomical localization and quantification of amyloid precursor protein mRNA by in situ hybridization in the brains of normal, aneuploid, and lesioned mice.

    Caterina Bendotti;Gian Luigi Forloni;Richard A. Morgan;Bruce F. O'Hara

  • Immediate early gene expression in brain during sleep deprivation: preliminary observations.

    B F O'Hara;K A Young;F L Watson;H C Heller

  • Sleep deprivation effects on growth factor expression in neonatal rats: a potential role for BDNF in the mediation of delta power.

    Ilana S. Hairston;Christelle Peyron;Daniel P. Denning;Norman F. Ruby

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Franken
Paul Franken University of Lausanne
Thomas S. Kilduff
Thomas S. Kilduff SRI International
H. Craig Heller
H. Craig Heller Stanford University
Elissa J. Chesler
Elissa J. Chesler University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Roger H. Reeves
Roger H. Reeves Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jonathan Lifshitz
Jonathan Lifshitz University of Arizona
Adam D. Bachstetter
Adam D. Bachstetter University of Kentucky
Garry R. Cutting
Garry R. Cutting Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory

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