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Christina L. Williams

Christina L. Williams

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
9615
World Ranking
7325
National Ranking
3165

Overview

Christina L. Williams is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions spanning Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Immunology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses various topics including Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Marine animal studies overview.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Molecular Ecology Resources, and Conservation Genetics.

Coauthors who have collaborated most often with Christina L. Williams include Alexandra Badea, Robert J. Anderson, Jacques Stout, Andrei R. Niculescu, and Carol A. Colton.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Williams include:

  • Hi-C scaffolded short- and long-read genome assemblies of the California sea lion are broadly consistent for syntenic inference across 45 million years of evolution, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Dietary Choline Protects Against Cognitive Decline After Surgery in Mice, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Absolute Winding Number Differentiates Mouse Spatial Navigation Strategies With Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Integrating research into a molecular cloning course to address the evolving biotechnology landscape, 2020, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
  • Transcriptome annotation reveals minimal immunogenetic diversity among Wyoming toads, Anaxyrus baxteri, 2022, Conservation Genetics

Best Publications

  • Organizational effects of early gonadal secretions on sexual differentiation in spatial memory.

    Christina L. Williams;Allison M. Barnett;Warren H. Meck

  • THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS OF GONADAL STEROIDS ON SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC SPATIAL ABILITY

    Christina L. Williams;Warren H. Meck

  • Melatonin increases survival and inhibits oxidative and amyloid pathology in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease

    Etsuro Matsubara;Tara Bryant-Thomas;Javier Pacheco Quinto;Tracey L. Henry

  • Metabolic imprinting of choline by its availability during gestation: implications for memory and attentional processing across the lifespan.

    Warren H Meck;Christina L Williams

  • Memory retention is modulated by acute estradiol and progesterone replacement.

    Noah J. Sandstrom;Christina L. Williams

  • Pre- and postnatal choline supplementation produces long-term facilitation of spatial memory.

    Warren H. Meck;Rebecca A. Smith;Christinal L. Williams

  • Choline supplementation during prenatal development reduces proactive interference in spatial memory.

    Warren H Meck;Christina L Williams

  • The Cholinergic System Modulates Memory and Hippocampal Plasticity via Its Interactions with Non-Neuronal Cells.

    Sara V Maurer;Christina L Williams

  • Characterization of the facilitative effects of perinatal choline supplementation on timing and temporal memory.

    Warren H. Meck;Christina L. Williams

  • Organizational changes in cholinergic activity and enhanced visuospatial memory as a function of choline administered prenatally or postnatally or both.

    Warren H. Meck;Rebecca A. Smith;Christina L. Williams

  • Activation and odor conditioning of suckling behavior in 3-day-old albino rats.

    Patricia E. Pedersen;Christina L. Williams;Elliott M. Blass

  • Simultaneous temporal processing is sensitive to prenatal choline availability in mature and aged rats.

    Warren H. Meck;Christina L. Williams

  • Prenatal Dietary Choline Supplementation Decreases the Threshold for Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in Young Adult Rats

    G K Pyapali;D A Turner;C L Williams;W H Meck

  • Suckling Isn't Feeding, or Is It? A Search for Developmental Continuities

    W.G. Hall;Christina L. Williams

  • Developmental Periods of Choline Sensitivity Provide an Ontogenetic Mechanism for Regulating Memory Capacity and Age-Related Dementia

    Warren H. Meck;Christina L. Williams;Jennifer Marie Cermak;Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn

  • Perinatal choline supplementation increases the threshold for chunking in spatial memory.

    Warren H. Meck;Christina L. Williams

  • Hypertrophy of basal forebrain neurons and enhanced visuospatial memory in perinatally choline-supplemented rats.

    Christina L Williams;Warren H Meck;Dee Dee Heyer;Rebekah Loy

  • Voluntary running prevents progressive memory decline and increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis and growth factor expression after whole-brain irradiation

    Sarah J.E. Wong-Goodrich;Madeline L. Pfau;Catherine T. Flores;Jennifer A. Fraser

  • Granule Cells in Aging Rats Are Sexually Dimorphic in Their Response to Estradiol

    Phillippa Miranda;Christina L. Williams;Gillian Einstein

  • Spatial memory retention is enhanced by acute and continuous estradiol replacement.

    Noah J Sandstrom;Christina L Williams

  • Choline availability to the developing rat fetus alters adult hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    J.P Jones;Warren H. Meck;Christina L Williams;Wilkie A Wilson;Wilkie A Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianni Bernardi
Gianni Bernardi National Institute for Astrophysics
Steven Tingay
Steven Tingay Curtin University
Bryan Gaensler
Bryan Gaensler University of California, Santa Cruz
Lincoln J. Greenhill
Lincoln J. Greenhill Harvard University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Warren H. Meck
Warren H. Meck Duke University
Eric R. Morgan
Eric R. Morgan Queen's University Belfast
Matthew Breen
Matthew Breen North Carolina State University
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University

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