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Overview

Coleen M. Atkins is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of neuroscience, with significant contributions in multiple intersecting fields of study.

The main fields of study for Coleen M. Atkins include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these, the scientist has focused on several subfields such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental Neuroscience

The key topics that characterize their research work are:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Coleen M. Atkins has published papers in several scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Neurotherapeutics
  • Experimental Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • PLoS ONE

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Atkins are:

  • Early Life Stress Exacerbates Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Genetic ablation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in rats results in an autism-like behavioral phenotype, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition rescues sex-dependent contextual fear memory deficit in human immunodeficiency virus-1 transgenic mice, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • EphB3 interacts with initiator caspases and FHL-2 to activate dependence receptor cell death in oligodendrocytes after brain injury, 2020, Brain Communications
  • Enhancing cognitive function in chronic TBI: The Role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulation, 2023, Experimental Neurology

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • David J. Titus
  • Fabiola Pláceres-Uray
  • Carlos A Dallera
  • Alyssa F Balleste
  • Aditi S Gorthy

Best Publications

  • The MAPK cascade is required for mammalian associative learning.

    C M Atkins;J C Selcher;J J Petraitis;J M Trzaskos

  • MUTATION OF THE ANGELMAN UBIQUITIN LIGASE IN MICE CAUSES INCREASED CYTOPLASMIC P53 AND DEFICITS OF CONTEXTUAL LEARNING AND LONG-TERM POTENTIATION

    Y. H. Jiang;D. Armstrong;U. Albrecht;C. M. Atkins

  • Activation of ERK/MAP Kinase in the Amygdala Is Required for Memory Consolidation of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning

    G. E. Schafe;C. M. Atkins;M. W. Swank;E. P. Bauer

  • A necessity for MAP kinase activation in mammalian spatial learning.

    Joel C. Selcher;Coleen M. Atkins;James M. Trzaskos;Richard Paylor;Richard Paylor

  • An important role of neural activity-dependent CaMKIV signaling in the consolidation of long-term memory.

    Hyejin Kang;Linus D. Sun;Coleen M. Atkins;Thomas R. Soderling

  • Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis impairs two different forms of learning.

    Paul Chapman;Coleen Atkins;M. Allen;Jane Haley

  • A Role for the β Isoform of Protein Kinase C in Fear Conditioning

    Edwin J. Weeber;Coleen M. Atkins;Joel C. Selcher;Andrew W. Varga

  • Activated c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Is Required for Axon Formation

    Anthony A. Oliva;Coleen M. Atkins;Lily Copenagle;Gary A. Banker

  • Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein-dependent protein synthesis is regulated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.

    Coleen M. Atkins;Naohito Nozaki;Yasushi Shigeri;Thomas R. Soderling

  • Protection in animal models of brain and spinal cord injury with mild to moderate hypothermia.

    W. Dalton Dietrich;Coleen M. Atkins;Helen M. Bramlett

  • Modulation of the cAMP signaling pathway after traumatic brain injury.

    Coleen M. Atkins;Anthony A. Oliva;Ofelia F. Alonso;Damien D. Pearse

  • Bidirectional Regulation of Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element-Binding Protein Phosphorylation by Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II and Protein Phosphatase 1 during Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

    Coleen M. Atkins;Monika A. Davare;Michael C. Oh;Victor Derkach

  • STAT3 signaling after traumatic brain injury.

    Anthony A. Oliva;Yuan Kang;Juliana Sanchez-Molano;Concepción Furones

  • Mitochondria mediate tumor necrosis factor-alpha/NF-kappaB signaling in skeletal muscle myotubes.

    Yi-Ping Li;Coleen M. Atkins;J. David Sweatt;Michael B. Reid

  • Proinflammatory cytokine regulation of cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase 4 signaling in microglia in vitro and following CNS injury

    Mousumi Ghosh;Daniela Garcia-Castillo;Vladimir Aguirre;Roozbeh Golshani

  • Alterations in mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathways after traumatic brain injury

    Shaoyi Chen;Coleen M Atkins;Chunli L Liu;Ofelia F Alonso

  • Reactive Oxygen Species Mediate Activity-Dependent Neuron–Glia Signaling in Output Fibers of the Hippocampus

    Coleen M. Atkins;J. David Sweatt

  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibition Rescues Chronic Cognitive Deficits Induced by Traumatic Brain Injury

    David J. Titus;Atsushi Sakurai;Yuan Kang;Concepcion Furones

  • Activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases after traumatic brain injury.

    Coleen M. Atkins;Shaoyi Chen;Ofelia F. Alonso;W. Dalton Dietrich

  • Deficits in ERK and CREB activation in the hippocampus after traumatic brain injury.

    Coleen M. Atkins;M. Cristina Falo;Ofelia F. Alonso;Helen M. Bramlett

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Dalton Dietrich
W. Dalton Dietrich University of Miami
J. David Sweatt
J. David Sweatt University of Alabama at Birmingham
Damien D. Pearse
Damien D. Pearse University of Miami
Edwin J. Weeber
Edwin J. Weeber University of South Florida
Eric Klann
Eric Klann New York University
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine
Thomas J. Sick
Thomas J. Sick University of Miami
Sabita Roy
Sabita Roy University of Miami
Yong-hui Jiang
Yong-hui Jiang Yale School of Medicine

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