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11583
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3715
National Ranking
1702

Overview

Danny G. Winder is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of neuroscience, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their body of work also encompasses cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, pharmacology, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Cannabis and cannabinoid research
  • Alcohol consumption and health effects

Among recent publications authored by or involving Winder are:

  • "Acute restraint stress redirects prefrontal cortex circuit function through mGlu5 receptor plasticity on somatostatin-expressing interneurons", 2022, published in Neuron
  • "BNST GluN2D-Containing NMDA Receptors Influence Anxiety- and Depressive-like Behaviors and Modulate Cell-Specific Excitatory/Inhibitory Synaptic Balance", 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Contrasting sex-dependent adaptations to synaptic physiology and membrane properties of prefrontal cortex interneuron subtypes in a mouse model of binge drinking", 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • "Delineation of an insula-BNST circuit engaged by struggling behavior that regulates avoidance in mice", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Danger and distress: Parabrachial-extended amygdala circuits", 2021, Neuropharmacology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Winder include:

  • Samuel W. Centanni
  • Danielle N. Adank
  • Marie A. Doyle
  • Joseph R. Luchsinger
  • Sachin Patel

The venues where Winder has frequently published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Danny G. Winder's research contributes to understanding the neural mechanisms behind behavior, stress responses, and the physiology of neurotransmitter receptor systems through both molecular and cellular approaches. Their work spans experimental studies involving synaptic physiology, pharmacological influences, and neural circuit dynamics related to behaviors such as anxiety, depression, and responses to substances including alcohol and cannabinoids.

Best Publications

  • Inducible and reversible enhancement of learning, memory, and long-term potentiation by genetic inhibition of calcineurin

    Gaël Malleret;Ursula Haditsch;David Genoux;Matthew W. Jones

  • Rolipram, a type IV-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor, facilitates the establishment of long-lasting long-term potentiation and improves memory

    Mark Barad;Roussoudan Bourtchouladze;Danny G. Winder;Hava Golan

  • Roles of serine/threonine phosphatases in hippocampal synaptic plasticity.

    D G Winder;J D Sweatt

  • Genetic and Pharmacological Evidence for a Novel, Intermediate Phase of Long-Term Potentiation Suppressed by Calcineurin

    Danny G Winder;Isabelle M Mansuy;Mona Osman;Theodore M Moallem

  • ERK Plays a Regulatory Role in Induction of LTP by Theta Frequency Stimulation and Its Modulation by β-Adrenergic Receptors

    Danny G Winder;Kelsey C Martin;Isabel A Muzzio;Daniel Rohrer

  • Inducible and Reversible Gene Expression with the rtTA System for the Study of Memory

    Isabelle M Mansuy;Danny G Winder;Theodore M Moallem;Mona Osman

  • Rap1 couples cAMP signaling to a distinct pool of p42/44MAPK regulating excitability, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory.

    Alexei Morozov;Isabel A Muzzio;Rusiko Bourtchouladze;Niels Van-Strien

  • Strain differences in stress responsivity are associated with divergent amygdala gene expression and glutamate-mediated neuronal excitability

    Khyobeni Mozhui;Rose Marie Karlsson;Thomas L. Kash;Jessica Ihne

  • Differential involvement of group II and group III mGluRs as autoreceptors at lateral and medial perforant path synapses

    T. A. Macek;D. G. Winder;R. W. Gereau;C. O. Ladd

  • Activation of NR2A-Containing NMDA Receptors Is Not Obligatory for NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation

    Carl Weitlauf;Yumiko Honse;Yves P. Auberson;Masayoshi Mishina

  • Neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor bi-directionally modulate inhibitory synaptic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

    Thomas L. Kash;Danny G. Winder

  • Genetic Disruption of 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Synthesis Reveals a Key Role for Endocannabinoid Signaling in Anxiety Modulation

    Brian C. Shonesy;Rebecca J. Bluett;Teniel S. Ramikie;Rita Báldi

  • BNST neurocircuitry in humans.

    Suzanne N. Avery;Jacqueline A. Clauss;Danny G. Winder;Neil D. Woodward

  • Repeated Homotypic Stress Elevates 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Levels and Enhances Short-Term Endocannabinoid Signaling at Inhibitory Synapses in Basolateral Amygdala

    Sachin Patel;Philip J Kingsley;Ken Mackie;Lawrence J Marnett

  • A Corticotropin Releasing Factor Pathway for Ethanol Regulation of the Ventral Tegmental Area in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis

    Yuval Silberman;Robert T. Matthews;Danny G. Winder

  • Extracellular-Signal Regulated Kinase 1-Dependent Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5-Induced Long-Term Depression in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Is Disrupted by Cocaine Administration

    Brad A. Grueter;Heather B. Gosnell;Christopher M. Olsen;Nicole L. Schramm-Sapyta

  • Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors increases cAMP accumulation in hippocampus by potentiating responses to endogenous adenosine

    DG Winder;PJ Conn

  • Endocannabinoid signalling modulates susceptibility to traumatic stress exposure

    Rebecca J. Bluett;Rita Báldi;Andre Haymer;Andrew D. Gaulden

  • Norepinephrine modulates glutamatergic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

    Regula E Egli;Thomas L Kash;Kevin Choo;Valentina Savchenko

  • Alcohol exposure alters NMDAR function in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

    Thomas L. Kash;Thomas L. Kash;Anthony J. Baucum;Kelly L. Conrad;Roger J. Colbran

  • Dopamine enhances fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the extended amygdala by a CRF-R1-dependent process.

    Thomas L. Kash;William P. Nobis;Robert T. Matthews;Danny G. Winder

Frequent Co-Authors

Sachin Patel
Sachin Patel Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thomas L. Kash
Thomas L. Kash University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Isabelle M. Mansuy
Isabelle M. Mansuy University of Zurich
Alfred J. Robison
Alfred J. Robison Michigan State University
Mark Mayford
Mark Mayford University of California, San Diego
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Robert W. Gereau
Robert W. Gereau Washington University in St. Louis
David M. Lovinger
David M. Lovinger National Institutes of Health
Carrie K. Jones
Carrie K. Jones Vanderbilt University

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