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Overview

David A. Nielsen is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with notable contributions in several related subfields including Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Genetics.

Their work focuses on topics such as Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, and Schizophrenia Research and Treatment.

Recent publications by David A. Nielsen include the following papers:

  • "Paternal alcohol exposure has task- and sex-dependent behavioral effect in offspring" (2022) published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • "Correlates of suicidal behaviors and genetic risk among United States veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder" (2024) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Doxazosin treatment in cocaine use disorder: pharmacogenetic response based on an alpha-1 adrenoreceptor subtype D genetic variant" (2020) published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • "Paternal alcohol exposure reduces acquisition of operant alcohol self-administration and affects Bdnf DNA methylation in male and female offspring" (2021) published in Addiction Biology
  • "A Novel Approach to Link Genetics and Human MRI Identifies AKAP7-Dependent Subicular/Prefrontal Functional Connectivity as Altered in Suicidality" (2022) published in Chronic Stress

Frequent co-authors of David A. Nielsen are:

  • Thomas R. Kosten
  • David P. Graham
  • Alan C. Swann
  • Tim B. Bigdeli
  • Anna V. Wilkinson

Publications have appeared in various venues repeatedly, including:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccines
  • American Journal on Addictions

Best Publications

  • Genetic influences on impulsivity, risk taking, stress responsivity and vulnerability to drug abuse and addiction

    Mary Jeanne Kreek;David A Nielsen;Eduardo R Butelman;K Steven LaForge

  • Suicidality and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentration associated with a tryptophan hydroxylase polymorphism

    David A. Nielsen;David Goldman;Matti Virkkunen;Riitta Tokola

  • Pharmacogenetics and Human Molecular Genetics of Opiate and Cocaine Addictions and Their Treatments

    Mary Jeanne Kreek;Gavin Bart;Charles Lilly;K. Steven Laforge

  • A tryptophan hydroxylase gene marker for suicidality and alcoholism

    David A. Nielsen;Matti Virkkunen;Jaakko Lappalainen;Monica Eggert

  • Control of insulin gene expression in pancreatic beta-cells and in an insulin-producing cell line, RIN-5F cells. II. Regulation of insulin mRNA stability.

    M Welsh;D A Nielsen;A J MacKrell;D F Steiner

  • Low brain serotonin turnover rate (low CSF 5-HIAA) and impulsive violence

    Matti Virkkunen;David Goldman;D. A. Nielsen;M. Linnoila

  • Possible Association of a Polymorphism of the Tryptophan Hydroxylase Gene With Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Patients

    J. John Mann;Kevin M. Malone;David A. Nielsen;David Goldman

  • Control of insulin gene expression in pancreatic beta-cells and in an insulin-producing cell line, RIN-5F cells. I. Effects of glucose and cyclic AMP on the transcription of insulin mRNA.

    D A Nielsen;M Welsh;M J Casadaban;D F Steiner

  • The single nucleotide polymorphism A118G alters functional properties of the human mu opioid receptor.

    Thomas Kroslak;K. Steven LaForge;Robert J. Gianotti;Ann Ho

  • Genetic susceptibility to heroin addiction: a candidate gene association study

    O. Levran;D. Londono;K. O’Hara;D. A. Nielsen

  • Tryptophan hydroxylase genotype is associated with impulsive‐aggression measures: a preliminary study

    Antonia S. New;Antonia S. New;Antonia S. New;Joel Gelernter;Joel Gelernter;Yoram Yovell;Yoram Yovell;Robert L. Trestman;Robert L. Trestman

  • Insights into hormonal control of messenger RNA stability.

    David A. Nielsen;David J. Shapiro

  • Sequence, splice site and population frequency distribution analyses of the polymorphic human tryptophan hydroxylase intron 7

    David A. Nielsen;Gary L. Jenkins;Karen M. Stefanisko;Kimberly K. Jefferson

  • Expression of a preproinsulin-beta-galactosidase gene fusion in mammalian cells.

    David A. Nielsen;Joany Chou;Albert J. Mackrell;Malcolm J. Casadaban

  • Preparation of capped RNA transcripts using T7 RNA polymerase

    David A. Nielsen;David J. Shapiro

  • Increased OPRM1 DNA Methylation in Lymphocytes of Methadone-Maintained Former Heroin Addicts

    David A Nielsen;Vadim Yuferov;Sara Hamon;Colin Jackson

  • Isolation and characterization of murine vav2, a member of the vav family of proto-oncogenes.

    Kornel E. Schuebel;Xose R. Bustelo;Xose R. Bustelo;David A. Nielsen;Byoung Joon Song

  • Regulation of messenger RNA stability in eukaryotic cells

    David J. Shapiro;John E. Blume;David A. Nielsen

  • Genes associated with addiction: alcoholism, opiate, and cocaine addiction.

    Mary Jeanne Kreek;David A. Nielsen;K. Steven LaForge

  • Tryptophan hydroxylase and catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms: relationships to monoamine metabolite concentrations in CSF of healthy volunteers

    E. G. Jonsson;D. Goldman;G. Spurlock;J. P. Gustavsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Kosten
Thomas R. Kosten Baylor College of Medicine
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Mary Jeanne Kreek
Mary Jeanne Kreek Rockefeller University
Jurg Ott
Jurg Ott Rockefeller University
Markku Linnoila
Markku Linnoila University of Helsinki
Matti Virkkunen
Matti Virkkunen University of Helsinki
Donald F. Steiner
Donald F. Steiner University of Chicago
Jair C. Soares
Jair C. Soares The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David J. Shapiro
David J. Shapiro University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shun Lien Chuang
Shun Lien Chuang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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