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David A. Slattery is a researcher affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their scholarly work predominantly spans the field of neuroscience, with a focus on behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, social psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biological psychiatry. The research conducted covers diverse topics within neuroscience, emphasizing the biological and molecular underpinnings of brain function and behavior.

The main areas of investigation in David A. Slattery's scientific output include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity

They have published extensively in several academic journals, with a consistent presence in the following venues:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Orthopaedic Proceedings

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by David A. Slattery include:

  • "Impact of insulin and insulin resistance on brain dopamine signalling and reward processing - An underexplored mechanism in the pathophysiology of depression?", 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Behavioural and functional evidence revealing the role of RBFOX1 variation in multiple psychiatric disorders and traits", 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear", 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Chronic oxytocin-driven alternative splicing of Crfr2α induces anxiety", 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Molecular, biochemical and behavioural evidence for a novel oxytocin receptor and serotonin 2C receptor heterocomplex", 2020, Neuropharmacology

David A. Slattery frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Andreas Reif
  • Aet O'Leary
  • A.Y. Yotova
  • Florian Freudenberg
  • John F. Cryan

The research contributions of David A. Slattery demonstrate an integration of molecular and behavioral neuroscience approaches, intersecting with neuropharmacology and psychiatric disorder investigations. Their work addresses mechanisms related to stress regulation, neuroendocrine function, and receptor signaling pathways, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within neuroscience research.

Best Publications

  • Using the rat forced swim test to assess antidepressant-like activity in rodents.

    David A Slattery;John F Cryan

  • Oxytocin in General Anxiety and Social Fear: A Translational Approach

    Inga D. Neumann;David A. Slattery

  • The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Facilitates Pro-Social Behavior and Prevents Social Avoidance in Rats and Mice

    Michael Lukas;Iulia Toth;Stefan O Reber;David A Slattery

  • Animal models of mood disorders: Recent developments.

    John F Cryan;David A Slattery

  • No stress please! Mechanisms of stress hyporesponsiveness of the maternal brain

    David A. Slattery;Inga D. Neumann

  • Invited review: the evolution of antidepressant mechanisms.

    D.A. Slattery;A.L. Hudson;D.J. Nutt

  • The future of rodent models in depression research.

    Anand Gururajan;Andreas Reif;John F. Cryan;David A. Slattery

  • Chronic icv oxytocin attenuates the pathological high anxiety state of selectively bred Wistar rats

    D.A. Slattery;I.D. Neumann

  • Brain Oxytocin in Social Fear Conditioning and Its Extinction: Involvement of the Lateral Septum

    Iulia Zoicas;David A Slattery;Inga D Neumann

  • Dose-dependent effects of chronic central infusion of oxytocin on anxiety, oxytocin receptor binding and stress-related parameters in mice

    Sebastian Peters;David A. Slattery;Nicole Uschold-Schmidt;Stefan O. Reber

  • Animal models of depression and anxiety: What do they tell us about human condition?

    I D Neumann;G Wegener;J R Homberg;H Cohen

  • Prenatal stress increases HPA axis activity and impairs maternal care in lactating female offspring: implications for postpartum mood disorder.

    Oliver J. Bosch;Werner Müsch;Remco Bredewold;David A. Slattery

  • GABAB receptor antagonist-mediated antidepressant-like behavior is serotonin-dependent.

    David A. Slattery;Sandrine Desrayaud;John F. Cryan

  • Evaluation of reward processes in an animal model of depression

    David A. Slattery;Athina Markou;John F. Cryan;John F. Cryan

  • The GABAB receptor-positive modulator GS39783 and the GABAB receptor agonist baclofen attenuate the reward-facilitating effects of cocaine: intracranial self-stimulation studies in the rat.

    David Anthony Slattery;Athina Markou;Wolfgang Froestl;John F. Cryan

  • Behavioural consequences of two chronic psychosocial stress paradigms: anxiety without depression.

    David A. Slattery;Nicole Uschold;Mauro Magoni;Julia Bär

  • Exposure to Chronic Pregnancy Stress Reverses Peripartum-Associated Adaptations: Implications for Postpartum Anxiety and Mood Disorders

    Katharina M. Hillerer;Stefan O. Reber;Inga D. Neumann;David A. Slattery

  • Minocycline alters behavior, microglia and the gut microbiome in a trait-anxiety-dependent manner.

    Anna K. Schmidtner;David A. Slattery;David A. Slattery;Joachim Gläsner;Andreas Hiergeist

  • Hippocampal plasticity during the peripartum period: influence of sex steroids, stress and ageing

    Liisa A.M. Galea;Benedetta Leuner;David A. Slattery

  • Social Fear Conditioning: A Novel and Specific Animal Model to Study Social Anxiety Disorder

    Iulia Toth;Inga D Neumann;David A Slattery

  • Oxytocin Regulates Stress-Induced Crf Gene Transcription through CREB-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 3

    Benjamin Jurek;David A. Slattery;Yuichi Hiraoka;Ying Liu

  • Modelling depression in animals: at the interface of reward and stress pathways.

    D. A. Slattery;J. F. Cryan

  • Central administration of oxytocin receptor ligands affects cued fear extinction in rats and mice in a timepoint-dependent manner

    Iulia Toth;Inga D. Neumann;David A. Slattery

  • GABAB Receptors and Depression: Current Status

    John F Cryan;David A Slattery

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Gregers Wegener
Gregers Wegener Aarhus University
Ludwig Aigner
Ludwig Aigner Paracelsus Medical University
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster University of Würzburg
Sebastien Couillard-Despres
Sebastien Couillard-Despres Paracelsus Medical University
Nicolas Singewald
Nicolas Singewald University of Innsbruck
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Thomas Haaf
Thomas Haaf University of Würzburg
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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