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Overview

David M. Lovinger is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

David M. Lovinger has contributed to numerous scientific publications, often publishing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Alcohol
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuropharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Yolanda Mateo, Armando G. Salinas, Karina Possa Abrahao, Andrew J. Kesner, and Sebastiano Bariselli.

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by David M. Lovinger, with publication year and venue:

  • A fluorescent sensor for spatiotemporally resolved imaging of endocannabinoid dynamics in vivo, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Cannabinoids, Endocannabinoids and Sleep, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Brain ethanol metabolism by astrocytic ALDH2 drives the behavioural effects of ethanol intoxication, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Stress and behavioral correlates in the head-fixed method: stress measurements, habituation dynamics, locomotion, and motor-skill learning in mice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Local modulation by presynaptic receptors controls neuronal communication and behaviour, 2022, Nature reviews. Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Ethanol inhibits NMDA-activated ion current in hippocampal neurons

    David M. Lovinger;Geoffrey White;Forrest F. Weight

  • Concurrent activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways during action initiation

    Guohong Cui;Sang Beom Jun;Xin Jin;Xin Jin;Michael D. Pham

  • Dynamic reorganization of striatal circuits during the acquisition and consolidation of a skill.

    Henry H Yin;Shweta Prasad Mulcare;Monica R F Hilário;Emily Clouse

  • Postsynaptic endocannabinoid release is critical to long-term depression in the striatum.

    Gregory L. Gerdeman;Gregory L. Gerdeman;Jennifer Ronesi;Jennifer Ronesi;David M. Lovinger;David M. Lovinger

  • Communication failures in patient sign-out and suggestions for improvement: a critical incident analysis

    V Arora;J Johnson;J Johnson;D Lovinger;H J Humphrey

  • Translocation of protein kinase C activity may mediate hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    Raymond F. Akers;David M. Lovinger;Patricia A. Colley;David J. Linden

  • Neurotransmitter roles in synaptic modulation, plasticity and learning in the dorsal striatum.

    David M. Lovinger

  • It could be habit forming: drugs of abuse and striatal synaptic plasticity.

    Gregory L. Gerdeman;John G. Partridge;Carl R. Lupica;David M. Lovinger

  • Dopaminergic Control of Corticostriatal Long-Term Synaptic Depression in Medium Spiny Neurons Is Mediated by Cholinergic Interneurons

    Zhongfeng Wang;Li Kai;Michelle Day;Jennifer Ronesi

  • Selective activation of cholinergic interneurons enhances accumbal phasic dopamine release: setting the tone for reward processing

    Roger Cachope;Yolanda Mateo;Brian N. Mathur;James Irving

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptor inhibits synaptic release of glutamate in rat dorsolateral striatum.

    Gregory Gerdeman;David M. Lovinger

  • NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic excitation selectively inhibited by ethanol in hippocampal slice from adult rat

    DM Lovinger;G White;FF Weight

  • Docosahexaenoic acid promotes hippocampal neuronal development and synaptic function.

    Dehua Cao;Karl Kevala;Jeffrey Kim;Hyun Seuk Moon

  • Substitution of a mutant alpha2a-adrenergic receptor via "hit and run" gene targeting reveals the role of this subtype in sedative, analgesic, and anesthetic-sparing responses in vivo.

    Parul P. Lakhlani;Leigh B. MacMillan;Tian Zhi Guo;Brian A. McCool

  • Alcohol and the Brain: Neuronal Molecular Targets, Synapses, and Circuits

    Karina P. Abrahao;Armando G. Salinas;David M. Lovinger

  • Cocaine supersensitivity and enhanced motivation for reward in mice lacking dopamine D2 autoreceptors

    Estefanía P Bello;Yolanda Mateo;Diego M Gelman;Daniela Noaín

  • Loss of GluN2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in CA1 Hippocampus and Cortex Impairs Long-Term Depression, Reduces Dendritic Spine Density, and Disrupts Learning

    Jonathan L. Brigman;Tara Wright;Giuseppe Talani;Shweta Prasad-Mulcare

  • Abnormal GABAA Receptor-Mediated Currents in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Isolated from Na–K–2Cl Cotransporter Null Mice

    Ki-Wug Sung;Michael Kirby;Michael P. McDonald;David M. Lovinger

  • Translocation of Autophosphorylated Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II to the Postsynaptic Density

    Stefan Strack;Sukwoo Choi;David M. Lovinger;Roger J. Colbran

  • Decreased probability of neurotransmitter release underlies striatal long-term depression and postnatal development of corticostriatal synapses

    Sukwoo Choi;David M. Lovinger

  • Hyperexcitability and epilepsy associated with disruption of the mouse neuronal-specific K–Cl cotransporter gene

    Nam-Sik Woo;Jianming Lu;Roger England;Robert McClellan

  • Protein kinase C inhibitors eliminate hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    David M. Lovinger;Ka L. Wong;Kentaro Murakami;Aryeh Routtenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Forrest F. Weight
Forrest F. Weight National Institutes of Health
Brian A. McCool
Brian A. McCool Wake Forest University
Henry H. Yin
Henry H. Yin Duke University
Veronica A. Alvarez
Veronica A. Alvarez National Institutes of Health
Rui M. Costa
Rui M. Costa Columbia University
Huaibin Cai
Huaibin Cai National Institutes of Health
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Esa R. Korpi
Esa R. Korpi University of Helsinki
Danny G. Winder
Danny G. Winder Vanderbilt University
Neil L. Harrison
Neil L. Harrison Columbia University

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