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Overview

David V. Pow is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience and molecular biology.

Their work covers multiple subfields including:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Spectroscopy

David V. Pow's research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Their recent papers demonstrate an emphasis on neurobiological mechanisms and molecular transport systems in the human brain. Key publications include:

  • Potential Mechanism of Cellular Uptake of the Excitotoxin Quinolinic Acid in Primary Human Neurons, 2020, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Human brain neurons express a novel splice variant of excitatory amino acid transporter 5 (hEAAT5v), 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Cloning of a new form of EAAT2/GLT-1 from human and rodent brains, 2022, Neuroscience Letters

David V. Pow has published frequently in the venues of Molecular Neurobiology, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, and Neuroscience Letters.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Pamela McCombe
  • Nady Braidy
  • Hayden Alicajic
  • Jason R. Smith
  • Bat-Erdene Jugder

Best Publications

  • Chronic stress alters the density and morphology of microglia in a subset of stress-responsive brain regions

    Ross J. Tynan;Sundresan Naicker;Madeleine Hinwood;Eugene Nalivaiko

  • Dendrites of hypothalamic magnocellular neurons release neurohypophysial peptides by exocytosis.

    D.V. Pow;J.F. Morris

  • Glutamate in some retinal neurons is derived solely from glia

    D.V. Pow;S.R. Robinson

  • Glycinergic amacrine cells of the rat retina

    Nicole Menger;David V. Pow;Heinz Wässle

  • Developmental expression of excitatory amino acid transporter 5: a photoreceptor and bipolar cell glutamate transporter in rat retina

    David V. Pow;Nigel L. Barnett

  • NEUROTRANSMITTER COUPLING THROUGH GAP JUNCTIONS IN THE RETINA

    D I Vaney;J C Nelson;D V Pow

  • Aberrant Expression of the Glutamate Transporter Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 (EAAT1) in Alzheimer's Disease

    Heather L. Scott;David V. Pow;Anthony E. G. Tannenberg;Peter R. Dodd

  • Cytoskeletal anchoring of GLAST determines susceptibility to brain damage: an identified role for GFAP.

    Susan M. Sullivan;Aven Lee;S. Tracey Björkman;Stephanie M. Miller

  • Immunocytochemical analysis of D‐serine distribution in the mammalian brain reveals novel anatomical compartmentalizations in glia and neurons

    Susan M. Williams;Claudia M. Diaz;Lauren T. Macnab;Robert K.P. Sullivan

  • Visualising the activity of the cystine‐glutamate antiporter in glial cells using antibodies to aminoadipic acid, a selectively transported substrate

    David V. Pow

  • Extremely high titre polyclonal antisera against small neurotransmitter molecules: rapid production, characterisation and use in lightand electron-microscopic immunocytochemistry

    David V. Pow;Denise K. Crook

  • Antisense knockdown of GLAST, a glial glutamate transporter, compromises retinal function.

    Nigel Louis Barnett;David Vaughan Pow

  • Localization of taurine transporters, taurine, and 3H taurine accumulation in the rat retina, pituitary, and brain

    David V. Pow;Robert Sullivan;Peter Reye;Siobhan Hermanussen

  • Glial glutamate transporter expression patterns in brains from multiple mammalian species

    Susan M. Williams;Susan M. Williams;Robert K.P. Sullivan;Robert K.P. Sullivan;Heather L. Scott;David I. Finkelstein

  • Microglia in the neurohypophysis associate with and endocytose terminal portions of neurosecretory neurons

    D.V. Pow;V.H. Perry;J.F. Morris;S. Gordon

  • Widespread release of peptides in the central nervous system: quantitation of tannic acid-captured exocytoses.

    John F. Morris;David V. Pow

  • Direct immunocytochemical evidence for the transfer of glutamine from glial cells to neurons: Use of specific antibodies directed against thed-stereoisomers of glutamate and glutamine

    D.V. Pow;D.K. Crook

  • Distribution of the glycine transporter glyt-1 in mammalian and nonmammalian retinae.

    David V. Pow;Anita E. Hendrickson

  • Dendritic and synaptic plasticity of neurons in the human age-related macular degeneration retina.

    Robert K P Sullivan;Elizabeth Woldemussie;David V Pow

  • The immunocytochemical detection of amino-acid neurotransmitters in paraformaldehyde-fixed tissues.

    David V. Pow;Layne L. Wright;David I. Vaney

  • Excitotoxicity and the glial cytoskeleton

    D. V. Pow;A. Lee;S. M. Sullivan;P. Poronnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. P. Sullivan
Robert K. P. Sullivan University of Queensland
Peter R. Dodd
Peter R. Dodd University of Queensland
David I. Vaney
David I. Vaney University of Queensland
Anita E. Hendrickson
Anita E. Hendrickson University of Washington
Thomas D. Bird
Thomas D. Bird University of Washington
Alan S. Hazell
Alan S. Hazell University of Montreal
Kathryn M. Buller
Kathryn M. Buller University of Queensland
James B. Leverenz
James B. Leverenz Cleveland Clinic
Caroline Rae
Caroline Rae Neuroscience Research Australia
Niels C. Danbolt
Niels C. Danbolt University of Oslo

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