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Deanna L. Benson is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The primary focus areas include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurological disorders and treatments, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Among recent publications, notable papers include: "Restraining Lysosomal Activity Preserves Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence and Potency" (2020, Cell Stem Cell), "Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The Neurobiology of Early Psychiatric and Cognitive Dysfunction" (2021, The Neuroscientist), "Interclass GPCR heteromerization affects localization and trafficking" (2020, Science Signaling), "LRRK2 mutation alters behavioral, synaptic, and nonsynaptic adaptations to acute social stress" (2020, Journal of Neurophysiology), and "Mitochondrial localization and moderated activity are key to murine erythroid enucleation" (2021, Blood Advances).

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Stem Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Neuroscientist, and Science Signaling.

Collaborations are frequent with researchers such as George W. Huntley, Christopher A. Guevara, Ayan Hussein, Pamela Del Valle, and Nikolaos Tzavaras.

  • Restraining Lysosomal Activity Preserves Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence and Potency (2020, Cell Stem Cell)
  • Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The Neurobiology of Early Psychiatric and Cognitive Dysfunction (2021, The Neuroscientist)
  • Interclass GPCR heteromerization affects localization and trafficking (2020, Science Signaling)
  • LRRK2 mutation alters behavioral, synaptic, and nonsynaptic adaptations to acute social stress (2020, Journal of Neurophysiology)
  • Mitochondrial localization and moderated activity are key to murine erythroid enucleation (2021, Blood Advances)

  • George W. Huntley
  • Christopher A. Guevara
  • Ayan Hussein
  • Pamela Del Valle
  • Nikolaos Tzavaras

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Stem Cell
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Neuroscientist
  • Science Signaling

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Best Publications

  • Increasing Numbers of Synaptic Puncta during Late-Phase LTP: N-Cadherin Is Synthesized, Recruited to Synaptic Sites, and Required for Potentiation

    Ozlem Bozdagi;Weisong Shan;Hidekazu Tanaka;Deanna L. Benson

  • N-Cadherin Redistribution during Synaptogenesis in Hippocampal Neurons

    Deanna L. Benson;Hidekazu Tanaka

  • Molecular Modification of N-Cadherin in Response to Synaptic Activity

    Hidekazu Tanaka;Weisong Shan;Greg R. Phillips;Kirsten Arndt

  • Stages of synapse development defined by dependence on F-actin.

    Wandong Zhang;Deanna L. Benson

  • Making memories stick: cell-adhesion molecules in synaptic plasticity

    Deanna L. Benson;Lynn M. Schnapp;Lawrence Shapiro;George W. Huntley

  • Contrasting patterns in the localization of glutamic acid decarboxylase and Ca2+/calmodulin protein kinase gene expression in the rat central nervous system.

    D.L. Benson;P.J. Isackson;C.M. Gall;E.G. Jones

  • Characterization of GABAergic neurons in hippocampal cell cultures

    D. L. Benson;F. H. Watkins;O. Steward;G. Banker

  • Differential effects of monocular deprivation on glutamic acid decarboxylase and type II calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase gene expression in the adult monkey visual cortex.

    DL Benson;PJ Isackson;CM Gall;EG Jones

  • Molecules, maps and synapse specificity.

    Deanna L. Benson;David R. Colman;George W. Huntley

  • Alpha calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II selectively expressed in a subpopulation of excitatory neurons in monkey sensory- motor cortex: comparison with GAD-67 expression

    EG Jones;GW Huntley;DL Benson

  • γ-Protocadherins Are Targeted to Subsets of Synapses and Intracellular Organelles in Neurons

    Greg R. Phillips;Hidekazu Tanaka;Marcus Frank;Alice Elste

  • A monoclonal antibody to non-phosphorylated neurofilament protein marks the vulnerable cortical neurons in Alzheimer's disease.

    John H. Morrison;David A. Lewis;Michael J. Campbell;George W. Huntley

  • Differential gene expression for glutamic acid decarboxylase and type II calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in basal ganglia, thalamus, and hypothalamus of the monkey

    D. L. Benson;P. J. Isackson;S. H. C. Hendry;E. G. Jones

  • Temporally distinct demands for classic cadherins in synapse formation and maturation.

    Ozlem Bozdagi;Martin Valcin;Kira Poskanzer;Hidekazu Tanaka

  • Altered Development of Synapse Structure and Function in Striatum Caused by Parkinson's Disease-Linked LRRK2-G2019S Mutation.

    Bridget A Matikainen-Ankney;Nebojsa Kezunovic;Roxana E Mesias;Yuan Tian

  • Persistence of Coordinated Long-Term Potentiation and Dendritic Spine Enlargement at Mature Hippocampal CA1 Synapses Requires N-Cadherin

    Ozlem Bozdagi;Xiao-bin Wang;Jessica S. Nikitczuk;Tonya R. Anderson

  • Identification of Three Residues Essential for 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A-Metabotropic Glutamate 2 (5-HT2A·mGlu2) Receptor Heteromerization and Its Psychoactive Behavioral Function

    José L. Moreno;Carolina Muguruza;Adrienne Umali;Steven Mortillo

  • Differential Subcellular Regulation of NMDAR1 Protein and mRNA in Dendrites of Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells after Perforant Path Transection

    Adam H. Gazzaley;Deanna L. Benson;George W. Huntley;John H. Morrison

  • Activity-dependent Changes in GAD and Preprotachykinin mRNAs in Visual Cortex of Adult Monkeys

    D. L. Benson;M. M. Huntsman;E. G. Jones

  • Identification and localization of multiple classic cadherins in developing rat limbic system.

    I.H Bekirov;L.A Needleman;W Zhang;D.L Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

George W. Huntley
George W. Huntley Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
Stephen R.J. Salton
Stephen R.J. Salton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tracey C. Dickson
Tracey C. Dickson University of Tasmania
Christine M. Gall
Christine M. Gall University of California, Irvine
Scott J. Russo
Scott J. Russo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
S. H. C. Hendry
S. H. C. Hendry Johns Hopkins University
Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley University of California, San Francisco
Javier González-Maeso
Javier González-Maeso Virginia Commonwealth University
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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