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Overview

Evan S. Deneris is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience, with specific work in Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research themes include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Congenital heart defects research

Recent papers published by Evan S. Deneris cover a range of topics related to serotonergic systems and neuronal development. These include:

  • An adult-stage transcriptional program for survival of serotonergic connectivity, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Author Correction: A brain-wide functional map of the serotonergic responses to acute stress and fluoxetine, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Reorganization of postmitotic neuronal chromatin accessibility for maturation of serotonergic identity, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • LMX1B missense-perturbation of regulatory element footprints disrupts serotonergic forebrain axon arborization, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Presynaptic Component of the Serotonergic System is Required for Clozapine's Efficacy, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Evan S. Deneris on multiple occasions include:

  • Nobuko Tabuchi
  • William C. Spencer
  • Xinrui L. Zhang
  • Brent Eastman
  • Meagan M. Kitt

The scientist publishes primarily in well-known venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • UNC Libraries
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

    Etsuko Wada;Keiji Wada;Jim Boulter;Evan Deneris

  • Molecular cloning and functional expression of glutamate receptor subunit genes

    Jim Boulter;Michael Hollmann;Anne O'Shea-Greenfield;Melissa Hartley

  • Cloning of a novel glutamate receptor subunit, GluR5 : expression in the nervous system during development

    Bernhard Bettler;Jim Boulter;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Anne O'Shea-Greenfield

  • Nicotine binding and nicotinic receptor subunit RNA after chronic nicotine treatment.

    MJ Marks;JR Pauly;SD Gross;ES Deneris

  • A transient placental source of serotonin for the fetal forebrain

    Alexandre Bonnin;Nick Goeden;Kevin Chen;Melissa L. Wilson

  • Functional Expression of Two Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors from cDNA Clones Identifies a Gene Family

    Jim Boulter;John Connolly;Evan Deneris;Dan Goldman

  • Pet-1 ETS Gene Plays a Critical Role in 5-HT Neuron Development and Is Required for Normal Anxiety-like and Aggressive Behavior

    Timothy J. Hendricks;Dmitry V. Fyodorov;Lauren J. Wegman;Nadia B. Lelutiu

  • Members of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family are expressed in different regions of the mammalian central nervous system

    Daniel Goldman;Evan Deneris;Walter Luyten;Abha Kochhar

  • Pharmacological and functional diversity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Evan S. Deneris;John Connolly;Scott W. Rogers;Robert Duvoisin

  • Alpha 3, alpha 5, and beta 4: three members of the rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-related gene family form a gene cluster.

    J Boulter;A O'Shea-Greenfield;R M Duvoisin;J G Connolly

  • Primary structure and expression of β2: A novel subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Evan S. Deneris;John Connolly;Jim Boulter;Etsuko Wada

  • Functional expression of a new pharmacological subtype of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

    Keiji Wada;Marc Ballivet;Jim Boulter;John Connolly

  • MicroRNA 135 Is Essential for Chronic Stress Resiliency, Antidepressant Efficacy, and Intact Serotonergic Activity

    Orna Issler;Sharon Haramati;Evan D. Paul;Hiroshi Maeno

  • The functional diversity of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is increased by a novel subunit: β4

    Robert M. Duvoisin;Evan S. Deneris;Jim Patrick;Steve Heinemann

  • Defects in Breathing and Thermoregulation in Mice with Near-Complete Absence of Central Serotonin Neurons

    Matthew R. Hodges;Glenn J. Tattersall;Michael B. Harris;Sean D. McEvoy

  • The ETS domain factor Pet-1 is an early and precise marker of central serotonin neurons and interacts with a conserved element in serotonergic genes.

    Timothy Hendricks;Nicole Francis;Dmitry Fyodorov;Evan S. Deneris

  • Lmx1b is essential for the development of serotonergic neurons.

    Yu Qiang Ding;Ulrika Marklund;Wenlin Yuan;Jun Yin

  • β3: A new member of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family is expressed in brain

    E S Deneris;J Boulter;L W Swanson;J Patrick

  • A genetic approach to access serotonin neurons for in vivo and in vitro studies

    Michael M. Scott;Christi J. Wylie;Jessica K. Lerch;RoxAnne Murphy

  • Redefining the serotonergic system by genetic lineage

    Patricia Jensen;Anna F Farago;Rajeshwar B Awatramani;Michael M Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen F. Heinemann
Stephen F. Heinemann Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Larry W. Swanson
Larry W. Swanson University of Southern California
George B. Richerson
George B. Richerson University of Iowa
Stefan Herlitze
Stefan Herlitze Ruhr University Bochum
Zhou-Feng Chen
Zhou-Feng Chen Washington University in St. Louis
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
Jerry Silver
Jerry Silver Case Western Reserve University
Scott W. Rogers
Scott W. Rogers University of Utah
Erich Seifritz
Erich Seifritz University of Zurich

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