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Gary A. Wayman is a researcher affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding biological processes.

Their research covers several subfields, including molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, nutrition and dietetics, physiology, and genetics. Main topics addressed in their work are regulation of appetite and obesity, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, adipose tissue and metabolism, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, pancreatic function and diabetes, nerve injury and regeneration, and neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

Notable recent publications by Gary A. Wayman include:

  • Human BDNF/TrkB variants impair hippocampal synaptogenesis and associate with neurobehavioural abnormalities, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Leptin Sensitizes NTS Neurons to Vagal Input by Increasing Postsynaptic NMDA Receptor Currents, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Leptin stimulates synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons via KLF4 and SOCS3 inhibition of STAT3 signaling, 2020, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Leptin increases GABAergic synaptogenesis through the Rho guanine exchange factor β-PIX in developing hippocampal neurons, 2021, Science Signaling
  • Leptin antagonism improves Rett syndrome phenotype in symptomatic Mecp2-deficient mice, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Gary A. Wayman has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Suzanne M. Appleyard, Jean-Luc Gaïarsa, Yasmine Belaïdouni, Mingyan Zhu, and Diabé Diabira.

Their research has been published in various venues, with repeated contributions to Research Square, as well as publications in Scientific Reports, Journal of Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, and Science Signaling.

Best Publications

  • Cross Talk between ERK and PKA Is Required for Ca2+ Stimulation of CREB-Dependent Transcription and ERK Nuclear Translocation

    Soren Impey;Karl Obrietan;Scott T Wong;Steve Poser

  • Mechanism of calcium gating in small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels

    X. M. Xia;B. Fakler;A. Rivard;G. Wayman

  • Calmodulin-Kinases: Modulators of Neuronal Development and Plasticity

    Gary A. Wayman;Yong-Seok Lee;Hiroshi Tokumitsu;Alcino J. Silva

  • An activity-regulated microRNA controls dendritic plasticity by down-regulating p250GAP

    Gary A. Wayman;Monika Davare;Hideaki Ando;Dale Fortin

  • Activity-dependent dendritic arborization mediated by CaM-kinase I activation and enhanced CREB-dependent transcription of Wnt-2.

    Gary A. Wayman;Soren Impey;Daniel Marks;Takeo Saneyoshi

  • Phosphorylation of CBP Mediates Transcriptional Activation by Neural Activity and CaM Kinase IV

    Soren Impey;Amy L Fong;Yanhong Wang;Jean Rene Cardinaux

  • An activity-induced microRNA controls dendritic spine formation by regulating Rac1-PAK signaling.

    Soren Impey;Monika Davare;Adam Lasiek;Dale Fortin

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate inhibits PDGF-induced chemotaxis of human arterial smooth muscle cells: spatial and temporal modulation of PDGF chemotactic signal transduction.

    K E Bornfeldt;L M Graves;E W Raines;Y Igarashi

  • In vivo Cocaine Experience Generates Silent Synapses

    Yanhua H. Huang;Ying Lin;Ping Mu;Brian R. Lee

  • Activity-dependent Synaptogenesis: Regulation by a CaM-kinase kinase/CaM-kinase I/βPIX Signaling Complex

    Takeo Saneyoshi;Gary Wayman;Dale Fortin;Monika Davare

  • Transgenic miR132 Alters Neuronal Spine Density and Impairs Novel Object Recognition Memory

    Katelin F. Hansen;Kensuke Sakamoto;Gary A. Wayman;Soren Impey

  • Regulation of Axonal Extension and Growth Cone Motility by Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase I

    Gary A. Wayman;Stefanie Kaech;Wilmon F. Grant;Monika Davare

  • Phosphorylation and Inhibition of Type III Adenylyl Cyclase by Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II in Vivo

    Jia Wei;Gary Wayman;Daniel R. Storm

  • Calcium Activation of ERK Mediated by Calmodulin Kinase I

    John M. Schmitt;Gary A. Wayman;Gary A. Wayman;Naohito Nozaki;Thomas R. Soderling

  • Synergistic activation of the type I adenylyl cyclase by Ca2+ and Gs-coupled receptors in vivo.

    Gary A. Wayman;Soren Impey;Zhiliang Wu;Wayne Kindsvogel

  • Developmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Interferes with Experience-Dependent Dendritic Plasticity and Ryanodine Receptor Expression in Weanling Rats

    Dongren Yang;Kyung Ho Kim;Andrew Phimister;Adam D. Bachstetter

  • miRNA-132: a dynamic regulator of cognitive capacity

    Katelin F. Hansen;Kate Karelina;Kensuke Sakamoto;Gary A. Wayman

  • Ca2+ inhibition of type III adenylyl cyclase in vivo

    Gary A. Wayman;Soren Impey;Daniel R. Storm

  • Analysis of CaM-kinase Signaling in Cells

    Gary A. Wayman;Hiroshi Tokumitsu;Monika A. Davare;Thomas R. Soderling

  • PCB-95 Promotes Dendritic Growth via Ryanodine Receptor–Dependent Mechanisms

    Gary A. Wayman;Dongren Yang;Diptiman D. Bose;Adam Lesiak

  • PCB-95 Modulates the Calcium-Dependent Signaling Pathway Responsible for Activity-Dependent Dendritic Growth

    Gary A. Wayman;Diptiman D. Bose;Dongren Yang;Adam Lesiak

  • Calmodulin-Kinases: Modulators of Neuronal Development and Plasticity (DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.08.021)

    Gary A. Wayman;Yong Seok Lee;Hiroshi Tokumitsu;Alcino J. Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Obrietan
Karl Obrietan The Ohio State University
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa Grenoble Alpes University
Alcino J. Silva
Alcino J. Silva University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara A. Sorg
Barbara A. Sorg Washington State University Vancouver
Robert C. Ritter
Robert C. Ritter Washington State University
R. Suzanne Zukin
R. Suzanne Zukin Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hongbing Wang
Hongbing Wang Michigan State University
Charles Chavkin
Charles Chavkin University of Washington
Adam D. Bachstetter
Adam D. Bachstetter University of Kentucky
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter

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