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Gary Lynch is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology. Additional interests extend into social psychology and education.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Neuroscience

More specifically, subfields in which they have contributed are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Social Psychology
  • Education

Their work covers a broad array of topics such as:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Gary Lynch has contributed to various academic publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Nature Neuroscience

Notable recent papers include:

  • Increased excitatory to inhibitory synaptic ratio in parietal cortex samples from individuals with Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Sex differences in synaptic plasticity underlying learning, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Prepubescent female rodents have enhanced hippocampal LTP and learning relative to males, reversing in adulthood as inhibition increases, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Rapid Aging in the Perforant Path Projections to the Rodent Dentate Gyrus, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Persistent sexually dimorphic effects of adolescent THC exposure on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and episodic memory in rodents, 2021, Neurobiology of Disease

Collaborations form a significant part of their research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Christine M. Gall
  • Aliza A. Le
  • Julie C. Lauterborn
  • Conor D. Cox
  • Yousheng Jia

Best Publications

  • Selective impairment of learning and blockade of long-term potentiation by an N -methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, AP5

    R. G. M. Morris;E. Anderson;G. S. Lynch;M. Baudry

  • The Biochemistry of Memory: A New and Specific Hypothesis.

    Gary Lynch;Michael Baudry

  • Patterned stimulation at the theta frequency is optimal for the induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    John R. Larson;Darryl Wong;Gary Lynch

  • Heterosynaptic depression: a postsynaptic correlate of long-term potentiation

    G. S. Lynch;T. Dunwiddie;V. Gribkoff

  • A glycine site associated with N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptors: characterization and identification of a new class of antagonists.

    M. Kessler;T. Terramani;G. Lynch;M. Baudry

  • Induction of synaptic potentiation in hippocampus by patterned stimulation involves two events.

    John Larson;Gary Lynch

  • Hippocampal aging and adrenocorticoids: quantitative correlations

    P. W. Landfield;Jack C Waymire;G. Lynch

  • Contributions of Quisqualate and NMDA Receptors to the Induction and Expression of LTP

    Dominique Muller;Michel Joly;Gary Lynch

  • Induced acetylcholinesterase-rich layer in rat dentate gyrus following entorhinal lesions.

    Gary Lynch;Dee Ann Matthews;Sarah Mosko;Thomas Parks

  • An electron microscopic study of lesion-induced synaptogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat. I. Magnitude and time course of degeneration

    Dee Ann Matthews;Carl Cotman;Gary Lynch

  • Mechanisms of Late-Onset Cognitive Decline after Early-Life Stress

    Kristen L. Brunson;Enikö Kramár;Bin Lin;Yuncai Chen

  • The distribution of septal projections to the hippocampus of the rat

    Sarah Mosko;Gary Lynch;Carl W. Cotman

  • An electron microscopic study of lesion-induced synaptogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat. II. Reappearance of morphologically normal synaptic contacts.

    Dee Ann Matthews;Carl Cotman;Gary Lynch

  • Paired-pulse and frequency facilitation in the CA1 region of the in vitro rat hippocampus.

    Robert Creager;Thomas Dunwiddie;Gary Lynch

  • A quantitative electron microscopic study of synaptogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the rat

    Barbara Crain;Carl Cotman;Dwan Taylor;Gary Lynch

  • Hippocampal Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairments Provoked by Chronic Early-Life Stress Involve Excessive Activation of CRH Receptors

    Autumn S. Ivy;Christopher S. Rex;Yuncai Chen;Céline Dubé

  • Stable hippocampal long-term potentiation elicited by 'theta' pattern stimulation.

    Ursula Staubli;Gary Lynch

  • Facilitation of glutamate receptors enhances memory.

    Ursula Staubli;Gary Rogers;Gary Lynch

  • Stable depression of potentiated synaptic responses in the hippocampus with 1-5 Hz stimulation.

    Ursula Staubli;Gary Lynch

  • Impaired synaptic potentiation processes in the hippocampus of aged, memory-deficient rats.

    Philip W. Landfield;James L. McGaugh;Gary Lynch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine M. Gall
Christine M. Gall University of California, Irvine
Michel Baudry
Michel Baudry Western University of Health Sciences
Carl W. Cotman
Carl W. Cotman University of California, Irvine
Amy Arai
Amy Arai Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
John Larson
John Larson University of Illinois at Chicago
Enikö A. Kramár
Enikö A. Kramár University of California, Irvine
Ursula Staubli
Ursula Staubli New York University
Julie C. Lauterborn
Julie C. Lauterborn University of California, Irvine
Xiaoning Bi
Xiaoning Bi College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Laura Lee Colgin
Laura Lee Colgin The University of Texas at Austin

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