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Gregory M. Acland

Gregory M. Acland

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Genetics

D-Index
59
Citations
12495
World Ranking
3243
National Ranking
1410

Overview

Gregory M. Acland is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans several areas including psychology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and veterinary sciences. The scientist's work engages with multiple subfields such as social psychology, genetics, and small animal studies.

The primary topics of their research focus on human-animal interaction studies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, primate behavior and ecology, and animal behavior and welfare studies. This indicates a multidisciplinary approach that integrates behavioral and biological sciences.

Among recent scholarly contributions, Acland has co-authored work titled "Neuromorphological Changes following Selection for Tameness and Aggression in the Russian Farm-Fox experiment", published in 2021 in the Journal of Neuroscience. This paper addresses changes in brain morphology related to behavioral selection, contributing to understanding the neurobiological bases of behavior.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Anna V. Kukekova
  • Lyudmila N. Trut
  • Erin E. Hecht
  • David A. Gutman
  • Todd M. Preuss

The Journal of Neuroscience is a notable publication venue for Acland's work, reflecting engagement with peer-reviewed interdisciplinary neuroscience research.

Best Publications

  • Gene therapy restores vision in a canine model of childhood blindness.

    Gregory M. Acland;Gustavo D. Aguirre;Jharna Ray;Qi Zhang

  • Long-Term Restoration of Rod and Cone Vision by Single Dose rAAV-Mediated Gene Transfer to the Retina in a Canine Model of Childhood Blindness

    Gregory M. Acland;Gustavo D. Aguirre;Jean Bennett;Tomas S. Aleman

  • Encapsulated cell-based delivery of CNTF reduces photoreceptor degeneration in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa.

    Weng Tao;Rong Wen;Moses B Goddard;Sandy D Sherman

  • An Expressed Fgf4 Retrogene Is Associated with Breed-Defining Chondrodysplasia in Domestic Dogs

    Heidi G. Parker;Bridgett M. VonHoldt;Pascale Quignon;Elliott H. Margulies

  • Reversal of Blindness in Animal Models of Leber Congenital Amaurosis Using Optimized AAV2-mediated Gene Transfer

    Jeannette Bennicelli;John Fraser Wright;John Fraser Wright;Andras Komaromy;Jonathan B Jacobs

  • Gene therapy rescues cone function in congenital achromatopsia

    András M. Komáromy;John J. Alexander;John J. Alexander;Jessica S. Rowlan;Monique M. Garcia;Monique M. Garcia

  • A Linkage Map of the Canine Genome

    Cathryn S. Mellersh;Amelia A. Langston;Gregory M. Acland;Melissa A. Fleming

  • Congenital stationary night blindness in the dog: common mutation in the RPE65 gene indicates founder effect

    Gustavo D Aguirre;Victoria Baldwin;Sue Pearce-Kelling;Kristina Narfström

  • A second-generation genetic linkage map of the domestic dog, Canis familiaris.

    Mark W. Neff;Karl W. Broman;Cathryn S. Mellersh;Kunal Ray

  • Safety of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2–RPE65 Vector Delivered by Ocular Subretinal Injection

    Samuel G. Jacobson;Gregory M. Acland;Gustavo D. Aguirre;Tomas S. Aleman

  • In vivo dynamics of retinal injury and repair in the rhodopsin mutant dog model of human retinitis pigmentosa

    Artur V. Cideciyan;Samuel G. Jacobson;Tomas S. Aleman;Danian Gu

  • Different RPGR exon ORF15 mutations in Canids provide insights into photoreceptor cell degeneration

    Qi Zhang;Gregory M. Acland;Wen X. Wu;Jennifer L. Johnson

  • Identical mutation in a novel retinal gene causes progressive rod-cone degeneration in dogs and retinitis pigmentosa in humans.

    Barbara Zangerl;Orly Goldstein;Alisdair R. Philp;Sarah J.P. Lindauer

  • Canine CNGB3 mutations establish cone degeneration as orthologous to the human achromatopsia locus ACHM3

    Duska J. Sidjanin;Jennifer K. Lowe;John L. McElwee;Bruce S. Milne

  • Persistent transgene product in retina, optic nerve and brain after intraocular injection of rAAV.

    Lorita Dudus;Vibha Anand;Gregory M Acland;Shu-Jen Chen

  • Naturally occurring rhodopsin mutation in the dog causes retinal dysfunction and degeneration mimicking human dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

    James W. Kijas;Artur V. Cideciyan;Tomas S. Aleman;Michael J. Pianta

  • Mutations associated with neutropenia in dogs and humans disrupt intracellular transport of neutrophil elastase.

    Kathleen F. Benson;Feng Qian Li;Richard E. Person;Dalila Albani

  • Breed relationships facilitate fine-mapping studies: A 7.8-kb deletion cosegregates with Collie eye anomaly across multiple dog breeds

    Heidi G. Parker;Anna V. Kukekova;Dayna T. Akey;Orly Goldstein

  • Bestrophin gene mutations cause canine multifocal retinopathy: a novel animal model for best disease.

    Karina E. Guziewicz;Barbara Zangerl;Sarah J. Lindauer;Robert F. Mullins

  • Linkage analysis and comparative mapping of canine progressive rod–cone degeneration (prcd) establishes potential locus homology with retinitis pigmentosa (RP17) in humans

    Gregory M. Acland;Kunal Ray;Cathryn S. Mellersh;Weikuan Gu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustavo D. Aguirre
Gustavo D. Aguirre University of Pennsylvania
Kunal Ray
Kunal Ray Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Elaine A. Ostrander
Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
Jean Bennett
Jean Bennett University of Pennsylvania
Tomas S. Aleman
Tomas S. Aleman University of Pennsylvania
George Lust
George Lust Cornell University
Artur V. Cideciyan
Artur V. Cideciyan University of Pennsylvania
Albert M. Maguire
Albert M. Maguire University of Pennsylvania

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