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Overview

Jeff L. Weiner is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their primary field of study is neuroscience, with a focus spanning several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, physiology, and molecular biology.

The researcher's work covers a variety of topics related to brain function and behavior, particularly emphasizing neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research. Other significant areas of interest include stress responses and cortisol, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, adipose tissue and metabolism, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neurobiology of Stress, iScience, Neuroscience, and the International Review of Neurobiology.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher are:

  • Opposite Consequences of Tonic and Phasic Increases in Accumbal Dopamine on Alcohol-Seeking Behavior (2020, iScience)
  • Bidirectional Control of Alcohol-drinking Behaviors Through Locus Coeruleus Optoactivation (2020, Neuroscience)
  • The neural, behavioral, and epidemiological underpinnings of comorbid alcohol use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (2020, International Review of Neurobiology)
  • Stress Alters the Effect of Alcohol on Catecholamine Dynamics in the Basolateral Amygdala (2021, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • Ethanol exposure alters Alzheimer's-related pathology, behavior, and metabolism in APP/PS1 mice (2022, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Evgeny A. Budygin
  • Caroline E. Bass
  • Valentina P. Grinevich
  • Alex L. Deal
  • Keith Bonin

Best Publications

  • Synaptic Potentials Mediated via α-Bungarotoxin-Sensitive Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Rat Hippocampal Interneurons

    Charles J. Frazier;Amber V. Buhler;Jeffrey L. Weiner;Thomas V. Dunwiddie;Thomas V. Dunwiddie

  • Synaptic Potentials Mediated via a-Bungarotoxin-Sensitive Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Rat Hippocampal Interneurons

    Charles J. Frazier;Amber V. Buhler;Jeffrey L. Weiner;Thomas V. Dunwiddie

  • Ethanol modulation of GABAergic transmission: The view from the slice

    J.L. Weiner;C.F. Valenzuela

  • Glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor function is enhanced by inhaled drugs of abuse

    Michael J. Beckstead;Jeff L. Weiner;Edmond I. Eger;Diane H. Gong

  • Fear learning circuitry is biased toward generalization of fear associations in posttraumatic stress disorder

    RA Morey;JE Dunsmoor;CC Haswell;VM Brown

  • Ethanol Potentiation of GABAergic Synaptic Transmission May Be Self-Limiting: Role of Presynaptic GABAB Receptors

    Olusegun J. Ariwodola;Jeffrey L. Weiner

  • Adolescent social isolation increases anxiety-like behavior and ethanol intake and impairs fear extinction in adulthood: Possible role of disrupted noradrenergic signaling

    M.J. Skelly;A.E. Chappell;E. Carter;J.L. Weiner

  • Neurobiology of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol-use disorder

    Nicholas W. Gilpin;Jeff L. Weiner

  • Potentiation of GABAA-mediated synaptic current by ethanol in hippocampal CA1 neurons: possible role of protein kinase C.

    J L Weiner;L Zhang;P L Carlen

  • Enduring increases in anxiety-like behavior and rapid nucleus accumbens dopamine signaling in socially isolated rats.

    Jordan T. Yorgason;Rodrigo A. España;Joanne K. Konstantopoulos;Jeffrey L. Weiner

  • Increased Basolateral Amygdala Pyramidal Cell Excitability May Contribute to the Anxiogenic Phenotype Induced by Chronic Early-Life Stress.

    Andrew R. Rau;Ann M. Chappell;Tracy R. Butler;Olusegun J. Ariwodola

  • Adolescent rearing conditions influence the relationship between initial anxiety-like behavior and ethanol drinking in male Long Evans rats.

    Ann M. Chappell;Eugenia Carter;Brian A. McCool;Jeff L. Weiner

  • Whole-cell recording of the Ca2+-dependent slow afterhyperpolarization in hippocampal neurones: effects of internally applied anions

    L. Zhang;J. L. Weiner;T. A. Valiante;A. A. Velumian

  • Neurobiological mechanisms contributing to alcohol-stress-anxiety interactions.

    Yuval Silberman;Michal Bajo;Ann M. Chappell;Daniel T. Christian

  • Early-Life Social Isolation Stress Increases Kappa Opioid Receptor Responsiveness and Downregulates the Dopamine System

    Anushree N Karkhanis;Jamie H Rose;Jeffrey L Weiner;Sara R Jones

  • Alcohol potently inhibits the kainate receptor-dependent excitatory drive of hippocampal interneurons.

    Mario Carta;Olusegun J. Ariwodola;Jeff L. Weiner;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Differential Ethanol Sensitivity of Subpopulations of GABAA Synapses Onto Rat Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    J. L. Weiner;C. Gu;T. V. Dunwiddie

  • Growth hormone treatment attenuates age-related changes in hippocampal short-term plasticity and spatial learning.

    M.M. Ramsey;J.L. Weiner;T.P. Moore;C.S. Carter

  • Adolescent Social Isolation as a Model of Heightened Vulnerability to Comorbid Alcoholism and Anxiety Disorders.

    Tracy R. Butler;Anushree N. Karkhanis;Sara R. Jones;Jeffrey L. Weiner

  • Optogenetic stimulation of VTA dopamine neurons reveals that tonic but not phasic patterns of dopamine transmission reduce ethanol self-administration.

    Caroline E. Bass;Valentina P. Grinevich;Dominic Gioia;Jonathan D. Day-Brown

  • Functional characterization of des-IGF-1 action at excitatory synapses in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus.

    Melinda M. Ramsey;Michelle M. Adams;Olusegun J. Ariwodola;William E. Sonntag

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas V. Dunwiddie
Thomas V. Dunwiddie University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Evgeny A. Budygin
Evgeny A. Budygin Wake Forest University
Sara R. Jones
Sara R. Jones Wake Forest University
Brian A. McCool
Brian A. McCool Wake Forest University
Peter L. Carlen
Peter L. Carlen University Health Network
C. Fernando Valenzuela
C. Fernando Valenzuela University of New Mexico
Judy K. Brunso-Bechtold
Judy K. Brunso-Bechtold Wake Forest University
Marisa Roberto
Marisa Roberto Scripps Research Institute
George R. Siggins
George R. Siggins Scripps Research Institute
Garret D. Stuber
Garret D. Stuber University of Washington

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