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Karl Obrietan is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with notable contributions spanning 19 publications in Neuroscience and 15 in Medicine. The subfields most represented in their work include Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Karl Obrietan has published research in various venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Among their recent papers are:

  • Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer's disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics, 2022, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Paclitaxel chemotherapy disrupts behavioral and molecular circadian clocks in mice, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • MicroRNA-212-5p, an anti-proliferative miRNA, attenuates hypoxia and sugen/hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in rodents, 2022, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Light-induced changes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus transcriptome regulated by the ERK/MAPK pathway, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Imbalance in Glucose Metabolism Regulates the Transition of Microglia from Homeostasis to Disease-Associated Microglia Stage 1, 2024, Journal of Neuroscience

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their main coauthors include:

  • Kari R. Hoyt
  • Sydney Aten
  • Leah M. Pyter
  • Hyojung Yoon
  • Nicklaus Halloy

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

  • Making new connections: role of ERK/MAP kinase signaling in neuronal plasticity.

    Soren Impey;Karl Obrietan;Daniel R Storm

  • microRNA Modulation of Circadian-Clock Period and Entrainment

    Hai Ying M. Cheng;Joseph W. Papp;Olga Varlamova;Heather Dziema

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

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

  • Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Actions and Modulation of Neuroendocrine Neurons by a New Hypothalamic Peptide, Hypocretin/Orexin

    Anthony N. van den Pol;Anthony N. van den Pol;Xiao-Bing Gao;Karl Obrietan;Thomas S. Kilduff

  • CREB: a multifaceted regulator of neuronal plasticity and protection

    Kensuke Sakamoto;Kate Karelina;Karl Obrietan

  • Light and circadian rhythmicity regulate MAP kinase activation in the suprachiasmatic nuclei.

    Karl Obrietan;Soren Impey;Daniel R. Storm

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

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

  • The circadian molecular clock creates epidermal stem cell heterogeneity

    Peggy Janich;Gloria Pascual;Anna Merlos-Suárez;Eduard Batlle

  • Circadian Regulation of cAMP Response Element-mediated Gene Expression in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

    Karl Obrietan;Soren Impey;Dave Smith;Jaime Athos

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

    Soren Impey;Monika Davare;Adam Lasiek;Dale Fortin

  • Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mediates cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein Phosphorylation and Activation by Neurotrophins

    J. Simon C. Arthur;Amy L. Fong;Jami M. Dwyer;Monika Davare

  • GABA neurotransmission in the hypothalamus: developmental reversal from Ca2+ elevating to depressing

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

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

  • Excitatory Actions of GABA after Neuronal Trauma

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  • Excitatory actions of GABA increase BDNF expression via a MAPK-CREB-dependent mechanism--a positive feedback circuit in developing neurons.

    Karl Obrietan;Xiao-Bing Gao;Anthony N. van den Pol

  • Activity-Dependent Neuroprotection and cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein (CREB): Kinase Coupling, Stimulus Intensity, and Temporal Regulation of CREB Phosphorylation at Serine 133

    Boyoung Lee;Greg Q. Butcher;Kari R. Hoyt;Soren Impey

  • The p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway couples photic input to circadian clock entrainment.

    Greg Q. Butcher;Heather Dziema;Minden Collamore;Penny W. Burgoon

  • Synaptic Plasticity (and the Lack Thereof) in Hippocampal CA2 Neurons

    Meilan Zhao;Yun-Sik Choi;Karl Obrietan;Serena M. Dudek

  • The CREB/CRE transcriptional pathway: protection against oxidative stress-mediated neuronal cell death.

    Boyoung Lee;Ruifeng Cao;Yun Sik Choi;Hee Yeon Cho

  • IGF-1 receptor-mediated ERK/MAPK signaling couples status epilepticus to progenitor cell proliferation in the subgranular layer of the dentate gyrus.

    Yun-Sik Choi;Hee-Yeon Cho;Kari R. Hoyt;Janice R. Naegele

  • miRNA-132: a dynamic regulator of cognitive capacity

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

  • The ERK/MAP kinase pathway couples light to immediate‐early gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Heather Dziema;Ben Oatis;Greg Q. Butcher;Robert Yates

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary A. Wayman
Gary A. Wayman Washington State University
Anthony N. van den Pol
Anthony N. van den Pol Yale University
Martin R. Ralph
Martin R. Ralph University of Toronto
Janice R. Naegele
Janice R. Naegele Wesleyan University
Gianluca Serafini
Gianluca Serafini University of Genoa
David Q. Beversdorf
David Q. Beversdorf University of Missouri
Lee E. Eiden
Lee E. Eiden National Institutes of Health
Paul J. Lombroso
Paul J. Lombroso Yale University
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen

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