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Kathryn G. Commons is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research contributions focus heavily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine with notable work in several interdisciplinary subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Commons has published work related to specific subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Commons' research topics encompass:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Commons has authored and coauthored several publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Dorsal raphe organization, 2020, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
  • A 5-HT 1D -receptor agonist protects Dravet syndrome mice from seizure and early death, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • The mouse dorsal raphe nucleus as understood by temporal Fgf8 lineage analysis, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Commons include:

  • Paul G. Hatini
  • Herminio Guajardo

Commons has published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Best Publications

  • The Rodent Forced Swim Test Measures Stress-Coping Strategy, Not Depression-like Behavior.

    Kathryn G. Commons;Aram B. Cholanians;Jessica A. Babb;Daniel G. Ehlinger

  • Embracing diversity in the 5-HT neuronal system.

    Benjamin W. Okaty;Kathryn G. Commons;Susan M. Dymecki

  • A Neurochemically Distinct Dorsal Raphe-Limbic Circuit with a Potential Role in Affective Disorders

    Kathryn G Commons;K Ryan Connolley;Rita J Valentino

  • Circuitry underlying regulation of the serotonergic system by swim stress

    Michelle Roche;Kathryn G. Commons;Andrew Peoples;Rita J. Valentino

  • Projections and interconnections of genetically defined serotonin neurons in mice.

    Sun Jung Bang;Patricia Jensen;Susan M. Dymecki;Kathryn G. Commons;Kathryn G. Commons

  • Peptides that fine-tune the serotonin system

    R.J. Valentino;K.G. Commons

  • Morphine-enhanced apoptosis in selective brain regions of neonatal rats.

    Dusica Bajic;Kathryn G. Commons;Sulpicio G. Soriano

  • Glutamatergic drive of the dorsal raphe nucleus.

    Mariano Soiza-Reilly;Kathryn G. Commons;Kathryn G. Commons

  • Frequent colocalization of mu opioid and NMDA-type glutamate receptors at postsynaptic sites in periaqueductal gray neurons.

    Kathryn G. Commons;Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Cellular basis for the effects of substance P in the periaqueductal gray and dorsal raphe nucleus.

    Kathryn G. Commons;Rita J. Valentino

  • Male-specific deficits in natural reward learning in a mouse model of neurodevelopmental disorders

    N M Grissom;S E McKee;H Schoch;N Bowman

  • Neuronal pathways linking substance P to drug addiction and stress.

    K.G. Commons

  • Ascending serotonin neuron diversity under two umbrellas

    Kathryn G Commons;Kathryn G Commons

  • Presynaptic and postsynaptic relations of μ-opioid receptors to γ-aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive and medullary-projecting periaqueductal gray neurons

    Kathryn G. Commons;Kathryn G. Commons;Sue A. Aicher;Lee Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Failed heart rate recovery at a critical age in 5-HT-deficient mice exposed to episodic anoxia: implications for SIDS.

    Kevin J. Cummings;Kathryn G. Commons;Julie C. Hewitt;John Andrew Daubenspeck

  • Forebrain GABAergic projections from the dorsal raphe nucleus identified by using GAD67-GFP knock-in mice.

    Sun Jung Bang;Kathryn G. Commons;Kathryn G. Commons

  • Substance P Acts through Local Circuits within the Rat Dorsal Raphe Nucleus to Alter Serotonergic Neuronal Activity

    Rita J. Valentino;Vincent Bey;Luise Pernar;Kathryn G. Commons

  • Ultrastructural heterogeneity of enkephalin-containing terminals in the rat hippocampal formation.

    Kathryn G. Commons;Teresa A. Milner

  • Locally collateralizing glutamate neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus responsive to substance P contain vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGLUT3).

    K.G. Commons

  • Translocation of presynaptic delta opioid receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray after swim stress.

    Kathryn G. Commons;Kathryn G. Commons

Frequent Co-Authors

Teresa A. Milner
Teresa A. Milner Cornell University
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
George B. Richerson
George B. Richerson University of Iowa
Rita J. Valentino
Rita J. Valentino National Institute on Drug Abuse
Jeffrey C. Smith
Jeffrey C. Smith National Institutes of Health
Lee-Ming Kow
Lee-Ming Kow Rockefeller University
Sheryl G. Beck
Sheryl G. Beck Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard J. Bodnar
Richard J. Bodnar Queens College, CUNY
Evelyn K. Lambe
Evelyn K. Lambe University of Toronto

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