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Overview

Lee-Ming Kow is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and endocrine and autonomic systems. Their work spans various subfields including cell biology.

The main research topics covered by their publications include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Zebrafish biomedical research applications
  • Memory and neural mechanisms

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Lee-Ming Kow include:

  • Potassium channels and the development of arousal-relevant action potential trains in primary hindbrain neurons, 2021, Brain Research
  • Equation representing the dark-entrained transition from inaction to action in male and female mice, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Kv2.1 expression in giant reticular neurons of the postnatal mouse brain, 2021, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
  • Potassium channels and the development of arousal-relevant action potential trains in primary hindbrain neurons, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee-Ming Kow include:

  • Donald W. Pfaff
  • Hagar Kandel
  • Murat Kılınç
  • Martin A. Daniels
  • Ana María Magariños

The principal venues for their research publications are:

  • Brain Research
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Hypothalamic glucose sensor: similarities to and differences from pancreatic beta-cell mechanisms.

    X J Yang;L M Kow;T Funabashi;C V Mobbs

  • Ascending tracts of the lateral columns of the rat spinal cord: A study using the silver impregnation and horseradish peroxidase techniques

    Frank P. Zemlan;Christiana M. Leonard;Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • The membrane actions of estrogens can potentiate their lordosis behavior-facilitating genomic actions

    Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Effects of medial hypothalamic lesions on the lordosis response and other behaviors in female golden hamsters

    Charles W. Malsbury;Charles W. Malsbury;Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Estradiol Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNAs in Rat Hypothalamus

    Sandra Ceccatelli;Lindsey Grandison;Roderick E.M. Scott;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Early membrane estrogenic effects required for full expression of slower genomic actions in a nerve cell line.

    Nandini Vasudevan;Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Concepts and mechanisms of generalized central nervous system arousal.

    Donald Pfaff;Ana Ribeiro;James Matthews;Lee-Ming Kow

  • Female oxytocin gene-knockout mice, in a semi-natural environment, display exaggerated aggressive behavior

    A. K. Ragnauth;N. Devidze;V. Moy;K. Finley

  • Roles of second-messenger systems and neuronal activity in the regulation of lordosis by neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and estrogen: a review.

    Lee-Ming Kow;Charles V. Mobbs;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Estrogen effects on neuronal responsiveness to electrical and neurotransmitter stimulation: an in vitro study on the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

    Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Mapping of neural and signal transduction pathways for lordosis in the search for estrogen actions on the central nervous system.

    Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W Pfaff

  • Brain glucose-sensing mechanisms: ubiquitous silencing by aglycemia vs. hypothalamic neuroendocrine responses.

    Charles V. Mobbs;Lee-Ming Kow;Xue-Jun Yang

  • Integration of steroid hormone initiated membrane action to genomic function in the brain.

    Nandini Vasudevan;Lee Ming Kow;Donald Pfaff

  • Metabolic pathways that mediate inhibition of hypothalamic neurons by glucose.

    Xue-Jun Yang;Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff;Charles V. Mobbs

  • Rapid increases in immature synapses parallel estrogen-induced hippocampal learning enhancements

    Anna Phan;Sarah Suschkov;Luke Molinaro;Kathryn Reynolds

  • Reverse engineering the lordosis behavior circuit

    D.W. Pfaff;L.-M. Kow;M.D. Loose;L.M. Flanagan-Cato

  • Neuromodulatory Actions of Peptides

    L M Kow;D W Pfaff

  • Sensory requirement for the lordosis reflex in female rats

    Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Induction of lordosis in female rats: two modes of estrogen action and the effect of adrenalectomy.

    Lee-Ming Kow;Donald W Pfaff

  • Inhibition of the lordosis reflex in rats by intrahypothalamic infusion of neural excitatory agents: evidence that the hypothalamus contains separate inhibitory and facilitatory elements.

    Lee-Ming Kow;Richard E. Harlan;Brenda D. Shivers;Donald W. Pfaff

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Teresa A. Milner
Teresa A. Milner Cornell University
Alejandro F. De Nicola
Alejandro F. De Nicola University of Buenos Aires
Kathryn G. Commons
Kathryn G. Commons Boston Children's Hospital
Helmut L. Haas
Helmut L. Haas Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Margaret M. McCarthy
Margaret M. McCarthy University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jessica A. Mong
Jessica A. Mong University of Maryland, Baltimore
Olga A. Sergeeva
Olga A. Sergeeva Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Toshiya Funabashi
Toshiya Funabashi St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Constantine Pavlides
Constantine Pavlides University of Tsukuba

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