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  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Lorna W. Role is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses extensively on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience, along with contributions to Sensory Systems and Social Psychology.

The scientist has made significant contributions to understanding mechanisms underlying memory and neural function. Their main research topics include Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Some of the recent scholarly articles authored by Lorna W. Role are:

  • Basal forebrain cholinergic signalling: development, connectivity and roles in cognition, 2023, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Acetylcholine is released in the basolateral amygdala in response to predictors of reward and enhances the learning of cue-reward contingency, 2020, eLife
  • NeuroConstruct: 3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Neurites in Optical Microscopy Brain Images, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Distinct subpopulations of ventral pallidal cholinergic projection neurons encode valence of olfactory stimuli, 2024, Cell Reports
  • Functionally refined encoding of threat memory by distinct populations of basal forebrain cholinergic projection neurons, 2024, eLife

Lorna W. Role has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • David A. Talmage
  • Prithviraj Rajebhosale
  • Niraj S. Desai
  • Mala Ananth
  • Alice Jone

The scientist's publications appear regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Cell Reports, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

Among the recognitions received by Lorna W. Role is the fellowship awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Physiological Diversity of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Expressed by Vertebrate Neurons

    Daniel S. McGehee;Lorna W. Role

  • Nicotine enhancement of fast excitatory synaptic transmission in CNS by presynaptic receptors

    Daniel S. McGehee;Mark J. S. Heath;Shari Gelber;Piroska Devay

  • Axonal neuregulin-1 regulates myelin sheath thickness

    Galin V. Michailov;Michael W. Sereda;Bastian G. Brinkmann;Tobias M. Fischer

  • Nicotinic Receptors in the Development and Modulation of CNS Synapses

    Lorna W Role;Darwin K Berg

  • Neuregulin-1 type III determines the ensheathment fate of axons.

    Carla Taveggia;George Zanazzi;Ashley Petrylak;Hiroko Yano

  • Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Circuits and Signaling in Cognition and Cognitive Decline

    Elizabeth C. Ballinger;Mala Ananth;David A. Talmage;Lorna W. Role

  • Presynaptic ionotropic receptors and the control of transmitter release.

    Amy B. MacDermott;Lorna W. Role;Steven A. Siegelbaum

  • Functional contributions of α5 subunit to neuronal acetylcholine receptor channels

    J. Ramirez-Latorre;C. R. Yu;X. Qu;F. Perin

  • Developmental regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    S M Schuetze;L W Role

  • Tangential Neuronal Migration Controls Axon Guidance: A Role for Neuregulin-1 in Thalamocortical Axon Navigation

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Aline Cautinat;Juan Antonio Sánchez;Franck Bielle

  • Nicotinic receptor-mediated effects on appetite and food intake.

    Young Hwan Jo;David A. Talmage;Lorna W. Role

  • Acetylcholine release from growth cones detected with patches of acetylcholine receptor-rich membranes.

    R I Hume;L W Role;G D Fischbach

  • A genetically encoded fluorescent acetylcholine indicator for in vitro and in vivo studies

    Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Peng Zhang;Guangfu Wang;Guangfu Wang;Jiesi Feng;Jiesi Feng;Jiesi Feng

  • Cysteine-rich domain isoforms of the neuregulin-1 gene are required for maintenance of peripheral synapses.

    Deon Wolpowitz;Thornton B.A Mason;Paula Dietrich;Monica Mendelsohn

  • lynx1, an endogenous toxin-like modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the mammalian CNS.

    Julie M Miwa;Ines Iban̆ez-Tallon;Gregg W Crabtree;Roberto Sánchez

  • Multiorgan autonomic dysfunction in mice lacking the beta2 and the beta4 subunits of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Wei Xu;Avi Orr-Urtreger;Filippo Nigro;Shari Gelber

  • Megacystis, mydriasis, and ion channel defect in mice lacking the α3 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

    Wei Xu;Shari Gelber;Avi Orr-Urtreger;Dawna Armstrong

  • Back signaling by the Nrg-1 intracellular domain.

    Jianxin Bao;Deon Wolpowitz;Lorna W. Role;David A. Talmage

  • Diversity in primary structure and function of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channels.

    Lorna W. Role

  • Integration of Endocannabinoid and Leptin Signaling in an Appetite-Related Neural Circuit

    Young Hwan Jo;Ying Jiun J. Chen;Streamson C. Chua;David A. Talmage

Frequent Co-Authors

Yulong Li
Yulong Li Peking University
Daniel S. McGehee
Daniel S. McGehee University of Chicago
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine
Gerald D. Fischbach
Gerald D. Fischbach Columbia University
Huibert D. Mansvelder
Huibert D. Mansvelder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kevin K. Ohlemiller
Kevin K. Ohlemiller Washington University in St. Louis
Minmin Luo
Minmin Luo Tsinghua University
Mariella De Biasi
Mariella De Biasi University of Pennsylvania
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Yann S. Mineur
Yann S. Mineur Yale University

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