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Lucas Pozzo-Miller is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

The primary fields of study focus on biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. More specifically, their work covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

Lucas Pozzo-Miller's scientific contributions concentrate on several main topics including genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, autism spectrum disorder research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, nuclear receptors and signaling, family and disability support research, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • "Periodontal Infection Aggravates C1q-Mediated Microglial Activation and Synapse Pruning in Alzheimer's Mice," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Rett syndrome," 2024, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "A small-molecule TrkB ligand improves dendritic spine phenotypes and atypical behaviors in female Rett syndrome mice," 2024, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • "Modulation of Purkinje Cell Inhibition by Stem Cell Factor," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Integrated Regulation of PKA by Fast and Slow Neurotransmission in the Nucleus Accumbens Controls Plasticity and Stress Responses," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Lucas Pozzo-Miller has frequently collaborated with several coauthors. These include:

  • Destynie Medeiros
  • Jeffrey L. Neul
  • Stuart Cobb
  • Wendy Gold
  • Alan K. Percy

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in multiple publication venues. Among these, the most frequent are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Regulation of synaptic responses to high-frequency stimulation and LTP by neurotrophins in the hippocampus

    Alexander Figurov;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Petur Olafsson;Petur Olafsson;Ti Wang;Ti Wang

  • From acquisition to consolidation: On the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in hippocampal-dependent learning

    William J. Tyler;Mariana Alonso;Clive R. Bramham;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • BDNF Enhances Quantal Neurotransmitter Release and Increases the Number of Docked Vesicles at the Active Zones of Hippocampal Excitatory Synapses

    William J. Tyler;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • Impairments in High-Frequency Transmission, Synaptic Vesicle Docking, and Synaptic Protein Distribution in the Hippocampus of BDNF Knockout Mice

    Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Wolfram Gottschalk;Li Zhang;Kathryn McDermott

  • ERK1/2 Activation Is Necessary for BDNF to Increase Dendritic Spine Density in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Mariana Alonso;Jorge H. Medina;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Presynaptic Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Developing Hippocampus

    Wolfram Gottschalk;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Alexander Figurov;Bai Lu

  • Miniature synaptic transmission and BDNF modulate dendritic spine growth and form in rat CA1 neurones.

    William J. Tyler;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Dendritic spine pathologies in hippocampal pyramidal neurons from Rett syndrome brain and after expression of Rett-associated MECP2 mutations.

    Christopher A. Chapleau;Gaston D. Calfa;Meredith C. Lane;Asher J. Albertson

  • Perineuronal Nets Suppress Plasticity of Excitatory Synapses on CA2 Pyramidal Neurons.

    Kelly E. Carstens;Mary L. Phillips;Lucas Pozzo-Miller;Richard J. Weinberg

  • TRPC3 channels are necessary for brain-derived neurotrophic factor to activate a nonselective cationic current and to induce dendritic spine formation

    Michelle D. Amaral;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Modulation of Presynaptic Plasticity and Learning by the H-ras/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase/Synapsin I Signaling Pathway

    Steven A. Kushner;Ype Elgersma;Ype Elgersma;Geoffrey G. Murphy;Dick Jaarsma

  • Protein Synthesis-dependent and -independent Regulation of Hippocampal Synapses by Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor

    Nicole Tartaglia;Jing Du;William J. Tyler;Elaine Neale

  • Dendritic spine dysgenesis in autism related disorders.

    Mary Phillips;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Preclinical research in Rett syndrome: Setting the foundation for translational success

    David M. Katz;Joanne E. Berger-Sweeney;James H. Eubanks;Monica J. Justice

  • Estradiol Increases Spine Density and NMDA-Dependent Ca2+ Transients in Spines of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons From Hippocampal Slices

    Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Takafumi Inoue;Diane Dieuliis Murphy;Diane Dieuliis Murphy

  • Ventral hippocampal projections to the medial prefrontal cortex regulate social memory.

    Mary L Phillips;Holly Anne Robinson;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Glutamate-induced transient modification of the postsynaptic density

    Ayse Dosemeci;Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng;Lucia Vinade;Christine A. Winters

  • BDNF deregulation in Rett syndrome

    Wei Li;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • The Role of Neurotrophins in Neurotransmitter Release

    William J. Tyler;Stephen P. Perrett;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • Bdnf overexpression in hippocampal neurons prevents dendritic atrophy caused by Rett-associated MECP2 mutations.

    Jennifer L. Larimore;Christopher A. Chapleau;Shinichi Kudo;Anne Theibert

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Tyler
William J. Tyler University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bai Lu
Bai Lu Tsinghua University
Takafumi Inoue
Takafumi Inoue Waseda University
John J. Hablitz
John J. Hablitz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ype Elgersma
Ype Elgersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Maurizio Giustetto
Maurizio Giustetto University of Turin
John A. Connor
John A. Connor University of New Mexico
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Tommaso Pizzorusso University of Florence
Clive R. Bramham
Clive R. Bramham University of Bergen
Huda Y. Zoghbi
Huda Y. Zoghbi Baylor College of Medicine

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