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Marcelo A. Wood is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these broader fields, they concentrate on several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, physiology, and developmental neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans key topics such as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, tryptophan and brain disorders, memory and neural mechanisms, and radiation therapy and dosimetry.

Recent notable publications include the following:

  • Systematic phenotyping and characterization of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Scientific Data
  • Systematic Phenotyping and Characterization of the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Model organism development and evaluation for late-onset Alzheimer's disease: MODEL-AD, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Generation of a humanized Aβ expressing mouse demonstrating aspects of Alzheimer's disease-like pathology, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Microglial activation increases cocaine self-administration following adolescent nicotine exposure, 2020, Nature Communications

Marcelo A. Wood collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Enikö A. Kramár
  • Dina P. Matheos
  • Andrea J. Tenner
  • Ashley A. Keiser
  • Grant R. MacGregor

The scientist often publishes work in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer s & Dementia, Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, and Neuropsychopharmacology, reflecting a consistent output in both preprint and peer-reviewed journals.

Best Publications

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Enhance Memory and Synaptic Plasticity via CREB: CBP-Dependent Transcriptional Activation

    Christopher G. Vecsey;Joshua D. Hawk;K. Matthew Lattal;Joel M. Stein

  • The Essential Cofactor TRRAP Recruits the Histone Acetyltransferase hGCN5 to c-Myc

    Steven B. McMahon;Marcelo A. Wood;Michael D. Cole

  • HDAC3 Is a Critical Negative Regulator of Long-Term Memory Formation

    Susan C. McQuown;Ruth M. Barrett;Dina P. Matheos;Rebecca J. Post

  • Modulation of long-term memory for object recognition via HDAC inhibition

    Daniel P. Stefanko;Ruth M. Barrett;Alexandra R. Ly;Gustavo K. Reolon

  • Examining Object Location and Object Recognition Memory in Mice

    Annie Vogel-Ciernia;Marcelo A. Wood

  • An ATPase/Helicase Complex Is an Essential Cofactor for Oncogenic Transformation by c-Myc

    Marcelo A Wood;Steven B McMahon;Michael D Cole

  • Systematic phenotyping and characterization of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Stefania Forner;Shimako Kawauchi;Gabriela Balderrama-Gutierrez;Enikö A. Kramár

  • HDAC3-selective inhibitor enhances extinction of cocaine-seeking behavior in a persistent manner

    Melissa Malvaez;Susan C. McQuown;George A. Rogge;Mariam Astarabadi

  • Transgenic mice expressing a truncated form of CREB-binding protein (CBP) exhibit deficits in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory storage

    Marcelo A. Wood;Michael P. Kaplan;Alice Park;Edward J. Blanchard

  • Replacement of microglia in the aged brain reverses cognitive, synaptic, and neuronal deficits in mice.

    Monica R. P. Elmore;Lindsay A. Hohsfield;Enikö A. Kramár;Lilach Soreq;Lilach Soreq

  • Systematic phenotyping and characterization of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

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  • Beyond Transcription Factors: The Role of Chromatin Modifying Enzymes in Regulating Transcription Required for Memory.

    Ruth M. Barrett;Marcelo A. Wood

  • Systemic or Intrahippocampal Delivery of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Facilitates Fear Extinction

    K. Matthew Lattal;Ruth M. Barrett;Marcelo A. Wood

  • Membrane-associated glucocorticoid activity is necessary for modulation of long-term memory via chromatin modification

    Benno Roozendaal;Angelina Hernandez;Sara M. Cabrera;Roelina Hagewoud

  • The neuron-specific chromatin regulatory subunit BAF53b is necessary for synaptic plasticity and memory.

    Annie Vogel-Ciernia;Dina P. Matheos;Ruth M. Barrett;Enikoe A. Kramar

  • Hippocampal Focal Knockout of CBP Affects Specific Histone Modifications, Long-Term Potentiation, and Long-Term Memory

    Ruth M Barrett;Melissa Malvaez;Eniko Kramar;Dina P Matheos

  • Epigenetics in the nervous system.

    Yan Jiang;Brett Langley;Farah D. Lubin;William Renthal

  • HDAC inhibition modulates hippocampus-dependent long-term memory for object location in a CBP-dependent manner

    Jakob Haettig;Daniel P. Stefanko;Monica L. Multani;Dario X. Figueroa

  • BAF53 Forms Distinct Nuclear Complexes and Functions as a Critical c-Myc-Interacting Nuclear Cofactor for Oncogenic Transformation

    Jeonghyeon Park;Marcelo A. Wood;Michael D. Cole

  • A Transcription Factor-Binding Domain of the Coactivator CBP Is Essential for Long-Term Memory and the Expression of Specific Target Genes.

    Marcelo A. Wood;Michelle A. Attner;Ana M.M. Oliveira;Paul K. Brindle

  • Transgenic mice expressing an inhibitory truncated form of p300 exhibit long-term memory deficits.

    Ana M.M. Oliveira;Marcelo A. Wood;Conor B. McDonough;Ted Abel

Frequent Co-Authors

Enikö A. Kramár
Enikö A. Kramár University of California, Irvine
Ted Abel
Ted Abel University of Iowa
Kim N. Green
Kim N. Green University of California, Irvine
K. Matthew Lattal
K. Matthew Lattal Oregon Health & Science University
Schahram Akbarian
Schahram Akbarian Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bruce T. Lamb
Bruce T. Lamb Indiana University
Gareth R. Howell
Gareth R. Howell The Jackson Laboratory
Timothy W. Bredy
Timothy W. Bredy University of Queensland
Rachael L. Neve
Rachael L. Neve Harvard University
Terence P. Speed
Terence P. Speed Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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