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Overview

Mark A. Ungless is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Ungless's work deeply intersects several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Social Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's research covers significant topics such as Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Mental Health via Writing, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA Research and Splicing, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Digital Mental Health Interventions, and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Recent publications reflect the range and focus of their research:

  • "Cell-type specialization is encoded by specific chromatin topologies" (2021, Nature)
  • "Reproducing the dopamine pathophysiology of schizophrenia and approaches to ameliorate it: a translational imaging study with ketamine" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Listening to Mental Health Crisis Needs at Scale: Using Natural Language Processing to Understand and Evaluate a Mental Health Crisis Text Messaging Service" (2021, Frontiers in Digital Health)
  • "Tonic GABAergic inhibition, via GABA A receptors containing αβƐ subunits, regulates excitability of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons" (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Cell-type specialization in the brain is encoded by specific long-range chromatin topologies" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ungless include:

  • Eleanor J. Paul
  • Kyoko Tossell
  • Warren Winick-Ng
  • Alexander Kukalev
  • Dominik Szabó

Publication venues regularly featuring Ungless's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Digital Health

Best Publications

  • Single cocaine exposure in vivo induces long-term potentiation in dopamine neurons

    Mark A. Ungless;Jennifer L. Whistler;Robert C. Malenka;Antonello Bonci

  • Phasic excitation of dopamine neurons in ventral VTA by noxious stimuli

    Frédéric Brischoux;Subhojit Chakraborty;Daniel I. Brierley;Mark A. Ungless

  • Uniform inhibition of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area by aversive stimuli.

    Mark A. Ungless;Peter J. Magill;J. Paul Bolam

  • Stereological estimates of dopaminergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra and retrorubral field in the rat.

    Radha Goh Nair-Roberts;S. D. Chatelain-Badie;E. Benson;Helen White-Cooper

  • Are you or aren't you? Challenges associated with physiologically identifying dopamine neurons.

    Mark A. Ungless;Anthony A. Grace

  • Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons Represent the Experience of Social Isolation

    Gillian A. Matthews;Gillian A. Matthews;Edward H. Nieh;Caitlin M. Vander Weele;Sarah A. Halbert

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor requires CRF binding protein to potentiate NMDA receptors via CRF receptor 2 in dopamine neurons.

    Mark A Ungless;Vineeta Singh;Tara L Crowder;Rami Yaka

  • The mechanistic classification of addictive drugs.

    Christian Lüscher;Mark A Ungless

  • Dopaminergic basis of salience dysregulation in psychosis

    Toby T. Winton-Brown;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Mark A. Ungless;Oliver D. Howes;Oliver D. Howes

  • Dopamine: the salient issue

    Mark A. Ungless

  • Effects of stress and aversion on dopamine neurons: Implications for addiction

    Mark A. Ungless;Emanuela Argilli;Antonello Bonci

  • Activin A directs striatal projection neuron differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells

    Charles Arber;Sophie V. Precious;Serafí Cambray;Jessica R. Risner-Janiczek

  • Long-lasting potentiation of GABAergic synapses in dopamine neurons after a single in vivo ethanol exposure.

    Miriam Melis;Rosana Camarini;Mark A. Ungless;Antonello Bonci

  • Tumour compartment transcriptomics demonstrates the activation of inflammatory and odontogenic programmes in human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and identifies the MAPK/ERK pathway as a novel therapeutic target

    John R. Apps;John R. Apps;Gabriela Carreno;Jose Mario Gonzalez-Meljem;Scott Haston

  • Structural correlates of heterogeneous in vivo activity of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

    Pablo Henny;Pablo Henny;Matthew T C Brown;Matthew T C Brown;Augustus Northrop;Macarena Faunes

  • GABAergic neuron distribution in the pedunculopontine nucleus defines functional subterritories.

    Juan Mena-Segovia;B. R. Micklem;R. G. Nair-Roberts;M. A. Ungless

  • Phasic responses in dorsal raphe serotonin neurons to noxious stimuli.

    J.V. Schweimer;M.A. Ungless

  • Temporally controlled modulation of FGF/ERK signaling directs midbrain dopaminergic neural progenitor fate in mouse and human pluripotent stem cells

    Ines Jaeger;Charles Arber;Jessica R. Risner-Janiczek;Judit Kuechler

  • Convergent actions of orexin/hypocretin and CRF on dopamine neurons: Emerging players in addiction

    Stephanie L. Borgland;Mark A. Ungless;Antonello Bonci

  • Reproducing the dopamine pathophysiology of schizophrenia and approaches to ameliorate it: a translational imaging study with ketamine.

    Michelle Kokkinou;Elaine E Irvine;David R Bonsall;Sridhar Natesan

  • Modulation of SF1 Neuron Activity Coordinately Regulates Both Feeding Behavior and Associated Emotional States

    Paulius Viskaitis;Elaine E. Irvine;Mark A. Smith;Agharul I. Choudhury

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Peter J. Magill
Peter J. Magill University of Oxford
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge
Hywel Williams
Hywel Williams University College London
J. P. Bolam
J. P. Bolam University of Oxford
Christian F. Beckmann
Christian F. Beckmann Radboud University
J. Paul Bolam
J. Paul Bolam University of Oxford
Kay M. Tye
Kay M. Tye Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Mattia Veronese
Mattia Veronese King's College London
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London

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