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Martin J. Kelly is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research focuses primarily on Reproductive Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Kelly has published numerous papers, with recent contributions such as:

  • Hypothalamic Kisspeptin Neurons and the Control of Homeostasis, 2021, Endocrinology
  • Arcuate and Preoptic Kisspeptin Neurons Exhibit Differential Projections to Hypothalamic Nuclei and Exert Opposite Postsynaptic Effects on Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Dorsomedial Nuclei in the Female Mouse, 2021, eNeuro
  • CRISPR knockdown of Kcnq3 attenuates the M-current and increases excitability of NPY/AgRP neurons to alter energy balance, 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • Estrogenic regulation of reproduction and energy homeostasis by a triumvirate of hypothalamic arcuate neurons, 2022, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • The novel estrogen receptor modulator STX attenuates Amyloid-β neurotoxicity in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Neurobiology of Disease

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Oline K. Rønnekleiv
  • Todd L. Stincic
  • Jian Qiu
  • Martha A. Bosch
  • Larry S. Zweifel

Kelly has published often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Endocrinology
  • Molecular Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Rapid actions of plasma membrane estrogen receptors

    Martin J Kelly;Ellis R Levin

  • Rapid signaling of estrogen in hypothalamic neurons involves a novel G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor that activates protein kinase C

    Jian Qiu;Martha A. Bosch;Sandra C. Tobias;David K. Grandy

  • Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons Are Glucose Responsive and Express KATP Channels

    Nurhadi Ibrahim;Martha A. Bosch;James L. Smart;Jian Qiu

  • Estrogen Modulation of G-protein-coupled Receptors

    Martin J Kelly;Edward J Wagner

  • Agouti-related peptide neural circuits mediate adaptive behaviors in the starved state

    Stephanie L Padilla;Jian Qiu;Marta E Soden;Elisenda Sanz

  • Rapid effects of estrogen to modulate G protein-coupled receptors via activation of protein kinase A and protein kinase C pathways.

    Martin J Kelly;Andre H Lagrange;Edward J Wagner;Oline K Rønnekleiv

  • GPR30 Contributes to Estrogen-Induced Thymic Atrophy

    Chunhe Wang;Babak Dehghani;Babak Dehghani;I. Jack Magrisso;I. Jack Magrisso;Elizabeth A. Rick

  • The effects of microelectrophoretically applied estrogen, cortisol and acetylcholine on medial preoptic-septal unit activity throughout the estrous cycle of the female rat.

    M. J. Kelly;R. L. Moss;C. A. Dudley

  • Kisspeptin Depolarizes Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons through Activation of TRPC-Like Cationic Channels

    Chunguang Zhang;Troy A. Roepke;Martin J. Kelly;Oline K. Rønnekleiv

  • A G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Is Involved in Hypothalamic Control of Energy Homeostasis

    Jian Qiu;Martha A. Bosch;Sandra C. Tobias;Andree Krust

  • Estradiol-17 beta and mu-opioid peptides rapidly hyperpolarize GnRH neurons: a cellular mechanism of negative feedback?

    Andre H. Lagrange;Oline K. Rønnekleiv;Martin J. Kelly

  • Differential sensitivity of preoptic-septal neurons to microelectrophoressed estrogen during the estrous cycle

    M.J. Kelly;R.L. Moss;C.A. Dudley

  • Modulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors by an Estrogen Receptor that Activates Protein Kinase A

    Andre H. Lagrange;Oline K. Rønnekleiv;Martin J. Kelly

  • Leptin Excites Proopiomelanocortin Neurons via Activation of TRPC Channels

    Jian Qiu;Yuan Fang;Oline K. Rønnekleiv;Martin J. Kelly

  • Insulin excites anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin neurons via activation of canonical transient receptor potential channels.

    Jian Qiu;Chunguang Zhang;Amanda Borgquist;Casey C Nestor

  • Estrogen suppresses mu-opioid- and GABAB-mediated hyperpolarization of hypothalamic arcuate neurons

    MJ Kelly;Loose;OK Ronnekleiv

  • High-frequency stimulation-induced peptide release synchronizes arcuate kisspeptin neurons and excites GnRH neurons

    Jian Qiu;Casey C Nestor;Chunguang Zhang;Stephanie L Padilla

  • The specificity of the response of preoptic-septal area neurons to estrogen: 17α-estradiol versus 17β-estradiol and the response of extrahypothalamic neurons

    M. J. Kelly;R. L. Moss;C. A. Dudley;C. P. Fawcett

  • AgRP to Kiss1 neuron signaling links nutritional state and fertility.

    Stephanie L. Padilla;Jian Qiu;Casey C Nestor;Chunguang Zhang

  • Estrogen modulation of hypothalamic neurons: Activation of multiple signaling pathways and gene expression changes

    Anna Malyala;Martin J. Kelly;Oline K. Rønnekleiv

Frequent Co-Authors

Oline K. Rønnekleiv
Oline K. Rønnekleiv Oregon Health & Science University
Richard D. Palmiter
Richard D. Palmiter University of Washington
David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University
Stafford L. Lightman
Stafford L. Lightman University of Bristol
Robert A. Steiner
Robert A. Steiner University of Washington
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Larry S. Zweifel
Larry S. Zweifel University of Washington
Robert L. Goodman
Robert L. Goodman West Virginia University
Charles E. Roselli
Charles E. Roselli Oregon Health & Science University
Robert Eskay
Robert Eskay National Institutes of Health

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