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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael J. Zigmond is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with particular attention to Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Michael J. Zigmond has contributed to several research publications, including the following papers:

  • Protection of dopamine neurons by CDNF and neurturin variant N4 against MPP+ in dissociated cultures from rat mesencephalon, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Neuroanatomical and neurochemical effects of prolonged social isolation in adult mice, 2023, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Oleh Hornykiewicz: A Giant who Transformed Neuroscience over a 70-Year Career, 2020, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neurobiological and Behavioral Characterization of Adult Male and Female Mice in Prolonged Social Isolation, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The venues where their work has frequently been published include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Vibol Heng
  • Richard J. Smeyne
  • Juliann D. Jaumotte
  • Märt Saarma
  • Rae Nishi

Michael J. Zigmond was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Akt Promotes Cell Survival by Phosphorylating and Inhibiting a Forkhead Transcription Factor

    Anne Brunet;Azad Bonni;Michael J Zigmond;Michael Z Lin

  • Differential Effect of Stress on In Vivo Dopamine Release in Striatum, Nucleus Accumbens, and Medial Frontal Cortex

    Elizabeth D. Abercrombie;Kristen A. Keefe;Daniel S. DiFrischia;Michael J. Zigmond

  • Neurobiology of exercise.

    Rod K. Dishman;Hans Rudolf Berthoud;Frank W. Booth;Carl W. Cotman

  • A Role for α-Synuclein in the Regulation of Dopamine Biosynthesis

    Ruth G. Perez;Jack C. Waymire;Eva Lin;Jen J. Liu

  • Compensations after lesions of central dopaminergic neurons: some clinical and basic implications.

    Michael J. Zigmond;Elizabeth D. Abercrombie;Theodore W. Berger;Anthony A. Grace

  • Role of oxidation in the neurotoxic effects of intrastriatal dopamine injections.

    Teresa G. Hastings;David A. Lewis;Michael J. Zigmond

  • Increased dopamine and norepinephrine release in medial prefrontal cortex induced by acute and chronic stress: effects of diazepam

    J.M. Finlay;M.J. Zigmond;E.D. Abercrombie

  • RECOVERY OF FUNCTION AFTER DAMAGE TO CENTRAL CATECHOLAMINE-CONTAINING NEURONS: A NEUROCHEMICAL MODEL FOR THE LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME

    Em Stricker;Zigmond Mj

  • Forced Limb-Use Effects on the Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of 6-Hydroxydopamine

    Jennifer L. Tillerson;Ann D. Cohen;Jennifer Philhower;Gary W. Miller

  • Characterization of hippocampal norepinephrine release as measured by microdialysis perfusion: Pharmacological and behavioral studies

    Elizabeth Abercrombie;R. W. Keller;M. J. Zigmond

  • Effects of L-dopa on extracellular dopamine in striatum of normal and 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats.

    Elizabeth D. Abercrombie;Alfred E. Bonatz;Michael J. Zigmond

  • Neurochemical Compensation After Nigrostriatal Bundle Injury in an Animal Model of Preclinical Parkinsonism

    Michael J. Zigmond;Ann L. Acheson;Michal K. Stachowiak;Edward M. Strickerm

  • Deficits in Feeding Behavior after Intraventricular Injection of 6-Hydroxydopamine in Rats

    Michael J. Zigmond;Edward M. Stricker

  • Prior exposure to chronic stress results in enhanced synthesis and release of hippocampal norepinephrine in response to a novel stressor

    Laura K. Nisenbaum;Michael J. Zigmond;Alan F. Sved;Elizabeth D. Abercrombie

  • Local Influence of Endogenous Norepinephrine on Extracellular Dopamine in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Paul J. Gresch;Alan F. Sved;Michael J. Zigmond;Janet M. Finlay

  • Neuroprotective effects of prior limb use in 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats: possible role of GDNF.

    Ann D. Cohen;Ann D. Cohen;Jennifer L. Tillerson;Amanda D. Smith;Timothy J Schallert;Timothy J Schallert

  • Recovery of Feeding and Drinking by Rats after Intraventricular 6-Hydroxydopamine or Lateral Hypothalamic Lesions

    Michael J. Zigmond;Edward M. Stricker

  • Can the brain be protected through exercise? Lessons from an animal model of parkinsonism.

    Amanda D Smith;Michael J Zigmond

  • Sprouting of serotoninergic afferents into striatum after dopamine-depleting lesions in infant rats: a retrograde transport and immunocytochemical study.

    Abigail M. Snyder;Michael J. Zigmond;Raymond D. Lund

  • Apparent sprouting of striatal serotonergic terminals after dopamine-depleting brain lesions in neonatal rats

    Michal K. Stachowiak;John P. Bruno;Abigail M. Snyder;Edward M. Stricker

  • Neurobiology of exercise

    R. K. Dishman;H. R. Berthoud;F. W. Booth;C. W. Cotman

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward M. Stricker
Edward M. Stricker University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth D. Abercrombie
Elizabeth D. Abercrombie Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michal K. Stachowiak
Michal K. Stachowiak University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Teresa G. Hastings
Teresa G. Hastings University of Pittsburgh
Theodore W. Berger
Theodore W. Berger University of Southern California
Alan F. Sved
Alan F. Sved University of Pittsburgh
Richard J. Smeyne
Richard J. Smeyne Thomas Jefferson University
Clayton A. Wiley
Clayton A. Wiley University of Pittsburgh
Timothy J Schallert
Timothy J Schallert The University of Texas at Austin
Chester A. Mathis
Chester A. Mathis University of Pittsburgh

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