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Overview

Michael O. Poulter was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily centered on neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience as subfields. The main topics addressed in their work included neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and memory and neural mechanisms.

The scientist published multiple papers in recognized venues. Notable publications include:

  • "Changes in the Proportion of Inhibitory Interneuron Types from Sensory to Executive Areas of the Primate Neocortex: Implications for the Origins of Working Memory Representations" (2020), published in Cerebral Cortex
  • "CRF receptor 1 regulates anxiety behavior via sensitization of 5-HT2 receptor signaling" (2020), published in UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors working with Michael O. Poulter were Santiago Torres-Gomez, Jackson D. Blonde, Diego Mendoza-Halliday, Eric S. Kuebler, and Michelle Everest. These collaborations contributed to the breadth of their research output.

The venues where Michael O. Poulter most often published included:

  • Cerebral Cortex
  • UNC Libraries

The research spanned the following scientific themes:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms

Throughout their career, Michael O. Poulter contributed to the advancement of understanding in neuroscience, focusing on mechanisms underlying cognition and anxiety behavior. Their work involved investigation into inhibitory interneuron types in primate neocortex and receptor regulation affecting behavior.

Best Publications

  • Dysregulation in the Suicide Brain: mRNA Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors and GABAA Receptor Subunits in Frontal Cortical Brain Region

    Zul Merali;Lisheng Du;Pavel Hrdina;Miklos Palkovits

  • The pathogenesis of clinical depression: stressor- and cytokine-induced alterations of neuroplasticity.

    Shawn Hayley;M.O. Poulter;Z. Merali;Hymie Anisman;Hymie Anisman

  • GABAA receptor promoter hypermethylation in suicide brain: implications for the involvement of epigenetic processes

    Michael O. Poulter;Michael O. Poulter;Lisheng Du;Ian C.G. Weaver;Miklós Palkovits

  • Cytokines as a precipitant of depressive illness: animal and human studies.

    Hymie Anisman;Zul Merali;Michael O. Poulter;Shawn Hayley

  • Differential and transient expression of GABAA receptor alpha-subunit mRNAs in the developing rat CNS.

    MO Poulter;JL Barker;AM O'Carroll;SJ Lolait

  • CRF receptor 1 regulates anxiety behavior via sensitization of 5-HT2 receptor signaling

    Ana C. Magalhaes;Kevin D. Holmes;Lianne B. Dale;Laetitia Comps-Agrar

  • Ontogeny of GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in rat spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia.

    Wu Ma;Paul A. Saunders;Roland Somogyi;Michael O. Poulter

  • Kindling: some old and some new.

    Dan C McIntyre;Michael O Poulter;Krista Gilby

  • Neuroinflammatory targets and treatments for epilepsy validated in experimental models

    Eleonora Aronica;Sebastian Bauer;Yuri Bozzi;Yuri Bozzi;Matteo Caleo

  • Serotonin receptor subtype and p11 mRNA expression in stress-relevant brain regions of suicide and control subjects.

    Hymie Anisman;Lisheng Du;Miklos Palkovits;Gabor Faludi

  • Corticotropin-releasing hormone, arginine vasopressin, gastrin-releasing peptide, and neuromedin B alterations in stress-relevant brain regions of suicides and control subjects.

    Zul Merali;Pamela Kent;Lisheng Du;Pavel Hrdina

  • Puma Is a Dominant Regulator of Oxidative Stress Induced Bax Activation and Neuronal Apoptosis

    Diana Steckley;Meera Karajgikar;Lianne B Dale;Ben Fuerth

  • Differential expression of alpha1, alpha2, alpha3, and alpha5 GABAA receptor subunits in seizure-prone and seizure-resistant rat models of temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Michael O. Poulter;Leslie A. Brown;Stephen Tynan;Gordon Willick

  • Synergistic and additive actions of a psychosocial stressor and endotoxin challenge: Circulating and brain cytokines, plasma corticosterone and behavioral changes in mice.

    Julie Gibb;Shawn Hayley;Reno Gandhi;Michael O. Poulter

  • Depolarizing GABA-activated Cl- channels in embryonic rat spinal and olfactory bulb cells.

    R Serafini;A Y Valeyev;J L Barker;M O Poulter

  • Muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ influx in transfected fibroblast cells is independent of inositol phosphates and release of intracellular Ca2+

    Christian C. Felder;Michael O. Poulter;Jurgen Wess

  • Developmental change in GABAA receptor desensitization kinetics and its role in synapse function in rat cortical neurons

    Bruce Hutcheon;Paul Morley;Michael O. Poulter

  • Evidence that GABAA receptor subunit mRNA expression during development is regulated by GABAA receptor stimulation.

    Michael O. Poulter;Lillith Ohannesian;Yves Larmet;Paul Feltz

  • Effects of stressors and immune activating agents on peripheral and central cytokines in mouse strains that differ in stressor responsivity.

    Julie Gibb;Shawn Hayley;Michael O. Poulter;Hymie Anisman

  • Ral and Phospholipase D2-Dependent Pathway for Constitutive Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Endocytosis

    Moshmi Bhattacharya;Andy V. Babwah;Christina Godin;Pieter H. Anborgh

  • Co-existent expression of GABAA receptorβ2, β3 andγ2 subunit messenger RNAs during embryogenesis and early postnatal development of the rat central nervous system

    M O Poulter;J L Barker;A M O'Carroll;S J Lolait

Frequent Co-Authors

Zul Merali
Zul Merali University of Ottawa
Hymie Anisman
Hymie Anisman Carleton University
Miklós Palkovits
Miklós Palkovits Semmelweis University
Dan C. McIntyre
Dan C. McIntyre Carleton University
Jeffery L. Barker
Jeffery L. Barker National Institutes of Health
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo University of Western Ontario
Peter L. Carlen
Peter L. Carlen University Health Network
Rajni V. Patel
Rajni V. Patel University of Western Ontario
James N. Reynolds
James N. Reynolds Queen's University
James H. Eubanks
James H. Eubanks University Health Network

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