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Overview

Nancy R. Zahniser was affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields centered primarily on neuroscience and engineering disciplines.

The main fields of study in Zahniser's work included:

  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering

Within these broader areas, their research delved into specific subfields such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their work focused on key scientific topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Among their recent publications, Zahniser contributed to research on dopamine monitoring techniques. One notable paper is titled Tonic and Phasic Amperometric Monitoring of Dopamine Using Microelectrode Arrays in Rat Striatum, published in 2020 by the journal Applied Sciences. This paper addressed methodologies for measuring dopamine dynamics using microelectrode array technology.

Frequent collaborators throughout their research included:

  • Martin Lundblad
  • David A. Price
  • Jason J. Burmeister
  • Jorge E. Quintero
  • Peter Huettl

All listed coauthors were involved in at least one joint publication with Zahniser, indicating a collaborative approach within multidisciplinary teams.

Zahniser's publications appeared predominantly in the journal Applied Sciences, marking it as a frequent venue for disseminating their research findings.

Best Publications

  • Multiple Ionic Conductances of the Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions of Dopamine and Psychostimulants

    Mark S. Sonders;Si-Jia Zhu;Nancy R. Zahniser;Michael P. Kavanaugh

  • Chronic and acute regulation of Na+/Cl- -dependent neurotransmitter transporters: drugs, substrates, presynaptic receptors, and signaling systems.

    Nancy R Zahniser;Suzanne Doolen

  • Maintenance of late-phase LTP is accompanied by PKA-dependent increase in AMPA receptor synthesis

    Asha Nayak;Devon J. Zastrow;Ronald Lickteig;Nancy R. Zahniser

  • Dopamine D2 Receptor‐Deficient Mice Exhibit Decreased Dopamine Transporter Function but No Changes in Dopamine Release in Dorsal Striatum

    Shelly D. Dickinson;Jilla Sabeti;Gaynor A. Larson;Karen Giardina

  • Oligomerization of Dopamine Transporters Visualized in Living Cells by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Microscopy

    Tatiana Sorkina;Suzanne Doolen;Emilia Galperin;Nancy R. Zahniser

  • Persistence of neurochemical changes in dopamine systems after repeated cocaine administration.

    J. Peris;S. J. Boyson;W. A. Cass;P. Curella

  • Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Differentially Affect Dopamine Transporters in Vitro and in Vivo

    J. Shawn Goodwin;Gaynor A. Larson;Jarod Swant;Namita Sen

  • Effect of guanine nucleotides on striatal dopamine receptors

    Nancy R. Zahniser;Perry B. Molinoff

  • Constitutive and protein kinase C-induced internalization of the dopamine transporter is mediated by a clathrin-dependent mechanism.

    Tatiana Sorkina;Brian R. Hoover;Nancy R. Zahniser;Alexander Sorkin

  • DAT isn't all that: cocaine reward and reinforcement require Toll-like receptor 4 signaling.

    A L Northcutt;M R Hutchinson;X Wang;M V Baratta

  • RNA Interference Screen Reveals an Essential Role of Nedd4–2 in Dopamine Transporter Ubiquitination and Endocytosis

    Tatiana Sorkina;Manuel Miranda;Kalen R. Dionne;Brian R. Hoover

  • Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts into dopaminergic neuron-like cells.

    Xinjian Liu;Xinjian Liu;Fang Li;Elizabeth A. Stubblefield;Barbara Blanchard

  • Clearance of exogenous dopamine in rat dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens: role of metabolism and effects of locally applied uptake inhibitors.

    Wayne A. Cass;Nancy R. Zahniser;Karen A. Flach;Greg A. Gerhardt

  • Differences in dopamine clearance and diffusion in rat striatum and nucleus accumbens following systemic cocaine administration.

    Wayne A. Cass;Greg A. Gerhardt;R. Dayne Mayfield;Pamela Curella

  • Activation of protein kinase C inhibits uptake, currents and binding associated with the human dopamine transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    Si-Jia Zhu;Michael P. Kavanaugh;Mark S. Sonders;Susan G. Amara

  • Effects of the selective adenosine A2 receptor agonist CGS 21680 on in vitro electrophysiology, cAMP formation and dopamine release in rat hippocampus and striatum.

    C R Lupica;W A Cass;N R Zahniser;T V Dunwiddie

  • Binding characteristics of the dopamine uptake inhibitor [3H]nomifensine to striatal membranes☆

    Margarita L. Dubocovich;Nancy R. Zahniser

  • Rapid regulation of the dopamine transporter: role in stimulant addiction?

    Nancy R. Zahniser;Alexander Sorkin

  • Adenosine A2a receptor modulation of electrically evoked endogenous GABA release from slices of rat globus pallidus.

    Roy D Mayfield;Fumio Suzuki;Nancy R. Zahniser

  • In vivo dopamine clearance rate in rat striatum: regulation by extracellular dopamine concentration and dopamine transporter inhibitors.

    Nancy R. Zahniser;Gaynor A. Larson;Greg A. Gerhardt

  • Opposing actions of adenosine A2a and dopamine D2 receptor activation on GABA release in the basal ganglia: Evidence for an A2a/D2 receptor interaction in globus pallidus

    R. Dayne Mayfield;Gaynor Larson;Richard A. Orona;Nancy R. Zahniser

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg A. Gerhardt
Greg A. Gerhardt University of Kentucky
Thomas V. Dunwiddie
Thomas V. Dunwiddie University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Wayne A. Cass
Wayne A. Cass University of Kentucky
Linda P. Dwoskin
Linda P. Dwoskin University of Kentucky
Paula C. Bickford
Paula C. Bickford University of South Florida
James M. Sikela
James M. Sikela University of Colorado Denver
Carl R. Lupica
Carl R. Lupica National Institute on Drug Abuse
Thomas E. Johnson
Thomas E. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Susan Schenk
Susan Schenk Victoria University of Wellington
David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University

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