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Nicholas Dale is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience; and Medicine, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, notably Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Connexins and lens biology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Heat shock proteins research, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide.

Recent publications include:

  • "Adenosine signalling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function", 2024, published in Nature
  • "Hypothalamic tanycytes generate acute hyperphagia through activation of the arcuate neuronal network", 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Conformational changes and CO2-induced channel gating in connexin26", 2022, published in Structure
  • "Connexin26 mediates CO2-dependent regulation of breathing via glial cells of the medulla oblongata", 2020, published in Communications Biology
  • "Elevated blood purine levels as a biomarker of seizures and epilepsy", 2021, published in Epilepsia

Frequent co-authors include Sarbjit Nijjar, Jack Butler, Amol Bhandare, Deborah H. Brotherton, and Alexander D. Cameron.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Physiology, eLife, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, and Nature.

Best Publications

  • ATP is a mediator of chemosensory transduction in the central nervous system

    Alexander V. Gourine;Enrique Llaudet;Nicholas Dale;K. Michael Spyer

  • Dual-component amino-acid-mediated synaptic potentials: excitatory drive for swimming in Xenopus embryos.

    N Dale;A Roberts

  • ATP Released via Gap Junction Hemichannels from the Pigment Epithelium Regulates Neural Retinal Progenitor Proliferation

    Rachael A. Pearson;Nicholas Dale;Enrique Llaudet;Peter Mobbs

  • Hypothalamic tanycytes: potential roles in the control of feeding and energy balance

    Matei Bolborea;Nicholas Dale

  • Microelectrode biosensor for real-time measurement of ATP in biological tissue.

    Enrique Llaudet;Sonja Hatz;Magali Droniou;Nicholas Dale

  • Receptors, ion channels and synaptic potentials underlying the integrative actions of excitatory amino acids

    Amy B. MacDermott;Nicholas Dale

  • Roles of PKA and PKC in facilitation of evoked and spontaneous transmitter release at depressed and nondepressed synapses in Aplysia sensory neurons.

    Mirella Ghirardi;Orit Braha;Binyamin Hochner;Pier Giorgio Montarolo

  • Temporal and mechanistic dissociation of ATP and adenosine release during ischaemia in the mammalian hippocampus.

    Bruno G Frenguelli;Geoffrey Wigmore;Enrique Llaudet;Nicholas Dale

  • Release of Adenosine and ATP During Ischemia and Epilepsy

    Nicholas Dale;Bruno G Frenguelli

  • Connexin hemichannel-mediated CO2-dependent release of ATP in the medulla oblongata contributes to central respiratory chemosensitivity

    Robert T. R. Huckstepp;Rachid Id Bihi;Robert Eason;K. Michael Spyer

  • Direct measurement of adenosine release during hypoxia in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampal slice

    Nicholas Dale;Tim Pearson;Bruno G. Frenguelli

  • ATP-mediated glucosensing by hypothalamic tanycytes

    Cameron Frayling;Ruth Britton;Nicholas Dale

  • AICA riboside both activates AMP-activated protein kinase and competes with adenosine for the nucleoside transporter in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus.

    Anne E. Gadalla;Tim Pearson;Ailsa J. Currie;Nicholas Dale

  • Release of ATP in the ventral medulla during hypoxia in rats : Role in hypoxic ventilatory response

    Alexander V. Gourine;Enrique Llaudet;Nicholas Dale;K. Michael Spyer

  • Excitatory amino acid receptors in Xenopus embryo spinal cord and their role in the activation of swimming.

    N Dale;A Roberts

  • Second messengers involved in the two processes of presynaptic facilitation that contribute to sensitization and dishabituation in Aplysia sensory neurons.

    O Braha;N Dale;B Hochner;M Klein

  • L-glutamate may be the fast excitatory transmitter of Aplysia sensory neurons

    Nicholas Dale;Eric R. Kandel

  • The early development of neurons with GABA immunoreactivity in the CNS of Xenopus laevis embryos.

    Alan Roberts;N. Dale;O. P. Ottersen;J. Storm-Mathisen

  • Contributions of two types of calcium channels to synaptic transmission and plasticity.

    Brian Edmonds;Marc Klein;Nicholas Dale;Eric R. Kandel

  • Serotonin produces long-term changes in the excitability of Aplysia sensory neurons in culture that depend on new protein synthesis.

    N Dale;ER Kandel;S Schacher

  • Reciprocal inhibitory interneurones in the Xenopus embryo spinal cord.

    N Dale

  • Regulation of rhythmic movements by purinergic neurotransmitters in frog embryos

    Nicholas Dale;Deborah Gilday

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander V. Gourine
Alexander V. Gourine University College London
Alan Roberts
Alan Roberts University of Bristol
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Ole Petter Ottersen
Ole Petter Ottersen University of Oslo
Lennart Brodin
Lennart Brodin Karolinska Institute
Binyamin Hochner
Binyamin Hochner Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Andrea Volterra
Andrea Volterra University of Lausanne
Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Allen A. Fienberg
Allen A. Fienberg Rockefeller University

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