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Overview

Nicole Mons is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and focuses on research within the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their main areas of study encompass neurology, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, molecular biology, and developmental neuroscience.

The primary research topics covered by Nicole Mons include:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Prenatal substance exposure effects
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Recent publications showcase their work on memory consolidation, alcohol withdrawal, and stress-related impairments. Notable papers include:

  • "The histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferase G9a/GLP complex activity is required for long-term consolidation of spatial memory in mice," 2021, published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • "Acute pre-learning stress selectively impairs hippocampus-dependent fear memory consolidation: Behavioral and molecular evidence," 2022, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • "Preventive Effects of Baclofen but Not Diazepam on Hippocampal Memory and Glucocorticoid Alterations After Prolonged Alcohol Withdrawal in Mice," 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Chronic alcohol-induced long-lasting working memory deficits are associated with altered histone H3K9 dimethylation in the prefrontal cortex," 2024, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Baclofen treatment prevents persistent working memory deficits induced by alcohol withdrawal through restoration of histone H3 methylation in mice," 2023, Research Square

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nicole Mons include Mael De Clerck, Martin Manguin, Daniel Béracochéa, Kyrian Nicolay-Kritter, and Jordan Lassalle.

Their work is predominantly published in the following venues:

  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Adenylyl cyclases and the interaction between calcium and cAMP signalling

    Dermot M. F. Cooper;Nicole Mons;Nicole Mons;Jeffrey W. Karpen

  • Dopamine synaptic complex with pyramidal neurons in primate cerebral cortex.

    P S Goldman-Rakic;C Leranth;S M Williams;N Mons

  • Type VIII adenylyl cyclase. A Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated enzyme expressed in discrete regions of rat brain.

    J. J. Cali;J. C. Zwaagstra;N. Mons;D. M. F. Cooper

  • Glucocorticoids can induce PTSD-like memory impairments in mice.

    Nadia Kaouane;Yves Porte;Yves Porte;Monique Vallée;Monique Vallée;Laurent Brayda-Bruno;Laurent Brayda-Bruno;Laurent Brayda-Bruno

  • Extinction of auditory fear conditioning requires MAPK/ERK activation in the basolateral amygdala

    Cyril Herry;Pierre Trifilieff;Jacques Micheau;Andreas Lüthi

  • Resistance to extinction is associated with impaired immediate early gene induction in medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala.

    Cyril Herry;Nicole Mons

  • Foreground Contextual Fear Memory Consolidation Requires Two Independent Phases of Hippocampal ERK/CREB Activation.

    Pierre Trifilieff;Cyril Herry;Peter Vanhoutte;Jocelyne Caboche

  • Adenylate cyclases: critical foci in neuronal signaling

    Nicole Mons;Dermot M.F. Cooper

  • Immunohistochemical localization of adenylyl cyclase in rat brain indicates a highly selective concentration at synapses

    N. Mons;A. Harry;P. Dubourg;R. T. Premont

  • Host afferents into intrastriatal transplants of fetal ventral mesencephalon

    G. Doucet;Y. Murata;P. Brundin;O. Bosler

  • l-DOPA-immunoreactive neurons in the rat hypothalamic tuberal region

    H. Okamura;K. Kitahama;N. Mons;Y. Ibata

  • Retinoid Hyposignaling Contributes to Aging-Related Decline in Hippocampal Function in Short-Term/Working Memory Organization and Long-Term Declarative Memory Encoding in Mice

    Frédérique Mingaud;Cécile Mormede;Nicole Etchamendy;Nicole Mons

  • Dependence of the Ca2+-inhibitable Adenylyl Cyclase of C6–2B Glioma Cells on Capacitative Ca2+ Entry

    Kent A. Fagan;Nicole Mons;Dermot M.F. Cooper

  • Specific antisera against the catecholamines: L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopamine, noradrenaline, and octopamine tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

    Nicole Mons;Michel Geffard

  • Selective expression of one Ca2+-inhibitable adenylyl cyclase in dopaminergically innervated rat brain regions

    Nicole Mons;Dermot M.F Cooper

  • Ca2+-sensitive adenylyl cyclases, key integrators of cellular signalling

    N. Mons;L. Decorte;R. Jaffard;D. M. F. Cooper

  • Discrete expression of Ca2+/calmodulin‐sensitive and Ca2+ ‐insensitive adenylyl cyclases in the rat brain

    Nicole Mons;Nicole Mons;Masami Yoshimura;Dermot M. F. Cooper

  • Alteration of CREB phosphorylation and spatial memory deficits in aged 129T2/Sv mice.

    Yves Porte;Marie-Christine Buhot;Nicole Mons

  • The characterization of a novel human adenylyl cyclase which is present in brain and other tissues

    K. Hellevuo;M. Yoshimura;N. Mons;P. L. Hoffman

  • Monoclonal antibodies against glutaraldehyde-conjugated dopamine.

    Jean-Luc Chagnaud;Nicole Mons;Sophie Tuffet;Xavier Grandier-Vazeilles

  • Dopamine- and dopa-immunoreactive neurons in the cat forebrain with reference to tyrosine hydroxylase-immunohistochemistry.

    Kunio Kitahama;Michel Geffard;Hitoshi Okamura;Ikuko Nagatsu

  • Spatial memory in the Morris water maze and activation of cyclic AMP response element-binding (CREB) protein within the mouse hippocampus

    Yves Porte;Marie Christine Buhot;Nicole E. Mons

  • Extracellular Hippocampal Acetylcholine Level Controls Amygdala Function and Promotes Adaptive Conditioned Emotional Response

    Ludovic Calandreau;Pierre Trifilieff;Nicole Mons;Laurence Costes

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Béracochéa
Daniel Béracochéa University of Bordeaux
Cyril Herry
Cyril Herry University of Bordeaux
Robert Jaffard
Robert Jaffard University of Bordeaux
Kunio Kitahama
Kunio Kitahama Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Catherine Belzung
Catherine Belzung François Rabelais University
Ikuko Nagatsu
Ikuko Nagatsu Fujita Health University
François Tison
François Tison University of Bordeaux
Etienne Coutureau
Etienne Coutureau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michel Jouvet
Michel Jouvet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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