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Nigel T. Maidment is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a significant body of work related to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Physiology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, particularly related to Parkinson's disease and neurodegenerative disorders. These topics include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Recent papers illustrate the scope and variety of Maidment's work. Selected publications include:

  • "iPSC modeling of young-onset Parkinson's disease reveals a molecular signature of disease and novel therapeutic candidates" (2020) published in Nature Medicine
  • "An implantable multifunctional neural microprobe for simultaneous multi-analyte sensing and chemical delivery" (2020) published in Lab on a Chip
  • "Hypocretin/Orexin Interactions with Norepinephrine Contribute to the Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome" (2021) published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "The proSAAS Chaperone Provides Neuroprotection and Attenuates Transsynaptic α-Synuclein Spread in Rodent Models of Parkinson's Disease" (2022) published in Journal of Parkinson s Disease
  • "Reward-predictive cues elicit excessive reward seeking in adolescent rats" (2020) published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Maidment has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Hoa A. Lam, Alex Laperle, Nur Yucer, Zhan Shu, and Clive N. Svendsen. These collaborations point to a network of colleagues engaged in overlapping research areas.

The scientist's work has appeared multiple times in prominent publication venues, with repeated contributions to journals such as:

  • Journal of Parkinson s Disease
  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Nature Medicine

Best Publications

  • Parkin-deficient Mice Exhibit Nigrostriatal Deficits but Not Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons

    Matthew S. Goldberg;Sheila M. Fleming;James J. Palacino;Carlos Cepeda

  • Amphetamine and other weak bases act to promote reverse transport of dopamine in ventral midbrain neurons.

    David Sulzer;Nigel T. Maidment;Stephen Rayport

  • Release of Hypocretin (Orexin) during Waking and Sleep States

    Lyudmila I. Kiyashchenko;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Nigel Maidment;Hoa A. Lam

  • Exogenous and evoked oxytocin restores social behavior in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism

    Olga Peñagarikano;Olga Peñagarikano;María T. Lázaro;Xiao-Hong Lu;Aaron Gordon

  • Cerebral microdialysis combined with single-neuron and electroencephalographic recording in neurosurgical patients. Technical note.

    Itzhak Fried;Charles L. Wilson;Nigel T. Maidment;Jerome Engel

  • Forebrain steroid levels fluctuate rapidly during social interactions.

    Luke Remage-Healey;Nigel T Maidment;Barney A Schlinger

  • Buprenorphine-Induced Antinociception Is Mediated by μ-Opioid Receptors and Compromised by Concomitant Activation of Opioid Receptor-Like Receptors

    Kabirullah Lutfy;Shoshana Eitan;Camron D. Bryant;Yu C. Yang

  • Human hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone levels are linked to emotion and social interaction

    Ashley M. Blouin;Ashley M. Blouin;Itzhak Fried;Charles L. Wilson;Richard J. Staba

  • Elevated Tonic Extracellular Dopamine Concentration and Altered Dopamine Modulation of Synaptic Activity Precede Dopamine Loss in the Striatum of Mice Overexpressing Human α-Synuclein

    Hoa A. Lam;Nanping Wu;Ingrid Cely;Ingrid Cely;Rachel L. Kelly;Rachel L. Kelly

  • Orphanin FQ/nociceptin blocks acquisition of morphine place preference.

    Niall P. Murphy;Yohan Lee;Nigel T. Maidment

  • Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Transgenic Mice Expressing a Truncated Mutant Parkin Exhibit Age-Dependent Hypokinetic Motor Deficits, Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration, and Accumulation of Proteinase K-Resistant α-Synuclein

    Xiao Hong Lu;Sheila M. Fleming;Bernhard Meurers;Larry C. Ackerson

  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition as a pathogenic mechanism in Parkinson disease

    Arthur G. Fitzmaurice;Shannon L. Rhodes;Aaron Lulla;Niall P. Murphy

  • Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin Modulation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Transmission Determined by Microdialysis

    Niall P. Murphy;Nigel T. Maidment

  • Distinct opioid circuits determine the palatability and the desirability of rewarding events

    K. M. Wassum;S. B. Ostlund;N. T. Maidment;B. W. Balleine

  • Comparison of seizure related amino acid release in human epileptic hippocampus versus a chronic, kainate rat model of hippocampal epilepsy

    Charles L. Wilson;Nigel T. Maidment;Marc H. Shomer;Eric J. Behnke

  • Microdialysis of extracellular endogenous opioid peptides from rat brain in vivo.

    N.T. Maidment;D.R. Brumbaugh;V.D. Rudolph;E. Erdelyi

  • Neural-targeted gene therapy for rodent and primate hemiparkinsonism.

    Rein Anton;Jeffrey H. Kordower;Nigel T. Maidment;Jacob S. Manaster

  • Hypocretin release in normal and narcoleptic dogs after food and sleep deprivation, eating, and movement

    Ming-Fung Wu;Joshi John;Nigel Maidment;Hoa A Lam

  • Intracerebroventricular orphanin FQ/Nociceptin supresses dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of anaesthetized rats

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  • Targeted expression of μ-opioid receptors in a subset of striatal direct-pathway neurons restores opiate reward

    Yijun Cui;Sean B Ostlund;Alex S James;Chang Sin Park

  • A Drosophila Model of Mutant Human Parkin-Induced Toxicity Demonstrates Selective Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons and Dependence on Cellular Dopamine

    Tzu-Kang Sang;Hui-Yun Chang;George M. Lawless;Anuradha Ratnaparkhi

  • In vivo voltammetry—Present electrodes and methods

    C.A. Marsden;M.H. Joseph;Z.L. Kruk;N.T. Maidment

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean B. Ostlund
Sean B. Ostlund University of California, Irvine
Jerome M. Siegel
Jerome M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles
Charles L. Wilson
Charles L. Wilson University of California, Los Angeles
Bernard W. Balleine
Bernard W. Balleine University of New South Wales
Itzhak Fried
Itzhak Fried University of California, Los Angeles
Jerome Engel
Jerome Engel University of California, Los Angeles
Igor Spigelman
Igor Spigelman University of California, Los Angeles
Marie-Françoise Chesselet
Marie-Françoise Chesselet University of California, Los Angeles
Pei-Yu Chiou
Pei-Yu Chiou University of California, Los Angeles
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University

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