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Paul R. Albert

Paul R. Albert

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16055
World Ranking
9106
National Ranking
313

Overview

Paul R. Albert is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on cellular and molecular neuroscience, with significant works in molecular biology, biological psychiatry, pharmacology, and neurology.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior

Paul R. Albert has published several recent papers, demonstrating their ongoing contributions to neuroscience and psychiatry:

  • Does serotonin matter in depression? (2023), Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Mood disturbances in Parkinson's disease: From prodromal origins to application of animal models (2023), Neurobiology of Disease
  • Rewiring of the Serotonin System in Major Depression (2021), Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Depression, dementia and immune dysregulation (2020), Brain
  • Fluoxetine-induced recovery of serotonin and norepinephrine projections in a mouse model of post-stroke depression (2020), Translational Psychiatry

The venues where Paul R. Albert most frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2 publications)
  • Brain
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Paul R. Albert's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Faranak Vahid-Ansari
  • Mireille Daigle
  • Amin Zahrai
  • Giovanni Hernández
  • Cecilia Flores

The researcher's work involves interdisciplinary approaches combining molecular biology, neuroscience, and clinical psychiatry elements. Their focus on serotonin and its receptor mechanisms reflects ongoing efforts to understand major depressive disorders and related neuropsychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Cloning and expression of a rat D2 dopamine receptor cDNA.

    James R. Bunzow;Hubert H. M. Van Tol;David K. Grandy;Paul Albert

  • Why is depression more prevalent in women

    Paul R. Albert

  • Impaired Repression at a 5-Hydroxytryptamine 1A Receptor Gene Polymorphism Associated with Major Depression and Suicide

    Sylvie Lemonde;Gustavo Turecki;David Bakish;Lisheng Du

  • Cloning, functional expression, and mRNA tissue distribution of the rat 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor gene.

    P. R. Albert;Qun-Yong Zhou;H. H. M. Van Tol;J. R. Bunzow

  • 5-HT1A Receptors, Gene Repression, and Depression: Guilt by Association

    Paul R Albert;Sylvie Lemonde

  • Serotonin-prefrontal cortical circuitry in anxiety and depression phenotypes: pivotal role of pre- and post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptor expression

    Paul R. Albert;Faranak Vahid-Ansari;Christine Luckhart;Christine Luckhart

  • Relationship of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced spike and plateau phases in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations to hormone secretion. Selective blockade using ionomycin and nifedipine.

    P R Albert;A H Tashjian

  • Role of Cdk5-Mediated Phosphorylation of Prx2 in MPTP Toxicity and Parkinson's Disease

    Dianbo Qu;Juliet Rashidian;Matthew P. Mount;Hossein Aleyasin

  • Association of the C(-1019)G 5-HT1A functional promoter polymorphism with antidepressant response.

    Sylvie Lemonde;Lisheng Du;David Bakish;Pavel Hrdina

  • APAF1 is a key transcriptional target for p53 in the regulation of neuronal cell death

    Andre Fortin;Sean P. Cregan;Jason G. MacLaurin;Neena Kushwaha

  • The neurobiology of depression—revisiting the serotonin hypothesis. I. Cellular and molecular mechanisms

    Paul R. Albert;Chawki Benkelfat;Laurent Descarries

  • Thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced spike and plateau in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations in pituitary cells. Relation to prolactin release.

    P R Albert;A H Tashjian

  • Heterodimerization of Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptors at a Novel Negative Response Element of the 5-HT1A Receptor Gene

    Xiao-Ming Ou;John M. Storring;Neena Kushwaha;Paul R. Albert

  • G protein specificity: traffic direction required.

    Paul R. Albert;Liliane Robillard

  • Transcriptional regulation at a HTR1A polymorphism associated with mental illness.

    Brice Le François;Margaret Czesak;Dominik Steubl;Paul R. Albert

  • Coupling of a cloned rat dopamine-D2 receptor to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase and prolactin secretion.

    Paul R. Albert;Kim Neve;James R. Bunzow;Olivier Civelli

  • G protein specificity in receptor-effector coupling. Analysis of the roles of G0 and Gi2 in GH4C1 pituitary cells.

    Ya Fang Liu;Karl H. Jakobs;Mark M. Rasenick;Paul R. Albert

  • Cell-Specific Repressor or Enhancer Activities of Deaf-1 at a Serotonin 1A Receptor Gene Polymorphism

    Margaret Czesak;Sylvie Lemonde;Erica A. Peterson;Anastasia Rogaeva

  • Deaf1 isoforms control the expression of genes encoding peripheral tissue antigens in the pancreatic lymph nodes during type 1 diabetes

    Linda Yip;Leon Su;Deqiao Sheng;Pearl Chang

  • Transcriptional dysregulation of 5-HT1A autoreceptors in mental illness

    Paul R Albert;Brice Le François;Anne M Millar

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig A. Stockmeier
Craig A. Stockmeier University of Mississippi Medical Center
Olivier Civelli
Olivier Civelli University of California, Irvine
Verner Knott
Verner Knott University of Ottawa
Grazyna Rajkowska
Grazyna Rajkowska University of Mississippi Medical Center
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University
Ruth S. Slack
Ruth S. Slack University of Ottawa
David S. Park
David S. Park New York University
Jean M. Bidlack
Jean M. Bidlack University of Rochester
Kenji F. Tanaka
Kenji F. Tanaka Keio University

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