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R. Adron Harris is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with specific contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, and behavioral neuroscience. The core topics of their research cover neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, stress responses and cortisol, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, immune response and inflammation, alcohol consumption and health effects, as well as adipose tissue and metabolism.

R. Adron Harris's recent publications demonstrate a focus on neuroimmune mechanisms related to alcohol consumption and its effects. Recent papers include:

  • "Cortical astrocytes regulate ethanol consumption and intoxication in mice," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Microglia depletion and alcohol: Transcriptome and behavioral profiles," 2020, Addiction Biology
  • "Role of toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) in voluntary alcohol consumption," 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Inbred Substrain Differences Influence Neuroimmune Response and Drinking Behavior," 2020, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • "Deletion of Tlr3 reduces acute tolerance to alcohol and alcohol consumption in the intermittent access procedure in male mice," 2020, Addiction Biology

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Addiction Biology, Neuropharmacology, and Alcohol, alongside contributions to SSRN Electronic Journal and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, frequently coauthoring with researchers including Yuri A. Blednov, R. Dayne Mayfield, Adriana DaCosta, Sonia Mason, and Cecilia M. Borghese.

Best Publications

  • Sites of alcohol and volatile anaesthetic action on GABA(A) and glycine receptors.

    S. John Mihic;S. John Mihic;Qing Ye;Marilee J. Wick;Marilee J. Wick;Vladimir V. Koltchine

  • The anesthetic mechanism of urethane: The effects on neurotransmitter-gated ion channels

    Koji Hara;R. Adron Harris

  • Nicotine addiction and comorbidity with alcohol abuse and mental illness.

    John A Dani;R Adron Harris

  • Gene expression in human alcoholism: microarray analysis of frontal cortex.

    Joanne M. Lewohl;Joanne M. Lewohl;Long Wang;Michael F. Miles;Li Zhang

  • Ethanol sensitivity of the GABAA receptor expressed in xenopus oocytes requires 8 amino acids contained in the γ2L subunit

    Keith A. Wafford;Donald M. Burnett;Nancy J. Leidenheimer;David R. Burt

  • Effects of gaseous anesthetics nitrous oxide and xenon on ligand-gated ion channels: Comparison with isoflurane and ethanol

    Tomohiro Yamakura;R. Adron Harris

  • Pharmacodynamics of the Type II Calcimimetic Compound Cinacalcet HCl

    Edward F. Nemeth;William H. Heaton;Michael Miller;John Fox

  • Gene coexpression networks in human brain identify epigenetic modifications in alcohol dependence.

    Igor Ponomarev;Shi Wang;Shi Wang;Lingling Zhang;Lingling Zhang;R. Adron Harris

  • Toward understanding the genetics of alcohol drinking through transcriptome meta-analysis.

    Megan K. Mulligan;Igor Ponomarev;Robert J. Hitzemann;John K. Belknap

  • Inhaled anesthetics and immobility: Mechanisms, mysteries, and minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration

    James M. Sonner;Joseph F. Antognini;Robert C. Dutton;Pamela Flood

  • Neurobiology of alcohol abuse.

    Herman H. Samson;R.Adron Harris

  • Acute and chronic ethanol treatments alter GABA receptor-operated chloride channels.

    Andrea M. Allan;R A Harris

  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid and alcohol actions: Neurochemical studies of long sleep and short sleep mice

    Andrea M. Allan;R.Adron Harris

  • Patterns of gene expression are altered in the frontal and motor cortices of human alcoholics.

    R. Dayne Mayfield;Joanne Marie Lewohl;Peter R. Dodd;Amu Herlihy

  • Patterns of gene expression in the frontal cortex discriminate alcoholic from nonalcoholic individuals

    Jianwen Liu;Joanne Marie Lewohl;R Adron Harris;Vishwanath R Iyer

  • Functional coupling of γ-aminobutyric acid receptors to chloride channels in brain membranes

    R A Harris;Andrea M. Allan

  • Ethanol’s Molecular Targets

    R. Adron Harris;James R. Trudell;S. John Mihic

  • Mutant mice lacking the gamma isoform of protein kinase C show decreased behavioral actions of ethanol and altered function of gamma-aminobutyrate type A receptors.

    R A Harris;Susan J. McQuilkin;Richard Paylor;Asa Abeliovich

  • Ethanol Actions on Multiple Ion Channels: Which Are Important?

    R A Harris

  • Specific binding sites for alcohols and anesthetics on ligand-gated ion channels.

    Maria Paola Mascia;James R. Trudell;R. Adron Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuri A. Blednov
Yuri A. Blednov The University of Texas at Austin
John C. Crabbe
John C. Crabbe Oregon Health & Science University
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Edmond I. Eger
Edmond I. Eger University of California, San Francisco
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin
Peter R. Dodd
Peter R. Dodd University of Queensland
Neil L. Harrison
Neil L. Harrison Columbia University
Erik Lindahl
Erik Lindahl Stockholm University
Thomas V. Dunwiddie
Thomas V. Dunwiddie University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse

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