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Overview

Stephen J. Moss is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the biological sciences, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. The main subfields of their work include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, cell biology, and physiology.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Preclinical characterization of zuranolone (SAGE-217), a selective neuroactive steroid GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator (2020, Neuropharmacology)
  • Isolation and Characterization of Multi-Protein Complexes Enriched in the K-Cl Co-transporter 2 From Brain Plasma Membranes (2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience)
  • Inhibiting with-no-lysine kinases enhances K+/Cl− cotransporter 2 activity and limits status epilepticus (2021, Brain)
  • Molecular basis of selective amyloid-β degrading enzymes in Alzheimer's disease (2023, FEBS Journal)
  • KCC2 is required for the survival of mature neurons but not for their development (2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry)

They have published extensively in several venues, with notable frequent publication sites including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Stephen J. Moss collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors, among whom are:

  • Joshua L. Smalley
  • Nicholas J. Brandon
  • Paul Davies
  • Christopher E. Bope
  • Catherine Choi

The principal research topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Cancer-related gene regulation

Best Publications

  • Astrocytic purinergic signaling coordinates synaptic networks.

    Olivier Pascual;Kristen B. Casper;Cathryn Kubera;Jing Zhang

  • Antibodies to the GABAB receptor in limbic encephalitis with seizures: case series and characterisation of the antigen

    Eric Lancaster;Meizan Lai;Xiaoyu Peng;Ethan Hughes

  • GABAA receptor trafficking and its role in the dynamic modulation of neuronal inhibition

    Tija C. Jacob;Stephen J. Moss;Stephen J. Moss;Rachel Jurd

  • GABA(A)-receptor-associated protein links GABA(A) receptors and the cytoskeleton.

    Hongbing Wang;Fiona K. Bedford;Nicholas J. Brandon;Stephen J. Moss

  • Activation of estrogen receptor-beta regulates hippocampal synaptic plasticity and improves memory.

    Feng Liu;Mark Day;Luis C Muñiz;Daniel Bitran

  • Constructing inhibitory synapses

    Stephen J. Moss;Trevor G. Smart

  • Assembly and cell surface expression of heteromeric and homomeric gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors.

    Christopher N. Connolly;Belinda J. Krishek;Bernard J. McDonald;Trevor G. Smart

  • Regulation of GABAA receptor function by protein kinase C phosphorylation

    Belinda J. Krishek;Xinmin Xie;Craig Blackstone;Richard L. Huganir

  • Constitutive Endocytosis of GABAA Receptors by an Association with the Adaptin AP2 Complex Modulates Inhibitory Synaptic Currents in Hippocampal Neurons

    Josef T. Kittler;Patrick Delmas;Jasmina N. Jovanovic;David A. Brown

  • Functional modulation of GABAA receptors by cAMP-dependent protein phosphorylation

    Stephen J. Moss;Trevor G. Smart;Craig D. Blackstone;Richard L. Huganir

  • Regulation of ligand-gated ion channels by protein phosphorylation.

    S L Swope;S J Moss;L A Raymond;R L Huganir

  • Modulation of GABAA receptor activity by phosphorylation and receptor trafficking: implications for the efficacy of synaptic inhibition

    Josef T Kittler;Stephen J Moss

  • GABAB receptors: a new paradigm in G protein signaling.

    Andrés Couve;Stephen J. Moss;Menelas N. Pangalos

  • The clustering of GABA(A) receptor subtypes at inhibitory synapses is facilitated via the direct binding of receptor alpha 2 subunits to gephyrin.

    Verena Tretter;Tija C. Jacob;Jayanta Mukherjee;Jean-Marc Fritschy

  • Adjacent phosphorylation sites on GABAA receptor beta subunits determine regulation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

    Bernard J. McDonald;Alessandra Amato;Christopher N. Connolly;Dietmar Benke

  • Gephyrin Regulates the Cell Surface Dynamics of Synaptic GABAA Receptors

    Tija C. Jacob;Yury D. Bogdanov;Christopher Magnus;Richard S. Saliba

  • Identification of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C phosphorylation sites within the major intracellular domains of the beta 1, gamma 2S, and gamma 2L subunits of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor.

    S J Moss;C A Doherty;R L Huganir

  • Phosphorylation of ligand-gated ion channels: a possible mode of synaptic plasticity.

    Sheridan L. Swope;Stephen J. Moss;Craig D. Blackstone;Richard L. Huganir

  • NMDA receptor activity downregulates KCC2 resulting in depolarizing GABAA receptor-mediated currents

    Henry H C Lee;Tarek Z Deeb;Joshua A Walker;Paul A Davies

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates fast synaptic inhibition by regulating GABA(A) receptor phosphorylation, activity, and cell-surface stability.

    Jasmina N. Jovanovic;Philip Thomas;Josef T. Kittler;Trevor G. Smart

  • GABA A receptor cell surface number and subunit stability are regulated by the ubiquitin-like protein Plic-1

    Fiona K. Bedford;Josef T. Kittler;Emilie Muller;Philip Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Brandon
Nicholas J. Brandon Neumora Therapeutics Inc
Philip G. Haydon
Philip G. Haydon Tufts University
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Zhen Yan
Zhen Yan University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jamie Maguire
Jamie Maguire Tufts University
Paul A. Slesinger
Paul A. Slesinger Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Richard W. Olsen
Richard W. Olsen University of California, Los Angeles
Mark G. Darlison
Mark G. Darlison Edinburgh Napier University
Jon T. Brown
Jon T. Brown University of Exeter
Antoine Triller
Antoine Triller École Normale Supérieure

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