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Overview

Stuart Cobb is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and focuses primarily on research within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nephrology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

The main areas of study covered in their research include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA regulation and disease, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Stuart Cobb has contributed to a number of publications, with recent papers addressing diverse topics. These include:

  • A kinome-wide screen identifies a CDKL5-SOX9 regulatory axis in epithelial cell death and kidney injury (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Rett syndrome (2024) in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Neurophysiological Signatures of Motor Impairment in Patients with Rett Syndrome (2020) in Annals of Neurology
  • Engineering Toxoplasma gondii secretion systems for intracellular delivery of multiple large therapeutic proteins to neurons (2024) in Nature Microbiology
  • Novel MECP2 gene therapy is effective in a multicenter study using two mouse models of Rett syndrome and is safe in non-human primates (2023) in Molecular Therapy

The frequent co-authors in their research include Kamal K.E. Gadalla, Ralph D. Hector, Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Walter E. Kaufmann, and Stephanie A. Zlatic.

Their work has been published in several venues repeatedly, particularly in:

  • Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Synchronization of neuronal activity in hippocampus by individual GABAergic interneurons

    S. R. Cobb;E. H. Buhl;K. Halasy;K. Halasy;O. Paulsen

  • Reversal of Neurological Defects in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome

    Jacky Guy;Jian Gan;Jim Selfridge;Stuart Cobb

  • Encoding and retrieval in a model of the hippocampal CA1 microcircuit.

    Vassilis Cutsuridis;Stuart Cobb;Bruce P. Graham

  • Clinical and biological progress over 50 years in Rett syndrome

    Helen Leonard;Stuart Cobb;Jenny Downs

  • Synaptic effects of identified interneurons innervating both interneurons and pyramidal cells in the rat hippocampus

    S.R Cobb;K Halasy;K Halasy;I Vida;G Nyı́ri

  • Cholinergic modulation of hippocampal cells and circuits

    Stuart R. Cobb;Ceri H. Davies

  • Morphological and functional reversal of phenotypes in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

    Lianne Robinson;Jacky Guy;Leanne McKay;Emma Brockett

  • Improved Survival and Reduced Phenotypic Severity Following AAV9/MECP2 Gene Transfer to Neonatal and Juvenile Male Mecp2 Knockout Mice

    Kamal Ke Gadalla;Mark Es Bailey;Rosemary C. Spike;Paul D. Ross

  • Radically truncated MeCP2 rescues Rett syndrome-like neurological defects

    Rebekah Tillotson;Jim Selfridge;Martha V. Koerner;Kamal K.E. Gadalla;Kamal K.E. Gadalla

  • Properties of unitary IPSPs evoked by anatomically identified basket cells in the rat hippocampus

    E. H. Buhl;S. R. Cobb;K. Halasy;P. Somogyi

  • Enhanced Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Spatial Learning in Aged 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Knock-Out Mice

    Joyce L. W. Yau;Kara M. McNair;June Noble;David Brownstein

  • MeCP2 and Rett syndrome: reversibility and potential avenues for therapy

    Kamal K.E. Gadalla;Kamal K.E. Gadalla;Mark E.S. Bailey;Stuart R. Cobb

  • Synaptic plasticity deficits in an experimental model of rett syndrome: long-term potentiation saturation and its pharmacological reversal

    S.-M. Weng;F. McLeod;M.E.S. Bailey;S.R. Cobb

  • Evoked slow muscarinic acetylcholinergic synaptic potentials in rat hippocampal interneurons.

    Hélène Widmer;L. Ferrigan;C. H. Davies;S. R. Cobb

  • Characterisation of CDKL5 Transcript Isoforms in Human and Mouse.

    Ralph D. Hector;Owen Dando;Nicoletta Landsberger;Charlotte Kilstrup-Nielsen

  • Hippocampal microcircuits : a computational modeler's resource book

    Vassilis Cutsuridis;Bruce P. Graham;Stuart Cobb;Imre Vida

  • Development of a Novel AAV Gene Therapy Cassette with Improved Safety Features and Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome

    Kamal K.E. Gadalla;Kamal K.E. Gadalla;Thishnapha Vudhironarit;Ralph D. Hector;Sarah Sinnett

  • Reversibility of functional deficits in experimental models of Rett syndrome.

    Stuart Cobb;Jacky Guy;Adrian Bird

  • Inhibition of Piezo1 attenuates demyelination in the central nervous system

    María Velasco-Estevez;María Velasco-Estevez;Kamal K E Gadalla;Núria Liñan-Barba;Stuart Cobb

  • CDKL5 variants: Improving our understanding of a rare neurologic disorder.

    Ralph D. Hector;Vera M. Kalscheuer;Friederike Hennig;Helen Leonard

  • Activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors patterns network activity in the rodent hippocampus

    Stuart R. Cobb;Diederik O. Bulters;Sachin Suchak;Gernot Riedel

  • A role for RhoB in synaptic plasticity and the regulation of neuronal morphology.

    Kara McNair;Rosemary C Spike;Clare Guilding;George C Prendergast

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird University of Edinburgh
Imre Vida
Imre Vida Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gernot Riedel
Gernot Riedel University of Aberdeen
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford
Gábor Tamás
Gábor Tamás University of Szeged
Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Brian J. Morris
Brian J. Morris University of Glasgow
Peter C. Kind
Peter C. Kind University of Edinburgh
Helen Leonard
Helen Leonard Telethon Kids Institute
Michael E. Hasselmo
Michael E. Hasselmo Boston University

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