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  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas J. O'Dell is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions in related subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biophysics, and Spectroscopy.

The research topics covered by O'Dell focus on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Neural dynamics and brain function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Thomas J. O'Dell has contributed to various scientific publications across several venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by O'Dell are:

  • A brain atlas of synapse protein lifetime across the mouse lifespan, 2022, Neuron
  • Chemogenetic Modulation and Single-Photon Calcium Imaging in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Reveal a Mechanism for Effort-Based Decisions, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • A brain atlas of synapse protein lifetime across the mouse lifespan, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional and phosphoproteomic analysis of β-adrenergic receptor signaling at excitatory synapses in the CA1 region of the ventral hippocampus, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • A Brain Atlas of Synapse Protein Lifetime Across the Mouse Lifespan, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with O'Dell include:

  • Shekib A. Jami
  • Edita Bulovaite
  • Zhen Qiu
  • Maximilian Kratschke
  • Adrianna Zgraj

Thomas J. O'Dell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced long-term potentiation and impaired learning in mice with mutant postsynaptic density-95 protein

    Martine Migaud;Paul Charlesworth;Maureen Dempster;Lorna C. Webster

  • Impaired Long-Term Potentiation, Spatial Learning, and Hippocampal Development in fyn Mutant Mice

    Seth G. N. Grant;Thomas J. O'Dell;Kevin A. Karl;Paul L. Stein

  • Tests of the roles of two diffusible substances in long-term potentiation: evidence for nitric oxide as a possible early retrograde messenger.

    Thomas J. O'dell;Robert D. Hawkins;Eric R. Kandel;Ottavio Arancio

  • CaMKII regulates the frequency-response function of hippocampal synapses for the production of both LTD and LTP

    Mark Mayford;Jian Wang;Eric R Kandel;Thomas J O'Dell

  • Long-term potentiation in the hippocampus is blocked by tyrosine kinase inhibitors

    Thomas J. O'Dell;Eric R. Kandel;Seth G. N. Grant

  • Endothelial NOS and the blockade of LTP by NOS inhibitors in mice lacking neuronal NOS

    Thomas J. O'Dell;Paul L. Huang;Ted M. Dawson;Jay L. Dinerman

  • SynGAP Regulates ERK/MAPK Signaling, Synaptic Plasticity, and Learning in the Complex with Postsynaptic Density 95 and NMDA Receptor

    Noboru H. Komiyama;Ayako M. Watabe;Holly J. Carlisle;Karen Porter

  • Functional screening of 2 Mb of human chromosome 21q22.2 in transgenic mice implicates minibrain in learning defects associated with Down syndrome

    Desmond J. Smith;Mary E. Stevens;Sharmila P. Sudanagunta;Roderick T. Bronson

  • Activity-Dependent β-Adrenergic Modulation of Low Frequency Stimulation Induced LTP in the Hippocampal CA1 Region

    Mark J Thomas;Teena D Moody;Mike Makhinson;Thomas J O'Dell

  • TRPA1 Channels Are Regulators of Astrocyte Basal Calcium Levels and Long-Term Potentiation via Constitutive d-Serine Release

    Eiji Shigetomi;Olan Jackson-Weaver;Robert T. Huckstepp;Thomas J. O'Dell

  • Low-frequency stimulation erases LTP through an NMDA receptor-mediated activation of protein phosphatases.

    T J O'Dell;E R Kandel

  • PSD-95 is post-transcriptionally repressed during early neural development by PTBP1 and PTBP2

    Sika Zheng;Erin E Gray;Geetanjali Chawla;Bo Torben Porse

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Regulates the Induction of Long-Term Potentiation through Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase-Independent Mechanisms

    Patricio Opazo;Ayako M. Watabe;Seth G. N. Grant;Thomas J. O'Dell

  • Conditions and Constraints for Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Pathway

    Martin D. Haustein;Sebastian Kracun;Xiao-Hong Lu;Tiffany Shih

  • Are adult learning mechanisms also used for development

    Eric R. Kandel;Thomas J. O'Dell

  • Postsynaptic Complex Spike Bursting Enables the Induction of LTP by Theta Frequency Synaptic Stimulation

    Mark J. Thomas;Ayako M. Watabe;Teena D. Moody;Michael Makhinson

  • Activity-Dependent Transport of the Transcriptional Coactivator CRTC1 from Synapse to Nucleus

    Toh Hean Ch'ng;Besim Uzgil;Peter Lin;Nuraly K. Avliyakulov

  • Expression of the Circadian Clock Gene Period2 in the Hippocampus: Possible Implications for Synaptic Plasticity and Learned Behaviour

    Louisa M-C Wang;Joanna M Dragich;Joanna M Dragich;Takashi Kudo;Irene H Odom

  • Opposing effects of PSD-93 and PSD-95 on long-term potentiation and spike timing-dependent plasticity.

    Holly J. Carlisle;Ann E. Fink;Seth G. N. Grant;Thomas J. O’Dell

  • Coactivation of β-Adrenergic and Cholinergic Receptors Enhances the Induction of Long-Term Potentiation and Synergistically Activates Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in the Hippocampal CA1 Region

    Ayako M. Watabe;Paulette A. Zaki;Thomas J. O'Dell

  • The α1 Subunit of the GABA(A) Receptor Modulates Fear Learning and Plasticity in the Lateral Amygdala

    Brian J Wiltgen;Brian J Wiltgen;Bill P Godsil;Zechun Peng;Faysal Saab

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth G. N. Grant
Seth G. N. Grant University of Edinburgh
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Kelsey C. Martin
Kelsey C. Martin University of California, Los Angeles
Mark J. Thomas
Mark J. Thomas University of Minnesota
Christopher S. Colwell
Christopher S. Colwell University of California, Los Angeles
Peter V. Nguyen
Peter V. Nguyen University of Alberta
Lisa M. Saksida
Lisa M. Saksida University of Western Ontario
Timothy J. Bussey
Timothy J. Bussey University of Western Ontario
Baljit S. Khakh
Baljit S. Khakh University of California, Los Angeles
Michael S. Fanselow
Michael S. Fanselow University of California, Los Angeles

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