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Trevor Humby is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on genetics and molecular biology, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as genetics, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

The main areas of study within their work include:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

The scientist has published extensively, with 41 publications in the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Translational Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Lawrence S. Wilkinson
  • Anthony R Isles
  • Jérémy Hall
  • William Davies
  • Niels Haan

Recent representative publications are:

  • "Complement C3 and C3aR mediate different aspects of emotional behaviours; relevance to risk for psychiatric disorder" (2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • "Mice lacking paternal expression of imprinted Grb10 are risk-takers" (2020, Genes Brain & Behavior)
  • "Dissociable effects of complement C3 and C3aR on survival and morphology of adult born hippocampal neurons, pattern separation, and cognitive flexibility in male mice" (2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • "Selective behavioural impairments in mice heterozygous for the cross disorder psychiatric risk gene DLG2" (2022, Genes Brain & Behavior)
  • "Effects of 5-HT2C, 5-HT1A receptor challenges and modafinil on the initiation and persistence of gambling behaviours" (2020, Psychopharmacology)

Best Publications

  • Characterization of progressive motor deficits in mice transgenic for the human Huntington's disease mutation.

    R. J. Carter;L. A. Lione;Trevor Humby;L. Mangiarini

  • Isolation rearing of rats produces a deficit in prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle similar to that in schizophrenia.

    Mark A. Geyer;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;Trevor Humby;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Pathological changes in dopaminergic nerve cells of the substantia nigra and olfactory bulb in mice transgenic for truncated human alpha-synuclein(1-120): implications for Lewy body disorders.

    George K. Tofaris;Pablo Gracia Reitbock;Trevor Humby;Sarah L. Lambourne

  • Isolation rearing in rats: Pre- and postsynaptic changes in striatal dopaminergic systems

    F. S. Hall;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;Trevor Humby;W. Inglis

  • Social Isolation in the Rat Produces Developmentally Specific Deficits in Prepulse Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle Response Without Disrupting Latent Inhibition

    Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;Simon S. Killcross;Trevor Humby;Frank S. Hall

  • Maternal deprivation of neonatal rats produces enduring changes in dopamine function

    F. S. Hall;F. S. Hall;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;Trevor Humby;T. W. Robbins

  • Xlr3b is a new imprinted candidate for X-linked parent-of-origin effects on cognitive function in mice

    William Davies;Anthony Roger Isles;Rachel Smith;Delicia Karunadasa

  • Loss of the imprinted snoRNA mbii-52 leads to increased 5htr2c pre-RNA editing and altered 5HT2CR-mediated behaviour

    Christine M. Doe;Dinko Relkovic;Alastair S. Garfield;Jeffrey W. Dalley

  • Visuospatial attentional functioning in mice: interactions between cholinergic manipulations and genotype

    Trevor Humby;Fiona M. Laird;William Davies;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson

  • A nonphotic stimulus causes instantaneous phase advances of the light- entrainable circadian oscillator of the Syrian hamster but does not induce the expression of c-fos in the suprachiasmatic nuclei

    S. Mead;F. J. P. Ebling;E. S. Maywood;T. Humby

  • Imprinted Nesp55 influences behavioral reactivity to novel environments.

    Antonius Plagge;Anthony Roger Isles;Emma Gordon;Trevor Humby

  • Hippocampal neurotrophin and trk receptor mRNA levels are altered by local administration of nicotine, carbachol and pilocarpine

    Sarah J. French;Trevor Humby;Catherine H. Horner;Michael V. Sofroniew

  • Dissociations in dopamine release in medial prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum during the acquisition and extinction of classical aversive conditioning in the rat

    Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;Trevor Humby;Andrew Simon Killcross;EM Torres

  • Common genetic effects on variation in impulsivity and activity in mice.

    Anthony Roger Isles;Trevor Humby;Eurof Walters;Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson

  • Effects of STN lesions on simple vs choice reaction time tasks in the rat: preserved motor readiness, but impaired response selection

    Christelle Baunez;Trevor Humby;Dawn M. Eagle;Lawrence J. Ryan

  • The Role of N‐Methyl‐D‐Aspartate‐Type Glutamatergic Neurotransmission in the Photic Induction of Immediate‐Early Gene Expression in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei of the Syrian Hamster

    F. J P. Ebling;E. S. Maywood;K. Staley;T. Humby

  • Unilateral lesions of the dorsal striatum in rats disrupt responding in egocentric space

    Peter J. Brasted;Trevor Humby;Stephen B. Dunnett;Stephen B. Dunnett;Trevor W. Robbins;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Mice with very low expression of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 gene survive into adulthood: potential mouse model for parkinsonism.

    Katrin A. Mooslehner;Pok Man Chan;Pok Man Chan;Weiming Xu;Lizhi Liu

  • Enhancement of amphetamine-induced locomotor activity and dopamine release in nucleus accumbens following excitotoxic lesions of the hippocampus

    Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson;G. Mittleman;E. Torres;T. Humby

  • Age-related decline in striatal dopamine content and motor performance occurs in the absence of nigral cell loss in a genetic mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

    Rebecca E. Colebrooke;Trevor Humby;Trevor Humby;Patrick J. Lynch;Daniel P. McGowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson
Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson Cardiff University
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Stephen B. Dunnett
Stephen B. Dunnett Cardiff University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Paul S. Burgoyne
Paul S. Burgoyne Medical Research Council
Barry J. Everitt
Barry J. Everitt University of Cambridge
Robert D. Rogers
Robert D. Rogers Bangor University
Simon Killcross
Simon Killcross University of New South Wales
David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Mark A. Geyer
Mark A. Geyer University of California, San Diego

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