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Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in cellular and molecular neuroscience. The work intersects multiple subfields, including molecular biology, pharmacology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, emphasizing neuroscience and neuropharmacology, pesticide exposure and toxicity, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, memory and neural mechanisms, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology.

They have contributed to notable publications such as:

  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (nerve agents) as weapons of mass destruction: History, mechanisms of action, and medical countermeasures, 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • Mechanisms of Organophosphate Toxicity and the Role of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition, 2023, Toxics
  • Alterations in GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition triggered by status epilepticus and their role in epileptogenesis and increased anxiety, 2024, Neurobiology of Disease

Additionally, several papers feature collaboration with frequent coauthors including Taíza H. Figueiredo, Maria F. M. Braga, Marcio de Araujo Furtado, Volodymyr I. Pidoplichko, and James P. Apland. These partnerships have been integral to advancing research in related areas.

Publication venues where their work appears most frequently include:

  • Toxics
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Their investigations often explore the molecular and pharmacological mechanisms underlying neurotoxicity and neuroprotection, particularly within the context of chemical exposures such as organophosphates and nerve agents. This focus connects with broader interests in neural inhibition and excitability related to neurological diseases and conditions.

Best Publications

  • Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition of olfactory nerve terminals.

    Matthew Ennis;Fu-Ming Zhou;Kelly J. Ciombor;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska

  • Pathology and pathophysiology of the amygdala in epileptogenesis and epilepsy.

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Brita Fritsch;Brita Fritsch;Felicia Qashu;Maria F.M. Braga

  • Tonic and Synaptically Evoked Presynaptic Inhibition of Sensory Input to the Rat Olfactory Bulb Via GABABHeteroreceptors

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Fu-Ming Zhou;Catherine A. Priest;Matthew Ennis

  • Stress impairs α1A adrenoceptor-mediated noradrenergic facilitation of GABAergic transmission in the basolateral amygdala

    Maria Fatima M Braga;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Sean T Manion;Christopher J Hough

  • Dendrodendritic Recurrent Excitation in Mitral Cells of the Rat Olfactory Bulb

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Matthew Ennis;Michael T. Shipley

  • Mechanisms regulating GABAergic inhibitory transmission in the basolateral amygdala: implications for epilepsy and anxiety disorders.

    V. Aroniadou-Anderjaska;F. Qashu;M. F. M. Braga

  • Bidirectional modulation of GABA release by presynaptic glutamate receptor 5 kainate receptors in the basolateral amygdala.

    Maria F. M. Braga;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Jianwu Xie;He Li

  • Glomerular synaptic responses to olfactory nerve input in rat olfactory bulb slices.

    V Aroniadou-Anderjaska;M Ennis;M.T Shipley

  • α7-Containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on interneurons of the basolateral amygdala and their role in the regulation of the network excitability

    V.I. Pidoplichko;E.M. Prager;V. Aroniadou-Anderjaska;M.F.M. Braga

  • Functional Organization of Rat Olfactory Bulb Glomeruli Revealed by Optical Imaging

    Asaf Keller;Sergey Yagodin;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Lee A. Zimmer

  • Topiramate Reduces Excitability in the Basolateral Amygdala by Selectively Inhibiting GluK1 (GluR5) Kainate Receptors on Interneurons and Positively Modulating GABAA Receptors on Principal Neurons

    Maria F M Braga;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;He Li;Michael A Rogawski

  • The GluK1 (GluR5) Kainate/α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid Receptor Antagonist LY293558 Reduces Soman-Induced Seizures and Neuropathology

    Taiza H. Figueiredo;Felicia Qashu;James P. Apland;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska

  • Primary brain targets of nerve agents: the role of the amygdala in comparison to the hippocampus

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Taiza H. Figueiredo;James P. Apland;Felicia Qashu

  • Lamotrigine reduces spontaneous and evoked GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the basolateral amygdala: implications for its effects in seizure and affective disorders.

    M.F.M. Braga;V. Aroniadou–Anderjaska;R.M. Post;H. Li

  • Higher susceptibility of the ventral versus the dorsal hippocampus and the posteroventral versus anterodorsal amygdala to soman-induced neuropathology.

    James P. Apland;Taiza H. Figueiredo;Felicia Qashu;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska

  • Glutamate and Synaptic Plasticity at Mammalian Primary Olfactory Synapsesa

    Matthew Ennis;Christiane Linster;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Kelly Ciombor

  • The recovery of acetylcholinesterase activity and the progression of neuropathological and pathophysiological alterations in the rat basolateral amygdala after soman-induced status epilepticus: Relation to anxiety-like behavior

    Eric M. Prager;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Camila P. Almeida-Suhett;Taiza H. Figueiredo

  • Current-source density analysis in the rat olfactory bulb: laminar distribution of kainate/AMPA- and NMDA-receptor-mediated currents.

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Matthew Ennis;Michael T. Shipley

  • Presynaptic facilitation of glutamate release in the basolateral amygdala: a mechanism for the anxiogenic and seizurogenic function of GluK1 receptors.

    Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Volodymyr I. Pidoplichko;Taiza H. Figueiredo;Camila P. Almeida-Suhett

  • Pathological alterations in GABAergic interneurons and reduced tonic inhibition in the basolateral amygdala during epileptogenesis

    Brita Fritsch;Felicia Qashu;Taiza H. Figueiredo;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Shipley
Michael T. Shipley University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael A. Rogawski
Michael A. Rogawski University of California, Davis
Asaf Keller
Asaf Keller University of Maryland, Baltimore
Frank L. Margolis
Frank L. Margolis University of Maryland, Baltimore
Viktor Kharazia
Viktor Kharazia University of California, San Francisco
Shaul Hestrin
Shaul Hestrin Stanford University
John R. Huguenard
John R. Huguenard Stanford University
Christiane Linster
Christiane Linster Cornell University

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