Richard J. Davis

EP4 prostanoid receptor-mediated vasodilatation of human middle cerebral arteries.

Exposure to an elevated platform increases plasma corticosterone and hippocampal acetylcholine in the rat: reversal by chlordiazepoxide.

Expression and functions of the duodenal peptide secretin and its receptor in human lung.

M4 muscarinic receptors regulate the dynamics of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission: relevance to the pathophysiology and treatment of related CNS pathologies.

Effective analysis of genomic data.

Genetic deletion of CB1 receptors improves non-associative learning.

Melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor modulates neuroendocrine, behavioral, and corticolimbic neurochemical stress responses in mice.

A therapeutic role for cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists in major depressive disorders.

The relationship of in vivo central CB1 receptor occupancy to changes in cortical monoamine release and feeding elicited by CB1 receptor antagonists in rats.

Mouse Dach2 mutants do not exhibit gross defects in eye development or brain function.

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity in asymptomatic older persons: implications for diagnosis of syncope and falls.

CB1 receptor antagonism increases hippocampal acetylcholine release: site and mechanism of action.

Exposure to predator odor stress increases efflux of frontal cortex acetylcholine and monoamines in mice: comparisons with immobilization stress and reversal by chlordiazepoxide.

Functional alterations of nicotinic neurotransmission in dopamine transporter knock-out mice.

Behavioral and biochemical responses to d-amphetamine in MCH1 receptor knockout mice.

Mouse Dach1 and Dach2 are redundantly required for Müllerian duct development.

Acetylcholine release by human colon cancer cells mediates autocrine stimulation of cell proliferation.

Functional rescue of degenerating photoreceptors in mice homozygous for a hypomorphic cGMP phosphodiesterase 6 b allele (Pde6bH620Q).

Role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the procholinergic effects of neuropsychotherapeutic compounds.

CB1 receptor knockout mice are hyporesponsive to the behavior-stimulating actions of d-amphetamine: role of mGlu5 receptors.

Light-dependent phosphorylation of the gamma subunit of cGMP-phophodiesterase (PDE6gamma) at residue threonine 22 in intact photoreceptor neurons.

shRNA knockdown of guanylate cyclase 2e or cyclic nucleotide gated channel alpha 1 increases photoreceptor survival in a cGMP phosphodiesterase mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Lentivirus-mediated expression of cDNA and shRNA slows degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa.

Effect of the ILE86TER mutation in the γ subunit of cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE6) on rod photoreceptor signaling.

Long-term safety and efficacy of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) grafts in a preclinical model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Vigabatrin-induced retinal toxicity is partially mediated by signaling in rod and cone photoreceptors.

Retrospective. Sir Bernard Lovell (1913-2012).

Gene therapy provides long-term visual function in a pre-clinical model of retinitis pigmentosa.