Danny G. Winder

ERK activation by G-protein-coupled receptors in mouse brain is receptor identity-specific.

LTP in the mouse nucleus accumbens is developmentally regulated.

Synaptic plasticity in drug reward circuitry.

Dorsal and ventral distribution of excitable and synaptic properties of neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

NMDA and beta1-adrenergic receptors differentially signal phosphorylation of glutamate receptor type 1 in area CA1 of hippocampus.

Rap1 couples cAMP signaling to a distinct pool of p42/44MAPK regulating excitability, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory.

Effects of periadolescent versus adult cocaine exposure on cocaine conditioned place preference and motor sensitization in mice.

A novel mouse brain slice preparation of the hippocampo-accumbens pathway.

High-frequency stimulation induces ethanol-sensitive long-term potentiation at glutamatergic synapses in the dorsolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Regulation of cAMP levels in area CA1 of hippocampus by Gi/o-coupled receptors is stimulus dependent in mice.

Norepinephrine modulates glutamatergic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

A potassium channel blocker induces a long-lasting enhancement of corticostriatal responses.

Group II and III metabotropic glutamate receptors suppress excitatory synaptic transmission in the dorsolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Activation of NR2A-containing NMDA receptors is not obligatory for NMDA receptor-dependent long-term potentiation.

Cocaine self-administration reduces excitatory responses in the mouse nucleus accumbens shell.

A channel to neurodegeneration.

Novel blockade of protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation of AMPA receptors.

Extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1-dependent metabotropic glutamate receptor 5-induced long-term depression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is disrupted by cocaine administration.

A method for single-session cocaine self-administration in the mouse.

Neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor bi-directionally modulate inhibitory synaptic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Oxidation of calmodulin alters activation and regulation of CaMKII.

Alcohol inhibits NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in the ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Microarray analysis reveals distinctive signaling between the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, nucleus accumbens, and dorsal striatum.

Group I mGluRs and long-term depression: potential roles in addiction?

Alpha1-adrenergic receptor-induced heterosynaptic long-term depression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is disrupted in mouse models of affective disorders.

Chronic ethanol exposure leads to divergent control of dopaminergic synapses in distinct target regions.

Yohimbine impairs extinction of cocaine-conditioned place preference in an alpha2-adrenergic receptor independent process.

In vivo metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonism prevents cocaine-induced disruption of postsynaptically maintained mGluR5-dependent long-term depression.

Dopamine enhances fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the extended amygdala by a CRF-R1-dependent process.

Operant sensation seeking engages similar neural substrates to operant drug seeking in C57 mice.

Epitope-tagged receptor knock-in mice reveal that differential desensitization of alpha2-adrenergic responses is because of ligand-selective internalization.

Modulation of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Subcellular localization of the antidepressant-sensitive norepinephrine transporter.

Alcohol exposure alters NMDAR function in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Repeated homotypic stress elevates 2-arachidonoylglycerol levels and enhances short-term endocannabinoid signaling at inhibitory synapses in basolateral amygdala.

Distinct forms of Gq-receptor-dependent plasticity of excitatory transmission in the BNST are differentially affected by stress.

Strain differences in stress responsivity are associated with divergent amygdala gene expression and glutamate-mediated neuronal excitability.

An odyssey of fear: Homer stresses new mechanisms.

Operant sensation seeking requires metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5).

Altered anxiety-like behavior and long-term potentiation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in adult mice exposed to chronic social isolation, unpredictable stress, and ethanol beginning in adolescence.

β-Adrenergic receptors enhance excitatory transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis through a corticotrophin-releasing factor receptor-dependent and cocaine-regulated mechanism.

Opposing roles of mGluR8 in measures of anxiety involving non-social and social challenges.

Stress-induced alterations in anxiety-like behavior and adaptations in plasticity in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

mGluR8 modulates excitatory transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in a stress-dependent manner.

Loss of Thr286 phosphorylation disrupts synaptic CaMKIIα targeting, NMDAR activity and behavior in pre-adolescent mice.

(3-Cyano-5-fluorophenyl)biaryl negative allosteric modulators of mGlu(5): Discovery of a new tool compound with activity in the OSS mouse model of addiction.

GluN2B subunit deletion reveals key role in acute and chronic ethanol sensitivity of glutamate synapses in bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

Stimulus dynamics increase the self-administration of compound visual and auditory stimuli.

Discovery of 2-(2-Benzoxazoyl amino)-4-Aryl-5-Cyanopyrimidine as Negative Allosteric Modulators (NAMs) of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGlu(5) ): From an Artificial Neural Network Virtual Screen to an In Vivo Tool Compound.