Publications
2024
Bennett MC, Reinhart KM, Weisend JE, Morton RA, Carlson AP, Shuttleworth CW. Synaptic Zn2+ contributes to deleterious consequences of spreading depolarizations. Neurobiol Dis. 2024 Feb;191:106407. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106407. Epub 2024 Jan 9. PMID: 38199272
2024
Pinkowski NJ, Fish B, Mehos CJ, Carlson VL, Hess BR, Mayer AR, Morton RA. Spreading Depolarizations Contribute to the Acute Behavioral Deficits Associated with a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0152. PMID: 37742105
2023
Dell'Orco M, Weisend JE, Perrone-Bizzozero NI, Carlson AP, Morton RA, Linsenbardt DN, Shuttleworth CW. Repetitive spreading depolarization induces gene expression changes related to synaptic plasticity and neuroprotective pathways. PMID: 38162001 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1292661
2023
Reinhart KM, Morton RA, Brennan KC, Carlson AP, Shuttleworth. Ketamine improves neuronal recovery following spreading depolarization in peri-infarct tissues. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15923. PMID: 37596720
2023
Divani AA, Salazar P, Ikram HA, Taylor E, Wilson CM, Yang Y, Mahmoudi J, Seletska A, SantaCruz KS, Torbey MT, Liebler EJ, Bragina OA, Morton RA, Bragin DE. Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Brain Lesion Volume and Neurobehavioral Outcomes In a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0153. PMID: 36869619
2020
Pinkowski NJ, Guerin J, Zhang H, Carpentier ST, McCurdy KE, Pacheco JM, Mehos CJ, Brigman JL, Morton RA. Repeated mild traumatic brain injuries impair visual discrimination learning in adolescent mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2020 Nov;175:107315. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107315. Epub 2020 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 32980477; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7655553.
2019
Pacheco JM, Hines-Lanham A, Stratton C, Mehos CJ, McCurdy KE, Pinkowski NJ, Zhang H, Shuttleworth CW, Morton RA. Spreading Depolarizations Occur in Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Are Associated with Postinjury Behavior. eNeuro. 2019 Dec 4;6(6). PMID: 31748237 doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0070-19.2019.
Older
Morton RA and Valenzuela CF. Third trimester equivalent alcohol exposure reduces modulation of glutamatergic synaptic transmission by 5-HT1Areceptors in the rat hippocampal CA3 region. Front Neurosci. 2016 June 8;10:266. PMID: 27375424.
Morton RA, Yanagawa Y, Valenzuela CF. Electrophysiological assessment of serotonin and GABA neuron function in the dorsal raphe during the 3rdtrimester-equivalent developmental period in mice. eNeuro. 2016 Jan 4;2(6), PMID: 4698541.
Morton RA, Valenzuela CF. Further characterization of the effects of ethanol on voltage-gated Ca2+ channel function in the developing CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Brain Res. 2016 Feb 15;1633. PMID: 26711851
Morton RA, Baptista-Hon DT, Hales TG, Lovinger DM. Agonist- and Antagonist-induced up-regulation of surface 5-HT3A receptors. Br. J. Pharmacol. 2015 Aug. 172(16). PMID: 25989383.
Morton RA, Diaz MR, Topper LA, Valenzuela CF. Construction of vapor chambers used to expose mice to alcohol during the equivalent of all three trimesters of human development. J Vis Exp.
2014 Jul 13;(89).PMC4132936
Zamudio-Bulcock PA, Morton RA, Valenzuela CF. Third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure does not alter complex spikes and climbing fiber long-term depression in cerebellar Purkinje neurons from juvenile rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 May; 38(5). PMC3999235.
Diaz MR, Vollmer CC, Zamudio-Bulcock PA, Vollmer W, Blomquist SL, Morton RA, Everett JC, Zurek AA, Yu J, Orser BA, Valenzuela CF. Repeated intermittent alcohol exposure during the third trimester-equivalent increases expression of the GABA(A) receptor δsubunit in cerebellar granule neurons and delays motor development in rats. Neuropharmacology. 2014 Apr;79:262-74.PMC3943642.
Diaz MR, Morton RA. Ethanol untangles the amygdala-anxiety circuit through tonic GABA inhibition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Mar;38(3):619-23.PMID: 24224844.
Morton RA, Diaz MR, Topper LA, Valenzuela CF. Construction of vapor chambers used to expose mice to alcohol during the equivalent of all three trimesters of human development. J Vis Exp. 2014 Jul 13;(89).PMC4132936
Zamudio-Bulcock PA, Morton RA, Valenzuela CF. Third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure does not alter complex spikes and climbing fiber long-term depression in cerebellar Purkinje neurons from juvenile rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 May; 38(5). PMC3999235.
Diaz MR, Vollmer CC, Zamudio-Bulcock PA, Vollmer W, Blomquist SL, Morton RA, Everett JC, Zurek AA, Yu J, Orser BA, Valenzuela CF. Repeated intermittent alcohol exposure during the third trimester-equivalent increases expression of the GABA(A) receptor δsubunit in cerebellar granule neurons and delays motor development in rats. Neuropharmacology. 2014 Apr;79:262-74.PMC3943642.
Diaz MR, Morton RA. Ethanol untangles the amygdala-anxiety circuit through tonic GABA inhibition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Mar;38(3):619-23.PMID: 24224844.Morton RA, Norlin MS, Vollmer CC, Valenzuela CF. Characterization of L-type Ca(2+) channel expression and function in developing CA3 pyramidal neurons. Neuroscience. 2013 May;238:59-70. PMC3622769.
Valenzuela CF, Morton RA, Diaz MR, Topper L. Does moderate drinking harm the fetal brain? Insights from animal models. Trends Neurosci. 2012 May;35(5):284-92.PMC3348364.
Morton RA, Luo G, Davis MI, Hales TG, Lovinger DM. Fluorophore assisted light inactivation (FALI) of recombinant 5-HT(3)A receptor constitutive internalization and function. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2011 Jun;47(2):79-92.PMC3172681.
Leistikow RL, Morton RA, Bartek IL, Frimpong I, Wagner K, Voskuil MI.The Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR regulon assists in metabolic homeostasis and enables rapid recovery from nonrespiring dormancy. J Bacteriol. 2010 Mar;192(6):1662-70.PMC2832541.
Sanghvi M, Hamouda AK, Davis MI, Morton RA, Srivastava S, Pandhare A, Duddempudi PK, Machu TK, Lovinger DM, Cohen JB, Blanton MP. Hydrophobic photolabeling studies identify the lipid-protein interface of the 5-HT3A receptor. Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 6;48(39):9278-86.PMC2778300
Bartek IL, Rutherford R, Gruppo V, Morton RA, Morris RP, Klein MR, Visconti KC, Ryan GJ, Schoolnik GK, Lenaerts A, Voskuil MI.The DosR regulon of M. tuberculosis and antibacterial tolerance. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2009 Jul;89(4):310-6.PMC2718728
Davani B, Ikonomou L, Raaka BM, Geras-Raaka E, Morton RA, Marcus-Samuels B, Gershengorn MC. Human islet-derived precursor cells are mesenchymal stromal cells that differentiate and mature to hormone-expressing cells in vivo. Stem Cells. 2007 Dec;25(12):3215-22. PMID: 17901402.
Morton RA, Geras-Raaka E, Wilson LM, Raaka BM, Gershengorn MC. Endocrine precursor cells from mouse islets are not generated by epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of mature beta cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2007 May 30;270(1-2):87-93. PMC1987709.