Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Madina Makhmutova, Alejandro Caicedo
Summary: Pancreatic innervation is a complex field that benefits from advances in technology for more precise study of neuronal activity. However, the specific role of pancreatic innervation in organ physiology and pathophysiology is still not fully understood.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Meaghan E. McCoy, Anna K. Kamitakahara
Summary: Using VSN marker genes in adult mice, we investigated the developmental emergence and trophic factors regulating the growth of specialized vagal sub-types. BDNF and GDNF were found to stimulate neurite outgrowth from VSNs, with BDNF supporting VSNs locally and GDNF promoting growth in distal innervation sites in the gut. The expression patterns of many cell type markers in the nodose ganglion mature considerably by the end of the first postnatal week.
Article
Neurosciences
Maria E. Rivera-Castro, Cesar F. Pastelin, Juan Bravo-Benitez, Carolina Moran
Summary: Communication between the ovaries and the central nervous system is mediated by peripheral innervation from the celiac plexus, superior ovarian nerve, and ovarian plexus nerve. The role of the vagus nerve in regulating the ovaries and the neural pathway connecting them are not well understood. This study on adult female rats reveals the anatomical and biochemical characteristics of the right and left vagus nerves, including the presence of a right vagal plexus (RVP) mainly composed of catecholaminergic terminals and cholinergic neurons. These findings provide valuable insights for future research on the communication between the vagus nerve and the ovaries.
Article
Neurosciences
Kelsi N. Dodds, Melinda A. Kyloh, Lee Travis, Elizabeth A. H. Beckett, Nick J. Spencer
Summary: This study provides the first detailed description of spinal afferent nerve endings in the uterus of a vertebrate. Various morphological types of spinal afferent nerve endings were identified in different anatomical layers of the uterine wall. Compared to other visceral organs, the uterine spinal afferent endings displayed less morphological diversity, with few neurons in nodose ganglia innervating the uterus.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Mateus R. Amorim, Xin Wang, O. Aung, Shannon Bevans-Fonti, Frederick Anokye-Danso, Caitlin Ribeiro, Joan Escobar, Carla Freire, Huy Pho, Olga Dergacheva, Luiz G. S. Branco, Rexford S. Ahima, David Mendelowitz, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky
Summary: The mismatch between CO2 production and respiration is responsible for obesity hypoventilation. Leptin stimulates both metabolism and breathing, but the interactions between these functions are not well understood. This study reveals that LEPRb+ neurons in the DMH regulate metabolism and breathing in obesity through serotonergic pathways, preventing obesity-induced hypoventilation.
Article
Neurosciences
Michael W. Calik, Sahadev A. Shankarappa, Kelly A. Langert, Evan B. Stubbs
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael W. Calik, David W. Carley
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael W. Calik, David W. Carley
Review
Clinical Neurology
Anne M. Fink, Ulf G. Bronas, Michael W. Calik
CLINICAL AUTONOMIC RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michael W. Calik, Sahadev A. Shankarappa, Evan B. Stubbs
NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
(2012)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael W. Calik, David W. Carley
Article
Physiology
Michael W. Calik, Miodrag Radulovacki, David W. Carley
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Cell Biology
Katherine A. Maki, Larisa A. Burke, Michael W. Calik, Miki Watanabe-Chailland, Dagmar Sweeney, Lindsey E. Romick-Rosendale, Stefan J. Green, Anne M. Fink
PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
(2020)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michael W. Calik, Anne M. Fink
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Irin Topchiy, Anne M. Fink, Katherine A. Maki, Michael W. Calik
Summary: This study validates the feasibility of a new sleep measurement method, PiezoSleep, in rats. PiezoSleep uses a piezoelectric film transducer to detect movement and respiration and employs an algorithm to automatically score sleep. It has been shown to be consistent with EEG/EMG-guided scoring in rats.
NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP
(2022)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Michael W. Calik, David W. Carley
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dronabinol dissolved in 25% DMSO on sleep in rats. The results showed that DMSO did not suppress sleep apneas or modify sleep efficiency, but it did suppress REM sleep.
JOURNAL OF CANNABIS RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Michael W. Calik
NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP
(2017)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Michael W. Calik, David W. Carley
JOURNAL OF NEGATIVE RESULTS IN BIOMEDICINE
(2016)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Terri E. Weaver, Michael W. Calik, Sarah S. Farabi, Anne M. Fink, Maria T. Galang-Boquiren, Mary C. Kapella, Bharati Prasad, David W. Carley
NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP
(2014)