Fiacco Lab
Fiacco Lab
Fiacco
•Fiacco TA, Agulhon C, McCarthy KD. Sorting out astrocyte physiology from pharmacology. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 49: 151-74, 2009.
•Agulhon C, Petravicz J, McMullen AB, Sweger EJ, Minton SK, Taves SR, Casper KB, Fiacco TA, McCarthy KD. What Is the Role of Astrocyte Calcium in Neurophysiology? Neuron 59(6): 932-946, 2008.
•Fiacco TA, Agulhon C. Advances in understanding new roles for astrocytes in the modulation of neuronal activity. Physiology News 72: 18-20, 2008.
•Fiacco TA, Casper K, Agulhon C, Sweger E, Taves S, Minton S, McCarthy KD. Molecular approaches for studying astrocytes. In: Astrocytes in (patho)Physiology of the Nervous System, Springer ( Boston , MA ); Edited by Vladimir Parpura and Phil Haydon, pp. 383-406, 2008.
•Petravicz J, Fiacco TA, McCarthy KD. Loss of IP3 receptor-dependent Ca2+ increases in hippocampal astrocytes does not affect baseline CA1 pyramidal neuron synaptic activity. Journal of Neuroscience 28(19):4967-73, 2008.
•Djukic B, Fiacco TA, McCarthy KD. Astrocyte signaling systems in physiology and pathology. In: Immune and Glial Regulation of Pain, edited by Joyce A. DeLeo, Linda S. Sorkin, and Linda R. Watkins, IASP Press, Seattle, pp.229-247, 2007.
•Fiacco TA, Agulhon C, Taves S, Petravicz J, Casper K, Dong Xinzhong, Chen J, McCarthy KD. Selective stimulation of astrocyte calcium in situ does not affect neuronal excitatory synaptic activity. Neuron 54:611-626, 2007.
•Fiacco TA, McCarthy KD. Astrocyte calcium elevations: Properties, propagation, and effects on brain signaling. Glia 54(7):676-690, 2006.
•Fiacco TA, McCarthy KD. Intracellular astrocyte calcium waves in situ increase the frequency of spontaneous AMPA receptor currents in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 24:722-732, 2004.
•Fiacco TA, Rosene DL, Galler JR, Blatt GJ. Increased density of hippocampal kainate receptors but normal density of NMDA and AMPA receptors in a rat model of prenatal protein malnutrition. Journal of Comparative Neurology 456:350-360, 2003.
•Tonkiss J, Shultz P, Shumsky JS, Fiacco TA, Vincitore M, Rosene DL, and JR Galler. Chlordiazepoxide-induced spatial learning deficits: dose-dependent differences following prenatal malnutrition. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 65(1):105, 1999.
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