Darwin K. Berg

University of California, San Diego — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study(70), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(51), Ion channel regulation and function(35), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(18), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(18)

Publications95 total

MicroRNA-218 instructs proper assembly of hippocampal networks
eLife·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Author response: MicroRNA-218 instructs proper assembly of hippocampal networks
2023Open Access
MicroRNA-218 instructs proper assembly of hippocampal networks
2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Neonatal Nicotine Exposure Primes Midbrain Neurons to a Dopaminergic Phenotype and Increases Adult Drug Consumption
Biological Psychiatry·2019· 37 citedOpen Access
Neurotransmitter Switching Regulated by miRNAs Controls Changes in Social Preference
Neuron·2017· 79 citedOpen Access
Evidence for opposing roles of Celsr3 and Vangl2 in glutamatergic synapse formation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2017· 78 citedOpen Access
MicroRNA-101 Regulates Multiple Developmental Programs to Constrain Excitation in Adult Neural Networks
Neuron·2016· 86 citedOpen Access
Loss of MeCP2 in cholinergic neurons causes part of RTT-like phenotypes via α7 receptor in hippocampus
Cell Research·2016· 60 citedOpen Access
Selectively driving cholinergic fibers optically in the thalamic reticular nucleus promotes sleep
eLife·2016· 76 citedOpen Access
Author response: Selectively driving cholinergic fibers optically in the thalamic reticular nucleus promotes sleep
2015Open Access
Corrigendum to “Nicotine recruits glutamate receptors to postsynaptic sites” [Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (68) (2015) 340–349]
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience·2015
Nicotine recruits glutamate receptors to postsynaptic sites
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience·2015· 15 citedOpen Access
Long-lasting changes in neural networks to compensate for altered nicotinic input
Biochemical Pharmacology·2015· 9 citedOpen Access
A Novel Mechanism for Nicotinic Potentiation of Glutamatergic Synapses
Journal of Neuroscience·2014· 57 citedOpen Access
Nicotinic Signaling in Development
˜The œReceptors·2014· 5 cited
Lateral Mobility of Presynaptic α7-Containing Nicotinic Receptors and Its Relevance for Glutamate Release
Journal of Neuroscience·2013· 23 citedOpen Access
Activation of α7‐containing nicotinic receptors on astrocytes triggers <scp>AMPA</scp> receptor recruitment to glutamatergic synapses
Journal of Neurochemistry·2013· 42 citedOpen Access
Glutamatergic Synapse Formation is Promoted by α7-Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Journal of Neuroscience·2012· 137 citedOpen Access
PMCA2 via PSD-95 Controls Calcium Signaling by α7-Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Aspiny Interneurons
Journal of Neuroscience·2012· 36 citedOpen Access
Timing Is Everything, Even for Cholinergic Control
Neuron·2011· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

William G. Conroy(8), Zhaoping Liu(5), Jay S. Coggan(5), Sukumar Vijayaraghavan(4), Zhongwei Zhang(3), Margaret Rathouz(3), Qiang Nai(3), Giordano Lippi(3), Richard D. Shoop(3), Jon Lindstrom(2), Hideki Kawai(2), Zach W. Hall(2), Eduardo Esquenazi(2), Mark H. Ellisman(2), Wagner Zago(2), Adrian F. Lozada(2), Xulong Wang(2), Kerri A. Massey(2), Rae Nishi(2), R. Thomas Boyd(2)