H-Index=32
Total Citations=5,323
Peer Reviewed Articles1 .X. Ma, J. Wei, Y. Cui, B. Xia, L. Zhang, A. Nehme, Y. Zuo, D. Ferguson, P. Levitt, S. Qiu, (2021). Disrupted Timing of MET Signaling Derails the Developmental Maturation of Cortical Circuits and Leads to Altered Behavior in Mice, Cereb Cortex, DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhab323.
2. H.D. Kim, J. Wei, T. Call, N.T. Quintus, A.J. Summers, S. Carotenuto, R. Johnson, X. Ma, C. Xu, J.G. Park, S. Qiu, D. Ferguson (2021). Shisa6 mediates cell-type specific regulation of depression in the nucleus accumbens, Mol Psychiatry, DOI 10.1038/s41380-021-01217-8.
3. B. Xia, J. Wei, X. Ma, A. Nehme, K. Liong, Y. Cui, C. Chen, A. Gallitano, D. Ferguson, S. Qiu (2021). Conditional knockout of MET receptor tyrosine kinase in cortical excitatory neurons leads to enhanced learning and memory in young adult mice but early cognitive decline in older adult mice, Neurobiol Learn Mem, 179 107397.
4. K. Chen, X. Ma, A. Nehme, J. Wei, Y. Cui, Y. Cui, D. Yao, J. Wu, T. Anderson, D. Ferguson, P. Levitt, S. Qiu (2020). Time-delimited signaling of MET receptor tyrosine kinase regulates cortical circuit development and critical period plasticity, Mol Psychiatry, DOI 10.1038/s41380-019-0635-6.
5. H.D. Kim, J. Hesterman, T. Call, S. Magazu, E. Keeley, K. Armenta, H. Kronman, R.L. Neve, E.J. Nestler, D. Ferguson (2016). SIRT1 Mediates Depression-Like Behaviors in the Nucleus Accumbens, J Neurosci, 36 8441-8452.
6. J. Feng, M. Wilkinson, X. Liu, I. Purushothaman, D. Ferguson, V. Vialou, I. Maze, N. Shao, P. Kennedy, J. Koo, C. Dias, B. Laitman, V. Stockman, Q. LaPlant, M.E. Cahill, E.J. Nestler, L. Shen (2015). Erratum to: Chronic cocaine-regulated epigenomic changes in mouse nucleus accumbens, Genome Biol, 16 227.
7. C. Dias, D. Dietz, M. Mazei-Robison, H. Sun, D. Damez-Werno, D. Ferguson, M. Wilkinson, J. Magida, V. Gao, R. Neve, E.J. Nestler (2015). Dishevelled-2 regulates cocaine-induced structural plasticity and Rac1 activity in the nucleus accumbens, Neurosci Lett, 598 23-28.
8. J. Feng, N. Shao, K.E. Szulwach, V. Vialou, J. Huynh, C. Zhong, T. Le, D. Ferguson, M.E. Cahill, Y. Li, J.W. Koo, E. Ribeiro, B. Labonte, B.M. Laitman, D. Estey, V. Stockman, P. Kennedy, T. Courousse, I. Mensah, G. Turecki, K.F. Faull, G.L. Ming, H. Song, G. Fan, P. Casaccia, L. Shen, P. Jin, E.J. Nestler (2015). Role of Tet1 and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in cocaine action, Nat Neurosci, 18 536-544.
9. D. Ferguson, N. Shao, E. Heller, J. Feng, R. Neve, H.D. Kim, T. Call, S. Magazu, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2015). SIRT1-FOXO3a regulate cocaine actions in the nucleus accumbens, J Neurosci, 35 3100-3111.
10. J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, Q. LaPlant, G. Egervari, K.M. Braunscheidel, D.N. Adank, D. Ferguson, J. Feng, H. Sun, K.N. Scobie, D.M. Damez-Werno, E. Ribeiro, C.J. Pena, D. Walker, R.C. Bagot, M.E. Cahill, S.A. Anderson, B. Labonte, G.E. Hodes, H. Browne, B. Chadwick, A.J. Robison, V.F. Vialou, C. Dias, Z. Lorsch, E. Mouzon, M.K. Lobo, D.M. Dietz, S.J. Russo, R.L. Neve, Y.L. Hurd, E.J. Nestler (2015). Epigenetic basis of opiate suppression of Bdnf gene expression in the ventral tegmental area, Nat Neurosci, 18 415-422.
11. E.A. Heller, S. Kaska, B. Fallon, D. Ferguson, P.J. Kennedy, R.L. Neve, E.J. Nestler, M.S. Mazei-Robison (2015). Morphine and cocaine increase serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 activity in the ventral tegmental area, J Neurochem, 132 243-253.
12. J. Feng, N. Shao, K.E. Szulwach, V. Vialou, J. Huynh, C. Zhong, T. Le, D. Ferguson, M.E. Cahill, Y. Li, J.W. Koo, E. Ribeiro, B. Labonte, B.M. Laitman, D. Estey, V. Stockman, P. Kennedy, T. Couroussé, I. Mensah, G. Turecki, K.F. Faull, G.L. Ming, H. Song, G. Fan, P. Casaccia, L. Shen, P. Jin, E.J. Nestler (2015). Role of Tet1 and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in cocaine action, Nat Neurosci, 18 536-544.
13. C. Dias, J. Feng, H. Sun, N.Y. Shao, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Damez-Werno, K. Scobie, R. Bagot, B. LaBonte, E. Ribeiro, X. Liu, P. Kennedy, V. Vialou, D. Ferguson, C. Pena, E.S. Calipari, J.W. Koo, E. Mouzon, S. Ghose, C. Tamminga, R. Neve, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2014). beta-catenin mediates stress resilience through Dicer1/microRNA regulation, Nature, 516 51-55.
14. E.A. Heller, H.M. Cates, C.J. Pena, H. Sun, N. Shao, J. Feng, S.A. Golden, J.P. Herman, J.J. Walsh, M. Mazei-Robison, D. Ferguson, S. Knight, M.A. Gerber, C. Nievera, M.H. Han, S.J. Russo, C.S. Tamminga, R.L. Neve, L. Shen, H.S. Zhang, F. Zhang, E.J. Nestler (2014). Locus-specific epigenetic remodeling controls addiction- and depression-related behaviors, Nat Neurosci, 17 1720-1727.
15. J. Feng, M. Wilkinson, X. Liu, I. Purushothaman, D. Ferguson, V. Vialou, I. Maze, N. Shao, P. Kennedy, J. Koo, C. Dias, B. Laitman, V. Stockman, Q. LaPlant, M.E. Cahill, E.J. Nestler, L. Shen (2014). Chronic cocaine-regulated epigenomic changes in mouse nucleus accumbens, Genome Biol, 15 R65.
16. V. Vialou, R.C. Bagot, M.E. Cahill, D. Ferguson, A.J. Robison, D.M. Dietz, B. Fallon, M. Mazei-Robison, S.M. Ku, E. Harrigan, C.A. Winstanley, T. Joshi, J. Feng, O. Berton, E.J. Nestler (2014). Prefrontal cortical circuit for depression- and anxiety-related behaviors mediated by cholecystokinin: role of DeltaFosB, J Neurosci, 34 3878-3887.
17. S. Gaspari, M.M. Papachatzaki, J.W. Koo, F.B. Carr, M.E. Tsimpanouli, E. Stergiou, R.C. Bagot, D. Ferguson, E. Mouzon, S. Chakravarty, K. Deisseroth, M.K. Lobo, V. Zachariou, (2014). Nucleus accumbens-specific interventions in RGS9-2 activity modulate responses to morphine, Neuropsychopharmacology, 39 1968-1977.
18. J.J. Walsh, A.K. Friedman, H. Sun, E.A. Heller, S.M. Ku, B. Juarez, V.L. Burnham, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Ferguson, S.A. Golden, J.W. Koo, D. Chaudhury, D.J. Christoffel, L. Pomeranz, J.M. Friedman, S.J. Russo, E.J. Nestler, M.H. Han (2014). Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway, Nat Neurosci, 17 27-29.
19. D. Ferguson, J.W. Koo, J. Feng, E. Heller, J. Rabkin, M. Heshmati, W. Renthal, R. Neve, X. Liu, N. Shao, V. Sartorelli, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2013). Essential role of SIRT1 signaling in the nucleus accumbens in cocaine and morphine action, J Neurosci, 33 16088-16098.
20. D. Chaudhury, J.J. Walsh, A.K. Friedman, B. Juarez, S.M. Ku, J.W. Koo, D. Ferguson, H.C. Tsai, L. Pomeranz, D.J. Christoffel, A.R. Nectow, M. Ekstrand, A. Domingos, M.S. Mazei-Robison, E. Mouzon, M.K. Lobo, R.L. Neve, J.M. Friedman, S.J. Russo, K. Deisseroth, E.J. Nestler, M.H. Han (2013). Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons, Nature, 493 532-536.
21. J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Chaudhury, B. Juarez, Q. LaPlant, D. Ferguson, J. Feng, H. Sun, K.N. Scobie, D. Damez-Werno, M. Crumiller, Y.N. Ohnishi, Y.H. Ohnishi, E. Mouzon, D.M. Dietz, M.K. Lobo, R.L. Neve, S.J. Russo, M.H. Han, E.J. Nestler (2012). BDNF is a negative modulator of morphine action, Science, 338 124-128.
22. V. Vialou, J. Feng, A.J. Robison, S.M. Ku, D. Ferguson, K.N. Scobie, M.S. Mazei-Robison, E. Mouzon, E.J. Nestler (2012). Serum response factor and cAMP response element binding protein are both required for cocaine induction of DeltaFosB, J Neurosci, 32 7577-7584.
23. D.M. Dietz, H. Sun, M.K. Lobo, M.E. Cahill, B. Chadwick, V. Gao, J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, C. Dias, I. Maze, D. Damez-Werno, K.C. Dietz, K.N. Scobie, D. Ferguson, D. Christoffel, Y. Ohnishi, G.E. Hodes, Y. Zheng, R.L. Neve, K.M. Hahn, S.J. Russo, E.J. Nestler (2012). Rac1 is essential in cocaine-induced structural plasticity of nucleus accumbens neurons, Nat Neurosci, 15 891-896.
24. T.E. Brown, B.R. Lee, P. Mu, D. Ferguson, D. Dietz, Y.N. Ohnishi, Y. Lin, A. Suska, M. Ishikawa, Y.H. Huang, H. Shen, P.W. Kalivas, B.A. Sorg, R.S. Zukin, E.J. Nestler, Y. Dong, O.M. Schluter (2011). A silent synapse-based mechanism for cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization, J Neurosci, 31 8163-8174.
25. A.T. Knoll, J.W. Muschamp, S.E. Sillivan, D. Ferguson, D.M. Dietz, E.G. Meloni, F.I. Carroll, E.J. Nestler, C. Konradi, W.A. Carlezon, Jr. (2011). Kappa opioid receptor signaling in the basolateral amygdala regulates conditioned fear and anxiety in rats, Biol Psychiatry, 70 425-433.
26. K. Psifogeorgou, D. Terzi, M.M. Papachatzaki, A. Varidaki, D. Ferguson, S.J. Gold, V. Zachariou (2011). A unique role of RGS9-2 in the striatum as a positive or negative regulator of opiate analgesia, J Neurosci, 31 5617-5624.
27. D.J. Christoffel, S.A. Golden, D. Dumitriu, A.J. Robison, W.G. Janssen, H.F. Ahn, V. Krishnan, C.M. Reyes, M.H. Han, J.L. Ables, A.J. Eisch, D.M. Dietz, D. Ferguson, R.L. Neve, P. Greengard, Y. Kim, J.H. Morrison, S.J. Russo (2011). IkappaB kinase regulates social defeat stress-induced synaptic and behavioral plasticity, J Neurosci, 31 314-321.
28. J.W. Koo, S.J. Russo, D. Ferguson, E.J. Nestler, R.S. Duman (2010). Nuclear factor-kappaB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behavior, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 107 2669-2674.
29. T.C. Dumas, T. Gillette, D. Ferguson, K. Hamilton, R.M. Sapolsky (2010). Anti-glucocorticoid gene therapy reverses the impairing effects of elevated corticosterone on spatial memory, hippocampal neuronal excitability, and synaptic plasticity, J Neurosci, 30 1712-1720.
30. R. Mitra, D. Ferguson, R.M. Sapolsky (2009). Mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression in basolateral amygdala reduces corticosterone secretion and anxiety, Biol Psychiatry, 66 686-690.
31. D. Ferguson, R. Sapolsky (2008). Overexpression of mineralocorticoid and transdominant glucocorticoid receptor blocks the impairing effects of glucocorticoids on memory, Hippocampus, 18 1103-1111.
32. D. Ferguson, S. Lin, R. Sapolsky (2008). Viral vector-mediated blockade of the endocrine stress-response modulates non-spatial memory, Neurosci Lett, 437 1-4.
33. D. Ferguson, R. Sapolsky (2007). Mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression differentially modulates specific phases of spatial and nonspatial memory, J Neurosci, 27 8046-8052.
34. A. Nicholas, C.D. Munhoz, D. Ferguson, L. Campbell, R. Sapolsky (2006). Enhancing cognition after stress with gene therapy, J Neurosci, 26 11637-11643.
35. M. Altemus, J. Fong, R. Yang, S. Damast, V. Luine, D. Ferguson (2004). Changes in cerebrospinal fluid neurochemistry during pregnancy, Biol Psychiatry, 56 386-392.
36. V. Bisagno, D. Ferguson, V.N. Luine (2003). Chronic D-amphetamine induces sexually dimorphic effects on locomotion, recognition memory, and brain monoamines, Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 74 859-867.
37. S.E. Alves, E. Hoskin, S.J. Lee, W.G. Brake, D. Ferguson, V. Luine, P.B. Allen, P. Greengard, B.S. McEwen (2002). Serotonin mediates CA1 spine density but is not crucial for ovarian steroid regulation of synaptic plasticity in the adult rat dorsal hippocampus, Synapse, 45 143-151.
38. V. Bisagno, D. Ferguson, V.N. Luine (2002). Short toxic methamphetamine schedule impairs object recognition task in male rats, Brain Res, 940 95-101.
Reviews, Book Chapters, and Commentaries
Total Citations=5,323
Peer Reviewed Articles1 .X. Ma, J. Wei, Y. Cui, B. Xia, L. Zhang, A. Nehme, Y. Zuo, D. Ferguson, P. Levitt, S. Qiu, (2021). Disrupted Timing of MET Signaling Derails the Developmental Maturation of Cortical Circuits and Leads to Altered Behavior in Mice, Cereb Cortex, DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhab323.
2. H.D. Kim, J. Wei, T. Call, N.T. Quintus, A.J. Summers, S. Carotenuto, R. Johnson, X. Ma, C. Xu, J.G. Park, S. Qiu, D. Ferguson (2021). Shisa6 mediates cell-type specific regulation of depression in the nucleus accumbens, Mol Psychiatry, DOI 10.1038/s41380-021-01217-8.
3. B. Xia, J. Wei, X. Ma, A. Nehme, K. Liong, Y. Cui, C. Chen, A. Gallitano, D. Ferguson, S. Qiu (2021). Conditional knockout of MET receptor tyrosine kinase in cortical excitatory neurons leads to enhanced learning and memory in young adult mice but early cognitive decline in older adult mice, Neurobiol Learn Mem, 179 107397.
4. K. Chen, X. Ma, A. Nehme, J. Wei, Y. Cui, Y. Cui, D. Yao, J. Wu, T. Anderson, D. Ferguson, P. Levitt, S. Qiu (2020). Time-delimited signaling of MET receptor tyrosine kinase regulates cortical circuit development and critical period plasticity, Mol Psychiatry, DOI 10.1038/s41380-019-0635-6.
5. H.D. Kim, J. Hesterman, T. Call, S. Magazu, E. Keeley, K. Armenta, H. Kronman, R.L. Neve, E.J. Nestler, D. Ferguson (2016). SIRT1 Mediates Depression-Like Behaviors in the Nucleus Accumbens, J Neurosci, 36 8441-8452.
6. J. Feng, M. Wilkinson, X. Liu, I. Purushothaman, D. Ferguson, V. Vialou, I. Maze, N. Shao, P. Kennedy, J. Koo, C. Dias, B. Laitman, V. Stockman, Q. LaPlant, M.E. Cahill, E.J. Nestler, L. Shen (2015). Erratum to: Chronic cocaine-regulated epigenomic changes in mouse nucleus accumbens, Genome Biol, 16 227.
7. C. Dias, D. Dietz, M. Mazei-Robison, H. Sun, D. Damez-Werno, D. Ferguson, M. Wilkinson, J. Magida, V. Gao, R. Neve, E.J. Nestler (2015). Dishevelled-2 regulates cocaine-induced structural plasticity and Rac1 activity in the nucleus accumbens, Neurosci Lett, 598 23-28.
8. J. Feng, N. Shao, K.E. Szulwach, V. Vialou, J. Huynh, C. Zhong, T. Le, D. Ferguson, M.E. Cahill, Y. Li, J.W. Koo, E. Ribeiro, B. Labonte, B.M. Laitman, D. Estey, V. Stockman, P. Kennedy, T. Courousse, I. Mensah, G. Turecki, K.F. Faull, G.L. Ming, H. Song, G. Fan, P. Casaccia, L. Shen, P. Jin, E.J. Nestler (2015). Role of Tet1 and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in cocaine action, Nat Neurosci, 18 536-544.
9. D. Ferguson, N. Shao, E. Heller, J. Feng, R. Neve, H.D. Kim, T. Call, S. Magazu, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2015). SIRT1-FOXO3a regulate cocaine actions in the nucleus accumbens, J Neurosci, 35 3100-3111.
10. J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, Q. LaPlant, G. Egervari, K.M. Braunscheidel, D.N. Adank, D. Ferguson, J. Feng, H. Sun, K.N. Scobie, D.M. Damez-Werno, E. Ribeiro, C.J. Pena, D. Walker, R.C. Bagot, M.E. Cahill, S.A. Anderson, B. Labonte, G.E. Hodes, H. Browne, B. Chadwick, A.J. Robison, V.F. Vialou, C. Dias, Z. Lorsch, E. Mouzon, M.K. Lobo, D.M. Dietz, S.J. Russo, R.L. Neve, Y.L. Hurd, E.J. Nestler (2015). Epigenetic basis of opiate suppression of Bdnf gene expression in the ventral tegmental area, Nat Neurosci, 18 415-422.
11. E.A. Heller, S. Kaska, B. Fallon, D. Ferguson, P.J. Kennedy, R.L. Neve, E.J. Nestler, M.S. Mazei-Robison (2015). Morphine and cocaine increase serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 activity in the ventral tegmental area, J Neurochem, 132 243-253.
12. J. Feng, N. Shao, K.E. Szulwach, V. Vialou, J. Huynh, C. Zhong, T. Le, D. Ferguson, M.E. Cahill, Y. Li, J.W. Koo, E. Ribeiro, B. Labonte, B.M. Laitman, D. Estey, V. Stockman, P. Kennedy, T. Couroussé, I. Mensah, G. Turecki, K.F. Faull, G.L. Ming, H. Song, G. Fan, P. Casaccia, L. Shen, P. Jin, E.J. Nestler (2015). Role of Tet1 and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in cocaine action, Nat Neurosci, 18 536-544.
13. C. Dias, J. Feng, H. Sun, N.Y. Shao, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Damez-Werno, K. Scobie, R. Bagot, B. LaBonte, E. Ribeiro, X. Liu, P. Kennedy, V. Vialou, D. Ferguson, C. Pena, E.S. Calipari, J.W. Koo, E. Mouzon, S. Ghose, C. Tamminga, R. Neve, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2014). beta-catenin mediates stress resilience through Dicer1/microRNA regulation, Nature, 516 51-55.
14. E.A. Heller, H.M. Cates, C.J. Pena, H. Sun, N. Shao, J. Feng, S.A. Golden, J.P. Herman, J.J. Walsh, M. Mazei-Robison, D. Ferguson, S. Knight, M.A. Gerber, C. Nievera, M.H. Han, S.J. Russo, C.S. Tamminga, R.L. Neve, L. Shen, H.S. Zhang, F. Zhang, E.J. Nestler (2014). Locus-specific epigenetic remodeling controls addiction- and depression-related behaviors, Nat Neurosci, 17 1720-1727.
15. J. Feng, M. Wilkinson, X. Liu, I. Purushothaman, D. Ferguson, V. Vialou, I. Maze, N. Shao, P. Kennedy, J. Koo, C. Dias, B. Laitman, V. Stockman, Q. LaPlant, M.E. Cahill, E.J. Nestler, L. Shen (2014). Chronic cocaine-regulated epigenomic changes in mouse nucleus accumbens, Genome Biol, 15 R65.
16. V. Vialou, R.C. Bagot, M.E. Cahill, D. Ferguson, A.J. Robison, D.M. Dietz, B. Fallon, M. Mazei-Robison, S.M. Ku, E. Harrigan, C.A. Winstanley, T. Joshi, J. Feng, O. Berton, E.J. Nestler (2014). Prefrontal cortical circuit for depression- and anxiety-related behaviors mediated by cholecystokinin: role of DeltaFosB, J Neurosci, 34 3878-3887.
17. S. Gaspari, M.M. Papachatzaki, J.W. Koo, F.B. Carr, M.E. Tsimpanouli, E. Stergiou, R.C. Bagot, D. Ferguson, E. Mouzon, S. Chakravarty, K. Deisseroth, M.K. Lobo, V. Zachariou, (2014). Nucleus accumbens-specific interventions in RGS9-2 activity modulate responses to morphine, Neuropsychopharmacology, 39 1968-1977.
18. J.J. Walsh, A.K. Friedman, H. Sun, E.A. Heller, S.M. Ku, B. Juarez, V.L. Burnham, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Ferguson, S.A. Golden, J.W. Koo, D. Chaudhury, D.J. Christoffel, L. Pomeranz, J.M. Friedman, S.J. Russo, E.J. Nestler, M.H. Han (2014). Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway, Nat Neurosci, 17 27-29.
19. D. Ferguson, J.W. Koo, J. Feng, E. Heller, J. Rabkin, M. Heshmati, W. Renthal, R. Neve, X. Liu, N. Shao, V. Sartorelli, L. Shen, E.J. Nestler (2013). Essential role of SIRT1 signaling in the nucleus accumbens in cocaine and morphine action, J Neurosci, 33 16088-16098.
20. D. Chaudhury, J.J. Walsh, A.K. Friedman, B. Juarez, S.M. Ku, J.W. Koo, D. Ferguson, H.C. Tsai, L. Pomeranz, D.J. Christoffel, A.R. Nectow, M. Ekstrand, A. Domingos, M.S. Mazei-Robison, E. Mouzon, M.K. Lobo, R.L. Neve, J.M. Friedman, S.J. Russo, K. Deisseroth, E.J. Nestler, M.H. Han (2013). Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons, Nature, 493 532-536.
21. J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, D. Chaudhury, B. Juarez, Q. LaPlant, D. Ferguson, J. Feng, H. Sun, K.N. Scobie, D. Damez-Werno, M. Crumiller, Y.N. Ohnishi, Y.H. Ohnishi, E. Mouzon, D.M. Dietz, M.K. Lobo, R.L. Neve, S.J. Russo, M.H. Han, E.J. Nestler (2012). BDNF is a negative modulator of morphine action, Science, 338 124-128.
22. V. Vialou, J. Feng, A.J. Robison, S.M. Ku, D. Ferguson, K.N. Scobie, M.S. Mazei-Robison, E. Mouzon, E.J. Nestler (2012). Serum response factor and cAMP response element binding protein are both required for cocaine induction of DeltaFosB, J Neurosci, 32 7577-7584.
23. D.M. Dietz, H. Sun, M.K. Lobo, M.E. Cahill, B. Chadwick, V. Gao, J.W. Koo, M.S. Mazei-Robison, C. Dias, I. Maze, D. Damez-Werno, K.C. Dietz, K.N. Scobie, D. Ferguson, D. Christoffel, Y. Ohnishi, G.E. Hodes, Y. Zheng, R.L. Neve, K.M. Hahn, S.J. Russo, E.J. Nestler (2012). Rac1 is essential in cocaine-induced structural plasticity of nucleus accumbens neurons, Nat Neurosci, 15 891-896.
24. T.E. Brown, B.R. Lee, P. Mu, D. Ferguson, D. Dietz, Y.N. Ohnishi, Y. Lin, A. Suska, M. Ishikawa, Y.H. Huang, H. Shen, P.W. Kalivas, B.A. Sorg, R.S. Zukin, E.J. Nestler, Y. Dong, O.M. Schluter (2011). A silent synapse-based mechanism for cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization, J Neurosci, 31 8163-8174.
25. A.T. Knoll, J.W. Muschamp, S.E. Sillivan, D. Ferguson, D.M. Dietz, E.G. Meloni, F.I. Carroll, E.J. Nestler, C. Konradi, W.A. Carlezon, Jr. (2011). Kappa opioid receptor signaling in the basolateral amygdala regulates conditioned fear and anxiety in rats, Biol Psychiatry, 70 425-433.
26. K. Psifogeorgou, D. Terzi, M.M. Papachatzaki, A. Varidaki, D. Ferguson, S.J. Gold, V. Zachariou (2011). A unique role of RGS9-2 in the striatum as a positive or negative regulator of opiate analgesia, J Neurosci, 31 5617-5624.
27. D.J. Christoffel, S.A. Golden, D. Dumitriu, A.J. Robison, W.G. Janssen, H.F. Ahn, V. Krishnan, C.M. Reyes, M.H. Han, J.L. Ables, A.J. Eisch, D.M. Dietz, D. Ferguson, R.L. Neve, P. Greengard, Y. Kim, J.H. Morrison, S.J. Russo (2011). IkappaB kinase regulates social defeat stress-induced synaptic and behavioral plasticity, J Neurosci, 31 314-321.
28. J.W. Koo, S.J. Russo, D. Ferguson, E.J. Nestler, R.S. Duman (2010). Nuclear factor-kappaB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behavior, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 107 2669-2674.
29. T.C. Dumas, T. Gillette, D. Ferguson, K. Hamilton, R.M. Sapolsky (2010). Anti-glucocorticoid gene therapy reverses the impairing effects of elevated corticosterone on spatial memory, hippocampal neuronal excitability, and synaptic plasticity, J Neurosci, 30 1712-1720.
30. R. Mitra, D. Ferguson, R.M. Sapolsky (2009). Mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression in basolateral amygdala reduces corticosterone secretion and anxiety, Biol Psychiatry, 66 686-690.
31. D. Ferguson, R. Sapolsky (2008). Overexpression of mineralocorticoid and transdominant glucocorticoid receptor blocks the impairing effects of glucocorticoids on memory, Hippocampus, 18 1103-1111.
32. D. Ferguson, S. Lin, R. Sapolsky (2008). Viral vector-mediated blockade of the endocrine stress-response modulates non-spatial memory, Neurosci Lett, 437 1-4.
33. D. Ferguson, R. Sapolsky (2007). Mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression differentially modulates specific phases of spatial and nonspatial memory, J Neurosci, 27 8046-8052.
34. A. Nicholas, C.D. Munhoz, D. Ferguson, L. Campbell, R. Sapolsky (2006). Enhancing cognition after stress with gene therapy, J Neurosci, 26 11637-11643.
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Reviews, Book Chapters, and Commentaries
- H.D. Kim, T. Call, S. Magazu, D. Ferguson (2017). Drug Addiction and Histone Code Alterations, Adv Exp Med Biol, 978 127-143.
- D. Ferguson (2017). Cocaine Mediates the Cellular Mechanism of Satiation, Biol Psychiatry, 81 e47-e48.