Publications

Publications by year

2023

2022

  • Javonillo DI, Tran KM, Phan J, Hingco E, Kramar EA, Da Cunha C, Forner S, Kawauchi S, Neurmann J, Banh CE, Huynh M, Matheos DP, Rezaie N, Alcantara JA, Mortazavi A, Wood MA, Tenner AJ, Macgregor GR, Green KN, LaFerla F (2022) Systematic phenotyping and characterization of the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Front Neurosci. 15:785276. PMCID: PMC8818877

2021

  • Smolen P, Wood MA, Baxter DA, Byrne JH (2021) Modeling suggests combined-drug treatments for disorders impairing synaptic plasticity via shared signaling pathways. J Comp Neurosci. V49(1):37- 56. PMCID7878405
  •  Keiser A, Kramar E, Dong T, Shanur S, Priodan M, Ru N, Acharya M, Baulch J, Limoli C, Wood MA (2021) Systemic HDAC3 inhibition ameliorates impairments in synaptic plasticity caused by simulated galactic cosmic radiation exposure in male mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 178:107367. PMCID: PMC8456980
  • Campbell RR, Kramar EA, Pham L, Beardwood JH, Augustynski AS, Lopez AJ, Chitnis OS, Delima G, Banihani J, Matheos DP, Wood MA (2021) HDAC3 activity within the nucleus accumbens regulates cocaine induced plasticity and behavior in a cell-type specific manner. J Neurosci. V41: 2814-2827. PMCID: PMC801887.
  •  Baglietto-Vargas D, Cai L, Martini AC, Trujillo-Estrada L, Forner S, Jiang S, Kramar EA, Nunez-Diaz C, Shahnawaz M, Matheos DP, Ma X, Da Cunha C, Ager RR, Soto C, Gutierrez A, Moreno-Gonzalez I, McGregor GR, Green KN, Wood MA, Mortazavi A, Tenner AJ, LaFerla F (2021). Generation of a humanized Ab expressing mouse demonstrating aspects of Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology. Nature Commun. V12:2421. PMCID: PMC8065162.
  • Campbell RR, Chen S, Beardwood J, Lopez AJ, Pham LV, Keiser AM, Childs JE, Matheos DP, Swarup V, Baldi P, Wood MA (2021) Cocaine induces paradigm-specific changes to the transcriptome within the ventral tegmental area. Neuropsychopharm. V46:1768-1779. PMCID: PMC8357835.
  •  Klein PM, Alaghband Y, Doan NL, Ru N, Drayson OGG, Baulch JE, Kramar EA, Wood MA, Soltesz I, Limoli CL (2021) Acute, low-dose neutron exposures adversely impact central nervous system function. Int J Mol Sci.  v22:9020. PMCID: PMC8396607.
  • Forner S, Kawauchi S, Balerrama-Gutierrez G, Kramar EA, Matheos DP, Phan J, Javonillo DI, Tran KM, Hingco E, Cunha C, Rezaie N, Alcantara JA, Baglietto-Vargas D, Jansen C, Neurmann J, Wood MA, MacGregor GR, Mortazavi A, Tenner AJ, LaFerla FM, Green KN. (2021) Systematic phenotyping and characterization of the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzhimer’s Disease. Sci Data. 8:270. PMCID: PMC8519958
  • Arreola M, Soni N, Crapser J, Hohsfield L, Elmore M, Mathes DP, Wood MA, Swarup V, Mortazavi A, Green KN. (2021) Microglial dyshomeostasis drives perineuronal net and synaptic loss in a CSF1R+/- mouse model of ALSP which can be rescued via CSF1R inhibitors. Science Advances. 7:eabg1601. PMCID: PMC8386924
  • Chinn C, Ren H, Morival J, Nie Q, Wood MA, Downing TL (2021) Examining age-dependent DNA  methylation patterns and gene expression in the male and female hippocampus. Neurobiol Aging. 108:223-235. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.08.006
  • Ionescu-Tucker A, Butler CW, Berchtold NC, Matheos DP, Wood MA, Cotman CW (2021) Exercise reduces H3K9Me3 and regulates BDNF and GABRA2 in an age-dependent manner.  Front Aging Neurosci. 13:798297.  PMCID: PMC8712855

2020

  • Kwapis JL, Alaghband Y, Keiser AA, Dong TN, Michael CM, Rhee D, Shu G, Dang RT, Matheos DP, Wood MA (2020) Aging mice show impaired memory updating in the novel OUL updating paradigm. Neuropsychopharm. V45:337-346. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0438-0.
  • Linker K, Elabd M, Tawadrous P, Cano M, Green K, Wood MA, Leslie F (2020) Microglial activation increases cocaine self-administration following adolescent nicotine exposure by a dopamine 2 receptor mechanism. Nature Communications. v11:306. PMCID6965638
  • Kim HK, Geschwind T, Nguyen TM, Bui AD, Felong S, Ampig K, Suh D, Ciernia AV, Wood MA, Soltesz I (2020) Optogenetic intervention of seizures improves spatial memory in a mouse model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia.  Feb 18. doi: 10.1111/epi.16445.
  • Matheos DP and Wood MA (2020) NR4A transcription factor family: Key regulators of memory formation. Oxford Handbook of the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. In Press.* Book Chapter
  • Kosenko A, Moftakhar S, Wood MA, Hoshi N (2020) In vivo attenuation of M-current suppression impairs consolidation of object recognition memory. J Neurosci. V40:5847-5856. PMCID7380971

  • Oblak AL, Forner S, Territo PR, Sasner M, Carter GW, Howell GR, Sukoff-Rizzo SJ, Logsdon BA, Mangravite LM, Mortazavi A, Balietto-Vargas D, Green KN, MacGregor GR, Wood MA, Tenner AJ, LaFerla FM, Lamb BT, and the MODEL-AD Consortium (2020) Model organism development and evaluation for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease: MODEL-AD. Alzheimers Dement. V6(1):e12110. PMCID7683958.

2019

  • Hitchcock LN, Raybuck JD, Wood MA, Lattal KM (2019) Effects of a histone deacetylase 3 inhibitor on extinction and reinstatement of cocaine self-administration in rats. Psychopharm. v236:517-529. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-5122-2.
  • Matheos DP and Wood MA (2019) Extinction vs. Epigenetic Intergenerational Inheritance: Who Wins? Biological Psychiatry. v85:184-186. Doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.11.016.
    • Invited commentary
  • Campbell R and Wood MA (2019) How the epigenome integrates information and reshapes the synapse. Nature Reviews Neurosci. V20:133-147. Doi:10.1038/s41583-019-0121-9.
    • Invited review
  • Hervera A, Zhou L, Palmisano I, McLachlan E, Kong G, Hutson T, Danzi MC, Lemmon VP, Bixby JL, Matamoros-Angles A, Forsberg K, De Virgiliis F, Matheos DP, Kwapis J, Wood MA, Puttagunta R, del Rio JA, Di Giovanni S (2019) PP4-dependent HDAC3 dephosphorylation discriminates between axonal regeneration and regenerative failure.  EMBO.  V38(13):e101032. Doi:10.15252/embj.2018101032. PIMCD6600644.
  • Lopez AJ, Hemstedt TJ, Jia Y, Hwang PH, Campbell RR, Kwapis JL, White AO, Chitnis O, Scarfone V, Matheos DP, Lynch G, Wood MA (2019) Epigenetic regulation of immediate early gene Nr4a2/Nurr1 in the medial habenula during reinstatement of cocaine-associated behavior. Neuropharmacology. V153:13-19.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.04.016.  PMCID6581582.
  • Kwapis J, Alaghband Y, Lopez A, Long J, Li X, Shu G, Bodinayake K, Matheos DP, Rapp P, Wood MA (2019) HDAC3-mediate repression of the Nr4a family contributes to age-related impairments in long-term memory. Journal of Neuroscience. V39:4999-5009. PMCID6670247
  • Askew CE, Lopez AJ, Wood MA, Metherate R (2019) Nicotine excites VIP interneurons to disinhibit pyramidal neurons in auditory cortex. Synapse. 73(9):e22116.  DOI: 10.1002/syn.22116. PMCID6767604
  • Kwapis JL, Alaghband Y, Keiser AA, Dong TN, Michael CM, Rhee D, Shu G, Dang RT, Matheos DP, Wood MA (2020) Aging mice show impaired memory updating in the novel OUL updating paradigm. Neuropsychopharm. V45:337-346. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0438-0.
  • Acharya MM, Baulch JE, Klein PM, Baddour AAD, Apodaca LA, Kramar EA, Alikhani L, Garcia C, Angulo MC, Batra RS, Fallgren CM, Borak TB, Stark CEL, Wood MA, Britten RA, Soltesz I, Limoli CL (2019) New concerns for neurocognitive function during deep space exposures to chronic, low dose-rate, radiation. eNeuro. 6(4).  doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0094-19.2019. PMCID6709229
  • Austad SN, Wood MA, Villeda SA, Voss JL, Sahay A, Albert M (2019) Innovative approaches in cognitive aging. Neurobiol Aging. pii: S0197-4580(19)30127-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.04.013. PMCID7039185
  • Keiser AA and Wood MA (2019) Examining the contribution of chromatin modification to sex differences in learning and memory. Learning & Memory. V26:318-331. doi: 10.1101/lm.048850.118. PMCID6699407
  • Butler CW, Keiser AA, Kwapis JL, Berchtold NC, Wall VL, Wood MA, and Cotman CW (2019) Exercise opens a temporal window for enhanced cognitive improvement from subsequent physical activity. Learning & Memory.  V26:485-492. PMCID6859826

2018

  • Lopez AJ, Jia Y, White AO, Kwapis JL, Espinoza M, Hwang P, Campbell R, Alaghband Y, Chitnis O, Matheos DP, Lynch G, Wood MA (2018) Medial habenula cholinergic signaling regulates cocaine-associated relapse-like behavior. Addiction Biology. Feb 12. Doi:10.1111/adb.12605. PMCID6087687
  • Shu G, Kramar EA, Lopez AJ, Huynh G, Wood MA, Kwapis JL (2018) Deleting HDAC3 rescues long-term memory impairments induced by disruption of the neuron-specific chromatin remodeling subunit BAF53b. Learning & Memory. v25:109-114.  doi:10.1111/adb.12605. PMCID5817283
  • Malvaez M, Greenfield VY, Matheos DP, Angelilis NA, Murphy MD, Kennedy PJ, Wood MA, Wassum K (2018) Habits are negatively regulated by histone deacetylase 3 in the dorsal striatum. Biological Psychiatry. v84:383-392. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.01.025.  PMCID6082729
  • Elmore MRP, Kramar EA, Soreq L, Lee RJ, Pham ST, Hohsfield LA, Najafi AR, Wood MA, West BL, Green KN (2018) Replacement of microglia in the aged brain reverses cognitive, synaptic, and neuronal deficits in mice. Aging Cell. v17:e12832. Doi:10.1111/acel.12832. PMCID6260908
  • Kwapis JL, Alaghband Y, Kramar EA, Vogel Ciernia A, Lopez AJ, White AO, Shu G, Rhee D, Michael CM, Montellier E, Liu Y, Magnan CN, Sassone-Corsi P, Baldi P, Matheos DP, Wood MA (2018) Epigenetic regulation of the circadian gene Per1 contributes to age-related changes in hippocampal memory. Nature Commun, v9:3323. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05868-0.  PMCID6102273
  • Alaghband Y, Kramar E, Kwapis JL, Kim ES, Hemstedt TJ, Lopez AJ, White AO, Al-Kachak A, Aimiuwu OV, Bodinayake KK, Oparaugo NC, Han J, Lattal KM, Wood MA (2018) CREST in the nucleus accumbens core regulates cocaine-conditioned place preference, cocaine-seeking behavior, and synaptic plasticity. J Neurosci, v38:9514-9526. Doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2911-17.2018.  PMCID6209848

2017

  • Kwapis JL, Alaghband Y, Lopez AJ, White AO, Campbell RR, Dang RT, Rhee D, Tran AV, Carl AE, Matheos DP, and Wood MA (2017) Context and Auditory fear are differentially regulated by HDAC3 activity in the lateral and basal subnuclei of the amygdala. Neuropsychopharm, v42:1284-1294.  PMCID5437888
  • Hemstedt TJ, Lattal KM, Wood MA (2017) Reconsolidation and extinction: using epigenetic signatures to challenge conventional wisdom. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, Jul;142(Pt A):55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.01.007. Epub 2017 Jan 21. PMCID5457345
    • Invited review.  This review is part of a special issue on reconsolidation.
  • Liu Y, Sun S, Bredy T, Wood MA, Spitale R, Baldi P (2017) MotifMap-RNA: A genome-wide map of RBP binding sites.  Bioinformatics. v33(13):2029-2031.   PMCID28334276
  • Vogel Ciernia A, Kramar EA, Matheos DP, Havekes R, Hemstedt TJ, Magnan CN, Sakata K, Tran A, Azzawi S, Lopez AJ, Dang RT, Wang W, Trieu B, Tong J, Barrett RM, Post RJ, Baldi P, Abel T, Lynch G, and Wood MA (2017)  Mutation of neuron-specific chromatin remodeling subunit BAF53b: Rescue of plasticity and memory by manipulating actin remodeling. Learning & Memory, v24(5):199-209. PMCID5397687
  • Alaghband Y, Kwapis JL, Lopez AJ, White AO, Aimiuwu OV, Al-Kachak A, Bodinayake KK, Oparugo NC, Dang R, Astarabadi M, Matheos DP, Wood MA (2017) Distinct roles for the deacetylase domain of HDAC3 in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex in the formation and extinction of memory. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory. v145:94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.09.001. PMCID5698127

2016

  • Alaghband Y, Bredy T, and Wood MA (2016) The role of active DNA demethylation and Tet enzyme function in memory formation and cocaine action.  Neurosci Lett, v625:40-46. PMCID4903882.
    • Invited review
  • Lopez AJ, Kramar E, Matheos DP, White A, Kwapis J, Vogel-Ciernia A, Sakata K, Espinoza M, and Wood MA (2016) Promoter specific effects of DREADD modulation on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory formation. J Neurosci, v36:3588-99.  PMCID4804014
  • White AO, Kramar EA, Lopez AJ, Doan J, Saldana D, Davatolhagh MF, Alaghband Y, Blurton-Jones M, Matheos DP, and Wood MA (2016) BDNF rescues BAF53b-dependent synaptic plasticity and cocaine-associated memory in the nucleus accumbens. Nature Commun, v7:11725-. PMCID4894971
  • Mitchell AC, Javidfar B, Bicks LK, Neve R, Garbett K, Lander SS, Mirnics K, Morishita H, Wood MA, Jiang Y, Gaisler-Salomon, and Akbarian S (2016) Longitudinal assessment of neuronal 3D genomes in mouse prefrontal cortex.  Nature Commun, v7:12743-.  PMCID5025847
  • Kleeman E, Nakauchi S, Wood MA, and Sumikawa K (2016) Impaired function of a2-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on oriens-lacunosum moleculare cells causes hippocampus-dependent memory impairments. Neurobiol Learn Mem, v136:13-20. PMCID5124391

2015

  • Bieszczad KM, Bechay K, Rusche JR, Jacques V, Kudugunti S, Miao W, Weinberger NM, McGaugh JL, and Wood MA (2015) Histone deacetylase inhibition via RGFP966 releases the brakes on sensory cortical plasticity and the specificity of memory formation.  J Neurosci, v35:13124-32. PMCID4579377
  • Bharadwaj R, Peter C, Jiang Y, Roussos P, Vogel-Ciernia A, Shen E, Mitchell A, Mao W, Whittle C, Dincer A, Jakovcevski M, Pthula V, Rasmussen T, Giakoumaki SG, Bitsios P, Gardner PD, Ernst PA, Ghose S, Sklar P, Haroutunian V, Tamminga C, Myers RH, Futai K, Wood MA, and Akbarian S (2014) Conserved higher order chromatin regulates NMDA receptor gene expression and cognition. Neuron, v84:997-1008. PMCID4258154
  • Nakauchi S1, Malvaez M1, Su H1, Kleeman E, Dang R, Wood MA, and Sumikawa K (2015) Early postnatal nicotine exposure causes hippocampus-dependent memory impairments in adolescent mice: association with altered nicotinic cholinergic modulation of LTP, but not impaired LTP. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, v118:178-188. PMCID4331249
    • 1=these authors contributed equally to this study
  • Lopez AJ and Wood MA (2015) Role of nucleosome remodeling in neurodevelopmental and intellectual disability disorders.  Front Behav Neurosci, v9:100. PMCID4407585
    • Invited review
  • Peixoto L, Risso D, Poplawski SG, Wimmer ME, Speed TP, Wood MA, and Abel T (2015) How data analysis affects power, reproducibility and biological insight of RNA-seq studies in complex datasets. Nucleic Acids Res, v43:7664-74. PMCID4652761

2014

  • Bharadwaj R, Peter CJ, Jiang Y, Roussos P, Vogel-Ciernia A, Shen EY, Mitchell AC, Mao W, Whittle C, Dincer A, Jakovcevski M, Pothula V, Rasmussen TP, Giakoumaki SG, Bitsios P, Sherif A, Gardner PD, Ernst P, Ghose S, Sklar P, Haroutunian V, Tamminga C, Myers RH, Futai K, Wood MA, Akbarian S. (2014) Conserved higher-order chromatin regulates NMDA receptor gene expression and cognition. Neuron. 2014 Dec 3;84(5):997-1008. PMID:25467983
  • Vogel-Ciernia A, Wood MA. (2014) Examining object location and object recognition memory in mice. Curr Protoc Neurosci. 2014 Oct 8;69:8.31.1-8.31.17. PMID:25297693
  • Kwapis JL, Wood MA. (2014) Epigenetic mechanisms in fear conditioning: implications for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Trends Neurosci. 2014 Dec;37(12):706-20. PMID:25220045
  • Matheos DP, Wood MA. (2014) Unlocking the constraints on memory formation. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Jul;17(7):895-6. PMID:24964157
  • White AO, Wood MA. (2014) Does stress remove the HDAC brakes for the formation and persistence of long-term memory? Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2014 Jul;112:61-7. PMID:24149059
  • Vogel-Ciernia A, Wood MA. (2014) Neuron-specific chromatin remodeling: a missing link in epigenetic mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity, memory, and intellectual disability disorders. Neuropharmacology. 2014 May;80:18-27. PMID:24140580
  • Cope JL, Regev L, Chen Y, Korosi A, Rice CJ, Ji S, Rogge GA, Wood MA, Baram TZ. (2014) Differential contribution of CBP:CREB binding to corticotropin-releasing hormone expression in the infant and adult hypothalamus. Stress. 2014 Jan;17(1):39-50. PMID: 23768074

2013

  • Rogge G and Wood MA (2013) The role of histone acetylation in cocaine-induced neural plasticity and behavior. Neuropsychopharm Reviews, v38:94-110.  PMCID: PMC3521972
  • * Invited review.  This review is part of a special issue on epigenetic mechanisms in neuropsychiatry.
  • Malvaez M, McQuown SC, Rogge GA, Astarabadi M, Jacques V, Carreiro S, Rusche J, and Wood MA (2013) HDAC3 selective inhibitor enhances extinction of cocaine-seeking behavior in a persistent manner.  PNAS,  v110:2647-52. PMCID: PMC3574934
  • * Highlighted in PNAS, 110:2442-3.
  • Haettig J, Yanjun S, Wood MA, and Xu X (2013) Cell-type specific inactivation of hippocampal CA1 disrupts location-dependent object recognition in the mouse. Learning & Memory, v20:139 PMCID: PMC35782275
  • Raybuck J, McCleery E, Cunningham C, Wood MA, and Lattal KM (2013) The histone  deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate modulates acquisition and extinction of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference. Pharm, Biochem &Behav, v106:109-116.  PMCID: PMC3691316
  • Lattal KM and Wood MA (2013) Epigenetics and persistent memory: Implications for  reconsolidation and silent extinction beyond the zero.  Nature Neuroscience, v16:124-129.  PMCID: PMC3740093
  • Vogel-Ciernia A, Matheos DP, Barrett RM, Kramar E, Azzawi S, Chen Y, Magnan CN, Zeller M, Sylvain A, Haettig J, Jia Y, Tran A, Dang R, Post RJ, Chabrier M, Babayan A, Wu JI, Crabtree GR, Baldi P, Baram TZ, Lynch G, and Wood MA (2013) The Neuron-specific chromatin regulatory subunit BAF53b is necessary for synaptic plasticity and memory. Nature Neuroscience, v16:552-561. PMCID:PMC3777648.
  • Rogge GA, Singh H, Dang R, and Wood MA (2013) HDAC3 is a negative regulator of cocaine-context associated memory formation. Journal of Neuroscience, v33:6623-6632. PMCID: PMC3670682
  • Intlekofer KA, Berchtold NC, Malvaez M, Carlos AJ, McQuown SC, Cunningham MJ, Wood MA, and Cotman CW (2013) Exercise and sodium butyrate transform a sub-threshold learning        event into long-term memory via a BDNF-dependent mechanism.  Neuropsychopharm, v38:2027-2034. PMCID:PMC3746687.

2012

  • Vogel-Ciernia A and Wood MA (2012) Molecular brake pad hypothesis: Pulling off the brakes for emotional memory. Reviews in Neurosci, v23:607-626.
  • * Invited review.  This review is part of a special issue entitled “The emotional brain and its relation to psychopathology.”
  • Babayan AH, Kramar EA, Barrett RM, Jafari M, Haettig J, Chen LY, Rex CS, Lauterborn JC, Wood MA, Gall CM, and Lynch G (2012) Integrin dynamics produce a delayed stage of LTP and memory consolidation.  J Neurosci, v32:12854-61. PMCID:PMC3752079.
  • * Highlighted in J Neurosci, This Week in The Journal, v32: i.
  • McNulty S, Barrett RM, Malvaez M, Hernandez N, Davatolhagh MF, Vogel-Ciernia A, Matheos DP, Schiffman A, and Wood MA (2012) Differential roles for Nr4a1 and Nr4a2 in object location versus object recognition long-term memory.  Learning & Memory, v19:588-92.  PMCID: PMC3506974

2011

  • McQuown SC, Barrett RM, Matheos DP, Post RJ, Rogge GA, Alenghat T, Mullican SE, Jones S, Rusche JR, Lazar MA, and Wood MA (2011) HDAC3 is a critical negative regulator of long-term memory formation.  J Neurosci, v31:764-774. PMCID: PMC3160172
  • * Highlighted in Faculty of 1000, top three biomedical research posters of 2010
  • Haettig J, Stefanko DP, Multani ML, Figueroa DX, McQuown SC, and Wood MA. (2011)  HDAC inhibition modulates hippocampus-dependent long-term memory for object location in a CBP-dependent manner. Learning & Memory, v18:71-79. PMCID: PMC3032579
  • Barrett RM, Malvaez M, Kramar E, Matheos DP, Arrizon A, Cabrera SM, Lynch G, Greene RW, and Wood MA (2011)  Hippocampal focal knockout of CBP affects specific histone modifications, long-term potentiation, and long-term memory. Neuropsychopharmacology, v36:1545-56. PMCID: PMC3138668
  • * Highlighted in Neuropsychopharm v36: 1543-44.
  • Reolon GK, Maurmann N, Werenicz A, Garcia VA, Schroder N, Wood MA, and Roesler R (2011) Posttraining systemic administration of the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate ameliorates aging-related memory decline in rats. Beh Brain Res, v221:329-332. PMCID: PMC3093300
  •  Lester BM, Tronick E, Nestler E, Abel T, Kosofsky B, Kuzawa CW, Marsit CJ, Maze IS, Meaney MJ, Monteggia LM, Reul JMH, Skuse DH, and Wood MA (2011) Behavioral Epigenetics. Ann N Y Acad Sci, v1226:14-33.
  • * Invited review.  This review highlighted the founding of the ‘behavioral epigenetics’ subfield in neuroscience.
  • Wood MA (2011) Introduction to the special issue of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory on epigenetics and memory. Neurobio Learning & Memory, v96:1. PMCID: PMC3111848
  • * Invited review.  This review is part of a special issue on epigenetics and memory.
  • McQuown SC and Wood MA (2011) HDAC3 and the molecular brake pad hypothesis. Neurobio Learning & Memory, v96:27-34. PMCID: PMC3111848
  • * Invited review.  This review is part of a special issue on epigenetics and memory.
  • Skucas VA, Mathews IB, Yang J, Cheng Q, Treister AK, Verkman A, Hempstead BL, Wood MA, Binder DK, and Scharfman HE (2011)  Glial Aquaporin-4 channels are required for BDNF-dependent synaptic plasticity and selective forms of spatial memory. J Neurosci, v31:6392-6397. PMCID: PMC3107562
  • Neelamegam R, Ricq EL, Malvaez M, Patnaik D, Norton S, Carlin SM, Hill IT, Wood MA, Haggarty SJ, Hooker JM (2011) Brain-penetrant LSD1 inhibitors can block memory consolidation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, v3:120-128. PMCID:3382965.
  •  Malvaez M, Mhillaj E, Matheos DP, Palmery M, and Wood MA (2011) CBP in the nucleus accumbens regulates cocaine-induced histone acetylation and is critical for cocaine-associated behaviors.  J Neurosci, v31:16941-8. PMCID: PMC3235434
  • * Highlighted in J Neurosci, This Week in The Journal, v31: i.

2010

  • McQuown SC and Wood MA (2010) Epigenetic regulation in substance use disorders.    Curr Psychiatry Rep  v12:145-153. PMCID: PMC2847696
  • * Invited review.
  • Malvaez M, Sanchis-Segura C, Vo D, Lattal KM, and Wood MA (2010)  Modulation of  chromatin modification facilitates extinction of cocaine-induced conditioned place  preference.  Biol Psychiatry, v67:36-43. PMCID: PMC2795056
  • *Selected for Society of Biological Psychiatry Ziskind-Somerfeld award
  • Roozendaal B, Hernandez A, Cabrera S, Hagewoud R, Malvaez M, Stefanko D, Haettig J,  and Wood MA (2010)  Glucocorticoid activity is necessary for modulation of long- term memory via chromatin modification. J Neurosci  v30:5037-46. PMCID: PMC2861482
  • * Highlighted in Nature v464:960.

2009

  • Pham J, Cabrera SM, Sanchis-Segura C, and Wood MA (2009)  Automated scoring of fear related behavior using EthoVision software.  J Neurosci Methods  v178:323-326. PMCID: PMC2649987
  • * Highlighted in The Scientist  2009 v23:63.
  • Stefanko DP, Barrett RM, Ly AR, Reolon GK, and Wood MA (2009)  Modulation of   long-term memory for object recognition via HDAC inhibition. Proc Natl Acad Sci   v106:9447-9452. PMCID: PMC2695069
  • Malvaez M, Barrett RM, Wood MA, and Sanchis-Segura C (2009)  Epigenetic mechanisms underlying extinction and drug seeking behavior. Mammalian Genome, v20:612.  PMCID: PMC3157916
  • * Invited review.

2008

  • Barrett RM and Wood MA (2008)  Beyond transcription factors: The role of chromatin modifying enzymes in regulating transcription required for memory.  Learning & Memory  v15:460-467. PMCID:PMC3960025.
  • * Highlighted in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
  • Jiang Y, Langley B, Lubin F, Renthal W, Wood MA, Yasui D, Kumar A, Nestler E, Akbarian S, and Beckel-Mitchener A (2008)  Epigenetics in the Nervous System.  J Neurosci    v28:11753-9.

2007

  • Oliveira AMM, Wood MA, McDonough C, and Abel T (2007) Transgenic mice expressing a truncated form of p300 exhibit long term memory deficits.  Learning & Memory  v14:564-572. PMCID: PMC1994075
  • Vecsey CG, Hawk JD, Lattal KM, Stein JM, Fabian SA, Attner MA, Cabrera SM, McDonough CB, Brindle PK, Abel T, and Wood MA (2007)  Histone deacetylase inhibitors enhance memory and synaptic plasticity via CREB:CBP-dependent transcriptional activation.  J Neurosci  v27:6128-6140. PMCID: PMC2925045
  • Lattal KM, Barrett RM, Wood MA (2007)  Systemic or intra-hippocampal delivery of histone deacetylase inhibitors facilitates fear extinction.  Behav Neurosci  v121:1125-1131.
  • Levenson JM, and Wood MA (2007)  Epigenetics—Chromatin Structure and Rett Syndrome. “Molecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Formation” (Sweatt JD, ed). Elsevier.

2006

  • Keeley MB, Wood MA,  Isiegas C, Stein J, Hellman K, Hannenhalli S, and Abel T (2006) Differential transcriptional response to non-associative and associative components of classical fear conditioning in the amygdala and hippocampus. Learning & Memory  v13:135-142.
  • Oliveira AMM, Abel T, Brindle PK, and Wood MA (2006) Differential role for CBP and p300 CREB-binding domain in motor skill learning. Behav Neurosci  v120:724-729.
  • Wood MA, Attner MA, Oliveira AMM, Brindle PK, and Abel T (2006) A transcription factor-binding domain of the coactivator CBP is essential for long-term memory and the expression of specific target genes.  Learning & Memory  v13:609-617. PMCID: PMC1783615
  • Wood MA, Hawk JD, and Abel T (2006) Combinatorial chromatin modifications and memory storage: A code for memory? Learning & Memory  v13:241-244. PMCID: PMC2909467

2005

  • Bruno TJ, Wood MA, and Hansen BN (1994) Refractive Indices of Fluids Related to Alternative Refrigerants.  J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol  v99:263.
  • McMahon SB, Wood MA, and Cole MD (2000) The c-Myc cofactor TRRAP recruits the histone acetylase hGCN5.  Mol Cell Biol  v20:556-562.
  • Wood MA, McMahon SB, and Cole MD (2000) An ATPase/helicase complex is an essential cofactor for oncogenic transformation by c-Myc.  Molecular Cell  v5:321-330.
  • Park1 J, Wood1 MA, and Cole MD (2002) BAF53 forms distinct nuclear complexes and functions as a critical c-Myc-interacting nuclear cofactor for oncogenic transformation.   Mol Cell Biol  v22:1307-16.  1, authors contributed equally.
  • Dugan KA, Wood MA, and Cole MD (2002) TIP49, but not TRRAP, modulates c-Myc and   E2F1 dependent apoptosis. Oncogene  v21:5835-43.
  • Wood MA,  Kaplan MP, Park A, Blanchard EJ, Lombardi TL, and Abel T (2005) Transgenic   mice     expressing a truncated form of CREB-binding protein (CBP) exhibit deficits in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory storage. Learning & Memory  v12:111-9. PMCID: PMC1074328
  • *Highlighted in commentary in Learning & Memory 2005 v12:80-83.
  • Wood MA, Kaplan MP, and Abel T (2005) Ubiquitin C-terminal esterase 3 (Uch-L3) is involved in working memory. Hippocampus  v15:610-621.
  • Zhang B, Veasey S, Wood MA, Leng LZ, Kaminski C, Leight S, Abel T, Lee VMY, and Trojanowski JQ  (2005) Impaired rapid eye movement sleep in the Tg 2576 APP  murine model of Alzheimer’s Disease with injury to pedunculopontine cholinergic neurons.  Am J of Pathology  v167:1361-1369.   PMCID: PMC1603771