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  • Kinney, J. W., Sanchez-Alavez, M., Barr, A. M., Criado, J. R., Crawley, J. N., Behrens, M. M., Henriksen, S. J., Bartfai, T. Impairment of memory consolidation by galanin correlates with in vivo inhibition of both ltp and creb phosphorylation Neurobiology of Learning and Memory  2009 92:429-438  DOI:10.1016/j.nlm.2009.06.005  PMID:19531380  PMCID:PMC2782906
  • Conti, B., Maier, R., Barr, A. M., Morale, M. C., Lu, X., Sanna, P. P., Bilbe, G., Hoyer, D., Bartfai, T. Region-specific transcriptional changes following the three antidepressant treatments electro convulsive therapy, sleep deprivation and fluoxetine Molecular Psychiatry  2007 12:167-189  DOI:10.1038/sj.mp.4001897  PMID:17033635
  • Barr, A. M., Kinney, J. W., Hill, M. N., Lu, X. Y., Biros, S., Rebek, J., Bartfai, T. A novel, systemically active, selective galanin receptor type-3 ligand exhibits antidepressant-like activity in preclinical tests Neuroscience Letters  2006 405:111-115  DOI:10.1016/j.neulet.2006.06.033  PMID:16854525
  • Lu, X. Y., Barr, A. M., Bartfai, T. Galanin receptors as novel drug targets for the treatment of depression and anxiety Drug Development Research  2005 65:227-236  DOI:10.1002/ddr.20026
  • Conti, B., Sugama, S., Lucero, J., Winsky-Sommerer, R., Wirz, S. A., Maher, P., Andrews, Z., Barr, A. M., Morale, M. C., Paneda, C., Pemberton, J., Gaidarova, S., et al. Uncoupling protein 2 protects dopaminergic neurons from acute 1,2,3,6-methyl-phenyl-tetrahydropyridine toxicity Journal of Neurochemistry  2005 93:493-501  DOI:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03052.x  PMID:15816872
  • Lu, X. Y., Barr, A. M., Kinney, J. W., Sanna, P., Conti, B., Behrens, M. M., Bartfai, T. A role for galanin in antidepressant actions with a focus on the dorsal raphe nucleus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2005 102:874-879  DOI:10.1073/pnas.0408891102  PMID:15647369  PMCID:PMC545581
  • Bartfai, T., Lu, X. Y., Badie-Mahdavi, H., Barr, A. M., Mazarati, A., Hua, X. Y., Yaksh, T., Haberhauer, G., Ceide, S. C., Trembleau, L., Somogyi, L., Krock, L., et al. Galmic, a nonpeptide galanin receptor agonist, affects behaviors in seizure, pain, and forced-swim tests Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2004 101:10470-10475  DOI:10.1073/pnas.0403802101  PMID:15240875  PMCID:PMC478593
  • Wirz, S. A., Morale, M. C., Marchetti, B., Barr, A. M., Sotgiu, S., Rosati, G., Pugliatti, M., Sanna, M. V., Giliberto, O., Bartfai, T., Conti, B. High frequency of TNF alleles -238A and -376A in individuals from northern Sardinia Cytokine  2004 26:149-154  DOI:10.1016/j.cyto.2004.02.006  PMID:15149631
  • Sugama, S., Wirz, S. A., Barr, A. M., Conti, B., Bartfai, T., Shibasaki, T. Interleukin-18 null mice show diminished microglial activation and reduced dopaminergic neuron loss following acute 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine treatment Neuroscience  2004 128:451-458  DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.07.020  PMID:15350655