George C Wagner
Professor
Toxicology
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America
Biography
Using an animal model of autism, the deleterious effects of early toxicant exposure are assessed in mice as they develop. In particular, the maturation of social, cognitive, and motor skills are assessed following early administration of toxicants. Behavioral Toxicology and Animal Models of Parkinson`s disease and autism
Research Interest
Toxicology
Publications
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DeBoer, EM, Azevedo, R, Vega, TA, Brodkin, J, Akamatsu, W, Okano, H, Wagner, GC, Rasin, MR. Prenatal deletion of the RNA-binding protein HuD disrupts postnatal cortical circuit maturation and behavior. J. Neurosci. 2014;34 (10):3674-86. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3703-13.2014. PubMed PMID:24599466 PubMed Central PMC3942583
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Furnari, MA, Saw, CL, Kong, AN, Wagner, GC. Altered behavioral development in Nrf2 knockout mice following early postnatal exposure to valproic acid. Brain Res. Bull. 2014;109 :132-42. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2014.10.006. PubMed PMID:25454122 PubMed Central PMC4367490
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Sheleg, M, Yochum, CL, Richardson, JR, Wagner, GC, Zhou, R. Ephrin-A5 regulates inter-male aggression in mice. Behav. Brain Res. 2015;286 :300-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.03.001. PubMed PMID:25746458 PubMed Central PMC4390541
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Mamiya, PC, Matray-Devoti, J, Fisher, H, Wagner, GC. Mice increased target biting behaviors 24h after co-administration of alcohol and fluoxetine. Brain Res. 2017;1662 :110-115. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.02.007. PubMed PMID:28193480
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Sheleg, M, Yochum, CL, Richardson, JR, Wagner, GC, Zhou, R. Corrigendum to "Ephrin-A5 regulates inter-male aggression in mice" [Behav. Brain Res. 286 (June) (2015) 300-307]. Behav. Brain Res. 2017; :. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.019. PubMed PMID:28827072
