Donna M. Simmons

Affiliations: 
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States 
Area:
Chemical Neuroanatomy, Hypothalamic Paraventricular nucleus
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Orville A. Smith research assistant 1967-1982 University of Washington
 (Regional Primate Research Center, Neurohistology Laboratory)
Larry W. Swanson grad student 1994-2006 USC
 (Also Research Associate with Swanson until 2009)
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Simmons DM, Swanson LW. (2009) Comparison of the spatial distribution of seven types of neuroendocrine neurons in the rat paraventricular nucleus: toward a global 3D model. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 516: 423-41
Simmons DM, Swanson LW. (2009) Comparing histological data from different brains: sources of error and strategies for minimizing them. Brain Research Reviews. 60: 349-67
Simmons DM, Swanson LW. (2008) High-resolution paraventricular nucleus serial section model constructed within a traditional rat brain atlas. Neuroscience Letters. 438: 85-9
Scott CJ, Tilbrook AJ, Simmons DM, et al. (2000) The Distribution of Cells Containing Estrogen Receptor-α (ERα) and ERβ Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in the Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus of the Sheep: Comparison of Males and Females. Endocrinology. 141: 2951-2962
Scott CJ, Pereira AM, Rawson JA, et al. (2000) The distribution of progesterone receptor immunoreactivity and mRNA in the preoptic area and hypothalamus of the ewe: upregulation of progesterone receptor mRNA in the mediobasal hypothalamus by oestrogen. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 12: 565-75
Walsh JP, Rao A, Simmons DM, et al. (1998) Proopiomelanocortin mRNA levels in ovine hypothalamus are not reduced at the time of the preovulatory luteinising hormone surge. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 10: 803-8
Klein ES, Simmons DM, Swanson LW, et al. (1993) Tissue-specific RNA splicing generates an ankyrin-like domain that affects the dimerization and DNA-binding properties of a bHLH protein. Genes & Development. 7: 55-71
Mathis JM, Simmons DM, He X, et al. (1992) Brain 4: a novel mammalian POU domain transcription factor exhibiting restricted brain-specific expression. The Embo Journal. 11: 2551-61
Drolet DW, Scully KM, Simmons DM, et al. (1991) TEF, a transcription factor expressed specifically in the anterior pituitary during embryogenesis, defines a new class of leucine zipper proteins. Genes & Development. 5: 1739-53
Cunningham ET, Simmons DM, Swanson LW, et al. (1991) Enkephalin immunoreactivity and messenger RNA in a discrete projection from the nucleus of the solitary tract to the nucleus ambiguous in the rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 307: 1-16
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