Sam Kombian - Publications

Affiliations: 
Kuwait University, Al Asimah Governate, Kuwait 
Area:
neurophysiology

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Year Citation  Score
2014 Edafiogho IO, Qaddoumi MG, Ananthalakshmi KV, Phillips OA, Kombian SB. Synthesis, neuronal activity and mechanisms of action of halogenated enaminones. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 76: 20-30. PMID 24565570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.02.002  0.328
2012 Nashawi H, Bartl T, Bartl P, Novotny L, Oriowo MA, Kombian SB. TH-9 (a theophylline derivative) induces long-lasting enhancement in excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus that is occluded by frequency-dependent plasticity in vitro. Neuroscience. 220: 70-84. PMID 22728090 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.028  0.436
2012 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Zidichouski JA, Saleh TM. Cocaine sensitization does not alter SP effects on locomotion or excitatory synaptic transmission in the NAc of rats. Neuropharmacology. 62: 825-32. PMID 21930135 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.09.008  0.499
2011 Kombian SB, Phillips OA. In vitro electrophysiological investigations of the acute effects of linezolid and novel oxazolidinones on central nervous system neurons. Neuroscience. 180: 53-63. PMID 21296129 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.01.062  0.336
2010 Kombian SB, Colmers WF. Where credit is due Scientific American. 303: 12.  0.645
2009 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Zidichouski JA, Saleh TM. Substance P and cocaine employ convergent mechanisms to depress excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat nucleus accumbens in vitro. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 29: 1579-87. PMID 19385993 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06704.x  0.543
2009 Kombian S, Ananthalakshmi KV, Saleh TM. Substance P and cocaine-induced suppression of EPSC are mutually occlusive Neuroscience Research. 65: S56. DOI: 10.1016/J.Neures.2009.09.141  0.483
2007 Matowe WC, Ananthalakshmi KV, Kombian SB. Role of protein kinase C in substance P-induced synaptic depression in the nucleus accumbens in vitro. Medical Principles and Practice : International Journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre. 16: 90-9. PMID 17303942 DOI: 10.1159/000098359  0.327
2006 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Edafiogho IO. Enaminones and norepinephrine employ convergent mechanisms to depress excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat nucleus accumbens in vitro. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 24: 2781-8. PMID 17156204 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05152.x  0.369
2006 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Parvathy SS, Matowe WC. Cholecystokinin-2 receptors couple to cAMP-protein kinase A to depress excitatory synaptic currents in rat nucleus accumbens in vitro. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 84: 203-11. PMID 16900946 DOI: 10.1139/y05-119  0.426
2006 Fatehi M, Zidichouski JA, Kombian SB, Saleh TM. 17beta-estradiol attenuates excitatory neurotransmission and enhances the excitability of rat parabrachial neurons in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 84: 666-74. PMID 16773648 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20959  0.656
2006 Ananthalakshmi KV, Edafiogho IO, Kombian SB. Concentration-dependent effects of anticonvulsant enaminone methyl 4-(4'-bromophenyl)aminocyclohex-3-en-6-methyl-2-oxo-1-oate on neuronal excitability in vitro. Neuroscience. 141: 345-56. PMID 16650601 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.021  0.402
2005 Fatehi M, Kombian SB, Saleh TM. 17beta-estradiol inhibits outward potassium currents recorded in rat parabrachial nucleus cells in vitro. Neuroscience. 135: 1075-86. PMID 16165285 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.07.024  0.531
2005 Kombian SB, Edafiogho IO, Ananthalakshmi KV. Anticonvulsant enaminones depress excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat brain by enhancing extracellular GABA levels. British Journal of Pharmacology. 145: 945-53. PMID 15912138 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706250  0.367
2005 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Parvathy SS, Matowe WC. Cholecystokinin inhibits evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents in the rat nucleus accumbens indirectly through gamma-aminobutyric acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptors. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 79: 412-20. PMID 15605383 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20349  0.458
2004 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Parvathy SS, Matowe WC. Cholecystokinin activates CCKB receptors to excite cells and depress EPSCs in the rat rostral nucleus accumbens in vitro. The Journal of Physiology. 555: 71-84. PMID 14673185 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.056739  0.509
2004 Chen X, Zhang L, Kombian SB. Dopamine-induced synaptic depression in the parabrachial nucleus is independent of CTX- and PTX-sensitive G-proteins, PKA and PLC signalling pathways. Brain Research. 995: 236-46. PMID 14672813 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.10.014  0.708
2003 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Parvathy SS, Matowe WC. Dopamine and adenosine mediate substance P-induced depression of evoked IPSCs in the rat nucleus accumbens in vitro. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 18: 303-11. PMID 12887412 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02753.x  0.525
2003 Hirasawa M, Mouginot D, Kozoriz MG, Kombian SB, Pittman QJ. Vasopressin differentially modulates non-NMDA receptors in vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 23: 4270-7. PMID 12764115 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.23-10-04270.2003  0.788
2003 Kombian SB, Ananthalakshmi KV, Parvathy SS, Matowe WC. Substance P depresses excitatory synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens through dopaminergic and purinergic mechanisms. Journal of Neurophysiology. 89: 728-37. PMID 12574450 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00854.2002  0.475
2002 Kombian SB, Hirasawa M, Mouginot D, Pittman QJ. Modulation of synaptic transmission by oxytocin and vasopressin in the supraoptic nucleus. Progress in Brain Research. 139: 235-46. PMID 12436939 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)39020-4  0.827
2001 Kombian SB, Hirasawa M, Matowe WC, Pittman QJ. GABA(B) receptors modulate short-term potentiation of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro. Neuropharmacology. 41: 554-64. PMID 11587710 DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(01)00098-3  0.738
2001 Hirasawa M, Kombian SB, Pittman QJ. Oxytocin retrogradely inhibits evoked, but not miniature, EPSCs in the rat supraoptic nucleus: role of N- and P/Q-type calcium channels. The Journal of Physiology. 532: 595-607. PMID 11313432 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7793.2001.0595E.X  0.727
2000 Kombian SB, Hirasawa M, Mouginot D, Chen X, Pittman QJ. Short-term potentiation of miniature excitatory synaptic currents causes excitation of supraoptic neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83: 2542-53. PMID 10805656 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.2000.83.5.2542  0.814
2000 Pittman QJ, Hirasawa M, Mouginot D, Kombian SB. Neurohypophysial peptides as retrograde transmitters in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat. Experimental Physiology. 85: 139S-143S. PMID 10795916 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-445X.2000.Tb00017.X  0.835
2000 Kombian SB, Mouginot D, Hirasawa M, Pittman QJ. Vasopressin preferentially depresses excitatory over inhibitory synaptic transmission in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 12: 361-7. PMID 10718934 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00462.x  0.833
1999 Chen X, Kombian SB, Zidichouski JA, Pittman QJ. Dopamine depresses glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the rat parabrachial nucleus in vitro. Neuroscience. 90: 457-68. PMID 10215151 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00594-6  0.813
1998 Pittman QJ, Kombian SB, Mouginot D, Chen X, van Eerdenberg FJ. Electrophysiological studies of neurohypophysial neurons and peptides. Progress in Brain Research. 119: 311-20. PMID 10074796 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)61577-0  0.841
1998 Pittman QJ, Mouginot D, Kombian SB. GABAB receptors and supraoptic neuronal activity. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 449: 107-15. PMID 10026790 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4871-3_10  0.789
1998 Mouginot D, Kombian SB, Pittman QJ. Activation of presynaptic GABAB receptors inhibits evoked IPSCs in rat magnocellular neurons in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 79: 1508-17. PMID 9497428 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1998.79.3.1508  0.821
1997 Kombian SB, Saleh TM, Fiagbe NI, Chen X, Akabutu JJ, Buolamwini JK, Pittman QJ. Ibogaine and a total alkaloidal extract of Voacanga africana modulate neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission in the rat parabrachial nucleus in vitro. Brain Research Bulletin. 44: 603-10. PMID 9365804 DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00284-0  0.835
1997 Kombian SB, Mouginot D, Pittman QJ. Dendritically released peptides act as retrograde modulators of afferent excitation in the supraoptic nucleus in vitro. Neuron. 19: 903-12. PMID 9354336 DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80971-X  0.813
1997 Saleh TM, Kombian SB, Zidichouski JA, Pittman QJ. Cholecystokinin and neurotensin inversely modulate excitatory synaptic transmission in the parabrachial nucleus in vitro. Neuroscience. 77: 23-35. PMID 9044371 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00463-0  0.817
1996 Kombian SB, Zidichouski JA, Pittman QJ. GABAB receptors presynaptically modulate excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 1166-79. PMID 8871228 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.76.2.1166  0.783
1996 Saleh TM, Kombian SB, Zidichouski JA, Pittman QJ. Peptidergic modulation of synaptic transmission in the parabrachial nucleus in vitro: importance of degradative enzymes in regulating synaptic efficacy. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 16: 6046-55. PMID 8815887 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.16-19-06046.1996  0.77
1996 Nicola SM, Kombian SB, Malenka RC. Psychostimulants depress excitatory synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens via presynaptic D1-like dopamine receptors. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 16: 1591-604. PMID 8774428 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.16-05-01591.1996  0.781
1994 Kombian SB, Malenka RC. Simultaneous LTP of non-NMDA- and LTD of NMDA-receptor-mediated responses in the nucleus accumbens. Nature. 368: 242-6. PMID 7908412 DOI: 10.1038/368242a0  0.614
1993 Kombian SB, Reiffenstein RJ, Colmers WF. The actions of hydrogen sulfide on dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 70: 81-96. PMID 8395590  0.73
1992 Kombian SB, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y selectively inhibits slow synaptic potentials in rat dorsal raphe nucleus in vitro by a presynaptic action. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 12: 1086-93. PMID 1545233 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.12-03-01086.1992  0.825
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