R Andrew Tasker - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biomedical Sciences UPEI, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 
Area:
neurodegeneration, excitatory amino acids, neurotoxicology, behaviour, epilepsy, stroke

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2021 Bay V, Iversen NK, Shiadeh SMJ, Tasker RA, Wegener G, Ardalan M. Tissue processing and optimal visualization of cerebral infarcts following sub-acute focal ischemia in rats. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 118: 102034. PMID 34592321 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2021.102034  0.767
2021 Happ DF, Wegener G, Tasker RA. Behavioral and histopathological consequences of transient ischemic stroke in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat, a genetic animal model of depression. Brain Research. 1771: 147648. PMID 34492264 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147648  0.801
2019 Hume AW, Tasker RA. Endothelin-1-Induced Ischemic Damage and Functional Impairment Is Mediated Primarily by NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors. Neurotoxicity Research. PMID 31797304 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-019-00138-3  0.341
2019 Happ DF, Wegener G, Tasker RA. Effect of ischemic lesions in medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens on affective behavior in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 112234. PMID 31521735 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112234  0.79
2017 Happ DF, Tasker RA. Effects of α7 Nicotinic Receptor Activation on Cell Survival in Rat Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures. Neurotoxicity Research. PMID 29273965 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-017-9854-2  0.786
2017 Déziel RA, Tasker RA. Bilateral ischaemic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex are anxiogenic in the rat. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 1-6. PMID 29202895 DOI: 10.1017/Neu.2017.32  0.315
2017 Bernard PB, Ramsay LA, MacDonald DS, Tasker RA. Progressive changes in hippocampal cytoarchitecture in a neurodevelopmental rat model of epilepsy: implications for understanding presymptomatic epileptogenesis, predictive diagnosis, and targeted treatments. The Epma Journal. 8: 247-254. PMID 29021835 DOI: 10.1007/s13167-017-0111-9  0.683
2016 Happ DF, Tasker RA. A method for objectively quantifying propidium iodide exclusion in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 269: 1-5. PMID 27179931 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.05.006  0.771
2016 Weishaupt N, Zhang A, Deziel RA, Tasker RA, Whitehead SN. Prefrontal Ischemia in the Rat Leads to Secondary Damage and Inflammation in Remote Gray and White Matter Regions. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10: 81. PMID 26973455 DOI: 10.3389/Fnins.2016.00081  0.366
2015 Marriott AL, Tasker RA, Ryan CL, Doucette TA. Alterations to prepulse inhibition magnitude and latency in adult rats following neonatal treatment with domoic acid and social isolation rearing. Behavioural Brain Research. PMID 26590368 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2015.11.009  0.78
2015 Marriott AL, Rojas-Mancilla E, Morales P, Herrera-Marschitz M, Tasker RA. Models of progressive neurological dysfunction originating early in life. Progress in Neurobiology. PMID 26483068 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pneurobio.2015.10.001  0.756
2015 Déziel RA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Ischemic lesions localized to the medial prefrontal cortex produce selective deficits in measures of executive function in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 293: 54-61. PMID 26166190 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2015.07.003  0.682
2014 Marriott AL, Tasker RA, Ryan CL, Doucette TA. Neonatal domoic acid abolishes latent inhibition in male but not female rats and has differential interactions with social isolation. Neuroscience Letters. 578: 22-6. PMID 24954074 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neulet.2014.06.025  0.773
2014 Livingston-Thomas JM, McGuire EP, Doucette TA, Tasker RA. Voluntary forced use of the impaired limb following stroke facilitates functional recovery in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research. 261: 210-9. PMID 24388978 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2013.12.032  0.8
2014 Pérez-Gómez A, Tasker RA. Enhanced mossy fiber sprouting and synapse formation in organotypic hippocampal cultures following transient domoic acid excitotoxicity. Neurotoxicity Research. 25: 402-10. PMID 24347374 DOI: 10.1007/S12640-013-9450-Z  0.394
2014 Tasker RA. From bedside to bench: the needs of clinically-relevant animal models of disease development The Epma Journal. 5: 1-1. DOI: 10.1186/1878-5085-5-S1-A96  0.323
2013 Pérez-Gómez A, Tasker RA. Transient domoic acid excitotoxicity increases BDNF expression and activates both MEK- and PKA-dependent neurogenesis in organotypic hippocampal slices. Bmc Neuroscience. 14: 72. PMID 23865384 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-72  0.347
2013 Livingston-Thomas JM, Tasker RA. Animal models of post-ischemic forced use rehabilitation: methods, considerations, and limitations. Experimental & Translational Stroke Medicine. 5: 2. PMID 23343500 DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-5-2  0.315
2013 Livingston-Thomas JM, Hume AW, Doucette TA, Tasker RA. A novel approach to induction and rehabilitation of deficits in forelimb function in a rat model of ischemic stroke. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 34: 104-12. PMID 23103624 DOI: 10.1038/Aps.2012.106  0.8
2012 Gill DA, Perry MA, McGuire EP, Pérez-Gómez A, Tasker RA. Low-dose neonatal domoic acid causes persistent changes in behavioural and molecular indicators of stress response in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 230: 409-17. PMID 22387806 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2012.02.036  0.819
2011 Fatehi-Hassanabad Z, Tasker RA. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) activation confers functional neuroprotection in global ischemia. Neurotoxicity Research. 19: 462-71. PMID 20524105 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9201-3  0.724
2010 Gill DA, Bastlund JF, Watson WP, Ryan CL, Reynolds DS, Tasker RA. Neonatal exposure to low-dose domoic acid lowers seizure threshold in adult rats. Neuroscience. 169: 1789-99. PMID 20600646 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2010.06.045  0.805
2010 Gill DA, Ramsay SL, Tasker RA. Selective reductions in subpopulations of GABAergic neurons in a developmental rat model of epilepsy. Brain Research. 1331: 114-23. PMID 20331981 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2010.03.054  0.803
2010 Morales P, Simola N, Bustamante D, Lisboa F, Fiedler J, Gebicke-Haerter PJ, Morelli M, Tasker RA, Herrera-Marschitz M. Nicotinamide prevents the long-term effects of perinatal asphyxia on apoptosis, non-spatial working memory and anxiety in rats. Experimental Brain Research. 202: 1-14. PMID 20012537 DOI: 10.1007/S00221-009-2103-Z  0.438
2009 Gill DA, Bastlund JF, Anderson NJ, Tasker RA. Reductions in paradoxical sleep time in adult rats treated neonatally with low dose domoic acid. Behavioural Brain Research. 205: 564-7. PMID 19631692 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.018  0.794
2009 Perry MA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Effects of low dose neonatal domoic acid administration on behavioural and physiological response to mild stress in adult rats. Physiology & Behavior. 98: 53-9. PMID 19375434 DOI: 10.1016/J.Physbeh.2009.04.009  0.737
2009 Tasker RA. Progressive neurological dysfunction produced by low-doses of domoic acid during neonatal development in rats Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 31: 239. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ntt.2009.04.014  0.478
2008 Sun HS, Doucette TA, Liu Y, Fang Y, Teves L, Aarts M, Ryan CL, Bernard PB, Lau A, Forder JP, Salter MW, Wang YT, Tasker RA, Tymianski M. Effectiveness of PSD95 inhibitors in permanent and transient focal ischemia in the rat. Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation. 39: 2544-53. PMID 18617669 DOI: 10.1161/Strokeaha.107.506048  0.774
2007 Bernard PB, Macdonald DS, Gill DA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Hippocampal mossy fiber sprouting and elevated trkB receptor expression following systemic administration of low dose domoic acid during neonatal development. Hippocampus. 17: 1121-33. PMID 17636548 DOI: 10.1002/Hipo.20342  0.809
2007 Doucette TA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Gender-based changes in cognition and emotionality in a new rat model of epilepsy. Amino Acids. 32: 317-22. PMID 17068662 DOI: 10.1007/S00726-006-0418-7  0.813
2006 Ryan CL, Doucette TA, Gill DA, Langdon KD, Liu Y, Perry MA, Tasker RA. An improved post-operative care protocol allows detection of long-term functional deficits following MCAo surgery in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 154: 30-7. PMID 16423407 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneumeth.2005.11.009  0.772
2005 Tasker RA, Perry MA, Doucette TA, Ryan CL. NMDA receptor involvement in the effects of low dose domoic acid in neonatal rats. Amino Acids. 28: 193-6. PMID 15714252 DOI: 10.1007/S00726-005-0167-Z  0.814
2004 Doucette TA, Bernard PB, Husum H, Perry MA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Low doses of domoic acid during postnatal development produce permanent changes in rat behaviour and hippocampal morphology. Neurotoxicity Research. 6: 555-63. PMID 15639787 DOI: 10.1007/Bf03033451  0.814
2003 Doucette TA, Bernard PB, Yuill PC, Tasker RA, Ryan CL. Low doses of non-NMDA glutamate receptor agonists alter neurobehavioural development in the rat. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 25: 473-9. PMID 12798964 DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(03)00034-5  0.791
2002 Tasker RA, Bernard PB, Doucette TA, Kerr DS, Zabidin Y, Alvarez-Fernandez L, Fernandez-Maroto B, Fernandez-Sanchez MT, Novelli A. Comparison of the in vitro and in vivo neurotoxicity of three new sources of kainic acid. Amino Acids. 23: 45-54. PMID 12373517 DOI: 10.1007/S00726-001-0108-4  0.763
2000 Doucette TA, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Use of osmotic minipumps for sustained drug delivery in rat pups: effects on physical and neurobehavioural development. Physiology & Behavior. 71: 207-12. PMID 11134704 DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00315-2  0.781
2000 Doucette TA, Strain SM, Allen GV, Ryan CL, Tasker RA. Comparative behavioural toxicity of domoic acid and kainic acid in neonatal rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 22: 863-9. PMID 11120392 DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00110-0  0.812
1989 Vaccarino AL, Tasker RA, Melzack R. Analgesia produced by normal doses of opioid antagonists alone and in combination with morphine. Pain. 36: 103-9. PMID 2537485 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(89)90117-6  0.663
1989 Tasker RA, Melzack R. Different alpha-receptor subtypes are involved in clonidine-produced analgesia in different pain tests. Life Sciences. 44: 9-17. PMID 2536453 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(89)90212-9  0.485
1988 Vaccarino AL, Tasker RA, Melzack R. Systemic administration of naloxone produces analgesia in BALB/c mice in the formalin pain test. Neuroscience Letters. 84: 103-7. PMID 3347367 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90345-X  0.67
1987 Tasker RA, Choinière M, Libman SM, Melzack R. Analgesia produced by injection of lidocaine into the lateral hypothalamus. Pain. 31: 237-48. PMID 3431882 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(87)90039-X  0.458
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