William F. Colmers - Publications

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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 

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2020 Michaelson SD, Tapia APM, McKinty A, Villarroel HS, Mackay JP, Urban JH, Colmers WF. Contribution of NPY Y Receptors to the Reversible Structural Remodeling Of Basolateral Amygdala Dendrites in Male Rats Associated with NPY-mediated Stress Resilience. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. PMID 32144180 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.2621-19.2020  0.439
2020 Melnick I, Krishtal OA, Colmers WF. Integration of energy homeostasis and stress by parvocellular neurons in rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. The Journal of Physiology. PMID 31952096 DOI: 10.1113/Jp279387  0.371
2019 Mackay JP, Bompolaki M, DeJoseph MR, Michaelson SD, Urban JH, Colmers WF. NPY Receptors Reduce Tonic Action Potential-Independent GABA Currents in the Basolateral Amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. PMID 30971438 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.2226-18.2019  0.491
2018 Silveira Villarroel H, Bompolaki M, Mackay J, Miranda Tapia AP, Michaelson SD, Leitermann RJ, Marr RA, Urban JH, Colmers WF. NPY induces stress resilience via down-regulation of in principal neurons of rat basolateral amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. PMID 29650696 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.3528-17.2018  0.374
2016 Bischof JM, Van der Ploeg LH, Colmers WF, Wevrick R. Magel2-null mice are hyper-responsive to setmelanotide, a melanocortin 4 receptor agonist. British Journal of Pharmacology. PMID 27339818 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13540  0.349
2016 Zangrandi L, Burtscher J, MacKay JP, Colmers WF, Schwarzer C. The G-protein biased partial kappa opioid receptor agonist 6' GNTI blocks hippocampal paroxysmal discharges without inducing aversion. British Journal of Pharmacology. PMID 26928671 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13474  0.375
2016 Colmers WF, Silveira H, Michaelson S, Mackay J, Miranda AP, Bompolaki M, DeJoseph R, Beck-Sickinger AG, Urban JH. Chillin' with NPY Neuropeptides. 55: 3. DOI: 10.1016/J.Npep.2015.11.006  0.619
2015 Luchtman DW, Chee MJ, Doslikova B, Marks DL, Baracos VE, Colmers WF. Defense of Elevated Body Weight Setpoint in Diet-Induced Obese Rats on Low Energy Diet Is Mediated by Loss of Melanocortin Sensitivity in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus. Plos One. 10: e0139462. PMID 26444289 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0139462  0.327
2015 Colmers WF, Fulton S, Borgland S, Hirasawa M. Neurobiology of Obesity Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 39: S8. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jcjd.2015.01.040  0.413
2013 Hamilton TJ, Xapelli S, Michaelson SD, Larkum ME, Colmers WF. Modulation of distal calcium electrogenesis by neuropeptide Y₁ receptors inhibits neocortical long-term depression. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 33: 11184-93. PMID 23825421 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5595-12.2013  0.532
2013 Mercer RE, Michaelson SD, Chee MJ, Atallah TA, Wevrick R, Colmers WF. Magel2 is required for leptin-mediated depolarization of POMC neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in mice. Plos Genetics. 9: e1003207. PMID 23341784 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003207  0.359
2012 Lu VB, Colmers WF, Smith PA. Long-term actions of BDNF on inhibitory synaptic transmission in identified neurons of the rat substantia gelatinosa. Journal of Neurophysiology. 108: 441-52. PMID 22496528 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.00457.2011  0.427
2011 Mercer RE, Chee MJ, Colmers WF. The role of NPY in hypothalamic mediated food intake. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 32: 398-415. PMID 21726573 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.06.001  0.362
2011 Melnick IV, Price CJ, Colmers WF. Glucosensing in parvocellular neurons of the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 34: 272-82. PMID 21692881 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07742.x  0.497
2011 Chee MJ, Price CJ, Statnick MA, Colmers WF. Nociceptin/orphanin FQ suppresses the excitability of neurons in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. The Journal of Physiology. 589: 3103-14. PMID 21502286 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.208819  0.538
2010 Giesbrecht CJ, Mackay JP, Silveira HB, Urban JH, Colmers WF. Countervailing modulation of Ih by neuropeptide Y and corticotrophin-releasing factor in basolateral amygdala as a possible mechanism for their effects on stress-related behaviors. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 30: 16970-82. PMID 21159967 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.2306-10.2010  0.709
2010 Hamilton TJ, Wheatley BM, Sinclair DB, Bachmann M, Larkum ME, Colmers WF. Dopamine modulates synaptic plasticity in dendrites of rat and human dentate granule cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107: 18185-90. PMID 20921404 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011558107  0.407
2010 Chee MJ, Myers MG, Price CJ, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y suppresses anorexigenic output from the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 30: 3380-90. PMID 20203197 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4031-09.2010  0.571
2010 Kombian SB, Colmers WF. Where credit is due Scientific American. 303: 12.  0.664
2009 Lu VB, Colmers WF, Smith PA. Long-term effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on the frequency of inhibitory synaptic events in the rat superficial dorsal horn. Neuroscience. 161: 1135-43. PMID 19376198 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2009.04.030  0.411
2009 Gruber KA, Fan W, Akerberg H, Larhammar D, Chee MJ, Colmers WF, Cone RD. Neuropeptide Y and gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone (gamma-MSH) share a common pressor mechanism of action. Endocrine. 35: 312-24. PMID 19363600 DOI: 10.1007/S12020-008-9141-3  0.377
2009 Colmers WF. The skinny on adiponectin. Endocrinology. 150: 559-60. PMID 19176320 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1530  0.392
2009 Lu VB, Biggs JE, Stebbing MJ, Balasubramanyan S, Todd KG, Lai AY, Colmers WF, Dawbarn D, Ballanyi K, Smith PA. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor drives the changes in excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat superficial dorsal horn that follow sciatic nerve injury. The Journal of Physiology. 587: 1013-32. PMID 19124536 DOI: 10.1113/Jphysiol.2008.166306  0.41
2008 Chee MJ, Mörl K, Lindner D, Merten N, Zamponi GW, Light PE, Beck-Sickinger AG, Colmers WF. The third intracellular loop stabilizes the inactive state of the neuropeptide Y1 receptor. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283: 33337-46. PMID 18812316 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M804671200  0.35
2007 Melnick I, Pronchuk N, Cowley MA, Grove KL, Colmers WF. Developmental switch in neuropeptide Y and melanocortin effects in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Neuron. 56: 1103-15. PMID 18093530 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.034  0.364
2007 Sperk G, Hamilton T, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y in the dentate gyrus. Progress in Brain Research. 163: 285-97. PMID 17765725 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)63017-9  0.47
2007 Lu VB, Ballanyi K, Colmers WF, Smith PA. Neuron type-specific effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat superficial dorsal horn and their relevance to 'central sensitization'. The Journal of Physiology. 584: 543-63. PMID 17761774 DOI: 10.1113/Jphysiol.2007.141267  0.447
2007 Lu VB, Balasubramanyan S, Biggs JE, Stebbing MJ, Gustafson SL, Todd K, Lai A, Dawbarn D, Colmers WF, Ballanyi K, Smith PA. Slow modulation of synaptic transmission by brain-derived neurotrophic factor leads to the central sensitization associated with neuropathic pain Neurophysiology. 39: 272-283. DOI: 10.1007/S11062-007-0038-1  0.431
2006 Lu VB, Moran TD, Balasubramanyan S, Alier KA, Dryden WF, Colmers WF, Smith PA. Substantia Gelatinosa neurons in defined-medium organotypic slice culture are similar to those in acute slices from young adult rats. Pain. 121: 261-75. PMID 16516387 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pain.2006.01.009  0.358
2005 El Bahh B, Balosso S, Hamilton T, Herzog H, Beck-Sickinger AG, Sperk G, Gehlert DR, Vezzani A, Colmers WF. The anti-epileptic actions of neuropeptide Y in the hippocampus are mediated by Y and not Y receptors. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 22: 1417-30. PMID 16190896 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04338.x  0.452
2005 Ghamari-Langroudi M, Colmers WF, Cone RD. PYY3-36 inhibits the action potential firing activity of POMC neurons of arcuate nucleus through postsynaptic Y2 receptors. Cell Metabolism. 2: 191-9. PMID 16154101 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cmet.2005.08.003  0.456
2004 Moran TD, Colmers WF, Smith PA. Opioid-like actions of neuropeptide Y in rat substantia gelatinosa: Y1 suppression of inhibition and Y2 suppression of excitation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92: 3266-75. PMID 15295007 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.00096.2004  0.437
2004 Pronchuk N, Colmers WF. NPY presynaptic actions are reduced in the hypothalamic mpPVN of obese (fa/fa), but not lean, Zucker rats in vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 141: 1032-6. PMID 14967739 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705699  0.393
2003 Colmers WF, El Bahh B. Neuropeptide Y and Epilepsy. Epilepsy Currents / American Epilepsy Society. 3: 53-58. PMID 15309085 DOI: 10.1046/j.1535-7597.2003.03208.x  0.364
2003 Cowley MA, Smith RG, Diano S, Tschöp M, Pronchuk N, Grove KL, Strasburger CJ, Bidlingmaier M, Esterman M, Heiman ML, Garcia-Segura LM, Nillni EA, Mendez P, Low MJ, Sotonyi P, ... ... Colmers WF, et al. The distribution and mechanism of action of ghrelin in the CNS demonstrates a novel hypothalamic circuit regulating energy homeostasis. Neuron. 37: 649-61. PMID 12597862 DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00063-1  0.384
2002 Pronchuk N, Beck-Sickinger AG, Colmers WF. Multiple NPY Receptors Inhibit GABAA Synaptic Responses of Rat Medial Parvocellular Effector Neurons in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus. Endocrinology. 143: 535-543. PMID 28201351 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.2.8655  0.376
2002 Pentney AR, Baraban SC, Colmers WF. NPY sensitivity and postsynaptic properties of heterotopic neurons in the MAM model of malformation-associated epilepsy. Journal of Neurophysiology. 88: 2745-54. PMID 12424309 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00500.2002  0.499
2002 Stemkowski PL, Tse FW, Peuckmann V, Ford CP, Colmers WF, Smith PA. ATP-inhibition of M current in frog sympathetic neurons involves phospholipase C but not Ins P(3), Ca(2+), PKC, or Ras. Journal of Neurophysiology. 88: 277-88. PMID 12091553 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.2002.88.1.277  0.406
2002 El Bahh B, Cao JQ, Beck-Sickinger AG, Colmers WF. Blockade of neuropeptide Y(2) receptors and suppression of NPY's anti-epileptic actions in the rat hippocampal slice by BIIE0246. British Journal of Pharmacology. 136: 502-9. PMID 12055128 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704751  0.504
2002 Pronchuk N, Beck-Sickinger AG, Colmers WF. Multiple NPY receptors Inhibit GABA(A) synaptic responses of rat medial parvocellular effector neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Endocrinology. 143: 535-43. PMID 11796508 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.2.8655  0.512
2000 Ho MW, Beck-Sickinger AG, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y(5) receptors reduce synaptic excitation in proximal subiculum, but not epileptiform activity in rat hippocampal slices. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83: 723-34. PMID 10669488 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.2000.83.2.723  0.569
1999 Cowley MA, Pronchuk N, Fan W, Dinulescu DM, Colmers WF, Cone RD. Integration of NPY, AGRP, and melanocortin signals in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: evidence of a cellular basis for the adipostat. Neuron. 24: 155-63. PMID 10677034 DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80829-6  0.301
1999 Vezzani A, Sperk G, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y: emerging evidence for a functional role in seizure modulation. Trends in Neurosciences. 22: 25-30. PMID 10088996 DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(98)01284-3  0.367
1999 Colmers WF, Klapstein GJ, Rory McQuiston A, Ho MWY. Sites and mechanisms of NPY anticonvulsant actions in vitro Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 20: 197.  0.704
1998 Bindokas VP, Lee CC, Colmers WF, Miller RJ. Changes in mitochondrial function resulting from synaptic activity in the rat hippocampal slice. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 18: 4570-87. PMID 9614233 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.18-12-04570.1998  0.397
1997 Qian J, Colmers WF, Saggau P. Inhibition of synaptic transmission by neuropeptide Y in rat hippocampal area CA1: modulation of presynaptic Ca2+ entry. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 17: 8169-77. PMID 9334392 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.17-21-08169.1997  0.712
1997 Klapstein GJ, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y suppresses epileptiform activity in rat hippocampus in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 78: 1651-61. PMID 9310450 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1997.78.3.1651  0.792
1996 McQuiston AR, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y2 receptors inhibit the frequency of spontaneous but not miniature EPSCs in CA3 pyramidal cells of rat hippocampus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 3159-68. PMID 8930263  0.49
1996 McQuiston AR, Petrozzino JJ, Connor JA, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y1 receptors inhibit N-type calcium currents and reduce transient calcium increases in rat dentate granule cells. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 16: 1422-9. PMID 8778293 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.16-04-01422.1996  0.515
1994 Colmers WF, Bleakman D. Effects of neuropeptide Y on the electrical properties of neurons. Trends in Neurosciences. 17: 373-9. PMID 7529442 DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(94)90046-9  0.444
1993 Klapstein GJ, Colmers WF. On the sites of presynaptic inhibition by neuropeptide Y in rat hippocampus in vitro. Hippocampus. 3: 103-11. PMID 8395947 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.450030111  0.785
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  0.733
1993 Toth PT, Bindokas VP, Bleakman D, Colmers WF, Miller RJ. Mechanism of presynaptic inhibition by neuropeptide Y at sympathetic nerve terminals. Nature. 364: 635-9. PMID 8394510 DOI: 10.1038/364635a0  0.37
1992 McQuiston AR, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y does not alter NMDA conductances in CA3 pyramidal neurons: a slice-patch study. Neuroscience Letters. 138: 261-4. PMID 1608537 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90929-2  0.411
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  0.789
1992 Bleakman D, Harrison NL, Colmers WF, Miller RJ. Investigations into neuropeptide Y-mediated presynaptic inhibition in cultured hippocampal neurones of the rat. British Journal of Pharmacology. 107: 334-40. PMID 1358389 DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.1992.Tb12747.X  0.542
1992 Klapstein GJ, Colmers WF. 4-Aminopyridine and low Ca2+ differentiate presynaptic inhibition mediated by neuropeptide Y, baclofen and 2-chloroadenosine in rat hippocampal CA1 in vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 105: 470-4. PMID 1313731 DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.1992.Tb14277.X  0.779
1991 Bleakman D, Colmers WF, Fournier A, Miller RJ. Neuropeptide Y inhibits Ca2+ influx into cultured dorsal root ganglion neurones of the rat via a Y2 receptor. British Journal of Pharmacology. 103: 1781-9. PMID 1718523 DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.1991.Tb09863.X  0.514
1991 Colmers WF, Klapstein GJ, Fournier A, St-Pierre S, Treherne KA. Presynaptic inhibition by neuropeptide Y in rat hippocampal slice in vitro is mediated by a Y2 receptor. British Journal of Pharmacology. 102: 41-4. PMID 1646061 DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.1991.Tb12129.X  0.804
1990 Colmers WF. Modulation of synaptic transmission in hippocampus by neuropeptide Y: presynaptic actions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 611: 206-18. PMID 2174220 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1990.Tb48932.X  0.428
1990 Klapstein GJ, Treherne KA, Colmers WF. Neuropeptide Y presynaptic effects in hippocampal slice in vitro are Y2 receptor mediated but not via inhibition of adenylate cyclase Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 611: 457-458. DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1990.Tb48983.X  0.773
1989 Pan ZZ, Colmers WF, Williams JT. 5-HT-mediated synaptic potentials in the dorsal raphe nucleus: interactions with excitatory amino acid and GABA neurotransmission. Journal of Neurophysiology. 62: 481-6. PMID 2788717 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1989.62.2.481  0.327
1989 Colmers WF, Pittman QJ. Presynaptic inhibition by neuropeptide Y and baclofen in hippocampus: insensitivity to pertussis toxin treatment. Brain Research. 498: 99-104. PMID 2507090 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90403-4  0.719
1988 Colmers WF, Lukowiak K, Pittman QJ. Neuropeptide Y action in the rat hippocampal slice: site and mechanism of presynaptic inhibition. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 8: 3827-37. PMID 2848110 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.08-10-03827.1988  0.704
1987 Colmers WF, Lukowiak K, Pittman QJ. Presynaptic action of neuropeptide Y in area CA1 of the rat hippocampal slice. The Journal of Physiology. 383: 285-99. PMID 2821236 DOI: 10.1113/Jphysiol.1987.Sp016409  0.711
1985 Colmers WF, Lukowiak K, Pittman QJ. Neuropeptide Y reduces orthodromically evoked population spike in rat hippocampal CA1 by a possibly presynaptic mechanism. Brain Research. 346: 404-8. PMID 2996711 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90880-7  0.663
1981 Colmers WF. Afferent synaptic connections between hair cells and the somata of intramacular neurons in the gravity receptor system of the statocyst of Octopus vulgaris. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 197: 385-94. PMID 7217372 DOI: 10.1002/cne.901970303  0.383
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