Kristen O'Connell

Work

The Jackson Laboratory
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Associate Professor

US

The Jackson Laboratory
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Assistant Professor

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Assistant Professor

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Colorado State University
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Postdoc

US

Education

University of Rochester Medical Center
United States of America

Ph.D.

Villanova University
United States of America

B.S.

Publications

Evaluation of hippocampal DLGAP2 overexpression on cognition, synaptic function, and dendritic spine structure in a translationally relevant AD mouse model

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An in vitro neurogenetics platform for precision disease modeling in the mouse

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Science Advances

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RNA Strain-Match: A tool for matching single-nucleus, single-cell, or bulk RNA-sequencing alignment data to its corresponding genotype

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Detecting the effect of genetic diversity on brain composition in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

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High sucrose consumption decouples intrinsic and synaptic excitability of AgRP neurons without altering body weight

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International Journal of Obesity

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High Sucrose consumption decouples intrinsic and synaptic excitability of AgRP neurons without altering body weight

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Hypothalamic gene network dysfunction is associated with cognitive decline and body weight loss in Alzheimer’s disease mice

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Life-long Dietary Restrictions have Negligible or Damaging Effects on Late-life Cognitive Performance: A Key Role for Genetics in Outcomes

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Anin vitroneurogenetics platform for precision disease modeling in the mouse

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High-fat diet induced loss of GABAergic inhibition decouples intrinsic and synaptic excitability in AgRP neurons

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Identifying the molecular systems that influence cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease in genetically diverse mice

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Learning & Memory

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Genetic background modifies CNS‐mediated sensorimotor decline in the AD‐BXD mouse model of genetic diversity in Alzheimer's disease

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Genes, Brain and Behavior

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Genetic background modifies CNS-mediated sensorimotor decline in the AD-BXD mouse population

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Harnessing Genetic Complexity to Enhance Translatability of Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models: A Path toward Precision Medicine.

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Neuron

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Cell-Type-Specific Changes in Intrinsic Excitability in the Subiculum following Learning and Exposure to Novel Environmental Contexts.

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eNeuro

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Human dental stem cell derived transgene-free iPSCs generate functional neurons via embryoid body-mediated and direct induction methods.

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Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

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Diet composition, not calorie intake, rapidly alters intrinsic excitability of hypothalamic AgRP/NPY neurons in mice.

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Scientific reports

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Leptin Modulates the Intrinsic Excitability of AgRP/NPY Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus

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Journal of Neuroscience

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The C-terminus of neuronal Kv2.1 channels is required for channel localization and targeting but not for NMDA-receptor-mediated regulation of channel function.

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Localization-dependent activity of the Kv2.1 delayed-rectifier K+ channel

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Localization and mobility of the delayed-rectifer K+ channel Kv2.1 in adult cardiomyocytes

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AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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A cytoskeletal-based perimeter fence selectively corrals a sub-population of cell surface Kv2.1 channels

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Journal of Cell Science

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Kv2.1 potassium channels are retained within dynamic cell surface microdomains that are defined by a perimeter fence.

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Targeting of voltage-gated potassium channel isoforms to distinct cell surface microdomains.

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Functional analysis of the R1086H malignant hyperthermia mutation in the DHPR reveals an unexpected influence of the III-IV loop on skeletal muscle EC coupling.

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Localization of ion channels to lipid Raft domains within the cardiovascular system.

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Targeting of ion channels to membrane microdomains: localization of KV channels to lipid rafts

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Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

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Suramin interacts with the calmodulin binding site on the ryanodine receptor, RYR1.

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Calmodulin binding to the 3614-3643 region of RyR1 is not essential for excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal myotubes.

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Ca2+ release through ryanodine receptors regulates skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channel expression.

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Prolonged depolarization promotes fast gating kinetics of L-type Ca2+ channels in mouse skeletal myotubes.

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