Andrew Nelson, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Neurology
School of Medicine

Grants and Projects

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• Cellular Mechanisms of Convergence Among Autism Spectrum Disorder Genes, NIH, 2021-2024

Publications (10)

Top publication keywords:
NAV1.2 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelPermeabilityEpilepsyAutism Spectrum DisorderT-Box Domain ProteinsSynapsesNeuronsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseProsencephalonSpectrinIntellectual DisabilityAnkyrinsBrain DiseasesNeurodevelopmental DisordersBipolar Disorder

• Physical and functional convergence of the autism risk genes Scn2a and Ank2 in neocortical pyramidal cell dendrites.
  Neuron 2024 Nelson AD, Catalfio AM, Gupta JP, Min L, Caballero-Florán RN, Dean KP, Elvira CC, Derderian KD, Kyoung H, Sahagun A, Sanders SJ, Bender KJ, Jenkins PM
• Effects of chronic lithium treatment on neuronal excitability and GABAergic transmission in an Ank3 mutant mouse model.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Caballero-Florán RN, Nelson AD, Min L, Jenkins PM
• Impaired cerebellar plasticity hypersensitizes sensory reflexes in SCN2A-associated ASD.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Wang C, Derderian KD, Hamada E, Zhou X, Nelson AD, Kyoung H, Ahituv N, Bouvier G, Bender KJ
• Cellular and behavioral effects of altered NaV1.2 sodium channel ion permeability in Scn2aK1422E mice.
  Human molecular genetics 2022 Echevarria-Cooper DM, Hawkins NA, Misra SN, Huffman AM, Thaxton T, Thompson CH, Ben-Shalom R, Nelson AD, Lipkin AM, George AL, Bender KJ, Kearney JA
• LiCl treatment leads to long-term restoration of spine maturation and synaptogenesis in adult Tbr1 mutants.
  Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders 2022 Fazel Darbandi S, Nelson AD, Pai EL, Bender KJ, Rubenstein JLR

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• Dendritic Integration Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
  Developmental neuroscience 2021 Nelson AD, Bender KJ
• Critical roles of αII spectrin in brain development and epileptic encephalopathy.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2018 Wang Y, Ji T, Nelson AD, Glanowska K, Murphy GG, Jenkins PM, Parent JM
• Genetic disruption of ankyrin-G in adult mouse forebrain causes cortical synapse alteration and behavior reminiscent of bipolar disorder.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Zhu S, Cordner ZA, Xiong J, Chiu CT, Artola A, Zuo Y, Nelson AD, Kim TY, Zaika N, Woolums BM, Hess EJ, Wang X, Chuang DM, Pletnikov MM, Jenkins PM, Tamashiro KL, Ross CA
• Axonal Membranes and Their Domains: Assembly and Function of the Axon Initial Segment and Node of Ranvier.
  Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2017 Nelson AD, Jenkins PM
• The Splice Is Right: ANK3 and the Control of Cortical Circuits.
  Biological psychiatry 2016 Nelson AD, Jenkins PM