List of works - John J O'Connor

A Role for Adrenergic Receptors in the Uterotonic Effects of Ergometrine in Isolated Human Term Nonlaboring Myometrium

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

A comparison of the effects of the dopamine partial agonists aripiprazole and (−)-3-PPP with quinpirole on stimulated dopamine release in the rat striatum: Studies using fast cyclic voltammetry in vitro ⬇️

scientific article published on May 2, 2012

A comparison of the inhibitory effects of bupivacaine and levobupivacaine on isolated human pregnant myometrium contractility

scientific article

A role for COX-2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase in long-term depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in March 2003

A role for c-Jun N-terminal kinase in the inhibition of long-term potentiation by interleukin-1beta and long-term depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in January 2003

A role for inflammatory mediators in the IL-18 mediated attenuation of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus

scientific article

A role for monomeric G-proteins in synaptic plasticity in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article

A role for prolyl hydroxylase domain proteins in hippocampal synaptic plasticity.

scientific article published on 6 June 2013

A role for tumor necrosis factor-α in ischemia and ischemic preconditioning

scientific article published on 02 August 2011

AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity

scientific article

Actions of 5-HT1 ligands on excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus of alert rats

scientific article published on September 1990

Actions of TNF-alpha on glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the central nervous system

scientific article

Actions of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 beta on central synaptic transmission

scientific article

Adenosine A1 receptor-mediated inhibition of dopamine release from rat striatal slices is modulated by D1 dopamine receptors

scientific article published on 4 December 2007

Almitrine and doxapram decrease fatigue and increase subsequent recovery in isolated rat diaphragm

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

An investigation into the mechanism of action of almitrine on isolated rat diaphragm muscle fatigue.

scientific article

Automated analysis of intracellular calcium fluorescence in rat organotypic hippocampal cultures: comparison to a manual, observer based method.

scientific article published on 8 December 2013

CX3CL1 is up-regulated in the rat hippocampus during memory-associated synaptic plasticity

scientific article published in 2014

Changes in auditory evoked responses and in the inhibitory action of 5-hydroxytryptophan following chronic treatment with imipramine in the rat.

scientific article

Continuous scan cyclic voltammetry (CSCV): a new high-speed electrochemical method for monitoring neuronal dopamine release

scientific article published in July 1992

D2 receptor-mediated inhibition of dopamine release in the rat striatum in vitro is modulated by CB1 receptors: studies using fast cyclic voltammetry

scientific journal article

Desflurane, compared to halothane, augments phenylephrine-induced contraction in isolated rat aorta smooth muscle

scientific article

Discrimination of cell types in mixed cortical culture using calcium imaging: a comparison to immunocytochemical labeling

scientific article published on 25 May 2008

Dissection of tumor-necrosis factor-alpha inhibition of long-term potentiation (LTP) reveals a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent mechanism which maps to early-but not late-phase LTP.

scientific article published in January 2004

Effects of 21 days treatment with fluoxetine on stimulated endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine overflow in the rat dorsal raphe and suprachiasmatic nucleus studied using fast cyclic voltammetry in vitro

scientific article

Effects of prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition and chronic intermittent hypoxia on synaptic transmission and plasticity in the rat CA1 and dentate gyrus.

scientific article

Effects of the combination of halothane and serotonin uptake blockers on synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in January 2000

Evidence for a role for the group I metabotropic glutamate receptor in the inhibitory effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on long-term potentiation

scientific article published on 2 January 2007

Fast cyclic voltammetry can be used to measure stimulated endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine release in untreated rat brain slices

scientific article published in June 1991

Fast electrochemical studies in isolated tissues.

scientific article published on May 1995

Frequency dependence of 5-HT autoreceptor function in rat dorsal raphe and suprachiasmatic nuclei studied using fast cyclic voltammetry

scientific article published in December 1991

Group II and III metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate paired pulse depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in December 1997

Hydroxylase inhibition reduces synaptic transmission and protects against a glutamate-induced ischemia in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Hypoxia-inducible factor signalling mechanisms in the central nervous system.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Inhibition of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro by IL-1 beta

scientific article published in July 1997

Interleukin-18 mediated inhibition of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus is attenuated in the presence of mGluR antagonists.

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Interleukin-1beta inhibits a tetraethylammonium-induced synaptic potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibit long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in January 1996

Long-lasting enhancement of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation.

scientific article

Methods of detection of the transcription factor NF-kappa B in rat hippocampal slices

scientific article published in September 2002

Neuroimmunology and synaptic function

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Opioid mediated activity and expression of mu and delta opioid receptors in isolated human term non-labouring myometrium

scientific article

P42/44 MAP kinase inhibitor PD98059 attenuates multiple forms of synaptic plasticity in rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article

Pharmacological characteristics of 5-hydroxytryptamine autoreceptors in rat brain slices incorporating the dorsal raphe or the suprachiasmatic nucleus

scientific article published on July 1992

Potentiation of N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor-mediated currents detected using the excised patch technique in the hippocampal dentate gyrus

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Potentiation of synaptic transmission by (S)-3,5-dihydroxy phenylglycine in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro: a role for voltage dependent calcium channels and protein kinase C.

scientific article

Potentiation of synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro by (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine ((S)-DHPG).

scientific article published in June 1997

Preconditioning effects of tumor necrosis factor-α and glutamate on calcium dynamics in rat organotypic hippocampal cultures ⬇️

scientific article published on March 12, 2011

Predominant cone photoreceptor dysfunction in a hyperglycaemic model of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

scientific article published on 8 February 2010

Priming of long-term potentiation by prior activation of group I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article published in October 1998

Pro-inflammatory cytokines and their effects in the dentate gyrus

scientific article published on January 2007

Prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibitors: can multiple mechanisms be an opportunity for ischemic stroke?

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

SB203580, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor blocks the inhibitory effect of beta-amyloid on long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Serotonergic involvement in the inhibitory effects of repeated buspirone treatment on synaptic transmission in the hippocampus

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

Serotoninergic depression of auditory evoked responses recorded in the rat hippocampus: effect of repeated buspirone treatment

scientific article published in February 1992

Temporal change in gene expression in the rat dentate gyrus following passive avoidance learning

scientific article published on 9 February 2007

Tetanically induced LTP involves a similar increase in the AMPA and NMDA receptor components of the excitatory postsynaptic current: investigations of the involvement of mGlu receptors

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

The P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor SB203580 antagonizes the inhibitory effects of interleukin-1beta on long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article

The combined effects of halothane and lamotrigine on excitatory postsynaptic potentials and use-dependent block in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

scientific article

The effect of nicotine induced behavioral sensitization on dopamine D1 receptor pharmacology: An in vivo and ex vivo study in the rat.

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

The inhibition of long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus by pro-inflammatory cytokines is attenuated in the presence of nicotine

scientific article

The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-18 impairs long-term potentiation and NMDA receptor-mediated transmission in the rat hippocampus in vitro

scientific article published in January 2001

Theta-burst stimulation of hippocampal slices induces network-level calcium oscillations and activates analogous gene transcription to spatial learning

scientific article

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha impairs the recovery of synaptic transmission from hypoxia in rat hippocampal slices

scientific journal article

Tumor necrosis factor-α potentiates long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus after acute hypoxia

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

Use-dependent effects of acute and chronic treatment with imipramine and buspirone on excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus in vivo.

scientific article published in August 1993

Voltammetric evidence that subsensitivity to reward following chronic mild stress is associated with increased release of mesolimbic dopamine

scientific article published in January 1991

List of works by John J O'Connor

A Role for Adrenergic Receptors in the Uterotonic Effects of Ergometrine in Isolated Human Term Nonlaboring Myometrium

A comparison of the effects of the dopamine partial agonists aripiprazole and (−)-3-PPP with quinpirole on stimulated dopamine release in the rat striatum: Studies using fast cyclic voltammetry in vitro ⬇️

A comparison of the inhibitory effects of bupivacaine and levobupivacaine on isolated human pregnant myometrium contractility

A role for COX-2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase in long-term depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

A role for c-Jun N-terminal kinase in the inhibition of long-term potentiation by interleukin-1beta and long-term depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

A role for inflammatory mediators in the IL-18 mediated attenuation of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus

A role for monomeric G-proteins in synaptic plasticity in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

A role for prolyl hydroxylase domain proteins in hippocampal synaptic plasticity.

A role for tumor necrosis factor-α in ischemia and ischemic preconditioning

AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity

Actions of 5-HT1 ligands on excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus of alert rats

Actions of TNF-alpha on glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the central nervous system

Actions of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 beta on central synaptic transmission

Adenosine A1 receptor-mediated inhibition of dopamine release from rat striatal slices is modulated by D1 dopamine receptors

Almitrine and doxapram decrease fatigue and increase subsequent recovery in isolated rat diaphragm

An investigation into the mechanism of action of almitrine on isolated rat diaphragm muscle fatigue.

Automated analysis of intracellular calcium fluorescence in rat organotypic hippocampal cultures: comparison to a manual, observer based method.

CX3CL1 is up-regulated in the rat hippocampus during memory-associated synaptic plasticity

Changes in auditory evoked responses and in the inhibitory action of 5-hydroxytryptophan following chronic treatment with imipramine in the rat.

Continuous scan cyclic voltammetry (CSCV): a new high-speed electrochemical method for monitoring neuronal dopamine release

D2 receptor-mediated inhibition of dopamine release in the rat striatum in vitro is modulated by CB1 receptors: studies using fast cyclic voltammetry

Desflurane, compared to halothane, augments phenylephrine-induced contraction in isolated rat aorta smooth muscle

Discrimination of cell types in mixed cortical culture using calcium imaging: a comparison to immunocytochemical labeling

Dissection of tumor-necrosis factor-alpha inhibition of long-term potentiation (LTP) reveals a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent mechanism which maps to early-but not late-phase LTP.

Effects of 21 days treatment with fluoxetine on stimulated endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine overflow in the rat dorsal raphe and suprachiasmatic nucleus studied using fast cyclic voltammetry in vitro

Effects of prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition and chronic intermittent hypoxia on synaptic transmission and plasticity in the rat CA1 and dentate gyrus.

Effects of the combination of halothane and serotonin uptake blockers on synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Evidence for a role for the group I metabotropic glutamate receptor in the inhibitory effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on long-term potentiation

Fast cyclic voltammetry can be used to measure stimulated endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine release in untreated rat brain slices

Fast electrochemical studies in isolated tissues.

Frequency dependence of 5-HT autoreceptor function in rat dorsal raphe and suprachiasmatic nuclei studied using fast cyclic voltammetry

Group II and III metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate paired pulse depression in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Hydroxylase inhibition reduces synaptic transmission and protects against a glutamate-induced ischemia in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus

Hypoxia-inducible factor signalling mechanisms in the central nervous system.

Inhibition of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro by IL-1 beta

Interleukin-18 mediated inhibition of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus is attenuated in the presence of mGluR antagonists.

Interleukin-1beta inhibits a tetraethylammonium-induced synaptic potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibit long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Long-lasting enhancement of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation.

Methods of detection of the transcription factor NF-kappa B in rat hippocampal slices

Neuroimmunology and synaptic function

Opioid mediated activity and expression of mu and delta opioid receptors in isolated human term non-labouring myometrium

P42/44 MAP kinase inhibitor PD98059 attenuates multiple forms of synaptic plasticity in rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Pharmacological characteristics of 5-hydroxytryptamine autoreceptors in rat brain slices incorporating the dorsal raphe or the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Potentiation of N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor-mediated currents detected using the excised patch technique in the hippocampal dentate gyrus

Potentiation of synaptic transmission by (S)-3,5-dihydroxy phenylglycine in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro: a role for voltage dependent calcium channels and protein kinase C.

Potentiation of synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro by (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine ((S)-DHPG).

Preconditioning effects of tumor necrosis factor-α and glutamate on calcium dynamics in rat organotypic hippocampal cultures ⬇️

Predominant cone photoreceptor dysfunction in a hyperglycaemic model of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Priming of long-term potentiation by prior activation of group I and II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

Pro-inflammatory cytokines and their effects in the dentate gyrus

Prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibitors: can multiple mechanisms be an opportunity for ischemic stroke?

SB203580, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor blocks the inhibitory effect of beta-amyloid on long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

Serotonergic involvement in the inhibitory effects of repeated buspirone treatment on synaptic transmission in the hippocampus

Serotoninergic depression of auditory evoked responses recorded in the rat hippocampus: effect of repeated buspirone treatment

Temporal change in gene expression in the rat dentate gyrus following passive avoidance learning

Tetanically induced LTP involves a similar increase in the AMPA and NMDA receptor components of the excitatory postsynaptic current: investigations of the involvement of mGlu receptors

The P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor SB203580 antagonizes the inhibitory effects of interleukin-1beta on long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

The combined effects of halothane and lamotrigine on excitatory postsynaptic potentials and use-dependent block in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro

The effect of nicotine induced behavioral sensitization on dopamine D1 receptor pharmacology: An in vivo and ex vivo study in the rat.

The inhibition of long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus by pro-inflammatory cytokines is attenuated in the presence of nicotine

The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-18 impairs long-term potentiation and NMDA receptor-mediated transmission in the rat hippocampus in vitro

Theta-burst stimulation of hippocampal slices induces network-level calcium oscillations and activates analogous gene transcription to spatial learning

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha impairs the recovery of synaptic transmission from hypoxia in rat hippocampal slices

Tumor necrosis factor-α potentiates long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus after acute hypoxia

Use-dependent effects of acute and chronic treatment with imipramine and buspirone on excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus in vivo.

Voltammetric evidence that subsensitivity to reward following chronic mild stress is associated with increased release of mesolimbic dopamine