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List of works by Sarah L King

5-Iodo-A-85380, an alpha4beta2 subtype-selective ligand for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

APOE E4 Carriers show prospective memory enhancement under nicotine, and evidence for specialisation within medial BA10.

scientific article published on 6 November 2012

APOE e4 polymorphism in young adults is associated with improved attention and indexed by distinct neural signatures.

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Alteration of hippocampal cell proliferation in mice lacking the beta 2 subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

scientific article published in December 2004

An instructive role for patterned spontaneous retinal activity in mouse visual map development

scientific article published on June 2011

Beta2-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are critical for dopamine-dependent locomotor activation following repeated nicotine administration

scientific journal article

Cocaine effects on mouse incentive-learning and human addiction are linked to alpha2 subunit-containing GABAA receptors

scientific article

Cognitive and neural signatures of the APOE E4 allele in mid-aged adults

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

Conditional expression in corticothalamic efferents reveals a developmental role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in modulation of passive avoidance behavior.

scientific article published in May 2003

Cortico-thalamic connectivity is vulnerable to nicotine exposure during early postnatal development through α4/β2/α5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article

Deletion of alpha-synuclein decreases impulsivity in mice.

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Deletion of the GABAA α2-subunit does not alter self administration of cocaine or reinstatement of cocaine seeking.

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Disrupted neural activity patterns to novelty and effort in young adult APOE-e4 carriers performing a subsequent memory task

scientific article

Early-life adversity selectively impairs α2-GABA receptor expression in the mouse nucleus accumbens and influences the behavioral effects of cocaine

scholarly article by Scott J Mitchell et al published October 2018 in Neuropharmacology

GABAA receptor subtype involvement in addictive behaviour.

scientific article

GABRB1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Associated with Altered Brain Responses (but not Performance) during Measures of Impulsivity and Reward Sensitivity in Human Adolescents

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

High-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are required for antidepressant effects of amitriptyline on behavior and hippocampal cell proliferation

scientific article published in November 2004

Localized low-level re-expression of high-affinity mesolimbic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors restores nicotine-induced locomotion but not place conditioning.

scientific article published on 11 December 2008

MRI of carriers of the apolipoprotein E e4 allele-evidence for structural differences in normal-appearing brain tissue in e4+ relative to e4- young adults

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

Mediating role of stress reactivity in the effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on childhood mental health outcomes

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Motivational Effects of Methylphenidate are Associated with GABRA2 Variants Conferring Addiction Risk

scientific article

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knockout mice: physiological and behavioral phenotypes and possible clinical implications.

scientific article

Nicotine effects on attentional reorienting in mid-age adults, and interactions with apolipoprotein E status

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Nicotinic receptors in the brain. Links between molecular biology and behavior.

scientific article

Positive effects of cholinergic stimulation favor young APOE epsilon4 carriers

scientific article

Rodent models of treatment-resistant depression.

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Sex differences in anxiety-like behavior and locomotor activity following chronic nicotine exposure in mice

scientific article published on 13 May 2008

Structural and resting-state MRI detects regional brain differences in young and mid-age healthy APOE-e4 carriers compared with non-APOE-e4 carriers

scientific article

The prototoxin lynx1 acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to balance neuronal activity and survival in vivo

scientific article published in September 2006

Tonic inhibition of accumbal spiny neurons by extrasynaptic α4βδ GABAA receptors modulates the actions of psychostimulants.

scientific article published on January 2014

Using event-related fMRI to examine sustained attention processes and effects of APOE ε4 in young adults.

scientific article published in June 2018