List of works - Sean Commins

A novel control condition for spatial learning in the Morris water maze

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

A possible role for protein synthesis, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in long-term spatial memory retention in the water maze

scientific article published in August 2008

An exploration of EEG features during recovery following stroke - implications for BCI-mediated neurorehabilitation therapy.

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

Antagonism of glutamate receptors in the CA1 to perirhinal cortex projection prevents long-term potentiation and attenuates levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Autobiographical memory, the ageing brain and mechanisms of psychological interventions.

scientific article

Chronic fluoxetine treatment attenuates post-septic affective changes in the mouse.

scientific article published on 8 October 2015

Concurrent task performance enhances low-level visuomotor learning

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Cyclooxygenase inhibition attenuates endotoxin-induced spatial learning deficits, but not an endotoxin-induced blockade of long-term potentiation.

scientific article

Deficits in spatial learning and synaptic plasticity induced by the rapid and competitive broad-spectrum cyclooxygenase inhibitor ibuprofen are reversed by increasing endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

scientific article

Derived stimulus relations, semantic priming, and event-related potentials: testing a behavioral theory of semantic networks.

scientific article

Differential expression of immediate early genes Zif268 and c-Fos in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex following spatial learning and glutamate receptor antagonism

scientific article published on 9 April 2016

Does prior sepsis alter subsequent circadian and sickness behaviour response to lipopolysaccharide treatment in mice?

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Dual-task and electrophysiological markers of executive cognitive processing in older adult gait and fall-risk

scientific article

Efficiency: an underlying principle of learning?

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Emergence of an egocentric cue guiding and allocentric inferring strategy that mirrors hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the Morris water maze.

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Hippocampal contribution to vector model hypothesis during cue-dependent navigation ⬇️

scientific article published on June 17, 2013

Imaging spatial learning in the brain using immediate early genes: insights, opportunities and limitations.

scientific article published on January 2011

Interaction between paired-pulse facilitation and long-term potentiation in the projection from hippocampal area CA1 to the entorhinal cortex.

scientific article published in October 2005

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) but not Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces increased motor activity and abnormal exploratory patterns while impairing spatial learning in Balb/c mice.

scientific article published on 17 April 2006

Learning efficiency: The influence of cue salience during spatial navigation.

scientific article

Lipopolysaccharide causes deficits in spatial learning in the watermaze but not in BDNF expression in the rat dentate gyrus.

scientific article published in September 2001

Lipopolysaccharide-induced sepsis induces long-lasting affective changes in the mouse.

scientific article

Long-term retention and overshadowing of proximal and distal cues following habituation in an object exploration task.

scientific article published in February 2005

Manipulation of visual information does not change the accuracy of distance estimation during a blindfolded walking task.

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

NavWell: A simplified virtual-reality platform for spatial navigation and memory experiments

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Physiological evidence for a possible projection from dorsal subiculum to hippocampal area CA1.

scientific article published on 23 July 2002

Plastic and metaplastic changes in the CA1 and subicular projections to the entorhinal cortex.

scientific article published on 21 February 2007

Relating derived relations as a model of analogical reasoning: reaction times and event-related potentials.

scientific article

Retention of cue-based associations in the water maze is time-dependent and sensitive to disruption by rotating the starting position.

scientific article published in May 2004

Subtle memory and attentional deficits revealed in an Irish stroke patient sample using domain-specific cognitive tasks.

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Temporal dynamics of immediate early gene expression during cellular consolidation of spatial memory

scientific article

The effect of NMDA-R antagonism on simultaneously acquired local field potentials and tissue oxygen levels in the brains of freely-moving rats.

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

The effects of low frequency and two-pulse stimulation protocols on synaptic transmission in the CA1-subiculum pathway in the anaesthetized rat

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

The effects of overtraining in the Morris water maze on allocentric and egocentric learning strategies in rats.

scientific article

The effects of single and multiple episodes of theta patterned or high frequency stimulation on synaptic transmission from hippocampal area CA1 to the subiculum in rats.

scientific article published in July 1999

The rat perirhinal cortex: A review of anatomy, physiology, plasticity, and function.

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

The subiculum: a review of form, physiology and function.

scientific article

The time course of systems consolidation of spatial memory from recent to remote retention: A comparison of the Immediate Early Genes Zif268, c-Fos and Arc.

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Understanding the role of distance, direction and cue salience in an associative model of landmark learning

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

List of works by Sean Commins

A novel control condition for spatial learning in the Morris water maze

A possible role for protein synthesis, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in long-term spatial memory retention in the water maze

An exploration of EEG features during recovery following stroke - implications for BCI-mediated neurorehabilitation therapy.

Antagonism of glutamate receptors in the CA1 to perirhinal cortex projection prevents long-term potentiation and attenuates levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Autobiographical memory, the ageing brain and mechanisms of psychological interventions.

Chronic fluoxetine treatment attenuates post-septic affective changes in the mouse.

Concurrent task performance enhances low-level visuomotor learning

Cyclooxygenase inhibition attenuates endotoxin-induced spatial learning deficits, but not an endotoxin-induced blockade of long-term potentiation.

Deficits in spatial learning and synaptic plasticity induced by the rapid and competitive broad-spectrum cyclooxygenase inhibitor ibuprofen are reversed by increasing endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Derived stimulus relations, semantic priming, and event-related potentials: testing a behavioral theory of semantic networks.

Differential expression of immediate early genes Zif268 and c-Fos in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex following spatial learning and glutamate receptor antagonism

Does prior sepsis alter subsequent circadian and sickness behaviour response to lipopolysaccharide treatment in mice?

Dual-task and electrophysiological markers of executive cognitive processing in older adult gait and fall-risk

Efficiency: an underlying principle of learning?

Emergence of an egocentric cue guiding and allocentric inferring strategy that mirrors hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the Morris water maze.

Hippocampal contribution to vector model hypothesis during cue-dependent navigation ⬇️

Imaging spatial learning in the brain using immediate early genes: insights, opportunities and limitations.

Interaction between paired-pulse facilitation and long-term potentiation in the projection from hippocampal area CA1 to the entorhinal cortex.

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) but not Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces increased motor activity and abnormal exploratory patterns while impairing spatial learning in Balb/c mice.

Learning efficiency: The influence of cue salience during spatial navigation.

Lipopolysaccharide causes deficits in spatial learning in the watermaze but not in BDNF expression in the rat dentate gyrus.

Lipopolysaccharide-induced sepsis induces long-lasting affective changes in the mouse.

Long-term retention and overshadowing of proximal and distal cues following habituation in an object exploration task.

Manipulation of visual information does not change the accuracy of distance estimation during a blindfolded walking task.

NavWell: A simplified virtual-reality platform for spatial navigation and memory experiments

Physiological evidence for a possible projection from dorsal subiculum to hippocampal area CA1.

Plastic and metaplastic changes in the CA1 and subicular projections to the entorhinal cortex.

Relating derived relations as a model of analogical reasoning: reaction times and event-related potentials.

Retention of cue-based associations in the water maze is time-dependent and sensitive to disruption by rotating the starting position.

Subtle memory and attentional deficits revealed in an Irish stroke patient sample using domain-specific cognitive tasks.

Temporal dynamics of immediate early gene expression during cellular consolidation of spatial memory

The effect of NMDA-R antagonism on simultaneously acquired local field potentials and tissue oxygen levels in the brains of freely-moving rats.

The effects of low frequency and two-pulse stimulation protocols on synaptic transmission in the CA1-subiculum pathway in the anaesthetized rat

The effects of overtraining in the Morris water maze on allocentric and egocentric learning strategies in rats.

The effects of single and multiple episodes of theta patterned or high frequency stimulation on synaptic transmission from hippocampal area CA1 to the subiculum in rats.

The rat perirhinal cortex: A review of anatomy, physiology, plasticity, and function.

The subiculum: a review of form, physiology and function.

The time course of systems consolidation of spatial memory from recent to remote retention: A comparison of the Immediate Early Genes Zif268, c-Fos and Arc.

Understanding the role of distance, direction and cue salience in an associative model of landmark learning