Role
Graduate Student (1998-2003). Defended Ph.D. in April, 2003. Title of dissertation: "Beneficial Actions of Neurotrophic Factors on Diabetes-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy "
Current Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Brian Davis University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine.
Papers
- Christianson, J.A., J.M. Ryals, K.E. McCarson and D.E. Wright. (2003) Beneficial actions of neurotrophin treatment on diabetes-induced hypoalgesia in mice. J. of Pain. Vol 4(9): 493-504.
- Christianson, J.A., J.T. Riekhof and D.E. Wright. (2003) Beneficial effects of neurotrophin treatment on diabetes-induced cutaneous axon loss in mice. Exp. Neurology. 179:188-199.
- Tan, W., Rouen, S. Barkus, K.M. Dremina, Y.S., Hui, D., Christianson J.A. Wright, D.E., Yoon, S.O. and Dobrosky, R.T. (2003) Nerve growth factor blocks the glucose-induced downregulation of caveolin-1. J. Biol. Chemistry. 278:23151–23162.
- Wright D.E., J.M. Williams, J.T. McDonald, J.A. Carlsten, and M.D. Taylor (2002) Muscle-derived neurotrophin-3 reduces injury-induced proprioceptive degeneration in neonatal mice. J. Neurobiology. 50(3):198-208.
- Molliver, D.C., J.A. Christianson, D.E. Wright, S.P. Cook and E.W. McCleskey (2002) ATP and UTP excite sensory neurons and induce CREB phosphorylation through the metabotrophic receptor, P2Y2. Eur. J. Neurosci. 16:1850-1860.
- Carlsten, J.A., R. Kothary, and D.E. Wright. (2001) Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-responsive and neurotrophin-3-responsive neurons require the cytoskeletal linker protein dystonin for postnatal survival. J. Comp. Neurology. 432:155-168.
- Roy R.N., D.R. Mrad, P.A. Lord, J.A. Carlsten, W.S. Good, P. Allsup, L.N. Roy, K.M. Kuhler, W.F. Koch and Y.C. Wu. (1998) Thermodynamics of the second dissociation constant and standards for pH of 3-(N-Morpholino) propanesulfonic acid (MOPS) from 5 to 55C. J. Soln. Chem. 27:73-87.
- Roy R.N., C.P. Moore, M.D. Bliss, S. Patel, B. Benton, J.A. Carlsten, W.S. Good, L.N. Roy and K.M. Kuhler. (1997) Second dissociation of 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid (CAPS) and 3-(cyclohexylamino)-2-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonic acid (CAPSO) from 278.15 to 328.15K. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 29:749-756.
- Roy R.N., J. A. Carlsten, J. Niederschmidt, W.S. Good, J.M. Rook, C. Brewe, A.J. Kilker, L.N. Roy and M. Kuhler. (1997) Buffers for the physiological pH range: thermodynamic constants of substituted aminopropanesulfonic acids (AMPSO) and (DIPSO) from 5 to 55C. J. Soln. Chem. 26:309-317.
- Roy R.N., C.P. Moore, J.A. Carlsten, W.S. Good, P. Harris, J.M. Rook, L.N. Roy and K.M. Kuhler. (1997) Second dissociation constants of two substituted aminoethanesulfonic acids (MES) and (TES) in water from 5 to 55C. J. Soln. Chem. 26:1209-1216.
- Roy, R.N., J. Bice, J. Greer, J.A Carlsten, J. Smithson, W.S. Good, C.P. Moore, L.N. Roy and K.M. Kuhler. (1995) Buffers for the Physiological pH Range: Acidic Dissociation of Zwitterionic Compounds (ACES and CHES) in Water from 5 to 55C. J. Chem. Engineer. Data. 42(1): 41-44.