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Connor Davidson

Northwestern University

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Research Focus:differential expression· 4 Organism:mouse· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2

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Unique functional responses differentially map onto genetic subtypes of dopamine neurons

Maite Azcorra, Zachary A. Gaertner, Connor Davidson, Qianzi He, Hailey Kim, Shivathmihai Nagappan, Cooper K. Hayes, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Yoon Seok Kim, Karl A. Deisseroth, Richard Longnecker, Rajeshwar B. Awatramani, Daniel A. Dombeck

The paper identifies three genetic dopamine subtypes in the substantia nigra pars compacta, each with distinct functional responses to rewards, aversive stimuli, and movement, showing strong correlation between soma and axon signaling within subtypes.

Nature Neuroscience · Aug 3, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Dopaminergic axons track somatic signaling in behaving mice

Maite Azcorra, Zachary A. Gaertner, Connor Davidson, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Yoon Seok Kim, Karl A. Deisseroth, Rajeshwar B. Awatramani, Daniel A. Dombeck

The paper shows that somatic and axonal signaling in dopamine neurons of behaving mice are correlated, challenging previous assumptions about axonal autonomy.

bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience

Disruption of c-MYC binding and chromosomal looping involving genetic variants associated with ankylosing spondylitis upstream of RUNX3 promoter

C. Cohen, Connor Davidson, Carlo Francesco Selmi, Paul Bowness, Julian Charles Knight, B P Wordsworth, Matteo L. Vecellio

The paper investigates how genetic variants associated with ankylosing spondylitis affect c-MYC binding and chromosomal looping near the RUNX3 promoter.

Frontiers in Genetics · Jan 7, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics

The anxiety and ethanol intake controlling GAL5.1 enhancer is epigenetically modulated by, and controls preference for, high fat diet

Andrew R. McEwan, Johanna Celene Erickson, Connor Davidson, Jenny Heijkoop, Yvonne D. Turnbull, Mirela Delibegović, Chris Murgatroyd, Alasdair MacKenzie

The paper investigates how maternal high-fat diet modulates DNA methylation in the GAL5.1 enhancer, affecting offspring's high-fat diet intake and anxiety-related behaviors.

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · Dec 12, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics

CRISPR disruption and UK Biobank analysis of a highly conserved polymorphic enhancer suggests a role in male anxiety and ethanol intake.

Andrew R. McEwan, Connor Davidson, Elizabeth A. Hay, Yvonne D. Turnbull, Johanna Celene Erickson, Pietro Marini, Dana Wilson, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Mark J. Adams, Chris Murgatroyd, Perry Barrett, Mirela Delibegović, Toni‐Kim Clarke, Alasdair MacKenzie

The paper identifies a conserved enhancer variant in the GAL gene associated with male anxiety and ethanol intake using human data and CRISPR mouse models.

Molecular Psychiatry · Mar 13, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics