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Nidia Quillinan

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-AN Res General Operations

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    R01NS105905     (QUILLINAN, NIDIA)Sep 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2023
    NIH
    Excitability and plasticity alterations in a novel cerebellar stroke model
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K01NS086969     (QUILLINAN, NIDIA)Jul 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2019
    NIH
    Differential mechanisms and consequences of Purkinje cell loss in an adult and pediatric model of global cerebral ischemia
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F31DA023793     (QUILLINAN, NIDIA)Sep 30, 2007 - Sep 29, 2009
    NIH
    Desensitization and Internalization of Mu-Opioid Receptors in the Locus Coeruleus
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS046072     (HERSON, PACO S)Sep 30, 2002 - Jan 31, 2025
    NIH
    Sex differences in brain injury following pediatric cardiac arrest
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Useinovic N, Newson A, Near M, Maksimovic S, Volvovitz B, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity in the setting of systemic inflammation: the role of microglia. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025; 250:10549. PMID: 40453359.
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    2. Vigil JJ, Tiemeier E, Orfila JE, Chalmers NE, Chang VN, Mitchell D, Veitch I, Falk M, Dietz RM, Herson PS, Quillinan N. Endogenous Recovery of Hippocampal Function Following Global Cerebral Ischemia in Juvenile Female Mice Is Influenced by Neuroinflammation and Circulating Sex Hormones. Neural Plast. 2025; 2025:6103242. PMID: 40386541.
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    3. Larsen ME, Rumian NL, Quillinan N, Bayer KU. CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2025 Jun; 92:102961. PMID: 40164520.
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    4. Buonarati OR, Quillinan N, Bayer KU. Oxygen/glucose-deprivation causes long-term impairment of synaptic CaMKII movement. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 04. PMID: 40093100.
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    5. Vigil JJ, Tiemeier E, Orfila JE, Chalmers NE, Chang VN, Mitchell D, Veitch I, Falk M, Dietz RM, Herson PS, Quillinan N. Endogenous recovery of hippocampal function following global cerebral ischemia in juvenile female mice is influenced by neuroinflammation and circulating sex hormones. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 31. PMID: 39975306.
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    6. Osmond MJ, Dabertrand F, Quillinan N, Su EJ, Lawrence DA, Marr DWM, Neeves KB. Harnessing micrometer-scale tPA beads for high plasmin generation and accelerated fibrinolysis. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 08. PMID: 39574757.
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    7. Burch AM, Garcia JD, O'Leary H, Haas A, Orfila JE, Tiemeier E, Chalmers N, Smith KR, Quillinan N, Herson PS. TRPM2 and CaMKII Signaling Drives Excessive GABAergic Synaptic Inhibition Following Ischemia. J Neurosci. 2024 May 08; 44(19). PMID: 38565288.
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    8. Oshima K, Siddiqui N, Orfila JE, Carter D, Laing J, Han X, Zakharevich I, Iozzo RV, Ghasabyan A, Moore H, Zhang F, Linhardt RJ, Moore EE, Quillinan N, Schmidt EP, Herson PS, Hippensteel JA. A role for decorin in improving motor deficits after traumatic brain injury. Matrix Biol. 2024 Jan; 125:88-99. PMID: 38135163.
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    9. Garcia JD, Wolfe SE, Stewart AR, Tiemeier E, Gookin SE, Guerrero MB, Quillinan N, Smith KR. Distinct mechanisms drive sequential internalization and degradation of GABAARs during global ischemia and reperfusion injury. iScience. 2023 Oct 20; 26(10):108061. PMID: 37860758.
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    10. Walrath T, Najarro KM, Giesy LE, Khair S, Frank DN, Robertson CE, Orlicky DJ, Quillinan N, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. REMOTE BURN INJURY IN AGED MICE INDUCES COLONIC LYMPHOID AGGREGATE EXPANSION AND DYSBIOSIS OF THE FECAL MICROBIOME WHICH CORRELATES WITH NEUROINFLAMMATION. Shock. 2023 10 01; 60(4):585-593. PMID: 37548929.
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    11. Useinovic N, Near M, Cabrera OH, Boscolo A, Milosevic A, Harvey R, Newson A, Chastain-Potts S, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Neonatal sevoflurane exposure induces long-term changes in dendritic morphology in juvenile rats and mice. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2023 04; 248(7):641-655. PMID: 37309741.
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    12. Moreno M, Minjarez C, Todorovic SM, Quillinan N. Distinct excitability of thalamocortical neurons correlates with the presence of cerebellar afferents. bioRxiv. 2023 May 26. PMID: 37292810.
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    13. Rumian NL, Brown CN, Hendry-Hofer TB, Rossetti T, Orfila JE, Tullis JE, Dwoskin LP, Buonarati OR, Lisman JE, Quillinan N, Herson PS, Bebarta VS, Bayer KU. Short-term CaMKII inhibition with tatCN19o does not erase pre-formed memory in mice and is neuroprotective in pigs. J Biol Chem. 2023 05; 299(5):104693. PMID: 37037305.
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    14. Basak JM, Falk M, Mitchell DN, Coakley KA, Quillinan N, Orfila JE, Herson PS. Targeting BACE1-mediated production of amyloid beta improves hippocampal synaptic function in an experimental model of ischemic stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2023 11; 43(2_suppl):66-77. PMID: 37150606.
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    15. Frazier AP, Mitchell DN, Given KS, Hunn G, Burch AM, Childs CR, Moreno-Garcia M, Corigilano MR, Quillinan N, Macklin WB, Herson PS, Dingman AL. Chronic changes in oligodendrocyte sub-populations after middle cerebral artery occlusion in neonatal mice. Glia. 2023 06; 71(6):1429-1450. PMID: 36794545.
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    16. Rumian NL, Brown CN, Hendry-Hofer TB, Rossetti T, Orfila JE, Tullis JE, Dwoskin LP, Buonarati OR, Lisman JE, Quillinan N, Herson PS, Bebarta VS, Bayer KU. Short-term CaMKII inhibition with tatCN19o does not erase pre-formed memory and is neuroprotective in non-rodents. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 36747773.
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    17. Cabrera OH, Useinovic N, Maksimovic S, Near M, Quillinan N, Todorovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Neonatal ketamine exposure impairs infrapyramidal bundle pruning and causes lasting increase in excitatory synaptic transmission in hippocampal CA3 neurons. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 12; 175:105923. PMID: 36371060.
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    18. Walrath T, McMahan RH, Idrovo JP, Quillinan N, Kovacs EJ. Cutaneous burn injury induces neuroinflammation and reactive astrocyte activation in the hippocampus of aged mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 11; 169:111975. PMID: 36208823.
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    19. Useinovic N, Maksimovic S, Liechty C, Cabrera OH, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Systemic inflammation exacerbates developmental neurotoxicity induced by sevoflurane in neonatal rats. Br J Anaesth. 2022 10; 129(4):555-566. PMID: 35701270.
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    20. Moreno M, Minjarez C, Vigil J, Orfila JE, Schmidt R, Burch A, Carter DJ, Kubesh M, Yonchek J, Dietz RM, Quillinan N. Differences in hippocampal plasticity and memory outcomes in anterior versus posterior cerebellar stroke. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 06 15; 168:105701. PMID: 35337949.
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    21. Maksimovic S, Useinovic N, Quillinan N, Covey DF, Todorovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. General Anesthesia and the Young Brain: The Importance of Novel Strategies with Alternate Mechanisms of Action. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 08; 23(3). PMID: 35163810.
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    22. Useinovic N, Maksimovic S, Near M, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Do We Have Viable Protective Strategies against Anesthesia-Induced Developmental Neurotoxicity? Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 20; 23(3). PMID: 35163060.
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    23. Garcia JD, Gookin SE, Crosby KC, Schwartz SL, Tiemeier E, Kennedy MJ, Dell'Acqua ML, Herson PS, Quillinan N, Smith KR. Stepwise disassembly of GABAergic synapses during pathogenic excitotoxicity. Cell Rep. 2021 12 21; 37(12):110142. PMID: 34936876.
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    24. Dietz RM, Orfila JE, Chalmers N, Minjarez C, Vigil J, Deng G, Quillinan N, Herson PS. Functional Restoration following Global Cerebral Ischemia in Juvenile Mice following Inhibition of Transient Receptor Potential M2 (TRPM2) Ion Channels. Neural Plast. 2021; 2021:8774663. PMID: 34659399.
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    25. D'Souza A, Burch A, Dave KM, Sreeram A, Reynolds MJ, Dobbins DX, Kamte YS, Zhao W, Sabatelle C, Joy GM, Soman V, Chandran UR, Shiva SS, Quillinan N, Herson PS, Manickam DS. Microvesicles transfer mitochondria and increase mitochondrial function in brain endothelial cells. J Control Release. 2021 10 10; 338:505-526. PMID: 34450196.
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    26. Tesic V, Joksimovic SM, Quillinan N, Krishnan K, Covey DF, Todorovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Neuroactive steroids alphaxalone and CDNC24 are effective hypnotics and potentiators of GABAA currents, but are not neurotoxic to the developing rat brain. Br J Anaesth. 2020 05; 124(5):603-613. PMID: 32151384.
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    27. Cabrera OH, Gulvezan T, Symmes B, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Sex differences in neurodevelopmental abnormalities caused by early-life anaesthesia exposure: a narrative review. Br J Anaesth. 2020 03; 124(3):e81-e91. PMID: 31980157.
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    28. Buonarati OR, Cook SG, Goodell DJ, Chalmers NE, Rumian NL, Tullis JE, Restrepo S, Coultrap SJ, Quillinan N, Herson PS, Bayer KU. CaMKII versus DAPK1 Binding to GluN2B in Ischemic Neuronal Cell Death after Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest. Cell Rep. 2020 01 07; 30(1):1-8.e4. PMID: 31914378.
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    29. Chalmers NE, Yonchek J, Steklac KE, Ramsey M, Bayer KU, Herson PS, Quillinan N. Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase (CaMKII) Inhibition Protects Against Purkinje Cell Damage Following CA/CPR in Mice. Mol Neurobiol. 2020 Jan; 57(1):150-158. PMID: 31520314.
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    30. Chastain-Potts SE, Tesic V, Tat QL, Cabrera OH, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Sevoflurane Exposure Results in Sex-Specific Transgenerational Upregulation of Target IEGs in the Subiculum. Mol Neurobiol. 2020 Jan; 57(1):11-22. PMID: 31512116.
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    31. Cabrera OH, Tesic V, Tat QL, Chastain S, Quillinan N, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Sevoflurane-Induced Dysregulation of Cation-Chloride Cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2 in Neonatal Mouse Brain. Mol Neurobiol. 2020 Jan; 57(1):1-10. PMID: 31493242.
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    32. Dietz RM, Cruz-Torres I, Orfila JE, Patsos OP, Shimizu K, Chalmers N, Deng G, Tiemeier E, Quillinan N, Herson PS. Reversal of Global Ischemia-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction by Delayed Inhibition of TRPM2 Ion Channels. Transl Stroke Res. 2020 04; 11(2):254-266. PMID: 31250378.
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    33. Quillinan N, Dingman AL, Deng G, Tatum S, Orfila JE, Clevenger AC, Klawitter J, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Single dose of 17?-estradiol provides transient neuroprotection in female juvenile mice after cardiac-arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Neurochem Int. 2019 07; 127:80-86. PMID: 30471325.
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    34. Orfila JE, McKinnon N, Moreno M, Deng G, Chalmers N, Dietz RM, Herson PS, Quillinan N. Cardiac Arrest Induces Ischemic Long-Term Potentiation of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons That Occludes Physiological Long-Term Potentiation. Neural Plast. 2018; 2018:9275239. PMID: 29853851.
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    35. Dietz RM, Orfila JE, Rodgers KM, Patsos OP, Deng G, Chalmers N, Quillinan N, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Juvenile cerebral ischemia reveals age-dependent BDNF-TrkB signaling changes: Novel mechanism of recovery and therapeutic intervention. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2018 12; 38(12):2223-2235. PMID: 29611441.
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    36. Cook SG, Bourke AM, O'Leary H, Zaegel V, Lasda E, Mize-Berge J, Quillinan N, Tucker CL, Coultrap SJ, Herson PS, Bayer KU. Analysis of the CaMKIIa and ? splice-variant distribution among brain regions reveals isoform-specific differences in holoenzyme formation. Sci Rep. 2018 04 03; 8(1):5448. PMID: 29615706.
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    37. Clevenger AC, Kim H, Salcedo E, Yonchek JC, Rodgers KM, Orfila JE, Dietz RM, Quillinan N, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Endogenous Sex Steroids Dampen Neuroinflammation and Improve Outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice. J Mol Neurosci. 2018 Mar; 64(3):410-420. PMID: 29450697.
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    38. Orfila JE, Grewal H, Dietz RM, Strnad F, Shimizu T, Moreno M, Schroeder C, Yonchek J, Rodgers KM, Dingman A, Bernard TJ, Quillinan N, Macklin WB, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Delayed inhibition of tonic inhibition enhances functional recovery following experimental ischemic stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019 06; 39(6):1005-1014. PMID: 29283314.
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    39. Deng G, Orfila JE, Dietz RM, Moreno-Garcia M, Rodgers KM, Coultrap SJ, Quillinan N, Traystman RJ, Bayer KU, Herson PS. Autonomous CaMKII Activity as a Drug Target for Histological and Functional Neuroprotection after Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest. Cell Rep. 2017 01 31; 18(5):1109-1117. PMID: 28147268.
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    40. Quillinan N, Deng G, Shimizu K, Cruz-Torres I, Schroeder C, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Long-term depression in Purkinje neurons is persistently impaired following cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Aug; 37(8):3053-3064. PMID: 28168893.
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    41. Quillinan N, Herson PS, Traystman RJ. Neuropathophysiology of Brain Injury. Anesthesiol Clin. 2016 Sep; 34(3):453-64. PMID: 27521191.
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    42. Shimizu T, Dietz RM, Cruz-Torres I, Strnad F, Garske AK, Moreno M, Venna VR, Quillinan N, Herson PS. Extended therapeutic window of a novel peptide inhibitor of TRPM2 channels following focal cerebral ischemia. Exp Neurol. 2016 09; 283(Pt A):151-6. PMID: 27317297.
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    43. Shimizu K, Quillinan N, Orfila JE, Herson PS. Sirtuin-2 mediates male specific neuronal injury following experimental cardiac arrest through activation of TRPM2 ion channels. Exp Neurol. 2016 Jan; 275 Pt 1:78-83. PMID: 26522013.
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    44. Graber LC, Quillinan N, Marrotte EJ, McDonagh DL, Bartels K. Neurocognitive outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2015 Jun; 29(2):125-35. PMID: 26060025.
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    45. Quillinan N, Grewal H, Klawitter J, Herson PS. Sex Steroids Do Not Modulate TRPM2-Mediated Injury in Females following Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion(1,2,3). eNeuro. 2014 Nov-Dec; 1(1). PMID: 26464961.
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    46. Quillinan N, Grewal H, Deng G, Shimizu K, Yonchek JC, Strnad F, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Region-specific role for GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors in injury to Purkinje cells and CA1 neurons following global cerebral ischemia. Neuroscience. 2015 Jan 22; 284:555-565. PMID: 25450957.
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    47. Orfila JE, Shimizu K, Garske AK, Deng G, Maylie J, Traystman RJ, Quillinan N, Adelman JP, Herson PS. Increasing small conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel activity reverses ischemia-induced impairment of long-term potentiation. Eur J Neurosci. 2014 Oct; 40(8):3179-88. PMID: 25080203.
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    48. Quillinan N, Deng G, Grewal H, Herson PS. Androgens and stroke: good, bad or indifferent? Exp Neurol. 2014 Sep; 259:10-5. PMID: 24512750.
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    49. Deng G, Yonchek JC, Quillinan N, Strnad FA, Exo J, Herson PS, Traystman RJ. A novel mouse model of pediatric cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation reveals age-dependent neuronal sensitivities to ischemic injury. J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Jan 30; 222:34-41. PMID: 24192226.
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    50. Bell MT, Puskas F, Bennett DT, Herson PS, Quillinan N, Fullerton DA, Reece TB. Dexmedetomidine, an a-2a adrenergic agonist, promotes ischemic tolerance in a murine model of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan; 147(1):500-6. PMID: 24035379.
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    51. Shimizu T, Macey TA, Quillinan N, Klawitter J, Perraud AL, Traystman RJ, Herson PS. Androgen and PARP-1 regulation of TRPM2 channels after ischemic injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2013 Oct; 33(10):1549-55. PMID: 23801245.
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    52. Herson PS, Bombardier CG, Parker SM, Shimizu T, Klawitter J, Klawitter J, Quillinan N, Exo JL, Goldenberg NA, Traystman RJ. Experimental pediatric arterial ischemic stroke model reveals sex-specific estrogen signaling. Stroke. 2013 Mar; 44(3):759-63. PMID: 23349190.
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    53. Kelley MH, Ortiz J, Shimizu K, Grewal H, Quillinan N, Herson PS. Alterations in Purkinje cell GABAA receptor pharmacology following oxygen and glucose deprivation and cerebral ischemia reveal novel contribution of ?1 -subunit-containing receptors. Eur J Neurosci. 2013 Feb; 37(4):555-63. PMID: 23176253.
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    54. Jia J, Verma S, Nakayama S, Quillinan N, Grafe MR, Hurn PD, Herson PS. Sex differences in neuroprotection provided by inhibition of TRPM2 channels following experimental stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2011 Nov; 31(11):2160-8. PMID: 21587268.
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    55. Quillinan N, Lau EK, Virk M, von Zastrow M, Williams JT. Recovery from mu-opioid receptor desensitization after chronic treatment with morphine and methadone. J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 23; 31(12):4434-43. PMID: 21430144.
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    56. Torrecilla M, Quillinan N, Williams JT, Wickman K. Pre- and postsynaptic regulation of locus coeruleus neurons after chronic morphine treatment: a study of GIRK-knockout mice. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Aug; 28(3):618-24. PMID: 18702733.
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    57. Arttamangkul S, Quillinan N, Low MJ, von Zastrow M, Pintar J, Williams JT. Differential activation and trafficking of micro-opioid receptors in brain slices. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 Oct; 74(4):972-9. PMID: 18612077.
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    58. Krispel CM, Chen D, Melling N, Chen YJ, Martemyanov KA, Quillinan N, Arshavsky VY, Wensel TG, Chen CK, Burns ME. RGS expression rate-limits recovery of rod photoresponses. Neuron. 2006 Aug 17; 51(4):409-16. PMID: 16908407.
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    59. Burns ME, Mendez A, Chen CK, Almuete A, Quillinan N, Simon MI, Baylor DA, Chen J. Deactivation of phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated rhodopsin by arrestin splice variants. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 18; 26(3):1036-44. PMID: 16421323.
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