Category Archive for : ‘Publications’

The article, “Genome-wide Association Study of Loneliness Demonstrates a Role for Common Variation”, was accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Neuropsychopharmacology. Authors include current and former Palmer Lab members (Jianjun Gao, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Amy B. Hart, Abraham A. Palmer) as well as collaborators Lea K. Davis, Lide Han, and John T. Cacioppo. Read it here!

The recent Neuron article, “Genetic Background Limits Generalizability of Genotype-Phenotype Relationships”, has garnered considerable attention on various social media outlets! No doubt helped by the accompanying whimsical video abstract, “Should Single Strains Suffice?”, starring Drs. Laura Sittig, Abraham Palmer, and Abe’s 1977 VW van. It’s been retweeted many times and covered by blogs. Altmetric ranks it in the top 5% of all scientific articles, ranked by attention or similar age.

In the above Cell Press video abstract, “Should Single Strains Suffice?”, Drs. Laura Sittig and Abraham Palmer explain what happened when they examined the effects of two genetic mutations on a panel of different mouse strains. Their findings were recently published in Neuron. Featuring Abe’s own restored 1977 VW van!

The article, “Syntax for Calculation of Discounting Indices from the Monetary Choice Questionnaire and Probability Discounting Questionnaire”, was accepted for publication in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Other authors include Joshua C. Gray, Michael T. Amlung, Abraham A. Palmer, and James MacKillop.

The article, “Genetic background limits generalizability of genotype-phenotype relationships”, was accepted for publication in Neuron. Authors include Laura Sittig, Peter Carbonetto, Kyle Engel, Kathleen Krauss, Camila Barrios Camacho, and Abraham Palmer. Read the article here!

The article, “Genome-wide association study of behavioral, physiological and gene expression traits in outbred CFW mice” has generated considerable interest in various news and social media outlets! Twitter, multiple blogs & websites, and two university press releases (UCSD, Middlebury) are among those covering the article. Altmetric ranks it in the top 5% of all scientific articles, ranked by attention.

The article, “Genome-wide association study of behavioral, physiological, and gene expression traits in outbred CFW mice”, was published in the most recent issue of Nature Genetics. Authors include current and former Palmer Lab members (Clarissa Parker, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Peter Carbonetto, Natalia M Gonzales, Emily Leung, Yeonhee J Park, Emmanuel Aryee, Joe Davis, and Abraham Palmer) as well as collaborators Cheryl L Ackert-Bicknell, Arimantas Lionikas, and Jonathan K Pritchard.

Read the article here!

The article, “The Latent Structure of Impulsivity: Impulsive Choice, Impulsive Action, and Impulsive Personality Traits”, was accepted for publication in Psychopharmacology. Authors include James MacKillop, Jessica Weafer, Joshua Gray, Assaf Oshri, Abraham Palmer, and Harriet de Wit.

The article, “Systems genetic and pharmacological analysis identifies candidate genes underlying mechanosensation in the von Frey test”, was published in Genes, Brain and Behavior on May 27, 2016. Other authors include Erin Young, Camron Bryant, Seo Eun Lee, Ximei Peng, Benjamin Cook, Harsha Nair, Kathleen Dreher, Xiaoying Zhang, Jin Mo Chung, Jeffrey Mogil, Elissa Chesler, and William Lariviere.

The article, “Premature responding is associated with approach to a food cue in male and female heterogeneous stock rats”, was accepted for publication in Psychopharmacology.

Authors include Christopher King, Abraham Palmer, Leah Solberg Woods, Larry Hawk, Jerry Richards, and Paul Meyer.

This study is part of Research Project 3 (“Association between behavioral regulation and cocaine cue preference”) of the P50 Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats, of which Dr. Palmer is the Director.