Researchers

Sharon Grady

447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447
phone: 303-492-9677
fax: 303-492-8063
email:
Sharon.Grady@Colorado.EDU

Recent Publications

Research Interests:

Function of nicotine in the central nervous system of mice, specifically, nicotine-stimulated release of neurotransmitters from synaptosomes.

Selected Publications:

1.Grady SR, Moretti M, Zoli M, Marks MJ, Zanardi A, Pucci L, Clementi F, Gotti C. (2009). Rodent habenulo-interpeduncular pathway expresses a large variety of uncommon nAChR subtypes, but only the alpha3beta4* and alpha3beta3beta4* subtypes mediate acetylcholine release. J Neurosci., 29(7), 2272-82.
PMID: 19228980 | pubmed abstract |

2. Collins AC, Salminen O, Marks MJ, Whiteaker P, Grady SR.(2009). The road to discovery of neuronal nicotinic cholinergic receptor subtypes. Handb Exp Pharmacol.,192, 85-112.
PMID: 19184647 | pubmed abstract |

3. Grady SR, Salminen O, Laverty DC, Whiteaker P, McIntosh JM, Collins AC, Marks MJ.(2007). The subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on dopaminergic terminals of mouse striatum. Biochem Pharmacol., 74(8), 1235-46.
PMID: 17825262 | pubmed abstract |