Publications

* Equal contribution, authors listed in order appearing in manuscript.

2018

Cross-species systems analyses reveal a shared brain transcriptional response to social challenge.

Saul MC, Blatti C, Yang W, Bukhari SA, Shpigler HY, Troy JM, Seward C, Sloofman L, Chandrasekaran S, Bell AM, Stubbs LJ, Robinson GE, Zhao SD*, and Sinha S*. In Press, G2B.

Genomic variants in an inbred mouse model predict mania-like behaviors

Saul MC, Stevenson SA, Zhao C, Driessen TM, Eisiner BE, and Gammie SC. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197624.


Biological/Genetic Regulation of Physical Activity Level: Consensus from GenBioPAC

Lightfoot JT, De Geus EJC, Booth FW, Bray MS, den Hoed M, Kaprio J, Kelley SA, Pomp D, Saul MC, Thomis MA, Garland T, and Bouchard C. MSSE 50(4): 863-873.
2017

Deep evolutionary conservation of autism-related genes.

Shpigler HY*, Saul MC*, Corona F, Block L, Cash-Ahmed A, Zhao SD, and Robinson GE. PNAS 113(46): 9653–9658.

Temporal Dynamics of Neurogenomic Plasticity in Response to Social Interactions in Male Threespined Sticklebacks.

Bukhari SA, Saul MC, Seward C, Zhang H, Bensky M, James N, Zhao SD, Chandrasekaran S, Stubbs LS, and Bell AM. PLoS Genetics 13(7): e1006840.

Transcriptional regulatory dynamics drive coordinated metabolic and neural response to social challenge in mice.

Saul MC*, Seward C*, Troy J, Zhang H, Sloofman LG, Lu X, Weisner PA, Caetano-Anolles D, Sun H, Zhao SD, Chandrasekaran S, Sinha S, and Stubbs L. Genome Research 27(6): 959-972.

Behavioral, transcriptomic and epigenetic responses to social challenge in honey bees.

Shpigler HY, Saul MC, Murdoch EE, Cash-Ahmed A, Seward C, Sloofman LG, Chandrasekaran S, Sinha S, Stubbs L, and Robinson GE. G2B 16(6): 579-591.

High motivation for exercise is associated with altered chromatin regulators of monoamine receptor gene expression in the striatum of mice from selectively bred lines.

Saul MC, Majdak P, Perez S, Reilly M, Garland T, and Rhodes JS. G2B 16(3): 328-341
2016

Genetic and Neuroendocrine Regulation of the Postpartum Brain.

Gammie SC, Driessen TM, Zhao C, Saul MC, and Eisinger BEFrontiers in Neuroendocrinology 42: 1-17.

MicroRNA expression is altered in lateral septum across reproductive stages.

Saul MC*, Zhao C*, Driessen TM, Eisinger BE, and Gammie SC.Neuroscience 312: 130-140.
2014

The Mechanisms Underlying Alpha-Amanitin Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster: A Microarray Analysis.

Mitchell CL, Saul MC, Lei L, Wei H, and Werner T. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93489.

Genes Showing Altered Expression in the Medial Preoptic Area in the Highly Social Maternal Phenotype are Related to Autism and Other Disorders With Social Deficits.

Driessen TM, Eisinger BE, Zhao C, Stevenson SA, Saul MC, and Gammie SC. BMC Neuroscience 15: 11.
2013

Development of a Versatile Enrichment Analysis Tool Reveals Associations between the Maternal Brain and Mental Health Disorders, Including Autism.

Eisinger BE, Saul MC, Driessen TM, and Gammie SC. BMC Neuroscience 14: 147.

Sexually Dimorphic, Developmental, and Chronobiological Behavioral Profiles of a Mouse Model for Mania.

Saul MC, Stevenson SA, and Gammie SC. PLoS ONE 8(8): e72125.

Large Scale Expression Changes of Genes Related to Neuronal Signaling and Developmental Processes Found in Lateral Septum of Postpartum Outbred Mice.

Eisinger BE, Zhao C, Driessen TM, Saul MC, and Gammie SC. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63824.
2012

Gene Expression Changes in the Septum: Possible Implications for MicroRNAs in Sculpting the Maternal Brain.

Zhao C, Saul MC, Driessen TM, and Gammie SC. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38602.

A New Mouse Model for Mania Shares Genetic Correlates with Human Bipolar Disorder.

Saul MC, Gessay GM, and Gammie SC. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38128.