Christopher Vecsey

Title

Lecturer in Biology

Biology

Expertise

Synaptic plasticity and memory, sleep, and their interactions.

Degrees

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.

Amherst College, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	cgvecsey@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-3124
Office:	Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 2-06

Awards and Honors

Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) (2010)

MINS/NGG Flexner Neuroscience Award, University of Pennsylvania (2009)

James Olds Memorial Neuroscience Award, Amherst College (2003)

Courses Taught

NBIO

157a

Project Laboratory in Neurobiology and Behavior

Scholarship

Donelson, N., Kim, E. Z., Slawson, J. B., Vecsey, C. G., Huber, R., Griffith, L. C.. "High-resolution positional tracking for long-term analysis of Drosophila sleep and locomotion using the "tracker" program." PLoS One 7. 5 (2012): e37250.

Havekes, R., Vecsey, C. G., Abel, T.. "The impact of sleep deprivation on neuronal and glial signaling pathways important for memory and synaptic plasticity." Cell Signal 24. 6 (2012): 1251-60.

Vecsey, C. G., Peixoto, L., Choi, J. H., Wimmer, M., Jaganath, D., Hernandez, P. J., Blackwell, J., Meda, K., Park, A. J., Hannenhalli, S., Abel, T.. "Genomic analysis of sleep deprivation reveals translational regulation in the hippocampus." Physiol Genomics 44. 20 (2012): 981-91.

Florian, C., Vecsey, C. G., Halassa, M. M., Haydon, P. G., Abel, T.. "Astrocyte-derived adenosine and A1 receptor activity contribute to sleep loss-induced deficits in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory in mice." J Neurosci 31. 19 (2011): 6956-62.

Kelly, M. P., Stein, J. M., Vecsey, C. G., Favilla, C., Yang, X., Bizily, S. F., Esposito, M. F., Wand, G., Kanes, S. J., Abel, T.. "Developmental etiology for neuroanatomical and cognitive deficits in mice overexpressing Galphas, a G-protein subunit genetically linked to schizophrenia." Mol Psychiatry 14. 4 (2009): 398-415, 347.

Vecsey, C. G., Baillie, G. S., Jaganath, D., Havekes, R., Daniels, A., Wimmer, M., Huang, T., Brown, K. M., Li, X. Y., Descalzi, G., Kim, S. S., Chen, T., Shang, Y. Z., Zhuo, M., Houslay, M. D., Abel, T.. "Sleep deprivation impairs cAMP signalling in the hippocampus." Nature 461. 7267 (2009): 1122-5.

Vecsey, C. G., Hawk, J. D., Lattal, K. M., Stein, J. M., Fabian, S. A., Attner, M. A., Cabrera, S. M., McDonough, C. B., Brindle, P. K., Abel, T., Wood, M. A.. "Histone deacetylase inhibitors enhance memory and synaptic plasticity via CREB:CBP-dependent transcriptional activation." J Neurosci 27. 23 (2007): 6128-40.