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Nadejda Tsankova

Associate Professor, Mount Sinai
Verified email at mssm.edu
Cited by 10435

Essential role of BDNF in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in social defeat stress

…, W Renthal, SJ Russo, D Graham, NM Tsankova… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Mice experiencing repeated aggression develop a long-lasting aversion to social contact,
which can be normalized by chronic, but not acute, administration of antidepressant. Using …

Sustained hippocampal chromatin regulation in a mouse model of depression and antidepressant action

NM Tsankova, O Berton, W Renthal, A Kumar… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
To better understand the molecular mechanisms of depression and antidepressant action,
we administered chronic social defeat stress followed by chronic imipramine (a tricyclic …

[PDF][PDF] Chromatin remodeling is a key mechanism underlying cocaine-induced plasticity in striatum

A Kumar, KH Choi, W Renthal, NM Tsankova… - Neuron, 2005 - cell.com
Given that cocaine induces neuroadaptations through regulation of gene expression, we
investigated whether chromatin remodeling at specific gene promoters may be a key …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2: the Mount Sinai COVID-19 autopsy experience

…, F Salem, MI Fiel, SM El Jamal, NM Tsankova… - Modern …, 2021 - nature.com
… One-micron toluidine-stained scout sections were prepared for light microscopic orientation;
80 nm ultrathin sections for EM were stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and …

Histone modifications at gene promoter regions in rat hippocampus after acute and chronic electroconvulsive seizures

NM Tsankova, A Kumar, EJ Nestler - Journal of Neuroscience, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
The mechanism of action of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS), one of the most effective
treatments of major depression, may involve the regulation of gene expression. Chromatin …

Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2: targeting of endothelial cells renders a complex disease with thrombotic microangiopathy and aberrant immune response. The …

…, F Salem, MI Fiel, SM El Jamal, NM Tsankova… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
… Electron microscopy studies revealed the presence of multiple spherical virus particles
showing spike-like electron-dense peplomeric projections ranging from 100-to-140 nm (Figure 1B…

Phenotypic heterogeneity and plasticity of isocortical and hippocampal astrocytes in the human brain

AA Sosunov, X Wu, NM Tsankova… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
To examine the diversity of astrocytes in the human brain, we immunostained surgical
specimens of temporal cortex and hippocampus and autopsy brains for CD44, a plasma …

A qPCR ScoreCard quantifies the differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells

…, S Chetty, CA Gifford, L Daheron, NM Tsankova… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Research on human pluripotent stem cells has been hampered by the lack of a standardized,
quantitative, scalable assay of pluripotency. We previously described an assay called …

[HTML][HTML] Monocyte depletion enhances neutrophil influx and proneural to mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma

…, W Thomason, A Keane, NM Tsankova… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Myeloid cells comprise the majority of immune cells in tumors, contributing to tumor growth
and therapeutic resistance. Incomplete understanding of myeloid cells response to tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Chromosomal instability in adult-type diffuse gliomas

…, MS Viapiano, ZM Mussa, NM Tsankova… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a fundamental property of cancer and a key underlying
mechanism of tumorigenesis and malignant progression, and has been documented in a wide …