McKenna

James T. McKenna, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
508-583-4500
Harvard Catalyst Profile
Harvard Title

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System

Address

Boston Va Med Ctr-W Roxbury
Bldg. 3, Rm. 2A-112
1400 VFW Pkwy  
West Roxbury MA 02132

Publications View
Cholinergic Neurons in the Basal Forebrain Promote Wakefulness by Actions on Neighboring Non-Cholinergic Neurons: An Opto-Dialysis Study.
Authors: Zant JC, Kim T, Prokai L, Szarka S, McNally J, McKenna JT, Shukla C, Yang C, Kalinchuk AV, McCarley RW, Brown RE, Basheer R.
J Neurosci
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Functions and Mechanisms of Sleep.
Authors: Zielinski MR, McKenna JT, McCarley RW.
AIMS Neurosci
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Cortically projecting basal forebrain parvalbumin neurons regulate cortical gamma band oscillations.
Authors: Kim T, Thankachan S, McKenna JT, McNally JM, Yang C, Choi JH, Chen L, Kocsis B, Deisseroth K, Strecker RE, Basheer R, Brown RE, McCarley RW.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Turning a Negative into a Positive: Ascending GABAergic Control of Cortical Activation and Arousal.
Authors: Brown RE, McKenna JT.
Front Neurol
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Cholinergic neurons excite cortically projecting basal forebrain GABAergic neurons.
Authors: Yang C, McKenna JT, Zant JC, Winston S, Basheer R, Brown RE.
J Neurosci
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Comparative analysis of Tsc1 and Tsc2 single and double radial glial cell mutants.
Authors: Mietzsch U, McKenna J, Reith RM, Way SW, Gambello MJ.
J Comp Neurol
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Aberrant cortical neuroplasticity in the OSA patient (Commentary on Opie et al.).
Authors: McKenna JT, Kocsis B, McCarley RW.
Eur J Neurosci
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Distribution and intrinsic membrane properties of basal forebrain GABAergic and parvalbumin neurons in the mouse.
Authors: McKenna JT, Yang C, Franciosi S, Winston S, Abarr KK, Rigby MS, Yanagawa Y, McCarley RW, Brown RE.
J Comp Neurol
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Knockdown of orexin type 2 receptor in the lateral pontomesencephalic tegmentum of rats increases REM sleep.
Authors: Chen L, McKenna JT, Bolortuya Y, Brown RE, McCarley RW.
Eur J Neurosci
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Control of sleep and wakefulness.
Authors: Brown RE, Basheer R, McKenna JT, Strecker RE, McCarley RW.
Physiol Rev
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