Spicer MM, Weber MA, Luo Z, Yang J, Narayanan NS, Fisher RA. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 (RGS6) in dopamine neurons promotes EtOH seeking, behavioral reward, and susceptibility to relapse. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Jun 10;. doi: 10.1007/s00213-024-06631-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38856764; NIHMSID:NIHMS2020305.

Ahlers-Dannen KE, Yang J, Spicer MM, Fu D, DeVore A, Fisher RA. A splice acceptor variant in RGS6 associated with intellectual disability, microcephaly, and cataracts disproportionately promotes expression of a subset of RGS6 isoforms. J Hum Genet. 2024 Apr;69(3-4):145-152. doi: 10.1038/s10038-024-01220-1. Epub 2024 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 38332109.

Spicer MM, Weber MA, Luo Z, Yang J, Narayanan NS, Fisher RA. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 (RGS6) in ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons promotes EtOH seeking, behavioral reward and susceptibility to relapse. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 25;. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.24.563844. PubMed PMID: 37961154; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10634791.

Yang J, DeVore AN, Fu DA, Spicer MM, Guo M, Thompson SG, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Polato F, Nussenzweig A, Fisher RA. Rapid and precise genotyping of transgene zygosity in mice using an allele-specific method. Life Sci Alliance. 2023 Jun;6(6). doi: 10.26508/lsa.202201729. Print 2023 Jun. PubMed PMID: 37037594; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10087101.

Spicer MM, Yang J, Fu D, DeVore AN, Lauffer M, Atasoy NS, Atasoy D, Fisher RA. RGS6 mediates exercise-induced recovery of hippocampal neurogenesis, learning, and memory in an Alzheimer's mouse model. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 18;. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.17.537272. PubMed PMID: 39185171; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11343197.

Ahlers-Dannen KE, Yang J, Spicer MM, Maity B, Stewart A, Koland JG, Fisher RA. Protein Profiling of RGS6, a Pleiotropic Gene Implicated in Numerous Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Reveals Multi-Isoformic Expression and a Novel Brain-Specific Isoform. eNeuro. 2022 Jan-Feb;9(1). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0379-21.2021. Print 2022 Jan-Feb. PubMed PMID: 34880111; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8805202.

Alexander SP, Kelly E, Mathie A, Peters JA, Veale EL, Armstrong JF, Faccenda E, Harding SD, Pawson AJ, Southan C, Buneman OP, Cidlowski JA, Christopoulos A, Davenport AP, Fabbro D, Spedding M, Striessnig J, Davies JA, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Alqinyah M, Arumugam TV, Bodle C, Dagner JB, Chakravarti B, Choudhuri SP, Druey KM, Fisher RA, Gerber KJ, Hepler JR, Hooks SB, Kantheti HS, Karaj B, Layeghi-Ghalehsoukhteh S, Lee JK, Luo Z, Martemyanov K, Mascarenhas LD, McNabb H, Montañez-Miranda C, Ogujiofor O, Phan H, Roman DL, Shaw V, Sjogren B, Sobey C, Spicer MM, Squires KE, Sutton L, Wendimu M, Wilkie T, Xie K, Zhang Q, Zolghadri Y. THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Introduction and Other Protein Targets. Br J Pharmacol. 2021 Oct;178 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S1-S26. doi: 10.1111/bph.15537. PubMed PMID: 34529830; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9513948.

Ahlers-Dannen, KE., Spicer, MM. & Fisher, RA. RGS proteins as critical regulators of motor function and their implications in Parkinson's disease. Molecular pharmacology, 98:730-738, 2020. PMID: 32015009. DOI: 10.1124/mol.119.118836.

Perschbacher KJ, Deng G, Sandgren JA, Walsh JW, Witcher PC, Sapouckey SA, Owens CE, Zhang SY, Scroggins SM, Pearson NA, Devor EJ, Sebag JA, Pierce GL, Fisher RA, Kwitek AE, Santillan DA, Gibson-Corley KN, Sigmund CD, Santillan MK, Grobe JL. Reduced mRNA Expression of RGS2 (Regulator of G Protein Signaling-2) in the Placenta Is Associated With Human Preeclampsia and Sufficient to Cause Features of the Disorder in Mice. Hypertension. 2020 Feb;75(2):569-579. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14056. Epub 2019 Dec 23. PubMed PMID: 31865781; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7027931.

Chakravarti B, Yang J, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Luo Z, Flaherty HA, Meyerholz DK, Anderson ME, Fisher RA. Essentiality of Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 and Oxidized Ca/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Notch Signaling and Cardiovascular Development. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017; 6(11).  PMID: 29079565, PMCID: PMC5721783

Rorabaugh BR, Chakravarti B, Mabe NW, Seeley SL, Bui AD, Yang J, Watts SW, Neubig RR, Fisher RA. Regulator of G Protein Signaling 6 Protects the Heart from Ischemic Injury. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2017; 360(3):409-416.  PMID: 28035008, PMCID: PMC5325075

Yang J, Platt LT, Maity B, Ahlers KE, Luo Z, Lin Z, Chakravarti B, Ibeawuchi SR, Askeland RW, Bondaruk J, Czerniak BA, Fisher RA. RGS6 is an essential tumor suppressor that prevents bladder carcinogenesis by promoting p53 activation and DNMT1 downregulation. Oncotarget. 2016; 7(43):69159-69172.  PMID: 27713144, PMCID: PMC5342467

Ahlers KE, Chakravarti B, Fisher RA. RGS6 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in CNS Diseases and Cancer. The AAPS journal. 2016; 18(3):560-72.  PMID: 27002730, PMCID: PMC5256616

Stewart A, Fisher RA. Introduction: G Protein-coupled Receptors and RGS Proteins. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:1-11. PMID: 26123299

Stewart A, Maity B, Fisher RA. Two for the Price of One: G Protein-Dependent and -Independent Functions of RGS6 In Vivo. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:123-51.  PMID: 26123305

Stewart A, Maity B, Anderegg SP, Allamargot C, Yang J, Fisher RA. Regulator of G protein signaling 6 is a critical mediator of both reward-related behavioral and pathological responses to alcohol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015; 112(7):E786-95. PMID: 25646431, PMCID: PMC4343156

Fisher RA. Preface. RGS Protein Physiology and Pathophysiology. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 2015; 133:xi-xii.PMID: 26123308

Bifsha P, Yang J, Fisher RA, Drouin J. Rgs6 is required for adult maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral substantia nigra. PLoS genetics. 2014; 10(12):e1004863. PMID: 25501001, PMCID: PMC4263397

Huang J, Stewart A, Maity B, Hagen J, Fagan RL, Yang J, Quelle DE, Brenner C, Fisher RA. RGS6 suppresses Ras-induced cellular transformation by facilitating Tip60-mediated Dnmt1 degradation and promoting apoptosis. Oncogene. 2014; 33(27):3604-11. NIHMSID: NIHMS633989 PMID: 23995786, PMCID: PMC4232305