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Loren Martin, PhD

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

Websites

	University of Toronto
	ResearchGate
	McGill University

Postdoctoral Fellow (Previously held)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Baumbach JL, Mui CYY, Leonetti AM, Martin LJ. A history of injury enhances affective and sensory responses to predator threat by sensitizing corticosterone release through TRPA1 receptor signaling. Curr Biol. 2025 Aug 18; 35(16):3896-3907.e2. PMID: 40713944

Darvish-Ghane S, Baumbach J, Martin LJ. Influence of Inflammatory Pain and Dopamine on Synaptic Transmission in the Mouse ACC. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 05; 24(13). PMID: 37446289; PMCID: PMC10342013; DOI: 10.3390/ijms241311113;

Darvish-Ghane S, Lyver B, Facciol A, Chatterjee D, Martin LJ. Inflammatory Pain Alters Dopaminergic Modulation of Excitatory Synapses in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Mice. Neuroscience. 2022 Aug 21; 498:249-259. PMID: 35863681

Darvish-Ghane S, Quintana C, Beaulieu JM, Martin LJ. D1 receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex modulate basal mechanical sensitivity threshold and glutamatergic synaptic transmission. Mol Brain. 2020 09 05; 13(1):121. PMID: 32891169; PMCID: PMC7487672; DOI: 10.1186/s13041-020-00661-x;

Ramzan F, Creighton SD, Hall M, Baumbach J, Wahdan M, Poulson SJ, Michailidis V, Stefanelli G, Narkaj K, Tao CS, Khan D, Steininger CFD, Walters BJ, Monks DA, Martin LJ, Zovkic IB. Sex-specific effects of the histone variant H2A.Z on fear memory, stress-enhanced fear learning and hypersensitivity to pain. Sci Rep. 2020 08 31; 10(1):14331. PMID: 32868857; PMCID: PMC7458907; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71229-x;

Cho C, Michailidis V, Lecker I, Collymore C, Hanwell D, Loka M, Danesh M, Pham C, Urban P, Bonin RP, Martin LJ. Author Correction: Evaluating analgesic efficacy and administration route following craniotomy in mice using the grimace scale. Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 25; 9(1):15643. PMID: 31653871

Cho C, Michailidis V, Lecker I, Collymore C, Hanwell D, Loka M, Danesh M, Pham C, Urban P, Bonin RP, Martin LJ. Evaluating analgesic efficacy and administration route following craniotomy in mice using the grimace scale. Sci Rep. 2019 Jan 23; 9(1):359. PMID: 30674967

Whissell PD, Eng D, Lecker I, Martin LJ, Wang DS, Orser BA. Acutely increasing dGABA(A) receptor activity impairs memory and inhibits synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. Front Neural Circuits. 2013; 7:146. PMID: 24062648; PMCID: PMC3775149; DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00146;

Martin LJ, Zurek AA, Bonin RP, Oh GH, Kim JH, Mount HT, Orser BA. The sedative but not the memory-blocking properties of ethanol are modulated by a5-subunit-containing ?-aminobutyric acid type A receptors. Behav Brain Res. 2011 Mar 1; 217(2):379-85. PMID: 21070817; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.008;

Saab BJ, Maclean AJ, Kanisek M, Zurek AA, Martin LJ, Roder JC, Orser BA. Short-term memory impairment after isoflurane in mice is prevented by the a5 ?-aminobutyric acid type A receptor inverse agonist L-655,708. Anesthesiology. 2010 Nov; 113(5):1061-71. PMID: 20966663; DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181f56228;

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Martin LJ, Zurek AA, MacDonald JF, Roder JC, Jackson MF, Orser BA. Alpha5GABAA receptor activity sets the threshold for long-term potentiation and constrains hippocampus-dependent memory. J Neurosci. 2010 Apr 14; 30(15):5269-82. PMID: 20392949; PMCID: PMC6632746; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4209-09.2010;

Martin LJ, Bonin RP, Orser BA. The physiological properties and therapeutic potential of alpha5-GABAA receptors. Biochem Soc Trans. 2009 Dec; 37(Pt 6):1334-7. PMID: 19909271; DOI: 10.1042/BST0371334;

Vargas-Caballero M, Martin LJ, Salter MW, Orser BA, Paulsen O. alpha5 Subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors mediate a slowly decaying inhibitory synaptic current in CA1 pyramidal neurons following Schaffer collateral activation. Neuropharmacology. 2010 Mar; 58(3):668-75. PMID: 19941877; PMCID: PMC2814005; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.11.005;

Martin LJ, Oh GH, Orser BA. Etomidate targets alpha5 gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptors to regulate synaptic plasticity and memory blockade. Anesthesiology. 2009 Nov; 111(5):1025-35. PMID: 19809285; DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181bbc961;

Sun HS, Jackson MF, Martin LJ, Jansen K, Teves L, Cui H, Kiyonaka S, Mori Y, Jones M, Forder JP, Golde TE, Orser BA, Macdonald JF, Tymianski M. Suppression of hippocampal TRPM7 protein prevents delayed neuronal death in brain ischemia. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Oct; 12(10):1300-7. PMID: 19734892; DOI: 10.1038/nn.2395;

Bonin RP, Martin LJ, MacDonald JF, Orser BA. Alpha5GABAA receptors regulate the intrinsic excitability of mouse hippocampal pyramidal neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Oct; 98(4):2244-54. PMID: 17715197

Cheng VY, Martin LJ, Elliott EM, Kim JH, Mount HT, Taverna FA, Roder JC, Macdonald JF, Bhambri A, Collinson N, Wafford KA, Orser BA. Alpha5GABAA receptors mediate the amnestic but not sedative-hypnotic effects of the general anesthetic etomidate. J Neurosci. 2006 Apr 5; 26(14):3713-20. PMID: 16597725; PMCID: PMC6674127; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5024-05.2006;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 17 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009

Bar chart showing 17 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009

Year	Publications
2006	1
2007	1
2009	4
2010	3
2013	1
2019	2
2020	2
2022	1
2023	1
2025	1

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