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Fjeld CC, Birdsong WT, Goodman RH. 2003
Differential binding of NAD+ and NADH allows the transcriptional corepressor carboxyl-terminal binding protein to serve as a metabolic sensor.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA; 100(16):9202-7.
Virk MS, Arttamangkul S, Birdsong WT, Williams JT. 2009
Buprenorphine is a weak partial agonist that inhibits opioid receptor desensitization.
J Neurosci; 29(22):7341-8
Kawate T, Michel JC, Birdsong WT, Gouaux E. 2009
Crystal structure of the ATP-gated ion channel P2X4 in the closed state
Nature; 460 (7255): 592-8
Birdsong WT*, Fierro L*, Williams FG, Spelta V, Naves LA, Knowles M, Marsh-Haffner J, Adelman JP, Almers W, McCleskey EW. 2010
Sensing muscle ischemia: Coincident detection of acid and ATP via interplay of two ion channels.
Neuron; 68(4): 739-49
Birdsong WT, Arttamangkul S, Clark MJ, Cheng K, Rice KC, Traynor JR, Williams JT. 2013
Increased agonist affinity at the mu-opioid receptor induced by prolonged agonist exposure.
J Neurosci, 33(9): 4118-4127
Arttamangkul S, Birdsong WT, Williams JT. 2015
Does PKC activation increase the homologous desensitization of mu-opioid receptor?
Brit J Pharm, 172 (2): 583-592
Birdsong WT, Arttamangkul S, Bunzow J, Williams JT. 2015
Agonist binding and desensitization of the mu-opioid receptor is modulated by phosphorylation of the C-terminal tail domain.
Mol. Pharm, 88(4): 816-824. doi: 10.1124/mol.114.097527
Hunnicutt BJ, Jongbloets BC, Birdsong WT, Gertz KJ, Zhong H, Mao T. 2016
A comprehensive excitatory input map of the striatum reveals novel functional organization. eLife. 2016 Nov 28; 5: e19103.
Birdsong WT*^, Jongbloets BC*, Engeln KA, Wang D, Scherrer G, Mao T^. 2019
Synapse-specific opioid modulation of thalamo-cortico-striatal circuits.
eLife, 2019;8:e45146.