Scholars@Duke

• Background
• 

  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Columbia University 2002
• 

  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2008 - 2013
• Research
• 

  Selected Grants

  • Akt/GSK-3 Signaling Cascade and the Actions of Dopamine awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2020
  • Simultaneous and Bidirectional Chemogenetic Control of Mesolimbic and Nigrostriatal Circuits awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
  • Whole brain multimodal microscopy of an apoptosis reporter mouse awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
• 

  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Xu, JZ, Beraldo, FH, Ostapchenko, VG, Fan, J, Nicholls, PJ, Caron, MG, Martins, VR, Prado, VF, and Prado, MA. "Elucidating the Neuroprotective Mechanism Induced by Stress-Inducible Phosphoprotein-1 on Ischemic Insult." December 2014.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Beraldo, FH, Ostapchenko, VG, Xu, JZ, Di Guglielmo, GM, Fan, J, Nicholls, PJ, Caron, MG, Prado, VF, and Prado, MAM. "Mechanisms of neuroprotection against ischemic insult by stress-inducible phosphoprotein-1/prion protein complex." Journal of Neurochemistry 145, no. 1 (April 2018): 68-79.  Full Text
    • Xie, L, Dibb, R, Cofer, GP, Li, W, Nicholls, PJ, Johnson, GA, and Liu, C. "Susceptibility tensor imaging of the kidney and its microstructural underpinnings." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 73, no. 3 (March 2015): 1270-1281.  Full Text
    • Xie, L, Dibb, R, Cofer, GP, Li, W, Nicholls, PJ, Johnson, GA, and Liu, C. "Susceptibility tensor imaging of the kidney and its microstructural underpinnings." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 73, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 1270-1281.  Full Text
    • Urs, NM, Nicholls, PJ, and Caron, MG. "Integrated approaches to understanding antipsychotic drug action at GPCRs." Current Opinion in Cell Biology 27, no. 1 (April 1, 2014): 56-62. (Review)  Full Text
    • Zhang, X, Nicholls, PJ, Laje, G, Sotnikova, TD, Gainetdinov, RR, Albert, PR, Rajkowska, G, Stockmeier, CA, Speer, MC, Steffens, DC, Austin, MC, McMahon, FJ, Krishnan, KRR, Garcia-Blanco, MA, and Caron, MG. "A functional alternative splicing mutation in human tryptophan hydroxylase-2." Mol Psychiatry 16, no. 12 (December 2011): 1169-1176.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Salahpour, A, Ramsey, AJ, Medvedev, IO, Kile, B, Sotnikova, TD, Holmstrand, E, Ghisi, V, Nicholls, PJ, Wong, L, Murphy, K, Sesack, SR, Wightman, RM, Gainetdinov, RR, and Caron, MG. "Increased amphetamine-induced hyperactivity and reward in mice overexpressing the dopamine transporter." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, no. 11 (March 17, 2008): 4405-4410.  Full Text
    • Badea, A, Nicholls, PJ, Johnson, GA, and Wetsel, WC. "Neuroanatomical phenotypes in the reeler mouse." Neuroimage 34, no. 4 (February 2007): 1363-1374.  Full Text
    • Nicholls, PJ, Abraham, K, Connor, KM, Ross, J, Davidson, JRT, and Anxiety Disorders Association of America, . "Trauma and posttraumatic stress in users of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America Web site." Compr Psychiatry 47, no. 1 (January 2006): 30-34.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Njenga, FG, Nicholls, PJ, Nyamai, C, Kigamwa, P, and Davidson, JRT. "Post-traumatic stress after terrorist attack: Psychological reactions following the US embassy bombing in Nairobi - Naturalistic study." British Journal of Psychiatry 185, no. OCT. (2004): 328-333.  Full Text

Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.