Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1) Yates, B. J., Goto, T., Kerman, I. A., Bolton, P. S.  Responses of caudal medullary raphe neurons to natural vestibular stimulation.  Journal of Neurophysiology 70:938-946, 1993. PMID: 8229180

2) Yates, B. J., Grélot, L., Kerman, I. A., Balaban, C. D., Jakuš, J., Miller, A. D.  Organization of vestibular inputs to nucleus tractus solitarius and adjacent structures in cat brainstem.  American Journal of Physiology 267:R974-R983, 1994. PMID: 7524372

3) Leonard, C. S., Kerman, I., Blaha, G., Taveras, E., Taylor, B.  Interdigitation of nitric oxide synthase-, tyrosine hydroxylase- and serotonin- containing neurons in and around the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei of the guinea pig.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 362:411-432, 1995. PMID: 8576448

4) Kerman, I. A. and Yates, B. J.  Regional and functional differences in the distribution of vestibulosympathetic reflexes.  American Journal of Physiology 275:R824-R835, 1998. PMID: 9728081

5) Yates, B. J. and Kerman, I. A.  Post-spaceflight orthostatic intolerance: possible relationship to microgravity-induced plasticity in the vestibular system.  Brain Research Reviews 28:73-82, 1998. PMID: 9795146

6) Bolton, P.S., Kerman, I. A., Woodring, S.F., Yates, B. J.  Influences of neck afferents on sympathetic and respiratory nerve activity.  Brain Research Bulletin 47: 413-419, 1998. PMID: 9795146

7) Kerman, I. A. and Yates, B. J. Patterning of somatosympathetic reflexes.  American Journal of Physiology 277: R716-R724, 1999. PMID: 10484488

8) Kerman, I. A., Yates, B. J., McAllen, R. M.  Anatomical patterning of vestibulosympathetic reflexes.  American Journal of Physiology 279:R109-R117, 2000. PMID: 10896871

9) Kerman, I. A., Emanuel, B. A., Yates, B. J.  Vestibular stimulation leads to distinct hemodynamic patterning.  American Journal of Physiology 279: R118-R125, 2000. PMID: 10896872

10) Kerman, I. A., McAllen, R. M., Yates, B. J.  Patterning of the sympathetic nerve activity in response to vestibular activation.  Brain Research Bulletin 53:11-16, 2000. PMID: 11033203

11) Cameron, W. E., Núñez-Abades, P. A., Kerman, I. A., Hodgson, T. M.  Role of potassium conductances in determining input resistance of developing brain stem motoneurons.  Journal of Neurophysiology 84: 2330-2339, 2000. PMID: 11067976

12) Biegon, A. and Kerman, I. A.  Autoradiographic study of pre- and postnatal distribution of cannabinoid receptors in human brain.  Neuroimage 14:1463-1468, 2001. PMID: 11707102

13) Kerman, I. A., Enquist, L. W., Watson, S. J. Yates, B. J.  Brainstem substrates of sympatho-motor circuitry identified using transsynaptic tracing with pseudorabies virus recombinants.  Journal of Neuroscience 23:4657-4666, 2003. PMID: 12805305

14) Kerman, I. A., Buck, B. J., Evans, S. J., Akil, H. Watson, S. J.  Combining laser capture microdissection with quantitative real-time PCR: effects of tissue manipulation on RNA quality and gene expression.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 153:71-85, 2006, Epub December 5th, 2005. PMID: 16337273
One of Top 25 Hottest Articles -- Journal of Neuroscience Methods, January – March 2006

15) Kerman, I. A., Akil, H., Watson, S. J.  Rostral elements of sympatho-motor circuitry: a virally-mediated transsynaptic tracing study. Journal of Neuroscience 26:3423-3433, 2006. PMID: 16571749

16) Kerman, I. A., Shabrang, C., Taylor, L., Akil, H., Watson, S. J. Relationship of presympathetic-premotor neurons to the serotonergic transmitter system in the rat brainstem.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 499:882-896, 2006; Epub October 27th, 2006. PMID: 17072838

17) Buck, B. J.*, Kerman, I. A.*, Burghardt, P. R., Koch, L. G., Britton, S. L., Akil, H., Watson, S. J. Upregulation of GAD65 mRNA in the medulla of the rat model of metabolic syndrome.  Neuroscience Letters 419:178-183, 2007, Epub April 25th, 2007. PMID: 17490814
* - equal contributors

18) Kerman, I. A., Bernard, R., Rosenthal, D., Beals, J., Akil, H, Watson, S. J.  Distinct populations of presympathetic-premotor neurons express orexin or melanin-concentrating hormone in the rat lateral hypothalamus.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 505:586-601, 2007; Epub October 9th, 2007. PMID: 17924541
Selected by Faculty of 1000 Biology: http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1092424/evaluation

19) Kerman, I. A. Organization of brain somatomotor-sympathetic circuits. Experimental Brain Research 187:1-16; Epub March 28th, 2008. PMID: 18369609
One of Top 10 downloaded papers - Experimental Brain Research, January – June 2009

20) Bernard, R.*, Kerman, I. A.*, Meng, F., Evans, S. J., Amrein, I., Jones, E. G., Bunney, Jr., W. E., Akil, H., Watson, S. J., Thompson, R. C. Gene expression profiling of neurochemically-defined regions of the human brain by in situ hybridization-guided laser capture microdissection.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 178:46-54, 2009; Epub November 25th, 2008. PMID: 19070632
* - equal contributors

21) Sonmez, K., Zaveri, N. T., Kerman, I. A., Burke, S., Neal, C. R., Watson, S. J., Toll, L.  Evolutionary sequence modeling for discovery of peptide hormones. PLoS Computational Biology 5:e1000258, 2009. PMID: 19132080
Top featured Research Selection - PLoS Computational Biology, December 2008

22) Rice, C. D., Lois, J. H., Kerman, I. A., Yates, B. J.  Localization of serotoninergic neurons that participate in regulating diaphragm activity in the cat.  Brain Research 1279:71-81, 2009. Epub May 9th, 2009.  PMID: 19433074