Education:
Whitman College
Biology major, Chemistry minor
B.A., 2013
University of Minnesota
Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Ph.D., 2022
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2021-24
Honors and Awards:
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2020-2024
Thesis Advisors: Patrick Rothwell, Ph.D. and Paul Mermelstein, Ph.D.
Publications (pubmed)
Brandner DD, Retzlaff CL, Kocharian A, Stieve BJ, Mashal MA, Mermelstein PG, Rothwell PE. Neuroligin-3 in dopaminergic circuits promotes behavioural and neurobiological adaptations to chronic morphine exposure. Addict Biol. 2023 Jan;28(1):e13247. PMCID: PMC9803875
Trieu BH, Remmers BC, Toddes C, Brandner DD, Lefevre EM, Kocharian A, Retzlaff CL, Dick RM, Mashal MA, Gauthier EA, Xie W, Zhang Y, More SS, Rothwell PE. Angiotensin-converting enzyme gates brain circuit-specific plasticity via an endogenous opioid. Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1177-1182. PMCID: PMC9233526
Wagley S, Brandner DD, Hou JH, Montezuma SR.. Management of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage in a Patient With Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2021 Aug 5;6(3):210-213. PMCID: PMC9976127
Toddes C, Lefevre EM, Brandner DD, Zugschwert L, Rothwell PE. μ-Opioid Receptor (Oprm1) Copy Number Influences Nucleus Accumbens Microcircuitry and Reciprocal Social Behaviors. J Neurosci. 2021 Sep 22;41(38):7965-7977. PMCID: PMC8460143
Gross KS, Brandner DD, Martinez LA, Olive MF, Meisel RL, Mermelstein PG. Opposite Effects of mGluR1a and mGluR5 Activation on Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Dendritic Spine Density. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 12;11(9):e0162755. PMCID: PMC5019418
Work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Bagi Z, Brandner DD, Le P, McNeal DW, Gong X, Dou H, Fulton DJ, Beller A, Ngyuen T, Larson EB, Montine TJ, Keene CD, Back SA. Vasodilator dysfunction and oligodendrocyte dysmaturation in aging white matter. Ann Neurol. 2018 Jan;83(1):142-152. PMCID: PMC5876126
McNeal DW, Brandner DD, Gong X, Postupna NO, Montine TJ, Keene CD, Back SA. Unbiased Stereological Analysis of Reactive Astrogliosis to Estimate Age-Associated Cerebral White Matter Injury. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2016 Jun;75(6):539-54. PMCID: PMC6250206
