Rory M Weston

Rory M Weston, MD, PhD

Resident

Department: MD-NEUROLOGY-ADMIN/EDUC
Business Phone: (352) 273-5550
Business Email: rory.weston@ufl.edu

About Rory M Weston

Rory Weston has been interested in neurology since college, having majored in behavioral neuroscience at Western Washington University. He subsequently attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he received a PhD in neuroscience in addition to his medical degree. He has a strong interest in research and has worked on the molecular neurobiology of alcohol use disorder, Huntington’s disease, and schizophrenia. Rory enjoys the outdoors, board games, VR, and BBQ.

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-6117-0204

Publications

2022
Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) expression profile in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex and its regulation by ethanol.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 46(1):29-39 [DOI] 10.1111/acer.14754. [PMID] 34839533.
2021
Transcriptome analysis of chloride intracellular channel knockdown in Drosophila identifies oxidation-reduction function as possible mechanism of altered sensitivity to ethanol sedation.
PloS one. 16(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0246224. [PMID] 34228751.
2018
Ethanol-Induced Behavioral Sensitization Alters the Synaptic Transcriptome and Exon Utilization in DBA/2J Mice.
Frontiers in genetics. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fgene.2018.00402. [PMID] 30319688.
2017
Corrigendum: Motivational, proteostatic and transcriptional deficits precede synapse loss, gliosis and neurodegeneration in the B6.HttQ111/+ model of Huntington’s disease.
Scientific reports. 7 [DOI] 10.1038/srep44960. [PMID] 28350386.
2017
Motivational, proteostatic and transcriptional deficits precede synapse loss, gliosis and neurodegeneration in the B6.HttQ111/+ model of Huntington’s disease.
Scientific reports. 7 [DOI] 10.1038/srep41570. [PMID] 28176805.
2015
HdhQ111 Mice Exhibit Tissue Specific Metabolite Profiles that Include Striatal Lipid Accumulation.
PloS one. 10(8) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0134465. [PMID] 26295712.

Education

MD
2022 · Virginia Commonwealth University
PhD, Neuroscience
2020 · Virginia Commonwealth University
BA, Behavioral Neuroscience
2013 · Western Washington University
BS, Criminology
2007 · Florida State University

Contact Details

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Business:
(352) 273-5550
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Department of Neurology
P.O. Box 100236
GAINESVILLE FL 32610