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.

Publications

Academic Articles

Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) expression profile in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex and its regulation by ethanol.
2022

Journal

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Volume/Issue

46(1):29-39

[DOI]

10.1111/acer.14754.

[PMID]

34839533.

4 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site
Transcriptome analysis of chloride intracellular channel knockdown in Drosophila identifies oxidation-reduction function as possible mechanism of altered sensitivity to ethanol sedation.
2021

Journal

PloS one.

Volume/Issue

16(7)

[DOI]

10.1371/journal.pone.0246224.

[PMID]

34228751.

3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site
Ethanol-Induced Behavioral Sensitization Alters the Synaptic Transcriptome and Exon Utilization in DBA/2J Mice.
2018

Journal

Frontiers in genetics.

Volume/Issue

9

[DOI]

10.3389/fgene.2018.00402.

[PMID]

30319688.

14 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site
Corrigendum: Motivational, proteostatic and transcriptional deficits precede synapse loss, gliosis and neurodegeneration in the B6.HttQ111/+ model of Huntington’s disease.
2017

Journal

Scientific reports.

Volume/Issue

7

[DOI]

10.1038/srep44960.

[PMID]

28350386.

PubMed Publisher’s Site
Motivational, proteostatic and transcriptional deficits precede synapse loss, gliosis and neurodegeneration in the B6.HttQ111/+ model of Huntington’s disease.
2017

Journal

Scientific reports.

Volume/Issue

7

[DOI]

10.1038/srep41570.

[PMID]

28176805.

18 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site
HdhQ111 Mice Exhibit Tissue Specific Metabolite Profiles that Include Striatal Lipid Accumulation.
2015

Journal

PloS one.

Volume/Issue

10(8)

[DOI]

10.1371/journal.pone.0134465.

[PMID]

26295712.

19 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

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

Phones:

Business:: (352) 273-5550

Emails:

Business:: rory.weston@ufl.edu

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