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Alan Kim Johnson is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their body of research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with 44 and 26 publications respectively. This work delves into several key subfields, including Behavioral Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Johnson's research explore Stress Responses and Cortisol, Birth, Development, and Health, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Sodium Intake and Health, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Renin-Angiotensin System Studies, and the Regulation of Appetite and Obesity.

Johnson has published scientific articles in several notable journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Hypertension
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus of Johnson's research:

  • Interactions of the Brain Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS) and Inflammation in the Sensitization of Hypertension, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • IL (Interleukin)-17A Acts in the Brain to Drive Neuroinflammation, Sympathetic Activation, and Hypertension, 2021, Hypertension
  • Corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the central nucleus of amygdala are required for chronic stress-induced hypertension, 2023, Cardiovascular Research
  • Predator Scent-Induced Sensitization of Hypertension and Anxiety-like Behaviors, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Reducing brain TACE activity improves neuroinflammation and cardiac function in heart failure rats, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Baojian Xue, Terry G. Beltz, Shun-Guang Wei, Yang Yu, and David M. Pollock. Baojian Xue appears as the most frequent coauthor, contributing to numerous projects alongside Johnson.

Best Publications

  • Sensory circumventricular organs and brain homeostatic pathways

    Alan Kim Johnson;Paul M. Gross

  • The Neuroendocrinology of Thirst and Salt Appetite: Visceral Sensory Signals and Mechanisms of Central Integration

    Alan Kim Johnson;Robert L. Thunhorst

  • Stress, depression, and cardiovascular dysregulation: A review of neurobiological mechanisms and the integration of research from preclinical disease models

    Angela J. Grippo;Alan Kim Johnson

  • An HRP study of the connections of the subfornical organ of the rat.

    R. Wallace Lind;Gray W. van Hoesen;Alan Kim Johnson

  • The physiological regulation of thirst and fluid intake.

    Michael J. McKinley;Alan Kim Johnson

  • ROLE OF THE ANTEROVENTRAL THIRD VENTRICLE REGION IN FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, ARTERIAL PRESSURE REGULATION, AND HYPERTENSION

    Mj Brody;Brody Mj;Johnson Ak

  • Blood and urinary measures of hydration status during progressive acute dehydration.

    Leroy A. Popowski;Robert A. Oppliger;G. Patrick Lambert;Ralph F. Johnson

  • Biological mechanisms in the relationship between depression and heart disease

    Angela J Grippo;Alan Kim Johnson

  • Neuroendocrine and cytokine profile of chronic mild stress-induced anhedonia

    Angela J. Grippo;Joseph Francis;Terry G. Beltz;Robert B. Felder

  • Cardiovascular alterations and autonomic imbalance in an experimental model of depression

    Angela J. Grippo;Julia A. Moffitt;Alan Kim Johnson

  • Behavioral and cardiovascular changes in the chronic mild stress model of depression.

    Angela J. Grippo;Terry G. Beltz;Alan Kim Johnson

  • The periventricular anteroventral third ventricle (AV3V): its relationship with the subfornical organ and neural systems involved in maintaining body fluid homeostasis.

    Alan Kim Johnson

  • The Brain Renin-Angiotensin System Contributes to the Hypertension in Mice Containing Both the Human Renin and Human Angiotensinogen Transgenes

    Robin L. Davisson;Gongyu Yang;Terry G. Beltz;Martin D. Cassell

  • Plasma angiotensin II: dipsogenic levels and angiotensin-generating capacity of renin

    J. F. Mann;A. K. Johnson;D. Ganten

  • The Effects of Chronic Fluoxetine Treatment on Chronic Mild Stress-Induced Cardiovascular Changes and Anhedonia

    Angela J. Grippo;Terry G. Beltz;Robert M. Weiss;Alan Kim Johnson

  • Progression of heart failure after myocardial infarction in the rat.

    J. Francis;R. M. Weiss;S. G. Wei;A. K. Johnson

  • Prevention of the development of renal hypertension by anteroventral third ventricular tissue lesions

    Buggy J;Fink Gd;Johnson Ak;Brody Mj

  • Acute myocardial infarction induces hypothalamic cytokine synthesis

    Joseph Francis;Yi Chu;Alan Kim Johnson;Robert M. Weiss

  • INTEGRATIVE ROLE OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS IN THE REGULATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND BODY FLUID HOMEOSTASIS

    A K Johnson;J T Cunningham;R L Thunhorst

  • Salt craving: The psychobiology of pathogenic sodium intake

    Michael J. Morris;Elisa S. Na;Alan Kim Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry G. Beltz
Terry G. Beltz University of Iowa
Meredith Hay
Meredith Hay University of Arizona
Robert M. Weiss
Robert M. Weiss University of Iowa
Curt D. Sigmund
Curt D. Sigmund Medical College of Wisconsin
Detlev Ganten
Detlev Ganten Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Susan K. Lutgendorf
Susan K. Lutgendorf University of Iowa
Martin D. Cassell
Martin D. Cassell University of Iowa
Alejandro F. De Nicola
Alejandro F. De Nicola University of Buenos Aires
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Jennifer S. Pollock
Jennifer S. Pollock University of Alabama at Birmingham

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