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Overview

Alan L. Goldin is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Neuroscience. Within these broader categories, Goldin's work spans molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Additional subfields related to their publications include psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and analytical chemistry.

The main topics covered in Goldin's research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals

Goldin has contributed to several recent papers, reflecting their research interests and collaboration network. Notable publications include:

  • Autistic-like behavior, spontaneous seizures, and increased neuronal excitability in a Scn8a mouse model, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • An overview of drug-induced sodium channel blockade and changes in cardiac conduction: Implications for drug safety, 2024, Clinical and Translational Science
  • Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV) in GtoPdb v.2021.3, 2021, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV) in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Goldin often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • William A. Catterall
  • Stephen G. Waxman
  • Jennifer C. Wong
  • Steven F. Grieco
  • Karoni Dutt

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Clinical and Translational Science

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XLVIII. Nomenclature and Structure-Function Relationships of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

    William A. Catterall;Alan L. Goldin;Stephen G. Waxman

  • Nomenclature of voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Alan L. Goldin;Robert L. Barchi;John H. Caldwell;Franz Hofmann

  • Resurgence of sodium channel research.

    Alan L Goldin

  • A cluster of hydrophobic amino acid residues required for fast Na(+)-channel inactivation

    J W West;D E Patton;T Scheuer;Y Wang

  • Primary structure and functional expression of the beta 1 subunit of the rat brain sodium channel

    L. L. Isom;K. S. De Jongh;D. E. Patton;B. F. X. Reber

  • Sodium channel SCN1A and epilepsy: mutations and mechanisms.

    Andrew Escayg;Alan L. Goldin

  • A rat brain na + channel α subunit with novel gating properties

    Vanessa J. Auld;Alan L. Goldin;Douglas S. Krafte;John Marshall

  • Maintenance of Xenopus laevis and oocyte injection.

    Alan L. Goldin

  • Functional Analysis of the Mouse Scn8a Sodium Channel

    Marianne R. Smith;Raymond D. Smith;Nicholas W. Plummer;Miriam H. Meisler

  • Amino acid residues required for fast Na(+)-channel inactivation: charge neutralizations and deletions in the III-IV linker.

    D E Patton;J W West;W A Catterall;A L Goldin

  • Mechanisms of sodium channel inactivation.

    Alan L Goldin

  • A gain-of-function mutation in the sodium channel gene Scn2a results in seizures and behavioral abnormalities.

    J.A Kearney;N.W Plummer;M.R Smith;J Kapur

  • Messenger RNA coding for only the alpha subunit of the rat brain Na channel is sufficient for expression of functional channels in Xenopus oocytes

    Alan L. Goldin;Terry P. Snutch;Hermann Lübbert;Andrew Dowsett

  • A neutral amino acid change in segment IIS4 dramatically alters the gating properties of the voltage-dependent sodium channel

    V J Auld;A L Goldin;D S Krafte;W A Catterall

  • Altered Function of the SCN1A Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Leads to γ-Aminobutyric Acid-ergic (GABAergic) Interneuron Abnormalities

    Melinda S. Martin;Karoni Dutt;Ligia Assumpção Papale;Ligia Assumpção Papale;Celine M. Dube

  • Expression and chromosomal localization of a lymphocyte K+ channel gene.

    S Grissmer;B Dethlefs;J J Wasmuth;A L Goldin

  • The adult rat brain beta 1 subunit modifies activation and inactivation gating of multiple sodium channel alpha subunits.

    D E Patton;L L Isom;W A Catterall;A L Goldin

  • Functional Effects of Two Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Mutations That Cause Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus Type 2

    Jay Spampanato;Andrew Escayg;Miriam H. Meisler;Alan L. Goldin

  • Interaction between the sodium channel inactivation linker and domain III S4-S5

    M.R. Smith;A.L. Goldin

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Sodium Current in Hippocampal Neurons via cAMP-Dependent Phosphorylation of Specific Sites in the Sodium Channel α Subunit

    Angela R. Cantrell;Raymond D. Smith;Alan L. Goldin;Todd Scheuer

  • Transcriptional and genetic analyses of the herpes simplex virus type 1 genome: coordinates 0.29 to 0.45.

    L E Holland;R M Sandri-Goldin;A L Goldin;J C Glorioso

  • Cloning of herpes simplex virus type 1 sequences representing the whole genome.

    A L Goldin;R M Sandri-Goldin;M Levine;J C Glorioso

  • Tissue-specific expression of the RI and RII sodium channel subtypes.

    Dalia Gordon;Dawn Merrick;Vanessa Auld;Robert Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Escayg
Andrew Escayg Emory University
Joseph C. Glorioso
Joseph C. Glorioso University of Pittsburgh
Miriam H. Meisler
Miriam H. Meisler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ivan Soltesz
Ivan Soltesz Stanford University
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Jennifer A. Kearney
Jennifer A. Kearney Northwestern University
Sandra L. Helmers
Sandra L. Helmers Emory University
Céline Dubé
Céline Dubé University of California, Irvine
Tallie Z. Baram
Tallie Z. Baram University of California, Irvine
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne

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