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Overview

Alexander Gottschalk is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and medicine, with a particular emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, aging, endocrine and autonomic systems, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology.

The primary research topics addressed by Gottschalk include:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Notable recent publications include:

  • "BiPOLES is an optogenetic tool developed for bidirectional dual-color control of neurons," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Adrenal Metastases: A Pooled Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of 39 Studies with 1006 Patients," 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "Transcriptional adaptation in Caenorhabditis elegans," 2020, eLife
  • "Context-dependent operation of neural circuits underlies a navigation behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Rapid and reversible optogenetic silencing of synaptic transmission by clustering of synaptic vesicles," 2022, Nature Communications

Gottschalk has collaborated frequently with several scientists including Jana Liewald, Marius Seidenthal, Amelie Bergs, Christiane Ruse, and Nils Rosenkranz.

Best Publications

  • Multimodal fast optical interrogation of neural circuitry

    Feng Zhang;Li-Ping Wang;Martin Brauner;Jana F. Liewald

  • Multidetector Computed Tomography for Acute Pulmonary Embolism

    Paul D. Stein;Sarah E. Fowler;Lawrence R. Goodman;Alexander Gottschalk

  • Light Activation of Channelrhodopsin-2 in Excitable Cells of Caenorhabditis elegans Triggers Rapid Behavioral Responses

    Georg Nagel;Martin Brauner;Jana F. Liewald;Nona Adeishvili

  • Loss of PTEN facilitates HIF-1-mediated gene expression

    Wayne Zundel;Cornelia Schindler;Daphne Haas-Kogan;Albert Koong

  • Genetically encoded calcium indicators for multi-color neural activity imaging and combination with optogenetics.

    Jasper Akerboom;Nicole Carreras Calderón;Nicole Carreras Calderón;Nicole Carreras Calderón;Lin Tian;Lin Tian;Sebastian Wabnig

  • Serial Assessment of Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity with Quantitative Radionuclide Angiocardiography

    J Alexander;N Dainiak;H J Berger;L Goldman

  • Management of Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the Era of CT Angiography: A Statement from the Fleischner Society

    Martine Remy-Jardin;Massimo Pistolesi;Lawrence R. Goodman;Warren B. Gefter

  • Diagnostic pathways in acute pulmonary embolism: Recommendations of the PIOPED II - Investigators

    Paul D. Stein;Pamela K. Woodard;John G. Weg;Thomas W. Wakefield

  • Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Data from PIOPED II

    Paul D. Stein;Afzal Beemath;Fadi Matta;John G. Weg

  • Multiple gated cardiac blood pool imaging for left ventricular ejection fraction: validation of the technique and assessment of variability.

    Frans J.Th. Wackers;Harvey J. Berger;David E. Johnstone;Lee Goldman

  • Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for pulmonary embolism: a multicenter prospective study (PIOPED III).

    Paul D. Stein;Thomas L. Chenevert;Sarah E. Fowler;Lawrence R. Goodman

  • Ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy in the PIOPED study. Part II. Evaluation of the scintigraphic criteria and interpretations

    A. Gottschalk;Henry Dirk Sostman;R. E. Coleman;J. E. Juni

  • Assessment of cardiac performance with quantitative radionuclide angiocardiography: Right ventricular ejection fraction with reference to findings in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Harvey J. Berger;Richard A. Matthay;Jacob Loke;Robert C. Marshall

  • Identification of immunosuppressant-induced apoptosis in a murine B-cell line and its prevention by bcl-x but not bcl-2

    Alexander R. Gottschalk;Lawrence H. Boise;Craig B. Thompson;Jose Quintans

  • Evaluation of ultrasound-based prostate localization for image-guided radiotherapy.

    K. M. Langen;J. Pouliot;C. Anezinos;M. Aubin

  • Global and regional left ventricular response to bicycle exercise in coronary artery disease: Assessment by quantitative radionuclide angiocardiography

    Harvey J. Berger;Lawrence A. Reduto;David E. Johnstone;Henry Borkowski

  • Assessment of cardiac performance with quantitative radionuclide angiocardiography: sequential left ventricular ejection fraction, normalized left ventricular ejection rate, and regional wall motion.

    R C Marshall;H J Berger;J C Costin;G S Freedman

  • Bcl-2 and Bcl-2-Related Proteins in Apoptosis Regulation

    L. H. Boise;A. R. Gottschalk;J. Quintáns;C. B. Thompson

  • Sequential radionuclide assessment of left and right ventricular performance after acute transmural myocardial infarction.

    Lawrence A. Reduto;Harvey J. Berger;Lawrence S. Cohen;Alexander Gottschalk

  • Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Pulmonary Embolism

    Paul D. Stein;Thomas L. Chenevert;Sarah E. Fowler;Lawrence R. Goodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Stein
Paul D. Stein Michigan State University
Mack Roach
Mack Roach University of California, San Francisco
Barry L. Zaret
Barry L. Zaret Yale University
Katsuto Shinohara
Katsuto Shinohara University of California, San Francisco
Russell D. Hull
Russell D. Hull University of Calgary
William R Schafer
William R Schafer MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Victor F. Tapson
Victor F. Tapson Duke University
Anthony V. D'Amico
Anthony V. D'Amico Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paul L. Nguyen
Paul L. Nguyen Harvard Medical School
David M. Miller
David M. Miller Vanderbilt University

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