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3649

Overview

Amy Arai is affiliated with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans several scientific disciplines, including Engineering, Social Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work includes contributions to the following fields:

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their research covers multiple subfields, notably:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Education
  • Molecular Biology

Their work addresses key topics such as:

  • Biomedical and Engineering Education
  • Problem and Project Based Learning
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Arai's recent scholarly output includes the publication titled "Perception of Pharmacology Education by Medical Sophomore students from 2000 to the present: impact of digital technology and educational policy" published in 2020 in The FASEB Journal. This reflects their engagement with education within the biomedical field.

Their publications have appeared primarily in:

  • The FASEB Journal

No frequent co-authors are listed for their works, indicating that their most recent publications may have been produced independently or with varied collaborators.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of proteolysis protects hippocampal neurons from ischemia.

    Kevin S. Lee;Sherry Frank;Pete Vanderklish;Amy Arai

  • Positive Modulation of AMPA Receptors Increases Neurotrophin Expression by Hippocampal and Cortical Neurons

    Julie C. Lauterborn;Gary Lynch;Peter Vanderklish;Amy Arai

  • Pharmacology of ampakine modulators: from AMPA receptors to synapses and behavior.

    Arai Ac;Kessler M

  • Factors regulating the magnitude of long-term potentiation induced by theta pattern stimulation

    Amy Arai;Gary Lynch

  • A novel mechanism for the facilitation of theta-induced long-term potentiation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Enikö A. Kramár;Bin Lin;Ching Yi Lin;Amy C. Arai

  • The nature and causes of hippocampal long-term potentiation

    Gary Lynch;Markus Kessler;Amy Arai;John Larson

  • The effects of adenosine on the development of long-term potentiation

    Amy Arai;Markus Kessler;Gary Lynch

  • Effects of the potent ampakine CX614 on hippocampal and recombinant AMPA receptors: interactions with cyclothiazide and GYKI 52466.

    Amy C. Arai;Markus Kessler;Gary Rogers;Gary Lynch

  • Proteolysis of spectrin by calpain accompanies theta-burst stimulation in cultured hippocampal slices

    Peter Vanderklish;Takaomi C. Saido;Christine Gal;Amy Arai

  • A centrally active drug that modulates AMPA receptor gated currents

    Amy Arai;Markus Kessler;Peng Xiao;José Ambros-Ingerson

  • Benzamide-type AMPA receptor modulators form two subfamilies with distinct modes of action.

    Amy C. Arai;Yan-Fang Xia;Gary Rogers;Gary Lynch

  • Effects of a memory-enhancing drug on DL-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor currents and synaptic transmission in hippocampus.

    Amy Arai;Markus Kessler;Gary Rogers;Gary Lynch

  • Integrins regulate NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents.

    Bin Lin;Amy C. Arai;Gary Lynch;Christine M. Gall

  • Mutations in ionotropic AMPA receptor 3 alter channel properties and are associated with moderate cognitive impairment in humans

    Ye Wu;Ye Wu;Amy C Arai;Gavin Rumbaugh;Anand K Srivastava

  • Anoxia reveals a vulnerable period in the development of long-term potentiation.

    Amy Arai;John Larson;Gary Lynch

  • Calpain inhibitors improve the recovery of synaptic transmission from hypoxia in hippocampal slices.

    Amy Arai;Markus Kessler;Kevin Lee;Gary Lynch

  • Origins of the variations in long‐term potentiation between synapses in the basal versus apical dendrites of hippocampal neurons

    Amy Arai;Joel Black;Gary Lynch

  • A brief period of hypoxia causes proteolysis of cytoskeletal proteins in hippocampal slices

    Amy Arai;Peter Vanderklish;Markus Kessler;Kevin Lee

  • Synergistic interactions between ampakines and antipsychotic drugs.

    Steven A. Johnson;Nguyen T. Luu;Todd A. Herbst;Richard Knapp

  • Modulation of AMPA receptor kinetics differentially influences synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

    A.C Arai;Y.-F Xia;E Suzuki

  • A centrally active drug that modulates AMPA receptor gated currents

    A. Arai;M. Kessler;J. Ambros Ingerson;P. Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine M. Gall
Christine M. Gall University of California, Irvine
John Larson
John Larson University of Illinois at Chicago
Olivier Civelli
Olivier Civelli University of California, Irvine
Rachael L. Neve
Rachael L. Neve Harvard University
Kevin S. Lee
Kevin S. Lee University of Virginia
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Ursula Staubli
Ursula Staubli New York University
Michel Baudry
Michel Baudry Western University of Health Sciences
Charles E. Schwartz
Charles E. Schwartz Greenwood Genetic Center
Michael R. Stratton
Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Sanger Institute

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