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Overview

Andrew D. Randall is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on Neuroscience, with substantial contributions spanning 29 publications. Within this main field, Randall has concentrated on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their work covers diverse topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Nerve injury and regeneration, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Randall has been published in a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Cell Reports, Autophagy, and the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Transcriptional Signatures of Tau and Amyloid Neuropathology" (2020) in Cell Reports
  • "Impaired speed encoding and grid cell periodicity in a mouse model of tauopathy" (2020) in eLife
  • "A monolayer hiPSC culture system for autophagy/mitophagy studies in human dopaminergic neurons" (2020) in Autophagy
  • "Functional brain imaging in larval zebrafish for characterising the effects of seizurogenic compounds acting via a range of pharmacological mechanisms" (2021) in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "Upregulation of β-catenin due to loss of miR-139 contributes to motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (2022) in Stem Cell Reports

Collaboration has been an important part of Randall's research. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan Witton, Thomas Ridler, Jon T. Brown, Lilya Andrianova, and Francesco Tamagnini.

Best Publications

  • Vanilloid receptor-1 is essential for inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia

    John B. Davis;Julie Gray;Martin J. Gunthorpe;Jonathan P. Hatcher

  • Roles of N-type and Q-type Ca2+ channels in supporting hippocampal synaptic transmission

    David B. Wheeler;Andrew Randall;Richard W. Tsien

  • TRPV3 is a temperature-sensitive vanilloid receptor-like protein.

    G. D. Smith;M. J. Gunthorpe;R. E. Kelsell;P. D. Hayes

  • Pharmacological Dissection of Multiple Types of Ca2+ Channel Currents in Rat Cerebellar Granule Neurons

    A Randall;RW Tsien

  • The endogenous lipid anandamide is a full agonist at the human vanilloid receptor (hVR1).

    D Smart;M J Gunthorpe;J C Jerman;S Nasir

  • Distinctive pharmacology and kinetics of cloned neuronal Ca2+ channels and their possible counterparts in mammalian CNS neurons.

    J.-F. Zhang;A.D. Randall;P.T. Ellinor;W.A. Horne

  • The diversity in the vanilloid (TRPV) receptor family of ion channels.

    Martin J. Gunthorpe;Christopher D. Benham;Andrew Randall;John B. Davis

  • Ethanol elicits and potentiates nociceptor responses via the vanilloid receptor-1

    M Trevisani;D Smart;M J Gunthorpe;M Tognetto

  • Long-term potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampus.

    Zafar I. Bashir;Simon T. Alford;Stephen N. Davies;Stephen N. Davies;Andrew D. Randall;Andrew D. Randall

  • Contrasting biophysical and pharmacological properties of T-type and R-type calcium channels

    A.D. Randall;R.W. Tsien

  • Effects of piperine, the pungent component of black pepper, at the human vanilloid receptor (TRPV1)

    Fergal N McNamara;Andrew Randall;Martin J Gunthorpe

  • Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Subunit Partnerships: GABAAReceptor α6 Subunit Gene Inactivation Inhibits δ Subunit Expression

    A. Jones;E. R. Korpi;R. M. McKernan;R. Pelz

  • Cloning and functional expression of a human orthologue of rat vanilloid receptor-1.

    Philip Hayes;Helen J Meadows;Martin J Gunthorpe;Mark H Harries

  • mRNA distribution analysis of human TRPC family in CNS and peripheral tissues.

    Antonio Riccio;Andrew D Medhurst;Cesar Mattei;Rosemary E Kelsell

  • Epileptogenesis and enhanced prepulse inhibition in GABA(B1)-deficient mice.

    Haydn M. Prosser;Catherine H. Gill;Warren D. Hirst;Evelyn Grau

  • Identification and characterisation of SB-366791, a potent and selective vanilloid receptor (VR1/TRPV1) antagonist

    M.J. Gunthorpe;H.K. Rami;J.C. Jerman;D. Smart

  • Functional expression of a rapidly inactivating neuronal calcium channel

    Patrick T. Ellinor;Ji Fang Zhang;Andrew D. Randall;Mei Zhou

  • Functional dichotomy in spinal-vs prefrontal-projecting locus coeruleus modules splits descending noradrenergic analgesia from ascending aversion and anxiety in rats

    Stefan Hirschberg;Yong Li;Andrew Randall;Andrew Randall;Eric J Kremer

  • Changes in action potential duration alter reliance of excitatory synaptic transmission on multiple types of Ca2+ channels in rat hippocampus

    DB Wheeler;A Randall;RW Tsien

  • Distribution and expression of TREK-1, a two-pore-domain potassium channel, in the adult rat CNS.

    G.J Hervieu;J.E Cluderay;C.W Gray;P.J Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon T. Brown
Jon T. Brown University of Exeter
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Jack R. Mellor
Jack R. Mellor University of Bristol
Matt Jones
Matt Jones University of Bristol
Michael J. O'Neill
Michael J. O'Neill Eli Lilly (United States)
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Jeannie Chin
Jeannie Chin Baylor College of Medicine
Jill C. Richardson
Jill C. Richardson MSD (United Kingdom)
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)

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