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Arthur A. Ward

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
6940
World Ranking
6754
National Ranking
2924

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1952 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Arthur A. Ward was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spanned the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist contributed to multiple topics in their research, including:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications

Ward published several papers across different respected scientific venues. These included:

  • "Loss of crossbridge inhibition drives pathological cardiac hypertrophy in patients harboring the TPM1 E192K mutation" (2021), published in The Journal of General Physiology
  • "M8R tropomyosin mutation disrupts actin binding and filament regulation: The beginning affects the middle and end" (2020), published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "A small-molecule myosin inhibitor as a targeted multi-stage antimalarial" (2022), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Bridging the muscle genome to phenome across multiple biological scales" (2022), published in Journal of Experimental Biology

Their frequent collaborators included researchers such as Jeffrey R. Moore, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, William Lehman, Nicholas LaFave, and Lorenzo R. Sewanan.

Ward's work commonly appeared in journals like The Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In 1952, Arthur A. Ward was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Chronic Deafferentation of Human Spinal Cord Neurons

    John D. Loeser;Arthur A. Ward;Lowell E. White

  • Subdural strip electrodes for localizing epileptogenic foci.

    Allen R. Wyler;George A. Ojemann;Ettore Lettich;Arthur A. Ward

  • Some Effects of Deafferentation on Neurons of the Cat Spinal Cord

    John D. Loeser;Arthur A. Ward

  • Speech representation in ventrolateral thalamus.

    George A. Ojemann;Arthur A. Ward

  • THE CINGULAR GYRUS: AREA 24

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  • Communicating Hydrocephalus from Subarachnoid Bleeding

    Eldon L. Foltz;Arthur A. Ward

  • Multidisciplinary prediction of seizure relief from cortical resection surgery

    Carl B. Dodrill;Robert J. Wilkus;George A. Ojemann;Arthur A. Ward

  • Neuronal hyperactivity in experimental trigeminal deafferentation.

    Lloyd S. Anderson;Richard G. Black;Jacob Abraham;Arthur A. Ward

  • Neurons in human epileptic cortex: Correlation between unit and EEG activity

    Allen R. Wyler;George A. Ojemann;Arthur A. Ward

  • Morphology of the Experimental Epileptic Focus

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  • Human cortical neurons in epileptogenic foci: comparison of inter-ictal firing patterns to those of "epileptic" neurons in animals.

    William H Calvin;George A Ojemann;Arthur A Ward

  • Effects of lesions in ventral anterior thalamus on experimental focal epilepsy

    John A. Kusske;George A. Ojemann;Arthur A. Ward

  • Enzymatic changes in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in neurological injury

    Roy A. E. Bakay;Arthur A. Ward

  • IMPROVEMENT AND DISTURBANCE OF SHORT-TERM VERBAL MEMORY WITH HUMAN VENTROLATERAL THALAMIC STIMULATION

    George A. Ojemann;Katharine I. Blick;Arthur A. Ward

  • Bulbar reticular formation and tremor.

    Fritz L. Jenkner;Arthur Ward

  • Firing patterns of epileptic and normal neurons in the chronic alumina focus in undrugged monkeys during different behavioral states.

    Allen R. Wyler;Eberhard E. Fetz;Arthur A. Ward

  • The hyper-excitable neurone; microelectrode studies of chronic epileptic foci in monkey.

    Richard P. Schmidt;Louis B. Thomas;Arthur A. Ward

  • Experimental spasmodic torticollis.

    Eldon L. Foltz;Lawrence M. Knopp;Arthur A. Ward

  • Atropine in the treatment of closed head injury.

    Arthur Ward

  • Structured timing patterns within bursts from epileptic neurons in undrugged monkey cortex.

    William H. Calvin;George W. Sypert;Arthur A. Ward

  • Extracellular potassium concentration changes during propagated seizures in neocortex.

    J.R. Hotson;G.W. Sypert;A.A. Ward

  • Experimental Cerebral Concussion

    Eldon L. Foltz;Fritz L. Jenkner;Arthur A. Ward

  • Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Diseases of the Basal Ganglia

    Arthur A. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

George A. Ojemann
George A. Ojemann University of Washington
Eberhard E. Fetz
Eberhard E. Fetz University of Washington
William H. Calvin
William H. Calvin University of Washington
Ettore Lettich
Ettore Lettich University of Washington
Bernard Cohen
Bernard Cohen Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Carl B. Dodrill
Carl B. Dodrill University of Washington
Roy A.E. Bakay
Roy A.E. Bakay Rush University Medical Center

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