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Overview

Ben A. Bahr is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to several subfields including Neurology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their scientific work covers diverse topics within biomedical research. Key areas of study include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Bahr has contributed to multiple publications in prominent journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • International review of neurobiology
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Pathology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Bahr are:

  • "Endosomal-lysosomal dysfunction in metabolic diseases and Alzheimer's disease," 2020, published in International review of neurobiology
  • "Discovery of small molecules that normalize the transcriptome and enhance cysteine cathepsin activity in progranulin-deficient microglia," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Distinct and dementia-related synaptopathy in the hippocampus after military blast exposures," 2021, Brain Pathology
  • "Excitotoxic stimulation activates distinct pathogenic and protective expression signatures in the hippocampus," 2021, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • "Lifestyle strategies to promote proteostasis and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other proteinopathies," 2023, Ageing Research Reviews

Bahr frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Michael F. Almeida, Karen L. G. Farizatto, Stephen T. Kinsey, Thuvan Piehler, and Michael J. Almeida.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Synergistic Activation of Caspase-3 by m-Calpain after Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia A MECHANISM OF “PATHOLOGICAL APOPTOSIS”?

    Klas Blomgren;Klas Blomgren;Changlian Zhu;Xiaoyang Wang;Jan-Olof Karlsson

  • Synthesis, in vitro acetylcholine-storage-blocking activities, and biological properties of derivatives and analogues of trans-2-(4-phenylpiperidino)cyclohexanol (vesamicol).

    Gary A. Rogers;Stanley M. Parsons;D. C. Anderson;Lena M. Nilsson

  • Interaction of RAFT1 with Gephyrin Required for Rapamycin-Sensitive Signaling

    David M. Sabatini;Roxanne K. Barrow;Seth Blackshaw;Patrick E. Burnett

  • Poor cognitive ageing: Vulnerabilities, mechanisms and the impact of nutritional interventions

    Sophie Miquel;Claire Champ;Jon Day;Esther Aarts

  • Calpastatin Is Up-regulated in Response to Hypoxia and Is a Suicide Substrate to Calpain after Neonatal Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia

    Klas Blomgren;Ulrika Hallin;Anna-Lena Andersson;Malgorzata Puka-Sundvall

  • Amyloid β protein is internalized selectively by hippocampal field CA1 and causes neurons to accumulate amyloidogenic carboxyterminal fragments of the amyloid precursor protein

    Ben A. Bahr;Keith B. Hoffman;Austin J. Yang;Ursula S. Hess

  • Endocannabinoid enhancement protects against kainic acid-induced seizures and associated brain damage.

    David A. Karanian;Sanjida L. Karim;JodiAnne T. Wood;John S. Williams

  • Quantitative Method for the Profiling of the Endocannabinoid Metabolome by LC-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization-MS

    John Williams;JodiAnne Wood;Lakshmipathi Pandarinathan;David A Karanian

  • Endo-lysosomal dysfunction: a converging mechanism in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Chao Wang;Maria A Telpoukhovskaia;Ben A Bahr;Xu Chen;Xu Chen

  • Oxidative stress and lysosomes: CNS-related consequences and implications for lysosomal enhancement strategies and induction of autophagy.

    David Butler;Ben A. Bahr

  • Cyclosporin A prevents calpain activation despite increased intracellular calcium concentrations, as well as translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor, cytochrome c and caspase-3 activation in neurons exposed to transient hypoglycemia.

    Michel Ferrand-Drake;Changlian Zhu;Gunilla Gidö;Anker J Hansen

  • Enhancement of endocannabinoid signaling by fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition: a neuroprotective therapeutic modality

    Jeannie Hwang;Crista Adamson;David Butler;David R. Janero

  • Protective Effects of Positive Lysosomal Modulation in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mouse Models

    David Butler;Jeannie Hwang;Jeannie Hwang;Candice Estick;Akiko Nishiyama

  • Stable maintenance of glutamate receptors and other synaptic components in long‐term hippocampal slices

    Ben A. Bahr;Markus Kessler;Santiago Rivera;Peter W. Vanderklish

  • Both apoptosis and necrosis occur early after intracerebral grafting of ventral mesencephalic tissue: a role for protease activation.

    M. Emgård;U. Hallin;J. Karlsson;B. A. Bahr

  • Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule-associated Polysialic Acid Potentiates α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic Acid Receptor Currents

    Thirumalini Vaithianathan;Katja Matthias;Ben Bahr;Melitta Schachner

  • Survival signaling and selective neuroprotection through glutamatergic transmission.

    Ben A. Bahr;Jennifer Bendiske;Queenie B. Brown;Subramani Munirathinam

  • Amyloid beta-peptide Abeta(1-42) but not Abeta(1-40) attenuates synaptic AMPA receptor function.

    Kodeeswaran Parameshwaran;Catrina Sims;Patrick Kanju;Thirumalini Vaithianathan;Thirumalini Vaithianathan

  • Early necrosis and apoptosis of Schwann cells transplanted into the injured rat spinal cord

    Caitlin E. Hill;Andres Hurtado;Andres Hurtado;Bas Blits;Ben A. Bahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Klas Blomgren
Klas Blomgren Karolinska Institute
Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis Northeastern University
Changlian Zhu
Changlian Zhu University of Gothenburg
Henrik Hagberg
Henrik Hagberg University of Gothenburg
Randy A. Hall
Randy A. Hall Emory University
Li Gan
Li Gan Cornell University
Xiaoyang Wang
Xiaoyang Wang University of Gothenburg
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
John H. Brumell
John H. Brumell University of Toronto
Giorgio Casari
Giorgio Casari Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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