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Overview

Bradley E. Alger is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Neuroscience, with focused contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience. Alger's work further overlaps with subfields such as Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Computational Theory and Mathematics, History and Philosophy of Science, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics including Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Philosophy and History of Science, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, as well as Mental Health Research Topics.

Alger has published scholarly articles in several venues, including eNeuro, Journal of Neuroscience, and Hippocampus. Notable recent papers include:

  • Scientific Hypothesis-Testing Strengthens Neuroscience Research (2020, eNeuro)
  • Neuroscience Needs to Test Both Statistical and Scientific Hypotheses (2022, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Notes on the History of In Vitro Hippocampal Electrophysiology and LTP: Personal Reflections (2025, Hippocampus)

These publications reflect Alger's engagement with issues related to hypothesis testing in neuroscience, as well as a historical perspective on electrophysiology techniques.

Frequent co-authorship data is not available, indicating that Alger's collaborative patterns might be diverse or not prominently documented.

Overall, the research profile of Bradley E. Alger demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach situated within neuroscience and its intersecting domains, contributing to both theoretical and methodological discussions in the field.

Best Publications

  • Retrograde signaling in the regulation of synaptic transmission: focus on endocannabinoids.

    Bradley E. Alger

  • Pharmacological evidence for two kinds of GABA receptors on rat hippocampal pyramidal cells studied in vitro

    B. E. Alger;R. A. Nicoll

  • Feed-forward dendritic inhibition in rat hippocampal pyramidal cells studied in vitro.

    B. E. Alger;R. A. Nicoll

  • Neuronal substrate of classical conditioning in the hippocampus.

    Theodore W. Berger;Bradley Alger;Richard F. Thompson

  • Long-term and short-term plasticity in the CA1, CA3, and dentate regions of the rat hippocampal slice.

    B.E. Alger;T.J. Teyler

  • Epileptiform burst afterhyperolarization: calcium-dependent potassium potential in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells

    BE Alger;RA Nicoll

  • Postsynaptic spike firing reduces synaptic GABAA responses in hippocampal pyramidal cells

    TA Pitler;BE Alger

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors drive the endocannabinoid system in hippocampus.

    Namita Varma;Gregory C. Carlson;Catherine Ledent;Bradley E. Alger

  • Protein kinase C regulates ionic conductance in hippocampal pyramidal neurons: electrophysiological effects of phorbol esters

    Jay M. Baraban;Solomon H. Snyder;Bradley E. Alger

  • Enkephalin blocks inhibitory pathways in the vertebrate CNS

    R. A. Nicoll;B. E. Alger;C. E. Jahr

  • Activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors enhances the release of endogenous cannabinoids in the hippocampus

    Jimok Kim;Masako Isokawa;Catherine Ledent;Bradley E. Alger

  • Endocannabinoids facilitate the induction of LTP in the hippocampus.

    Gregory Carlson;Yue Wang;Bradley E. Alger

  • GABA-mediated biphasic inhibitory responses in hippocampus

    B. E. Alger;R. A. Nicoll

  • Supply and demand for endocannabinoids

    Bradley E. Alger;Jimok Kim

  • Cholinergic excitation of GABAergic interneurons in the rat hippocampal slice.

    T A Pitler;B E Alger

  • Use-dependent depression of IPSPs in rat hippocampal pyramidal cells in vitro.

    M. McCarren;B. E. Alger

  • GABAergic and developmental influences on homosynaptic LTD and depotentiation in rat hippocampus

    JJ Wagner;BE Alger

  • Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 potentiates retrograde endocannabinoid effects in hippocampus

    Jimok Kim;Bradley E Alger

  • Synaptic Excitation May Activate a Calcium-Dependent Potassium Conductance in Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells

    RA Nicoll;BE Alger

  • A simple chamber for recording from submerged brain slices.

    R.A. Nicoll;B.E. Alger

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Jay M. Baraban
Jay M. Baraban Johns Hopkins University
Sergei A. Kirov
Sergei A. Kirov Augusta University
Margaret M. McCarthy
Margaret M. McCarthy University of Maryland, Baltimore
Scott M. Thompson
Scott M. Thompson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Wade Morishita
Wade Morishita Stanford University School of Medicine
Matthias Klugmann
Matthias Klugmann University of New South Wales
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert S. Fisher
Robert S. Fisher Stanford University

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