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31
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5542
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9565
National Ranking
34

Overview

Brian I. Hyland is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their work spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, focusing on both fundamental and applied aspects of brain function and neurological disorders.

Their recent research contributions include the following papers:

  • An On-Demand Drug Delivery System for Control of Epileptiform Seizures (2022, Pharmaceutics)
  • Morphological plasticity of the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurones in the rat during the oestrous cycle and lactation (2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology)
  • Phasic dopamine signals are reduced in the spontaneously hypertensive rat and increased by methylphenidate (2024, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Multimodal convergence in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus: Motor, sensory and theta-frequency inputs influence activity of single neurons (2024, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Responses of putative medium spiny neurons and fast-spiking interneurons to reward-related sensory signals in Wistar and genetically hypertensive rats (2020, European Journal of Neuroscience)

The primary research fields for Brian I. Hyland include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their work engages several specific subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Key topics that characterize their scientific contributions are:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Brian I. Hyland has published frequently in the following venues:

  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their collaborative work involves recurring co-authors, including:

  • Jeffery R. Wickens
  • Christopher G. Perk
  • Xiaodong Lü
  • Sonja Seeger-Armbruster
  • Rebecca E. Campbell

Best Publications

  • A cellular mechanism of reward-related learning

    John N. J. Reynolds;Brian I. Hyland;Jeffery R. Wickens

  • Firing modes of midbrain dopamine cells in the freely moving rat.

    B.I Hyland;J.N.J Reynolds;J Hay;C.G Perk

  • Dopamine Cells Respond to Predicted Events during Classical Conditioning: Evidence for Eligibility Traces in the Reward-Learning Network

    Wei-Xing Pan;Robert Schmidt;Jeffery R. Wickens;Brian I. Hyland

  • Neural mechanisms of reward-related motor learning.

    Jeffery R Wickens;John N J Reynolds;Brian I Hyland

  • Motor thalamus integration of cortical, cerebellar and basal ganglia information: implications for normal and parkinsonian conditions.

    Clémentine Bosch-Bouju;Brian I Hyland;Louise C. Parr-Brownlie

  • Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus Controls Conditioned Responses of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons in Behaving Rats

    Wei-Xing Pan;Brian I. Hyland

  • Striatal contributions to reward and decision making: making sense of regional variations in a reiterated processing matrix.

    Jeffery R. Wickens;Jeffery R. Wickens;Christopher S. Budd;Brian I. Hyland;Gordon W. Arbuthnott;Gordon W. Arbuthnott

  • Comparison of Neural Activity in the Supplementary Motor Area and in the Primary Motor Cortex in Monkeys

    Chen Df;Hyland B;Maier;Palmeri A

  • Spatiotemporal activity patterns of rat cortical neurons predict responses in a conditioned task

    Alessandro E. P. Villa;Igor V. Tetko;Brian Hyland;Abdellatif Najem

  • Neural activity of supplementary and primary motor areas in monkeys and its relation to bimanual and unimanual movement sequences

    O Kazennikov;B Hyland;M Corboz;A Babalian

  • Cortical cell assemblies: a possible mechanism for motor programs.

    Jeff Wickens;Brian Hyland;Greg Anson

  • Modulation of an afterhyperpolarization by the substantia nigra induces pauses in the tonic firing of striatal cholinergic interneurons.

    John N. J. Reynolds;Brian I. Hyland;Jeff R. Wickens

  • Cortical Effects of Subthalamic Stimulation Correlate with Behavioral Recovery from Dopamine Antagonist Induced Akinesia

    Cyril Dejean;Brian Hyland;Gordon Arbuthnott

  • Bradykinesia Induced by Dopamine D2 Receptor Blockade Is Associated with Reduced Motor Cortex Activity in the Rat

    Louise C. Parr-Brownlie;Brian I. Hyland

  • Neural activity related to reaching and grasping in rostral and caudal regions of rat motor cortex

    B Hyland

  • Tripartite Mechanism of Extinction Suggested by Dopamine Neuron Activity and Temporal Difference Model

    Wei-Xing Pan;Robert Schmidt;Jeffery R. Wickens;Brian I. Hyland

  • Enhanced c-Fos expression in superior colliculus, paraventricular thalamus and septum during learning of cue-reward association.

    K.M. Igelstrom;A.E. Herbison;B.I. Hyland

  • Temporal structure of a bimanual goal-directed movement sequence in monkeys.

    O. Kazennikov;U. Wicki;M. Corboz;B. Hyland

  • Neuronal activity in rat red nucleus during forelimb reach-to-grasp movements.

    H Jarratt;B Hyland

  • Muscle activity during forelimb reaching movements in rats.

    B.I. Hyland;V.M.B. Jordan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery R. Wickens
Jeffery R. Wickens Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Gordon W. Arbuthnott
Gordon W. Arbuthnott Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Alessandro E. P. Villa
Alessandro E. P. Villa University of Lausanne
David R. Grattan
David R. Grattan University of Otago
Eric M. Rouiller
Eric M. Rouiller University of Fribourg
Robert Turner
Robert Turner Max Planck Society
Allan E. Herbison
Allan E. Herbison University of Cambridge
Mihály Hajós
Mihály Hajós Yale University
Trevor Sharp
Trevor Sharp University of Oxford
Jill L. Ostrem
Jill L. Ostrem University of California, San Francisco

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