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Carol A. Colton

Carol A. Colton

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18056
World Ranking
6648
National Ranking
3092

Overview

Carol A. Colton is affiliated with Duke University in the United States, working primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions to neurology, physiology, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their main topics of research cover:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Carol A. Colton has published extensively in well-regarded scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Proteome Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carol A. Colton feature:

  • "Skyline for Small Molecules: A Unifying Software Package for Quantitative Metabolomics," 2020, Journal of Proteome Research
  • "Neurovascular and immune mechanisms that regulate postoperative delirium superimposed on dementia," 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "Infection and inflammation: New perspectives on Alzheimer's disease," 2022, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • "Vascular Cellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and Memory Impairment in African-Americans after Small Vessel-Type Stroke," 2020, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • "CVN-AD Alzheimer's mice show premature reduction in neurovascular coupling in response to spreading depression and anoxia compared to aged controls," 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Alexandra Badea, Jacques Stout, Andrei R. Niculescu, Robert J. Anderson, and Christina L. Williams. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinarity and sustained research collaborations.

Best Publications

  • The chemical biology of nitric oxide: implications in cellular signaling.

    Douglas D. Thomas;Lisa A. Ridnour;Jeffrey S. Isenberg;Wilmarie Flores-Santana

  • Heterogeneity of Microglial Activation in the Innate Immune Response in the Brain

    Carol A. Colton

  • Production of superoxide anions by a CNS macrophage, the microglia

    Carol A. Colton;Daniel L. Gilbert

  • Nitric oxide and redox mechanisms in the immune response

    David A. Wink;Harry B. Hines;Robert Y. S. Cheng;Christopher H. Switzer

  • Skyline for Small Molecules: A Unifying Software Package for Quantitative Metabolomics

    Kendra J. Adams;Brian Pratt;Neelanjan Bose;Laura G. Dubois

  • Assessing activation states in microglia.

    Carol A Colton;Donna M Wilcock

  • Mechanisms of the antioxidant effects of nitric oxide.

    David A. Wink;Katrina M. Miranda;Michael G. Espey;Ryzard M. Pluta

  • Expression profiles for macrophage alternative activation genes in AD and in mouse models of AD

    Carol A Colton;Ryan T Mott;Hayley Sharpe;Qing Xu

  • Glutamate Acting at NMDA Receptors Stimulates Embryonic Cortical Neuronal Migration

    Toby N. Behar;Catherine A. Scott;Carolyn L. Greene;Xiling Wen

  • APOE genotype-specific differences in the innate immune response.

    Michael P. Vitek;Candice M. Brown;Carol A. Colton

  • Chemotaxis by a CNS macrophage, the microglia.

    J. Yao;L. Harvath;D. L. Gilbert;C. A. Colton

  • Vascular amyloid alters astrocytic water and potassium channels in mouse models and humans with Alzheimer’s disease

    Donna M. Wilcock;Michael P. Vitek;Carol A. Colton

  • Activated human microglia produce the excitotoxin quinolinic acid.

    Michael G. Espey;Olga N. Chernyshev;John F. Reinhard;M A. A. Namboodiri

  • GABA-induced chemokinesis and NGF-induced chemotaxis of embryonic spinal cord neurons

    TN Behar;AE Schaffner;CA Colton;R Somogyi

  • Progression of Amyloid Pathology to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in an Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mouse Model by Removal of Nitric Oxide Synthase 2

    Donna M. Wilcock;Matthew R. Lewis;William E. Van Nostrand;Judianne Davis

  • Arginine deprivation and immune suppression in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Matthew J. Kan;Jennifer E. Lee;Joan G. Wilson;Angela L. Everhart

  • NO synthase 2 (NOS2) deletion promotes multiple pathologies in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    C. A. Colton;M. P. Vitek;D. A. Wink;Q. Xu

  • Characterization of interleukin-1 production by microglia in culture.

    Jibin Yao;Jonette E. Keri;Rolf E. Taffs;Carol A. Colton

  • Anti-Aß immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease; relevance of transgenic mouse studies to clinical trials

    Donna M. Wilcock;Carol A. Colton

  • Microglia, an in vivo source of reactive oxygen species in the brain.

    C A Colton;D L Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Vitek
Michael P. Vitek Duke University
David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
Katrina M. Miranda
Katrina M. Miranda University of Arizona
Larry B. Goldstein
Larry B. Goldstein University of Kentucky
Martin Feelisch
Martin Feelisch University of Southampton
William C. Wetsel
William C. Wetsel Duke University
James R. Burke
James R. Burke Duke University
Warren J. Strittmatter
Warren J. Strittmatter Duke University
Chunlei Liu
Chunlei Liu University of California, Berkeley
Brian B. Avants
Brian B. Avants University of Virginia

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