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Christopher A. Reid

Christopher A. Reid

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Neuroscience

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47
Citations
8411
World Ranking
6442
National Ranking
179

Overview

Christopher A. Reid is affiliated with Monash University in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine and neuroscience.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these major fields, Reid has also worked extensively in subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Major topics covered in their research reflect a strong emphasis on neuro-related subjects and genetic disorders, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Reid's recent publications highlight their involvement in epilepsy and neurochemistry research. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Antisense oligonucleotide therapy for KCNT1 encephalopathy", 2022, published in JCI Insight
  • "Epigenetic genes and epilepsy - emerging mechanisms and clinical applications", 2022, published in Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "GABA-mediated tonic inhibition differentially modulates gain in functional subtypes of cortical interneurons", 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Cation leak underlies neuronal excitability in an HCN1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy", 2021, published in Brain
  • "Fundamental Neurochemistry Review: GABAA receptor neurotransmission and epilepsy: Principles, disease mechanisms and pharmacotherapy", 2023, published in Journal of Neurochemistry

The frequent publication venues further illustrate the focus of Reid's research, with multiple outputs in high-profile and specialized journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Epilepsia Open
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Collaboration plays a considerable role in Reid's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Steven Petrou
  • Chaseley E. McKenzie
  • Ming S. Soh
  • Snezana Maljevic
  • Ian C. Forster

Best Publications

  • Calcium Stores in Hippocampal Synaptic Boutons Mediate Short-Term Plasticity, Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry, and Spontaneous Transmitter Release

    Nigel J. Emptage;Christopher A. Reid;Alan Fine;Alan Fine

  • The P2X7 Receptor Drives Microglial Activation and Proliferation: A Trophic Role for P2X7R Pore

    Mastura Monif;Christopher A. Reid;Kim L. Powell;Megan L. Smart

  • Ion Channels in Genetic Epilepsy: From Genes and Mechanisms to Disease-Targeted Therapies.

    Julia Oyrer;Snezana Maljevic;Ingrid E. Scheffer;Samuel F. Berkovic

  • KCNT1 gain of function in 2 epilepsy phenotypes is reversed by quinidine.

    Carol J. Milligan;Melody Li;Elena V. Gazina;Sarah E. Heron

  • Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, Australian facts: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the National Heart Foundation, May 1999. AIHW Cat no. CVD7. ISSN 1323 9236; ISBN 0 642 39578 0.

    Christopher Reid

  • Mechanisms of human inherited epilepsies

    Christopher A. Reid;Samuel F. Berkovic;Steven Petrou

  • Reduced cortical inhibition in a mouse model of familial childhood absence epilepsy

    Heneu O. Tan;Christopher A. Reid;Frank Nicolai Single;Philip J. Davies

  • Presynaptic Ca2+ channels: a functional patchwork.

    Christopher A. Reid;John M. Bekkers;John D. Clements

  • Optical quantal analysis reveals a presynaptic component of LTP at hippocampal Schaffer-associational synapses.

    Nigel J Emptage;Christopher A Reid;Alan Fine;Alan Fine;Timothy V.P Bliss

  • A Cav3.2 T-Type Calcium Channel Point Mutation Has Splice-Variant-Specific Effects on Function and Segregates with Seizure Expression in a Polygenic Rat Model of Absence Epilepsy

    Kim L. Powell;Stuart M. Cain;Caroline Ng;Shreerang Sirdesai

  • Glutamate is associated with a higher risk of seizures in patients with gliomas

    Tanya I. Yuen;Andrew P. Morokoff;Andrew Bjorksten;Giovanna D'Abaco

  • Interleukin‐1β has trophic effects in microglia and its release is mediated by P2X7R pore

    M Monif;M Monif;CA Reid;KL Powell;KL Drummond

  • Augmented Currents of an HCN2 Variant in Patients with Febrile Seizure Syndromes

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Christopher A. Reid;Bree Hodgson;Bree Hodgson;Evan A. Thomas

  • The mechanism of carbamazepine aggravation of absence seizures.

    Lige Liu;Thomas Zheng;Margaret J. Morris;Charlott Wallengren

  • Selective NaV1.1 activation rescues Dravet syndrome mice from seizures and premature death

    Kay L. Richards;Carol J. Milligan;Robert J. Richardson;Nikola Jancovski

  • Nonuniform Distribution of Ca2+ Channel Subtypes on Presynaptic Terminals of Excitatory Synapses in Hippocampal Cultures

    Christopher A. Reid;John D. Clements;John M. Bekkers

  • Optical Quantal Analysis Indicates That Long-Term Potentiation at Single Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Is Expressed through Increased Release Probability, Recruitment of New Release Sites, and Activation of Silent Synapses

    Christopher A. Reid;Don B. Dixon;Michiko Takahashi;Tim V. P. Bliss

  • N- and P/Q-Type Ca2+ Channels Mediate Transmitter Release with a Similar Cooperativity at Rat Hippocampal Autapses

    Christopher A. Reid;John M. Bekkers;John D. Clements

  • Axon initial segment dysfunction in a mouse model of genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus

    Verena C. Wimmer;Christopher A. Reid;Suzanne Mitchell;Kay L. Richards

  • 'Neonatal' Nav1.2 reduces neuronal excitability and affects seizure susceptibility and behaviour.

    Elena V. Gazina;Bryan T.W. Leaw;Kay L. Richards;Verena C. Wimmer

  • Decreases in HCN mRNA expression in the hippocampus after kindling and status epilepticus in adult rats.

    Kim L Powell;Caroline Ng;Caroline Ng;Terence J O'Brien;Sheng Hong Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Petrou
Steven Petrou Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Snezana Maljevic
Snezana Maljevic Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Holger Lerche
Holger Lerche University of Tübingen
Simon J. Foote
Simon J. Foote Australian National University
Melanie Bahlo
Melanie Bahlo Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Didier Pinault
Didier Pinault University of Strasbourg
Slavé Petrovski
Slavé Petrovski AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Leanne M. Dibbens
Leanne M. Dibbens University of South Australia

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