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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel Johnston is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. The body of work includes studies in molecular biology, genetics, and surgery, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding neural mechanisms and medical conditions.

The scientist's recent publications cover various topics related to neural function and pathology. Notable papers include:

  • Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Bidirectionally Controls Dendritic Ih in a Cell Type-Specific Manner between Mouse Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Voltage-Gated Intrinsic Conductances Shape the Input-Output Relationship of Cortical Neurons in Behaving Primate V1, 2020, Neuron
  • Antidepressant Effects of (S)-Ketamine through a Reduction of Hyperpolarization-Activated Current I, 2020, iScience
  • The contribution of the immune system to genitourinary fibrosis, 2022, Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Sodium sensitivity of KNa channels in mouse CA1 neurons, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology

These works explore themes such as neural conductances, neuropharmacological effects, immune contributions to fibrosis, and ion channel sensitivities in neurons. The majority of publications appear in journals specializing in neurophysiology and neuroscience, with additional contributions to interdisciplinary biomedical journals.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Daniel Johnston include:

  • Darrin H. Brager
  • Brandy N. Routh
  • Federico Brandalise
  • Brian Kalmbach
  • Preeti Mehta

Their primary fields of study are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

The subfields of study predominantly covered are:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Genetics

Topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Daniel Johnston was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • A synaptically controlled, associative signal for Hebbian plasticity in hippocampal neurons

    Jeffrey C. Magee;Daniel Johnston

  • K + channel regulation of signal propagation in dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    Dax A. Hoffman;Jeffrey C. Magee;Costa M. Colbert;Daniel Johnston

  • Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall

    Kazu Nakazawa;Michael C. Quirk;Raymond A. Chitwood;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology

    Daniel Johnston;Samuel Miao-Sin Wu

  • Active properties of neuronal dendrites

    Daniel Johnston;Jeffrey C. Magee;Costa M. Colbert;Brian R. Christie

  • Characterization of single voltage-gated Na+ and Ca2+ channels in apical dendrites of rat CA1 pyramidal neurons.

    J C Magee;D Johnston

  • Acquired Dendritic Channelopathy in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Christophe Bernard;Anne Anderson;Albert Becker;Nicholas P. Poolos;Nicholas P. Poolos

  • Changes in paired-pulse facilitation suggest presynaptic involvement in long-term potentiation

    Paul E. Schulz;Erik P. Cook;Daniel Johnston

  • Pharmacological upregulation of h-channels reduces the excitability of pyramidal neuron dendrites.

    Nicholas P. Poolos;Michele Migliore;Daniel Johnston

  • Synaptic activation of voltage-gated channels in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    Jeffrey C. Magee;Daniel Johnston

  • LTP is accompanied by an enhanced local excitability of pyramidal neuron dendrites.

    Andreas Frick;Jeffrey Magee;Jeffrey Magee;Daniel Johnston

  • The spread of Na+ spikes determines the pattern of dendritic Ca2+ entry into hippocampal neurons.

    David B. Jaffe;Daniel Johnston;Nechama Lasser-Ross;John E. Lisman

  • Downregulation of Transient K+ Channels in Dendrites of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons by Activation of PKA and PKC

    Dax A. Hoffman;Daniel Johnston

  • Perforated patch-clamp analysis of the passive membrane properties of three classes of hippocampal neurons

    N. Spruston;Daniel Johnston

  • Activity-dependent decrease of excitability in rat hippocampal neurons through increases in Ih

    Yuan Fan;Desdemona Fricker;Darrin H. Brager;Xixi Chen

  • Voltage- and space-clamp errors associated with the measurement of electrotonically remote synaptic events

    N. Spruston;D. B. Jaffe;S. H. Williams;Daniel Johnston

  • Role of an A−type K+ conductance in the back−propagation of action potentials in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    Michele Migliore;Dax A. Hoffman;Jeffrey C. Magee;Daniel Johnston

  • Axonal action-potential initiation and Na+ channel densities in the soma and axon initial segment of subicular pyramidal neurons

    Costa M. Colbert;Daniel Johnston

  • Protein kinase modulation of dendritic K+ channels in hippocampus involves a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.

    Li Lian Yuan;J. Paige Adams;Michael Swank;J. David Sweatt

  • Multiple forms of LTP in hippocampal CA3 neurons use a common postsynaptic mechanism

    Mark F. Yeckel;Ajay Kapur;Daniel Johnston

  • Giant synaptic potential hypothesis for epileptiform activity.

    Daniel Johnston;Thomas H. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey C. Magee
Jeffrey C. Magee Baylor College of Medicine
Brian R. Christie
Brian R. Christie University of Victoria
Thomas H. Brown
Thomas H. Brown Yale University
Nelson Spruston
Nelson Spruston Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Paul Rutecki
Paul Rutecki University of Wisconsin–Madison
William N. Ross
William N. Ross New York Medical College
Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard Aix-Marseille University
Michele Migliore
Michele Migliore National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Dane M. Chetkovich
Dane M. Chetkovich Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Anne E. Anderson
Anne E. Anderson Baylor College of Medicine

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