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4177
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312

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David A. Eisner is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and focuses on research primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, epidemiology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Eisner's recent publications cover topics related to cardiac physiology and calcium regulation. Notable papers include:

  • The Control of Diastolic Calcium in the Heart, 2020, published in Circulation Research
  • Calcium Handling Defects and Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes, 2020, published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Physiology of intracellular calcium buffering, 2023, published in Physiological Reviews
  • Pseudoreplication in physiology: More means less, 2021, published in The Journal of General Physiology
  • Implementation of a regional extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program for refractory ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 2023, published in Resuscitation

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Andrew W. Trafford, Katharine M. Dibb, George Madders, Charles M. Pearman, and Charlotte Smith.

Eisner's research is regularly published in venues such as The Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Circulation Research, Cardiovascular Research, and The Journal of Physiology.

The main research topics explored in Eisner's work include:

  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Neuroendocrine tumor research advances
  • Cardiovascular function and risk factors
  • Cardiomyopathy and myosin studies
  • Cardiac ischemia and reperfusion

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2007 and is a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Calcium and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Heart.

    David A. Eisner;Jessica L. Caldwell;Kornél Kistamás;Andrew W. Trafford

  • The steady-state TTX-sensitive ("window") sodium current in cardiac Purkinje fibres

    David Attwell;Ira Cohen;David Eisner;Mitsuyoshi Ohba

  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Content Fluctuation Is the Key to Cardiac Alternans

    Mary E. Díaz;Stephen C. O’Neill;David A. Eisner

  • Integrative Analysis of Calcium Cycling in Cardiac Muscle

    David Eisner;H. S. Choi;M. E. Díaz;Stephen O'Neill

  • Na-Ca exchange: stoichiometry and electrogenicity.

    D. A. Eisner;W. J. Lederer

  • Evolution of calcium homeostasis: From birth of the first cell to an omnipresent signalling system

    R. Maynard Case;David Eisner;Alison Gurney;Owen Jones

  • Oscillations of intracellular Ca2+ in mammalian cardiac muscle.

    C. H. Orchard;D. A. Eisner;D. G. Allen

  • The sarcoplasmic reticulum and arrhythmogenic calcium release

    Luigi A Venetucci;Andrew W Trafford;Stephen C O'Neill;David A Eisner

  • Ca2+ ions can affect intracellular pH in mammalian cardiac muscle

    Richard D Vaughan-Jones;W J Lederer;D A Eisner

  • An estimate of the calcium content of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in rat ventricular myocytes

    A. Varro;N. Negretti;S. B. Hester;D. A. Eisner

  • Regulation of Intracellular and Mitochondrial Sodium in Health and Disease

    Elizabeth Murphy;David A. Eisner

  • The control of Ca release from the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum: regulation versus autoregulation

    Eisner Da;Trafford Aw;Díaz Me;Overend Cl

  • The relative contributions of different intracellular and sarcolemmal systems to relaxation in rat ventricular myocytes

    N Negretti;S C O'Neill;D A Eisner

  • Measurement of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content and sarcolemmal Ca2+ fluxes in isolated rat ventricular myocytes during spontaneous Ca2+ release.

    M.E. Díaz;A.W. Trafford;S.C. O'Neill;D.A. Eisner

  • Modulation of CICR has no maintained effect on systolic Ca2+: simultaneous measurements of sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcolemmal Ca2+ fluxes in rat ventricular myocytes.

    A. W. Trafford;M. E. Díaz;G. C. Sibbring;D. A. Eisner

  • The effects of metabolic inhibition on intracellular calcium and pH in isolated rat ventricular cells.

    D A Eisner;C G Nichols;S C O'Neill;G L Smith

  • Depressed Ryanodine Receptor Activity Increases Variability and Duration of the Systolic Ca2+ Transient in Rat Ventricular Myocytes

    M.E. Díaz;D.A. Eisner;S.C. O’Neill

  • Inotropic and arrhythmogenic effects of potassium-depleted solutions on mammalian cardiac muscle.

    D A Eisner;W J Lederer

  • Characterization of the electrogenic sodium pump in cardiac Purkinje fibres

    D. A. Eisner;W. J. Lederer

  • The role of [Ca2+]i and [Ca2+] sensitization in the caffeine contracture of rat myocytes: measurement of [Ca2+]i and [caffeine]i.

    S C O'Neill;P Donoso;D A Eisner

Frequent Co-Authors

W. J. Lederer
W. J. Lederer University of Maryland, Baltimore
Richard D. Vaughan-Jones
Richard D. Vaughan-Jones University of Oxford
David G. Allen
David G. Allen University of Sydney
Godfrey L. Smith
Godfrey L. Smith University of Glasgow
David Attwell
David Attwell University College London
Ira L. Cohen
Ira L. Cohen Stony Brook University
Denis Noble
Denis Noble University of Oxford
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy National Institutes of Health
Roger Smith
Roger Smith University of Newcastle Australia
Mark B. Cannell
Mark B. Cannell University of Bristol

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