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David H. Farb is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work mainly spans cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's research focuses strongly on topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, memory and neural mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, medicinal plants and neuroprotection, and pelvic floor disorders treatments.

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with David H. Farb include Marcia H. Ratner, Richard D. Wainford, Ouyang Guo, Vidhya Kumaresan, and Weiming Xia.

David H. Farb has published multiple recent papers, notable examples include:

  • "Prodromal dysfunction of α5GABA-A receptor modulated hippocampal ripples occurs prior to neurodegeneration in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer's disease" (2021, Heliyon)
  • "Losartan attenuates sex-dependent hypertension, neuroinflammation, and cognitive impairment in the aging male sprague-dawley rat" (2024, GeroScience)
  • "Probing the Neural Circuitry Targets of Neurotoxicants In Vivo Through High Density Silicon Probe Brain Implants" (2022, Frontiers in Toxicology)
  • "(083) Baseline Characteristics of Participants in a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)" (2023, The Journal of Sexual Medicine)
  • "Prodromal dysfunction of α5GABA-A receptor modulated hippocampal ripples in Alzheimer's disease" (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • GeroScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Heliyon
  • Frontiers in Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Pregnenolone sulfate: a positive allosteric modulator at the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.

    Fong-Sen Wu;T. T. Gibbs;D. H. Farb

  • From ion currents to genomic analysis: Recent advances in GABAA receptor research

    Lois E. Rabow;Shelley J. Russek;David H. Farb

  • Sulfated and unsulfated steroids modulate γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor function through distinct sites

    Mijeong Park-Chung;Andrew Malayev;Robert H. Purdy;Terrell T. Gibbs

  • 17β-Estradiol protects against NMDA-induced excitotoxicity by direct inhibition of NMDA receptors

    Charles E. Weaver;Mijeong Park-Chung;Terrell T. Gibbs;David H. Farb

  • Intrathecal capsaicin depletes substance P in the rat spinal cord and produces prolonged thermal analgesia

    Tony L. Yaksh;David H. Farb;Susan E. Leeman;Thomas M. Jessell

  • Chlordiazepoxide selectively augments GABA action in spinal cord cell cultures

    D. W. Choi;D. H. Farb;G. D. Fischbach

  • Inverse modulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid- and glycine-induced currents by progesterone.

    Fong-Sen Wu;T. T. Gibbs;D. H. Farb

  • Distinct Sites for Inverse Modulation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors by Sulfated Steroids

    Mijeong Park-Chung;Fong-Sen Wu;Robert H. Purdy;Andrew A. Malayev

  • Ethanol potentiates GABA- and glycine-induced chloride currents in chick spinal cord neurons

    James J. Celentano;Terrell T. Gibbs;David H. Farb

  • Inhibition of the NMDA response by pregnenolone sulphate reveals subtype selective modulation of NMDA receptors by sulphated steroids

    Andrew Malayev;Terrell T Gibbs;David H Farb

  • Pregnenolone sulfate augments NMDA receptor mediated increases in intracellular Ca2+ in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.

    Robert P. Irwin;Nicholas J. Maragakis;Michael A. Rogawski;Robert H. Purdy

  • 3 alpha-Hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one sulfate: a negative modulator of the NMDA-induced current in cultured neurons.

    Mijeong Park-Chung;Fong-Sen Wu;D. H. Farb

  • Modulation of neurotransmitter action: control of the gamma- aminobutyric acid response through the benzodiazepine receptor

    CY Chan;DH Farb

  • Chlordiazepoxide selectively potentiates GABA conductance of spinal cord and sensory neurons in cell culture.

    D W Choi;D H Farb;G D Fischbach

  • cAMP response element-binding protein, activating transcription factor-4, and upstream stimulatory factor differentially control hippocampal GABABR1a and GABABR1b subunit gene expression through alternative promoters.

    Janine L Steiger;Sabita Bandyopadhyay;David H Farb;Shelley J Russek

  • Neuroprotective activity of a new class of steroidal inhibitors of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor

    Weaver Ce;Marek P;Park-Chung M;Tam Sw

  • Molecular identification of the human GABABR2: cell surface expression and coupling to adenylyl cyclase in the absence of GABABR1.

    Stella C. Martin;Shelley J. Russek;David H. Farb

  • Selective anxiolysis produced by ocinaplon, a GABA(A) receptor modulator.

    A. Lippa;P. Czobor;J. Stark;B. Beer

  • "Run-down" of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor function during whole-cell recording: a possible role for phosphorylation.

    M Gyenes;M Farrant;D H Farb

  • Geometry and Charge Determine Pharmacological Effects of Steroids on N -Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor-Induced Ca 2+ Accumulation and Cell Death

    Charles E. Weaver;Michele B. Land;Robert H. Purdy;Kyle G. Richards

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald D. Fischbach
Gerald D. Fischbach Columbia University
Anthony S. Basile
Anthony S. Basile National Institutes of Health
Amy R. Brooks-Kayal
Amy R. Brooks-Kayal University of Colorado Denver
Mark Farrant
Mark Farrant University College London
Edward I. Ginns
Edward I. Ginns University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Igor Spigelman
Igor Spigelman University of California, Los Angeles
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Jennifer I. Luebke
Jennifer I. Luebke Boston University
Michael A. Rogawski
Michael A. Rogawski University of California, Davis
Pat Levitt
Pat Levitt University of Southern California

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