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Dennis A. Turner

Dennis A. Turner

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Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
13840
World Ranking
3033
National Ranking
1404

Overview

Dennis A. Turner is an academic affiliated with Duke University in the United States, specializing in research at the intersection of medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on medicine and neuroscience with significant contributions to the subfields of neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.

The research topics frequently explored by Turner reflect an emphasis on neurological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, and mechanisms and treatments related to Parkinson's disease. Additional topics include neural dynamics and brain function, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Turner has published extensively, with their recent work including papers such as:

  • "Evoked potentials reveal neural circuits engaged by human deep brain stimulation" (2020, Brain Stimulation)
  • "Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: Invasive and Noninvasive Neuromodulation" (2020, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface)
  • "Deep brain stimulation and electromagnetic interference" (2021, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery)
  • "Rapid, Dose-Dependent Enhancement of Cerebral Blood Flow by transcranial AC Stimulation in Mouse" (2020, Brain Stimulation)
  • "At home adaptive dual target deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease with proportional control" (2023, Brain)

The frequent publication venues where Turner's work appears include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • Neurosurgery
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • Anesthesiology
  • Communications Biology

Turner collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Stephen L. Schmidt
  • Warren M. Grill
  • Kyle T. Mitchell
  • Jennifer J. Peters
  • Ulrike Hoffmann

Best Publications

  • Randomized controlled trial of intraputamenal glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor infusion in Parkinson disease.

    Anthony E. Lang;Steven Gill;Nik K. Patel;Andres Lozano

  • Gene delivery of AAV2-neurturin for Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.

    William J Marks;Raymond T Bartus;Joao Siffert;Charles S Davis

  • Use of intrinsic optical signals to monitor physiological changes in brain tissue slices.

    P.G. Aitken;D. Fayuk;D. Fayuk;G.G. Somjen;D.A. Turner;D.A. Turner

  • Prospective analysis of incidence and risk factors of dysphagia in spine surgery patients: comparison of anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and lumbar procedures.

    Carol A. Smith-Hammond;Kent C. New;Ricardo Pietrobon;David J. Curtis

  • An on-line archive of reconstructed hippocampal neurons.

    R.C Cannon;D.A Turner;G.K Pyapali;H.V Wheal

  • Gene delivery of neurturin to putamen and substantia nigra in Parkinson disease: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

    C. Warren Olanow;Raymond T. Bartus;Tiffany L. Baumann;Stewart Factor

  • Reactive astrocytes express the embryonic intermediate neurofilament nestin

    Scott R. Clarke;Ashok K. Shetty;Jennifer L. Bradley;Dennis A. Turner

  • National trends in surgical procedures for degenerative cervical spine disease: 1990-2000.

    Parag G. Patil;Dennis A. Turner;Ricardo Pietrobon

  • Age-related alterations in potentiation in the CA1 region in F344 rats

    David L. Deupree;Jennifer Bradley;Dennis A. Turner;Dennis A. Turner

  • Altered cortical visual processing in PD with hallucinations: an fMRI study.

    G. T. Stebbins;C. G. Goetz;M. C. Carrillo;K. J. Bangen

  • Safety/feasibility of targeting the substantia nigra with AAV2-neurturin in Parkinson patients.

    Raymond T. Bartus;Tiffany L. Baumann;Joao Siffert;Christopher D. Herzog

  • OPTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA DURING OXIDATIVE STRESS AND NEURODEGENERATION

    Kelley A. Foster;Francesca Galeffi;Florian J. Gerich;Dennis A. Turner

  • Enhancing Nervous System Recovery through Neurobiologics, Neural Interface Training, and Neurorehabilitation

    Max O. Krucoff;Shervin Rahimpour;Marc W. Slutzky;V. Reggie Edgerton

  • Deep brain stimulation alleviates parkinsonian bradykinesia by regularizing pallidal activity.

    Alan D. Dorval;Alexis M. Kuncel;Merrill J. Birdno;Dennis A. Turner

  • Relative risks of ventriculostomy infection and morbidity.

    C. G. Paramore;D. A. Turner;D. A. Turner

  • Age and Dose-Dependent Effects of Ethanol on the Induction of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

    Gowri K Pyapali;Gowri K Pyapali;Dennis A Turner;Dennis A Turner;Wilkie A Wilson;Wilkie A Wilson;H.Scott Swartzwelder;H.Scott Swartzwelder

  • Prenatal Dietary Choline Supplementation Decreases the Threshold for Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in Young Adult Rats

    G K Pyapali;D A Turner;C L Williams;W H Meck

  • Computer simulations of morphologically reconstructed CA3 hippocampal neurons

    M. Migliore;E. P. Cook;D. B. Jaffe;D. A. Turner

  • Ensemble recordings of human subcortical neurons as a source of motor control signals for a brain-machine interface.

    Parag G Patil;Jose M Carmena;Miguel A L Nicolelis;Dennis A Turner;Dennis A Turner

  • Sustained release of nerve growth factor from biodegradable polymer microspheres.

    Paul J. Camarata;Raj Suryanarayanan;Dennis A. Turner;Richard G. Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashok K. Shetty
Ashok K. Shetty Texas A&M University
Warren M. Grill
Warren M. Grill Duke University
Roger D. Madison
Roger D. Madison Duke University
George G. Somjen
George G. Somjen Duke University
Parag G. Patil
Parag G. Patil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University
Wilkie A. Wilson
Wilkie A. Wilson Duke University
Philip A. Schwartzkroin
Philip A. Schwartzkroin University of California, Davis
Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard Aix-Marseille University

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