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Overview

Dennis L. Murphy was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple areas within medicine, with a specific focus on surgery and related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study included:

  • Medicine

Subfields of particular interest were:

  • Surgery
  • Hepatology
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Rehabilitation
  • Physiology

The primary topics covered by their work included:

  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation

Throughout their career, Murphy published in a variety of venues, often collaborating with peers. Frequent publication venues included:

  • Techniques in Orthopaedics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Value in Health
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Several co-authors worked repeatedly with Murphy during their research activities:

  • Apostolos Dimitroulias
  • Ryhor Harbacheuski
  • Nikolaos Gougoulias
  • Milan Sen
  • Jaime M. Cyphert

Representative papers authored or co-authored by Murphy include:

  • "Technique Tip: Bicortical Fixation of Medial Malleolus Fractures With 2.7 mm Screws," 2022, Techniques in Orthopaedics
  • "Cooperation between Mast Cells and Neurons Is Essential for Antigen-Mediated Bronchoconstriction," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "EE328 Healthcare Costs in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy Receiving Rifaximin-α Treatment in the IMPRESS-II Study," 2023, Value in Health
  • "Early Mobilization and Predictors of Delayed Disposition for Geriatric Hip Fractures," 2025, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Best Publications

  • Association of Anxiety-Related Traits with a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Regulatory Region

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Dietmar Bengel;Armin Heils;Sue Z. Sabol

  • Population and familial association between the D4 dopamine receptor gene and measures of Novelty Seeking

    Jonathan Benjamin;Lin Li;Chavis Patterson;Benjamin D. Greenberg

  • Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Xian-Zhang Hu;Robert H. Lipsky;Guanshan Zhu;Longina A. Akhtar

  • Organization of the human serotonin transporter gene.

    K P Lesch;U Balling;J Gross;K Strauss

  • Genetic variation in the serotonin transporter promoter region affects serotonin uptake in human blood platelets.

    Benjamin D. Greenberg;Teresa J. Tolliver;Su Jan Huang;Qian Li

  • Primary structure of the human platelet serotonin uptake site: identity with the brain serotonin transporter.

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Benjamin L. Wolozin;Dennis L. Murphy;Peter Riederer

  • Cognitive processes in depression

    Herbert Weingartner;Robert M. Cohen;Dennis L. Murphy;John Martello

  • Simultaneous genotyping of four functional loci of human SLC6A4, with a reappraisal of 5-HTTLPR and rs25531.

    J. R. Wendland;B. J. Martin;M. R. Kruse;K.-P. Lesch

  • Sensation seeking and its biological correlates.

    Marvin Zuckerman;Monte S. Buchsbaum;Dennis L. Murphy

  • Targeting the murine serotonin transporter: insights into human neurobiology

    Dennis L. Murphy;Klaus-Peter Lesch

  • Effort and Cognition in Depression

    Robert M. Cohen;Herbert Weingartner;Sheila A. Smallberg;David Pickar

  • Serotonin transporter: gene, genetic disorders, and pharmacogenetics.

    Dennis L. Murphy;Alicja Lerner;Gary Rudnick;Klaus-Peter Lesch

  • Cocaine reward models: Conditioned place preference can be established in dopamine- and in serotonin-transporter knockout mice

    Ichiro Sora;Christine Wichems;Nobuyuki Takahashi;Xiao Fei Li

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder. A double-blind trial of clomipramine and clorgyline.

    Thomas R. Insel;Dennis L. Murphy;Robert M. Cohen;Ina Alterman

  • Molecular mechanisms of cocaine reward: Combined dopamine and serotonin transporter knockouts eliminate cocaine place preference

    Ichiro Sora;F. Scott Hall;Anne M. Andrews;Masanari Itokawa

  • Serotonergic Responsivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Comparison of Patients and Healthy Controls

    Joseph Zohar;Edward A. Mueller;Thomas R. Insel;Rachel C. Zohar-Kadouch

  • Maintenance of serotonin in the intestinal mucosa and ganglia of mice that lack the high-affinity serotonin transporter: Abnormal intestinal motility and the expression of cation transporters.

    Jason J. Chen;Zhishan Li;Hui Pan;Dennis L. Murphy

  • Local cerebral glucose metabolic rates in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Patients treated with clomipramine.

    Chawki Benkelfat;Chawki Benkelfat;Thomas E. Nordahl;William E. Semple;A. Catherine King

  • Platelet and plasma amine oxidase activity in 680 normals: Sex and age differences and stability over time

    D.L. Murphy;C. Wright;M. Buchsbaum;A. Nichols

  • The biochemical high-risk paradigm: behavioral and familial correlates of low platelet monoamine oxidase activity

    Monte S. Buchsbaum;Robert D. Coursey;Dennis L. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin D. Greenberg
Benjamin D. Greenberg Brown University
Robert M. Cohen
Robert M. Cohen University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Klaus-Peter Lesch
Klaus-Peter Lesch University of Würzburg
Monte S. Buchsbaum
Monte S. Buchsbaum University of California, San Diego
Larry J. Siever
Larry J. Siever Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Thomas R. Insel
Thomas R. Insel National Institutes of Health
Gerald Nestadt
Gerald Nestadt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Mark A. Riddle
Mark A. Riddle Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles

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