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75
Citations
28661
World Ranking
1977
National Ranking
946

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dwight E. Bergles is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Neuroscience, with a substantial body of work in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study in their portfolio include Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Sensory Systems.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Immune Cells in Cancer
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Bergles has contributed to several notable scientific publications. Recent papers include:

  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Oligodendrocyte precursor cells ingest axons in the mouse neocortex," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "MCT1 Deletion in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells Causes Late-Onset Hypomyelination and Axonal Degeneration," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Remyelination alters the pattern of myelin in the cerebral cortex," 2020, eLife
  • "Cortical neurons exhibit diverse myelination patterns that scale between mouse brain regions and regenerate after demyelination," 2021, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors associated with Bergles include:

  • Travis A. Babola
  • Cody L. Call
  • Calvin J. Kersbergen
  • Amit Agarwal
  • Yu Kang T. Xu

The main publication venues where Bergles's work regularly appears are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • eLife
  • Cell Reports

Dwight E. Bergles was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2002. This honor is part of their professional record.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • β-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression

    Jeffrey D. Rothstein;Sarjubhai Patel;Melissa R. Regan;Christine Haenggeli

  • Electrical and synaptic integration of glioma into neural circuits

    Humsa S. Venkatesh;Wade Morishita;Anna C. Geraghty;Dana Silverbush;Dana Silverbush

  • Glutamatergic synapses on oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus.

    D E Bergles;J D Roberts;P Somogyi;C E Jahr

  • Glutamatergic synaptic input to glioma cells drives brain tumour progression

    Varun Venkataramani;Varun Venkataramani;Varun Venkataramani;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Dimitar Ivanov Tanev;Christopher Strahle;Alexander Studier-Fischer;Alexander Studier-Fischer

  • Oligodendrocyte progenitors balance growth with self-repulsion to achieve homeostasis in the adult brain.

    Ethan G Hughes;Shin H Kang;Shin H Kang;Masahiro Fukaya;Masahiro Fukaya;Dwight E Bergles

  • NG2+ CNS Glial Progenitors Remain Committed to the Oligodendrocyte Lineage in Postnatal Life and following Neurodegeneration

    Shin H. Kang;Masahiro Fukaya;Jason K. Yang;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  • NG2 cells generate both oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes

    Xiaoqin Zhu;Dwight E. Bergles;Akiko Nishiyama

  • The blood-brain barrier: an engineering perspective.

    Andrew D. Wong;Mao Ye;Amanda F. Levy;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  • Degeneration and impaired regeneration of gray matter oligodendrocytes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Shin H Kang;Ying Li;Masahiro Fukaya;Ileana Lorenzini

  • The origin of spontaneous activity in the developing auditory system

    Nicolas X. Tritsch;Eunyoung Yi;Jonathan E. Gale;Elisabeth Glowatzki

  • Synaptic Activation of Glutamate Transporters in Hippocampal Astrocytes

    Dwight E Bergles;Craig E Jahr

  • Norepinephrine controls astroglial responsiveness to local circuit activity

    Martin Paukert;Amit Agarwal;Jaepyeong Cha;Van A. Doze

  • Oligodendrocyte Development and Plasticity

    Dwight E. Bergles;William D. Richardson

  • Myelin remodeling through experience-dependent oligodendrogenesis in the adult somatosensory cortex.

    Ethan G. Hughes;Ethan G. Hughes;Jennifer L. Orthmann-Murphy;Abraham J. Langseth;Dwight E. Bergles

  • Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter

    Jennifer L Ziskin;Akiko Nishiyama;Maria Rubio;Masahiro Fukaya

  • Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus

    Shih Chun Lin;Dwight E. Bergles

  • Transient Opening of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Induces Microdomain Calcium Transients in Astrocyte Processes

    Amit Agarwal;Pei Hsun Wu;Ethan G. Hughes;Masahiro Fukaya

  • Clearance of glutamate inside the synapse and beyond.

    Dwight E Bergles;Jeffrey S Diamond;Craig E Jahr

  • Oligodendrocyte precursor cells present antigen and are cytotoxic targets in inflammatory demyelination

    Leslie Kirby;Jing Jin;Jaime Gonzalez Cardona;Matthew D. Smith

  • Glial Contribution to Glutamate Uptake at Schaffer Collateral–Commissural Synapses in the Hippocampus

    Dwight E. Bergles;Craig E. Jahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Rothstein
Jeffrey D. Rothstein Johns Hopkins University
Craig E. Jahr
Craig E. Jahr Oregon Health & Science University
Masahiro Fukaya
Masahiro Fukaya Kitasato University
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Matthew N. Rasband
Matthew N. Rasband Baylor College of Medicine
Niels C. Danbolt
Niels C. Danbolt University of Oslo
Norman J. Haughey
Norman J. Haughey Tulane University
Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies
Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kohichi Tanaka
Kohichi Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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