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Overview

Edgar Garcia-Rill is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and neurology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

While specific recent papers or publication venues are not listed, Edgar Garcia-Rill has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors. These include Francisco J. Urbano, with whom they have co-authored multiple papers, as well as Aftab Alam, Md. Noor Alam, Jocelyne Alcaraz-Silva, and Ronny P. Bartsch, each appearing as collaborators on at least one publication.

The research contributions span cognitive neuroscience and neurology, focusing on understanding neural mechanisms underlying sleep-wake regulation and neurological conditions. The incorporation of EEG and brain-computer interfaces in their work suggests involvement in neurophysiological methods and applied neurotechnology research.

Best Publications

  • The pedunculopontine nucleus.

    Garcia-Rill E

  • The basal ganglia and the locomotor regions.

    E. Garcia-Rill

  • The mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) in the rat

    R.D. Skinner;E. Garcia-Rill

  • The pedunculopontine nucleus--auditory input, arousal and pathophysiology.

    N.B. Reese;E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner

  • Locomotion-inducing sites in the vicinity of the pedunculopontine nucleus.

    E. Garcia-Rill;C.R. Houser;R.D. Skinner;W. Smith

  • The mesencephalic locomotor region. I. Activation of a medullary projection site

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner

  • The mesencephalic locomotor region. II. Projections to reticulospinal neurons.

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner

  • Chemical activation of the mesecephalic locomotor region

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner;J.A. Fitzgerald

  • Connections of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) II. Afferents and efferents.

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner;S.A. Gilmore;R. Owings

  • Effects of exercise and fetal spinal cord implants on the H-reflex in chronically spinalized adult rats

    R.D. Skinner;J.D. Houle;N.B. Reese;C.L. Berry

  • Spinal cord stimulation-induced locomotion in the adult cat.

    T. Iwahara;Y. Atsuta;E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner

  • Mesopontine neurons in schizophrenia

    E. Garcia-Rill;J.A. Biedermann;T. Chambers;R.D. Skinner

  • Modulation of rhythmic function in the posterior midbrain.

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner

  • The brain stem reticular formation in schizophrenia.

    Craig N. Karson;Craig N. Karson;Edgar Garcia-Rill;JoAnn Biedermann;Robert E. Mrak

  • Pedunculopontine Nucleus Region Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease: Surgical Anatomy and Terminology.

    Clement Hamani;Tipu Aziz;Bastiaan R. Bloem;Peter Brown

  • Disorders of the reticular activating system

    E. Garcia-Rill

  • Method of and device for inducing locomotion by electrical stimulation of the spinal cord

    Edgar Garcia-Rill;Robert D. Skinner;Yuji Atsuta

  • Locomotor projections from the pedunculopontine nucleus to the spinal cord.

    R. D. Skinner;N. Kinjo;V. Henderson;E. Garcia-rill

  • Activity in the mesencephalic locomotor region during locomotion.

    E. Garcia-Rill;R.D. Skinner;J.A. Fitzgerald

  • Posterior midbrain-induced locomotion.

    E. Garcia-Rill;N. Kinjo;Y. Atsuta;Y. Ishikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Skinner
Robert D. Skinner University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Francisco J. Urbano
Francisco J. Urbano University of Buenos Aires
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University
Nathaniel A. Buchwald
Nathaniel A. Buchwald University of California, Los Angeles
Adam J. Woods
Adam J. Woods University of Florida
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Paolo Mazzone
Paolo Mazzone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Eugenio Scarnati
Eugenio Scarnati University of L'Aquila
Mark W. Mahowald
Mark W. Mahowald University of Minnesota
Rodolfo R. Llinás
Rodolfo R. Llinás New York University

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