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Edgar T. Walters is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, with a focus on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Edgar T. Walters include the following:

  • Persistent nociceptor hyperactivity as a painful evolutionary adaptation, 2023, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Interleukin-10 resolves pain hypersensitivity induced by cisplatin by reversing sensory neuron hyperexcitability, 2020, Pain
  • Electrophysiological Alterations Driving Pain-Associated Spontaneous Activity in Human Sensory Neuron Somata Parallel Alterations Described in Spontaneously Active Rodent Nociceptors, 2022, Journal of Pain
  • B cells drive neuropathic pain-related behaviors in mice through IgG-Fc gamma receptor signaling, 2024, Science Translational Medicine
  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Makes Complex Contributions to Pain-Related Hyperactivity of Nociceptors after Spinal Cord Injury, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Edgar T. Walters include Alexis Bavencoffe, Carmen Dessauer, Anibal Garza Carbajal, Kayla N. Johnson, and Jinbin Tian.

The research has been published in a variety of venues, with a concentration in the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Trends in Neurosciences

Best Publications

  • Associative conditioning of single sensory neurons suggests a cellular mechanism for learning

    Edgar T. Walters;John H. Byrne

  • Classical conditioning in a simple withdrawal reflex in Aplysia californica

    TJ Carew;ET Walters;ER Kandel

  • Role of peri-axonal inflammation in the development of thermal hyperalgesia and guarding behavior in a rat model of neuropathic pain.

    A. L. Clatworthy;P. A. Illich;G. A. Castro;Edgar T Walters

  • Mechanoafferent neurons innervating tail of Aplysia. I. Response properties and synaptic connections.

    Edgar T Walters;John H Byrne;T. J. Carew;E. R. Kandel

  • Mechanoafferent neurons innervating tail of Aplysia. II. Modulation by sensitizing stimulation

    Edgar T Walters;John H Byrne;T. J. Carew;E. R. Kandel

  • Injury-related behavior and neuronal plasticity: an evolutionary perspective on sensitization, hyperalgesia, and analgesia.

    Edgar T. Walters

  • Priming events and retrograde injury signals. A new perspective on the cellular and molecular biology of nerve regeneration.

    Richard T. Ambron;Edgar T. Walters

  • Exosomes from Glioma-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Increase the Tumorigenicity of Glioma Stem-like Cells via Transfer of miR-1587

    Javier Figueroa;Lynette M. Phillips;Tal Shahar;Anwar Hossain

  • Associative conditioning analog selectively increases cAMP levels of tail sensory neurons in Aplysia.

    K A Ocorr;E T Walters;J H Byrne

  • Associative Learning in Aplysia: evidence for conditioned fear in an invertebrate

    Edgar T. Walters;Thomas J. Carew;Eric R. Kandel

  • Associative learning in Aplysia: cellular correlates supporting a conditioned fear hypothesis

    Thomas J. Carew;Edgar T. Walters;Eric R. Kandel

  • Chronic Spontaneous Activity Generated in the Somata of Primary Nociceptors Is Associated with Pain-Related Behavior after Spinal Cord Injury

    Supinder S. Bedi;Qing Yang;Robyn J. Crook;Junhui Du

  • Mechanisms involved in the development of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy

    Jessica A Boyette-Davis;Edgar T Walters;Patrick M Dougherty

  • Nociceptive Sensitization Reduces Predation Risk

    Robyn J. Crook;Katharine Dickson;Roger T. Hanlon;Edgar T. Walters

  • Cyclic GMP pathway is critical for inducing long–term sensitization of nociceptive sensory neurons

    Matthew R. Lewin;Edgar T. Walters

  • Induction of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) and Its Receptor CCR2 in Primary Sensory Neurons Contributes to Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

    Haijun Zhang;Jessica A. Boyette-Davis;Alyssa K. Kosturakis;Yan Li

  • cAMP and cGMP contribute to sensory neuron hyperexcitability and hyperalgesia in rats with dorsal root ganglia compression.

    Xue Jun Song;Zheng Bei Wang;Qiang Gan;Edgar T Walters

  • Dissociation of dorsal root ganglion neurons induces hyperexcitability that is maintained by increased responsiveness to cAMP and cGMP.

    Ji Hong Zheng;Edgar T. Walters;Xue Jun Song

  • Common patterns of plasticity contributing to nociceptive sensitization in mammals and Aplysia.

    Clifford J. Woolf;Edgar T. Walters

  • Persistent pain after spinal cord injury is maintained by primary afferent activity.

    Qing Yang;Zizhen Wu;Julia K. Hadden;Max A. Odem

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Carew
Thomas J. Carew New York University
John H. Byrne
John H. Byrne The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Susan M. Carlton
Susan M. Carlton The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Dario J. Englot
Dario J. Englot Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Theodore J. Price
Theodore J. Price The University of Texas at Dallas
David L. Glanzman
David L. Glanzman University of California, Los Angeles
Annemieke Kavelaars
Annemieke Kavelaars The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University

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