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Overview

Edward Perez-Reyes is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Perez-Reyes's subfields of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

Their work covers several main topics, notably Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Ion channel regulation and function. Additional focus areas include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, and Neurological disorders and treatments.

Among Perez-Reyes's recent publications are:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Ion channels (2021), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels (2023), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • A brainstem peptide system activated at birth protects postnatal breathing (2020), Nature
  • Targeting oxidized phospholipids by AAV-based gene therapy in mice with established hepatic steatosis prevents progression to fibrosis (2022), Science Advances
  • Microglia play beneficial roles in multiple experimental seizure models (2023), Glia

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Perez-Reyes include:

  • Jörg Striessnig
  • William A. Catterall
  • Terrance P. Snutch
  • Ronald P. Gaykema
  • Justyna Straub

The primary publication venues for Perez-Reyes's work are:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XLVIII. Nomenclature and Structure-Function Relationships of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

    William A. Catterall;Alan L. Goldin;Stephen G. Waxman

  • Molecular Physiology of Low-Voltage-Activated T-type Calcium Channels

    Edward Perez-Reyes

  • Letter to the EditorNomenclature of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

    Eric A. Ertel;Kevin P. Campbell;Michael M. Harpold;Franz Hofmann

  • Molecular characterization of a neuronal low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel

    Edward Perez-Reyes;Leanne L. Cribbs;Asif Daud;Antonio E. Lacerda

  • Differential distribution of three members of a gene family encoding low voltage-activated (T-type) calcium channels.

    Edmund M. Talley;Leanne L. Cribbs;Jung-Ha Lee;Asif Daud

  • Cloning and Characterization of α1H From Human Heart, a Member of the T-Type Ca2+ Channel Gene Family

    Leanne L. Cribbs;Jung-Ha Lee;Jie Yang;Jonathan Satin

  • Cloning and Expression of a Novel Member of the Low Voltage-Activated T-Type Calcium Channel Family

    Jung-Ha Lee;Asif N. Daud;Leanne L. Cribbs;Antonio E. Lacerda

  • Nickel Block of Three Cloned T-Type Calcium Channels: Low Concentrations Selectively Block α1H

    Jung-Ha Lee;Juan Carlos Gomora;Leanne L. Cribbs;Edward Perez-Reyes

  • Cloning and expression of a cardiac/brain beta subunit of the L-type calcium channel.

    Edward Perez-Reyes;Antonio Castellano;Haeyoung S. Kim;Philippe Bertrand

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion;John A. Peters

  • Normalization of current kinetics by interaction between the alpha 1 and beta subunits of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channel.

    Antonio E. Lacerda;Haeyoung S. Kim;Peter Ruth;Peter Ruth;Edward Perez-Reyes

  • Induction of calcium currents by the expression of the alpha 1-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor from skeletal muscle.

    Edward PerezReyes;Haeyoung S. Kim;Antonio E. Lacerda;William Horne

  • Spin-trapping and direct electron spin resonance investigations of the redox metabolism of quinone anticancer drugs.

    B. Kalyanaraman;Edward Perez-Reyes;Ronald P. Mason

  • Ducky Mouse Phenotype of Epilepsy and Ataxia Is Associated with Mutations in the Cacna2d2 Gene and Decreased Calcium Channel Current in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells

    J Barclay;N Balaguero;M Mione;SL Ackerman

  • Ca channels in cardiac myocytes: structure and function in Ca influx and intracellular Ca release

    Donald M Bers;Edward Perez-Reyes

  • Essential Ca2+-Binding Motif for Ca2+-Sensitive Inactivation of L-Type Ca2+ Channels

    Marita de Leon;Yan Wang;Lisa Jones;Edward Perez-Reyes

  • Cloning and expression of a neuronal calcium channel beta subunit.

    A. Castellano;Xiangyang Wei;L. Birnbaumer;E. Perez-Reyes

  • Direct inhibition of T-type calcium channels by the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide.

    Jean Chemin;Arnaud Monteil;Edward Perez‐Reyes;Joël Nargeot

  • Heterologous regulation of the cardiac Ca2+ channel alpha 1 subunit by skeletal muscle beta and gamma subunits. Implications for the structure of cardiac L-type Ca2+ channels

    X Y Wei;E Perez-Reyes;A E Lacerda;G Schuster

  • Molecular Diversity of L-type Calcium Channels EVIDENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THREE NON-ALLELIC GENES*

    Edward Perez-Reyes;Xiangyang Wei;Antonio Castellano;Lutz Birnbaumer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lutz Birnbaumer
Lutz Birnbaumer National Institutes of Health
Slobodan M. Todorovic
Slobodan M. Todorovic University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Philippe Lory
Philippe Lory University of Montpellier
Ronald P. Mason
Ronald P. Mason National Institutes of Health
Douglas A. Bayliss
Douglas A. Bayliss University of Virginia
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider University of Cologne
Annette C. Dolphin
Annette C. Dolphin University College London
Balaraman Kalyanaraman
Balaraman Kalyanaraman Medical College of Wisconsin
Patrice G. Guyenet
Patrice G. Guyenet University of Virginia
Ruth L. Stornetta
Ruth L. Stornetta University of Virginia

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