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82
Citations
21108
World Ranking
3744
National Ranking
1856

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eric Delpire is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has made contributions across multiple scientific fields. Their work spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience, covering a total of 96, 73, and 56 publications respectively in these areas.

Delpire's research delves deeply into several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology. These subfields reflect a broad spectrum of investigations into the biological and neurological processes at the molecular and cellular levels.

Their scientific topics of focus highlight ion transport and channel regulation, with 64 publications, alongside ion channel regulation and function documented in 50 works. Other notable research themes include neuroscience and neuropharmacology, electrolyte and hormonal disorders, potassium-related disorders, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Among recent publications, Delpire's work includes:

  • The choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus, 2023, Cell
  • Endocannabinoid Signaling Collapse Mediates Stress-Induced Amygdalo-Cortical Strengthening, 2020, Neuron
  • Locus coeruleus anchors a trisynaptic circuit controlling fear-induced suppression of feeding, 2021, Neuron
  • Structures and an activation mechanism of human potassium-chloride cotransporters, 2020, Science Advances
  • NKCC1: Newly Found as a Human Disease-Causing Ion Transporter, 2020, Function

Delpire frequently collaborates with several other researchers, with the most common coauthors including Paul A. Welling, Mohammed Z. Ferdaus, Rainelli Koumangoye, P. Richard Grimm, and David H. Ellison. These collaborations have contributed to a collective body of knowledge in related research areas.

Publications by Delpire appear regularly in established scientific journals, notably the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology with 15 publications, Physiology with 11, American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology with 9, The FASEB Journal with 7, and American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology with 5. This indicates sustained contributions to these journals over time.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Eric Delpire was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • NKCC1 transporter facilitates seizures in the developing brain

    Volodymyr I Dzhala;Delia M Talos;Dan A Sdrulla;Audrey C Brumback

  • Down-regulation of the potassium-chloride cotransporter KCC2 contributes to spasticity after spinal cord injury

    Pascale Boulenguez;Sylvie Liabeuf;Rémi Bos;Hélène Bras

  • Expression of the Na‐K‐2Cl cotransporter is developmentally regulated in postnatal rat brains: A possible mechanism underlying GABA's excitatory role in immature brain

    M. D. Plotkin;E. Y. Snyder;S. C. Hebert;E. Delpire

  • Deafness and imbalance associated with inactivation of the secretory Na-K-2Cl co-transporter

    Eric Delpire;Jianming Lu;Roger England;Christopher Dull

  • Cation Chloride Cotransporters Interact with the Stress-related Kinases Ste20-related Proline-Alanine-rich Kinase (SPAK) and Oxidative Stress Response 1 (OSR1)

    Kerstin Piechotta;Jianming Lu;Eric Delpire

  • Loss of GluN2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in CA1 Hippocampus and Cortex Impairs Long-Term Depression, Reduces Dendritic Spine Density, and Disrupts Learning

    Jonathan L. Brigman;Tara Wright;Giuseppe Talani;Shweta Prasad-Mulcare

  • Abnormal GABAA Receptor-Mediated Currents in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Isolated from Na–K–2Cl Cotransporter Null Mice

    Ki-Wug Sung;Michael Kirby;Michael P. McDonald;David M. Lovinger

  • Hyperexcitability and epilepsy associated with disruption of the mouse neuronal-specific K–Cl cotransporter gene

    Nam-Sik Woo;Jianming Lu;Roger England;Robert McClellan

  • Cloning and characterization of KCC3 and KCC4, new members of the cation-chloride cotransporter gene family.

    David B. Mount;Adriana Mercado;Luyan Song;Jason Xu

  • GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors regulate depression-like behavior and are critical for the rapid antidepressant actions of ketamine

    Oliver H Miller;Lingling Yang;Chih-Chieh Wang;Elizabeth A Hargroder

  • Developmental regulation of the neuronal-specific isoform of K-Cl cotransporter KCC2 in postnatal rat brains.

    J. Lu;M. Karadsheh;E. Delpire

  • Erythrocyte K-Cl cotransport: properties and regulation.

    P. K. Lauf;J. Bauer;N. C. Adragna;H. Fujise

  • An osmotically tolerant inner medullary collecting duct cell line from an SV40 transgenic mouse.

    Michael Rauchman;Sanjay K. Nigam;Eric Delpire;Steven R. Gullans

  • Inflammation-dependent cerebrospinal fluid hypersecretion by the choroid plexus epithelium in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus

    Jason K Karimy;Jinwei Zhang;Jinwei Zhang;David B Kurland;Brianna Carusillo Theriault

  • Molecular cloning and chromosome localization of a putative basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl- cotransporter from mouse inner medullary collecting duct (mIMCD-3) cells.

    E Delpire;M I Rauchman;D R Beier;S C Hebert

  • The K-Cl cotransporter KCC3 is mutant in a severe peripheral neuropathy associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum.

    Heidi C. Howard;David B. Mount;David B. Mount;Daniel Rochefort;Nellie Byun

  • Cation-Chloride Cotransporters in Neuronal Communication.

    E. Delpire

  • Volume sensitivity of cation-Cl− cotransporters is modulated by the interaction of two kinases: Ste20-related proline-alanine-rich kinase and WNK4

    Kenneth B. E. Gagnon;Roger England;Eric Delpire

  • Oligomerization of KCC2 correlates with development of inhibitory neurotransmission.

    Peter Blaesse;Isabelle Guillemin;Jens Schindler;Michaela Schweizer

  • SPAK and OSR1: STE20 kinases involved in the regulation of ion homoeostasis and volume control in mammalian cells

    Eric Delpire;Kenneth B. E. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Mount
David B. Mount Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kristopher T. Kahle
Kristopher T. Kahle Yale University
Craig W. Lindsley
Craig W. Lindsley Vanderbilt University
David H. Ellison
David H. Ellison Oregon Health & Science University
Gerardo Gamba
Gerardo Gamba National Autonomous University of Mexico
Claudio Rivera
Claudio Rivera University of Helsinki
C. David Weaver
C. David Weaver Vanderbilt University
David M. Lovinger
David M. Lovinger National Institutes of Health
Kevin J. Staley
Kevin J. Staley Harvard University
Robert E.W. Fyffe
Robert E.W. Fyffe Wright State University

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