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Francois M. Abboud

Francois M. Abboud

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
30412
World Ranking
10927
National Ranking
5622

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2004 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Francois M. Abboud is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on intersecting fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

The main fields of study for Abboud include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad categories, their subfields of research cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Neurology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The scientific topics featured in Abboud's body of work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Recent publications by Francois M. Abboud encompass a range of topics and venues:

  • Altering Early Life Gut Microbiota Has Long-Term Effect on Immune System and Hypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Four evolving concepts in molecular and clinical autonomic research, 2021, Clinical Autonomic Research

Other significant research outputs where Abboud is listed among authors include papers published in Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science and the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, although these were primarily authored by collaborators.

Frequent collaborators in Abboud's research include:

  • Mark W. Chapleau
  • Michael Z. Cicha
  • Aaron C. Ericsson
  • Madhu V. Singh
  • Cecilia Flores

Notable publication venues for Abboud's work include:

  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Clinical Autonomic Research
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • The FASEB Journal

Throughout their career, Abboud has been recognized by various professional organizations, obtaining several awards and honors such as:

  • Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association (2007)
  • Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC) (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1988)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Sympathetic neural mechanisms in obstructive sleep apnea.

    Virend K. Somers;Mark E. Dyken;Mary P. Clary;Francois M. Abboud

  • Sympathetic-Nerve Activity during Sleep in Normal Subjects

    Virend K. Somers;Mark E. Dyken;Allyn L. Mark;Francois M. Abboud

  • Relationship Between Spectral Components of Cardiovascular Variabilities and Direct Measures of Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Humans

    Massimo Pagani;Nicola Montano;Alberto Porta;Alberto Malliani

  • Contrasting effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on ventilation and sympathetic activity in humans

    Virend Somers;A. L. Mark;D. C. Zavala;F. M. Abboud

  • The effect of dietary sodium chloride on blood pressure, body fluids, electrolytes, renal function, and serum lipids of normotensive man.

    Kirkendall Am;Connor We;Abboud F;Rastogi Sp

  • PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex.

    Wei-Zheng Zeng;Kara L. Marshall;Soohong Min;Ihab Daou

  • Extracellular acidosis increases neuronal cell calcium by activating acid-sensing ion channel 1a.

    Olena Yermolaieva;A. Soren Leonard;Mikael K. Schnizler;Francois M. Abboud

  • Influence of ventilation and hypocapnia on sympathetic nerve responses to hypoxia in normal humans

    V. K. Somers;A. L. Mark;D. C. Zavala;F. M. Abboud

  • Interaction of baroreceptor and chemoreceptor reflex control of sympathetic nerve activity in normal humans.

    Virend Somers;A. L. Mark;F. M. Abboud

  • The role of low pressure baroreceptors in reflex vasoconstrictor responses in man

    Robert P. Zoller;Allyn L. Mark;Francois M. Abboud;Phillip G. Schmid

  • Dickinson W. Richards Lecture: Circulatory adjustments to hypoxia.

    D D Heistad;F M Abboud

  • A simplified neck suction device for activation of carotid baroreceptors.

    Dwain L. Eckberg;Dwain L. Eckberg;Michael S. Cavanaugh;Michael S. Cavanaugh;Allyn L. Mark;Allyn L. Mark;Francois M. Abboud;Francois M. Abboud

  • Interaction of Cardiovascular Reflexes in Circulatory Control

    Francois M. Abboud;Marc D. Thames

  • The sympathetic system in hypertension. State-of-the-art review.

    F M Abboud

  • Selective impairment of baroreflex-mediated vasoconstrictor responses in patients with ventricular dysfunction.

    D W Ferguson;F M Abboud;A L Mark

  • Potentiation of sympathetic nerve responses to hypoxia in borderline hypertensive subjects.

    Vlrend K. Somers;Allyn L. Mark;François M. Abboud

  • Carotid and cardiopulmonary baroreceptor control of splanchnic and forearm vascular resistance during venous pooling in man

    Francois M. Abboud;Dwain L. Eckberg;U. James Johannsen;Allyn L. Mark

  • A Molecular Component of the Arterial Baroreceptor Mechanotransducer

    Heather A Drummond;Margaret P Price;Michael J Welsh;Francois M Abboud

  • Preferential distribution of inhibitory cardiac receptors with vagal afferents to the inferoposterior wall of the left ventricle activated during coronary occlusion in the dog.

    Marc D. Thames;Harold S. Klopfenstein;Francois M. Abboud;Allyn L. Mark

  • Correlation between echocardiographically demonstrated segmental dyskinesis and regional myocardial perfusion.

    R E Kerber;M L Marcus;J Ehrhardt;R Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Allyn L. Mark
Allyn L. Mark University of Iowa
Donald D. Heistad
Donald D. Heistad University of Iowa
Melvin L. Marcus
Melvin L. Marcus University of Iowa
Richard E. Kerber
Richard E. Kerber University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Virend K. Somers
Virend K. Somers Mayo Clinic
Michael J. Welsh
Michael J. Welsh University of Iowa
David K. Meyerholz
David K. Meyerholz University of Iowa
Zuhair K. Ballas
Zuhair K. Ballas University of Iowa
Andrew F. Russo
Andrew F. Russo University of Iowa
Kamal Rahmouni
Kamal Rahmouni University of Iowa Health Care

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