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Gene J. Blatt is affiliated with the Hussman Institute for Autism in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant attention to neuroscience. The scientist's work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, genetics, and neurology.

The research topics covered include autism spectrum disorder research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, congenital heart defects research, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, electrostatics and colloid interactions, and vestibular and auditory disorders.

Gene J. Blatt has contributed to several notable publications. Recent papers include:

  • Increased Dopamine Type 2 Gene Expression in the Dorsal Striatum in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder Suggests Alterations in Indirect Pathway Signaling and Circuitry, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Parvalbumin subtypes of cerebellar Purkinje cells contribute to differential intrinsic firing properties, 2021, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Regulation of Neural Circuit Development by Cadherin-11 Provides Implications for Autism, 2021, eNeuro
  • Region-Specific Alterations of Perineuronal Net Expression in Postmortem Autism Brain Tissue, 2022, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Transcriptomic analysis of isolated and pooled human postmortem cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism spectrum disorders, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics

The frequent co-authors of Gene J. Blatt include Cheryl Brandenburg, Yu-Chih Lin, Michaela B. C. Kilander, Michael W. Nestor, and Alexandros Poulopoulos.

The scientist's works appear often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, and eNeuro.

Best Publications

  • Consensus Paper: Pathological Role of the Cerebellum in Autism

    S. Hossein Fatemi;Kimberly A. Aldinger;Paul Ashwood;Margaret L. Bauman

  • Visual receptive field organization and cortico-cortical connections of the lateral intraparietal area (area LIP) in the macaque

    Gene J. Blatt;Richard A. Andersen;Gene R. Stoner

  • Topographically specific hippocampal projections target functionally distinct prefrontal areas in the rhesus monkey

    Helen Barbas;Gene J. Blatt

  • Density and distribution of hippocampal neurotransmitter receptors in autism: an autoradiographic study.

    Gene J. Blatt;Claudia M. Fitzgerald;Jeffrey T. Guptill;Anne B. Booker

  • Decreased GAD67 mRNA levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells in autism: pathophysiological implications

    Jane Yip;Jean-Jacques Soghomonian;Gene J. Blatt

  • Cerebellar Purkinje Cells are Reduced in a Subpopulation of Autistic Brains: A Stereological Experiment Using Calbindin-D28k

    Elizabeth R. Whitney;Thomas L. Kemper;Margaret L. Bauman;Margaret L. Bauman;Douglas L. Rosene

  • Autism spectrum disorders and neuropathology of the cerebellum

    David R. Hampson;Gene J. Blatt

  • Decreased GABAB receptors in the cingulate cortex and fusiform gyrus in Autism

    Adrian L. Oblak;Terrell T. Gibbs;Gene J. Blatt

  • The anterior cingulate cortex in autism: heterogeneity of qualitative and quantitative cytoarchitectonic features suggests possible subgroups

    Marissa Leigh Simms;Thomas L. Kemper;Clare M. Timbie;Margaret L. Bauman

  • Alterations in GABAergic Biomarkers in the Autism Brain: Research Findings and Clinical Implications

    Gene J. Blatt;S. Hossein Fatemi

  • Decreased GABAA receptors and benzodiazepine binding sites in the anterior cingulate cortex in autism.

    A. Oblak;T.T. Gibbs;G.J. Blatt

  • Reduced GABAA receptors and benzodiazepine binding sites in the posterior cingulate cortex and fusiform gyrus in autism

    Adrian L. Oblak;Terrell T. Gibbs;Gene J. Blatt

  • Parvalbumin‐, calbindin‐, and calretinin‐immunoreactive hippocampal interneuron density in autism

    Y. A. Lawrence;T. L. Kemper;M. L. Bauman;G. J. Blatt

  • Density of cerebellar basket and stellate cells in autism: evidence for a late developmental loss of Purkinje cells

    Elizabeth R. Whitney;Thomas L. Kemper;Douglas L. Rosene;Margaret L. Bauman;Margaret L. Bauman

  • A qualitative and quantitative light microscopic study of the inferior olivary complex of normal, reeler, and weaver mutant mice

    Gene J. Blatt;Leonard M. Eisenman

  • Effect of prenatal protein malnutrition on numbers of neurons in the principal cell layers of the adult rat hippocampal formation.

    James P. Lister;Gene J. Blatt;William A. DeBassio;Thomas L. Kemper

  • Decreased GAD65 mRNA levels in select subpopulations of neurons in the cerebellar dentate nuclei in autism: an in situ hybridization study.

    Jane Yip;Jean Jacques Soghomonian;Gene J. Blatt

  • Organization of direct hippocampal efferent projections to the cerebral cortex of the rhesus monkey: projections from CA1, prosubiculum, and subiculum to the temporal lobe.

    Gene J. Blatt;Douglas L. Rosene

  • Parcellation of cortical afferents to three distinct sectors in the parahippocampal gyrus of the rhesus monkey: an anatomical and neurophysiological study.

    Gene J. Blatt;Deepak N. Pandya;Douglas L. Rosene

  • Altered posterior cingulate cortical cyctoarchitecture, but normal density of neurons and interneurons in the posterior cingulate cortex and fusiform gyrus in autism

    Adrian L. Oblak;Douglas L. Rosene;Thomas L. Kemper;Margaret L. Bauman

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas L. Rosene
Douglas L. Rosene Boston University
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian Boston University
Leonard M. Eisenman
Leonard M. Eisenman Thomas Jefferson University
Sara Jane Webb
Sara Jane Webb Seattle Children's Hospital
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
R. Frank Kooy
R. Frank Kooy University of Antwerp
Jeffery M. Vance
Jeffery M. Vance University of Miami
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami

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