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Overview

Geoffrey T. Swanson is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple disciplines, predominantly in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine.

The scientist's recent publications include notable papers such as:

  • Structure, Function, and Pharmacology of Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels (2021, Pharmacological Reviews)
  • Orai1 Channels Are Essential for Amplification of Glutamate-Evoked Ca2+ Signals in Dendritic Spines to Regulate Working and Associative Memory (2020, Cell Reports)
  • Activity-dependent Golgi satellite formation in dendrites reshapes the neuronal surface glycoproteome (2021, eLife)
  • Clustered mutations in the GRIK2 kainate receptor subunit gene underlie diverse neurodevelopmental disorders (2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Postoperative risk of IDH mutant glioma-associated seizures and their potential management with IDH mutant inhibitors (2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation)

Swanson's research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Their work is distributed across several subfields of study such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, and psychiatry and mental health.

The frequent publication venues for this scientist reflect an engagement with varied aspects of biomedical science and neuroscience, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Swanson has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Kendall M. Foote
  • Jacob R. Stolz
  • Toshiyuki Ishii
  • Sakiko Taniguchi
  • Hermine E. Veenstra-Knol

Overall, Geoffrey T. Swanson's body of work is rooted in understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological function and disorders, integrating genetic, biochemical, and pharmacological perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Structure, Function, and Pharmacology of Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels.

    Kasper B. Hansen;Lonnie P. Wollmuth;Derek Bowie;Hiro Furukawa

  • Single-Channel Properties of Recombinant AMPA Receptors Depend on RNA Editing, Splice Variation, and Subunit Composition

    Geoffrey T. Swanson;Geoffrey T. Swanson;Sunjeev K. Kamboj;Stuart G. Cull-Candy

  • An NMDA Receptor ER Retention Signal Regulated by Phosphorylation and Alternative Splicing

    Derek B. Scott;Thomas A. Blanpied;Geoffrey T. Swanson;Chi Zhang

  • Intracellular spermine confers rectification on rat calcium-permeable AMPA and kainate receptors.

    S K Kamboj;G T Swanson;S G Cull-Candy

  • Kainate receptors are involved in short- and long-term plasticity at mossy fiber synapses in the hippocampus.

    Anis Contractor;Geoffrey Swanson;Stephen F. Heinemann

  • Kainate receptors coming of age: milestones of two decades of research

    Anis Contractor;Christophe Mulle;Geoffrey T. Swanson

  • Trans-Synaptic Eph Receptor-Ephrin Signaling in Hippocampal Mossy Fiber LTP

    Anis Contractor;Cheryl Rogers;Cornelia Maron;Mark J Henkemeyer

  • Rat GluR7 and a Carboxy-Terminal Splice Variant, GluR7b, Are Functional Kainate Receptor Subunits with a Low Sensitivity to Glutamate

    Hans H Schiffer;Geoffrey T Swanson;Stephen F Heinemann

  • Subunit Composition of Kainate Receptors in Hippocampal Interneurons

    Christophe Mulle;Andreas Sailer;Geoffrey T Swanson;Corinne Brana

  • Effect of RNA editing and subunit co-assembly single-channel properties of recombinant kainate receptors.

    Geoffrey T. Swanson;Dirk Feldmeyer;Makoto Kaneda;Stuart G. Cull-Candy

  • The Glutamate Receptors

    Robert W. Gereau;Geoffrey T. Swanson

  • Identification of the Kainate Receptor Subunits Underlying Modulation of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus

    Anis Contractor;Geoffrey T. Swanson;Andreas Sailer;Stephen O'Gorman

  • Distribution of kainate receptor subunits at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses.

    Melanie Darstein;Ronald S. Petralia;Geoffrey T. Swanson;Robert J. Wenthold

  • Psychiatric risk factor ANK3/ankyrin-G nanodomains regulate the structure and function of glutamatergic synapses.

    Katharine R. Smith;Katherine J. Kopeikina;Jessica M. Fawcett-Patel;Katherine Leaderbrand

  • Loss of kainate receptor-mediated heterosynaptic facilitation of mossy-fiber synapses in KA2-/- mice

    Anis Contractor;Andreas W. Sailer;Melanie Darstein;Cornelia Maron

  • Rapid enhancement of two-step wiring plasticity by estrogen and NMDA receptor activity

    Deepak P. Srivastava;Kevin M. Woolfrey;Kelly A. Jones;Cassandra Y. Shum

  • Multiple trafficking signals regulate kainate receptor KA2 subunit surface expression.

    Zhao Ren;Nathan J. Riley;Elizabeth P. Garcia;James M. Sanders

  • Identification of Amino Acid Residues that Control Functional Behavior in GluR5 and GluR6 Kainate Receptors

    Geoffrey T Swanson;Robert W Gereau;Tim Green;Stephen F Heinemann

  • High-affinity kainate receptor subunits are necessary for ionotropic but not metabotropic signaling.

    Herman B. Fernandes;Justin S. Catches;Ronald S. Petralia;Bryan A. Copits

  • Synaptic targeting and functional modulation of GluK1 kainate receptors by the auxiliary neuropilin and tolloid-like (NETO) proteins.

    Bryan A. Copits;John S. Robbins;Shanti Frausto;Geoffrey T. Swanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anis Contractor
Anis Contractor Northwestern University
Stephen F. Heinemann
Stephen F. Heinemann Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jelena Radulovic
Jelena Radulovic Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Peter Penzes
Peter Penzes Northwestern University
Stuart G. Cull-Candy
Stuart G. Cull-Candy University College London
Robert W. Gereau
Robert W. Gereau Washington University in St. Louis
Christophe Mulle
Christophe Mulle University of Bordeaux
Jennifer A. Kearney
Jennifer A. Kearney Northwestern University
Dane M. Chetkovich
Dane M. Chetkovich Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ronald S. Petralia
Ronald S. Petralia National Institutes of Health

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