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George B. Richerson

George B. Richerson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
13524
World Ranking
3829
National Ranking
1747

Overview

George B. Richerson is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a specific focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas, notably:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

George B. Richerson has published extensively in several venues, frequently contributing to:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Epilepsia
  • JCI Insight
  • European Journal of Heart Failure

Notable recent publications include:

  • "A human amygdala site that inhibits respiration and elicits apnea in pediatric epilepsy," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Benefit of buspirone on chemoreflex and central apnoeas in heart failure: a randomized controlled crossover trial," 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "Postictal Death Is Associated with Tonic Phase Apnea in a Mouse Model of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy," 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • "Seizures Cause Prolonged Impairment of Ventilation, CO2Chemoreception and Thermoregulation," 2023, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Association of Peri-ictal Brainstem Posturing With Seizure Severity and Breathing Compromise in Patients With Generalized Convulsive Seizures," 2020, Neurology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Rup K. Sainju, Brian K. Gehlbach, Frida A. Teran, Eduardo Bravo, and Laura Vilella.

Best Publications

  • Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: epidemiology, mechanisms, and prevention.

    Orrin Devinsky;Dale C. Hesdorffer;David J. Thurman;Samden D Lhatoo

  • Calcium-sensitive potassium channelopathy in human epilepsy and paroxysmal movement disorder

    Wei Du;Jocelyn F. Bautista;Jocelyn F. Bautista;Huanghe Yang;Ana Diez-Sampedro

  • Serotonergic neurons as carbon dioxide sensors that maintain pH homeostasis.

    George B. Richerson

  • Origin of variability in quantal size in cultured hippocampal neurons and hippocampal slices.

    J M Bekkers;G B Richerson;C F Stevens

  • Impaired Respiratory and Body Temperature Control Upon Acute Serotonergic Neuron Inhibition

    Russell S. Ray;Andrea E. Corcoran;Rachael D. Brust;Jun Chul Kim

  • Mechanisms of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: the pathway to prevention.

    Cory A. Massey;Levi P. Sowers;Brian J. Dlouhy;George B. Richerson

  • The brainstem and serotonin in the sudden infant death syndrome.

    Hannah C. Kinney;George B. Richerson;Susan M. Dymecki;Robert A. Darnall

  • Defects in Breathing and Thermoregulation in Mice with Near-Complete Absence of Central Serotonin Neurons

    Matthew R. Hodges;Glenn J. Tattersall;Michael B. Harris;Sean D. McEvoy

  • Dynamic equilibrium of neurotransmitter transporters: not just for reuptake anymore.

    George B. Richerson;Yuanming Wu

  • Raphé neurons stimulate respiratory circuit activity by multiple mechanisms via endogenously released serotonin and substance P

    Krzysztof Ptak;Tadashi Yamanishi;Jason Aungst;Lorin S. Milescu

  • Nonvesicular Inhibitory Neurotransmission via Reversal of the GABA Transporter GAT-1

    Yuanming Wu;Wengang Wang;Ana Díez-Sampedro;George B. Richerson

  • The serotonin axis: Shared mechanisms in seizures, depression and SUDEP

    George B. Richerson;Gordon F. Buchanan

  • Central serotonin neurons are required for arousal to CO2

    Gordon F. Buchanan;George B. Richerson

  • Breathing Inhibited When Seizures Spread to the Amygdala and upon Amygdala Stimulation

    Brian J. Dlouhy;Brian K. Gehlbach;Collin J. Kreple;Hiroto Kawasaki

  • Midbrain serotonergic neurons are central pH chemoreceptors

    Christopher A Severson;Wengang Wang;Vincent A Pieribone;Carolin I Dohle

  • RESPONSE TO CO2 OF NEURONS IN THE ROSTRAL VENTRAL MEDULLA IN VITRO

    G. B. Richerson

  • Chemosensitivity of rat medullary raphe neurones in primary tissue culture

    Wengang Wang;John H. Pizzonia;George B. Richerson;George B. Richerson

  • Acidosis-stimulated neurons of the medullary raphe are serotonergic

    Wengang Wang;Jyoti K. Tiwari;Stefania Risso Bradley;Rey V. Zaykin

  • GABA Transaminase Inhibition Induces Spontaneous and Enhances Depolarization-Evoked GABA Efflux via Reversal of the GABA Transporter

    Yuanming Wu;Wengang Wang;George B. Richerson;George B. Richerson

  • Medullary serotonergic neurones and adjacent neurones that express neurokinin-1 receptors are both involved in chemoreception in vivo.

    Eugene E. Nattie;Aihua Li;George Richerson;Douglas A. Lappi

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan U. Schuele
Stephan U. Schuele Northwestern University
Maromi Nei
Maromi Nei Thomas Jefferson University
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky New York University
Samden D. Lhatoo
Samden D. Lhatoo The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Beate Diehl
Beate Diehl University College London
John A. Wemmie
John A. Wemmie University of Iowa
Kathryn G. Commons
Kathryn G. Commons Boston Children's Hospital
Jeffrey C. Smith
Jeffrey C. Smith National Institutes of Health
William J. Spain
William J. Spain University of Washington
Evan S. Deneris
Evan S. Deneris Case Western Reserve University

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