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45
Citations
7097
World Ranking
6956
National Ranking
3002

Overview

Gregg D. Stanwood is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research encompasses 16 publications in each of these major fields, with focused subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, with notable emphasis on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Art Therapy and Mental Health, Music Therapy and Health, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Stanwood has been published frequently in a variety of academic journals, with the most common venue being Neurotoxicology and Teratology, where they have 10 articles. Other venues include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications), Experimental Biology and Medicine (1 publication), The Journal of Comparative Neurology (1 publication), and Stress and Health (1 publication).

Significant recent papers authored by Stanwood include:

  • Dysregulation of brain dopamine systems in major depressive disorder, 2021, Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • A novel mouse model of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression: A look at the brain, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Transgenerational transmission of aspartame-induced anxiety and changes in glutamate-GABA signaling and gene expression in the amygdala, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Therapeutic psychological and biological responses to mindfulness-based art therapy, 2020, Stress and Health
  • Mindfulness based art therapy study protocol to determine efficacy in reducing college stress and anxiety, 2021, BMC Psychology

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Stanwood's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Devon L. Graham, Deirdre M. McCarthy, Pradeep G. Bhide, Christopher Schatschneider, and Brenda L. Noble. Devon L. Graham is the most frequent collaborator, appearing in nine joint works.

Best Publications

  • Disease-specific changes in regulator of G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) expression in schizophrenia.

    K. Mirnics;F. A. Middleton;G. D. Stanwood;D. A. Lewis

  • Developmental Consequences of Fetal Exposure to Drugs: What We Know and What We Still Must Learn

    Emily J Ross;Devon L Graham;Kelli M Money;Gregg D Stanwood

  • Prenatal exposure to drugs: effects on brain development and implications for policy and education.

    Barbara L. Thompson;Pat Levitt;Gregg D. Stanwood

  • Genetic disruption of cortical interneuron development causes region- and GABA cell type-specific deficits, epilepsy, and behavioral dysfunction.

    Elizabeth M. Powell;Daniel B. Campbell;Gregg D. Stanwood;Caleb Davis

  • Retinal Dopamine Mediates Multiple Dimensions of Light-Adapted Vision

    C. R. Jackson;G.-X. Ruan;F. Aseem;J. Abey

  • Amplified behavioral and endocrine responses to forced swim stress in the Wistar-Kyoto rat.

    Peter A Rittenhouse;Carolina López-Rubalcava;Carolina López-Rubalcava;Gregg D Stanwood;Gregg D Stanwood;Irwin Lucki

  • Developmental origins of brain disorders: roles for dopamine

    Kelli M Money;Gregg D Stanwood

  • Quantitative autoradiographic mapping of rat brain dopamine D3 binding with [(125)I]7-OH-PIPAT: evidence for the presence of D3 receptors on dopaminergic and nondopaminergic cell bodies and terminals.

    Gregg D. Stanwood;Roman P. Artymyshyn;Mei-Ping Kung;Hank F. Kung

  • Selective deficits in the expression of striatal‐enriched mRNAs in Huntington's disease

    Paula A. Desplats;Kristi E. Kass;Tim Gilmartin;Gregg D. Stanwood

  • Preweaning manganese exposure causes hyperactivity, disinhibition, and spatial learning and memory deficits associated with altered dopamine receptor and transporter levels.

    Cynthia H. Kern;Gregg D. Stanwood;Donald R. Smith

  • Evidence against dopamine D1/D2 receptor heteromers.

    A L Frederick;H Yano;P Trifilieff;H D Vishwasrao

  • Manganese exposure is cytotoxic and alters dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons within the basal ganglia

    Gregg D. Stanwood;Duncan B. Leitch;Valentina Savchenko;Jane Wu

  • Drug exposure early in life: functional repercussions of changing neuropharmacology during sensitive periods of brain development.

    Gregg D Stanwood;Pat Levitt

  • In Utero Cocaine-Induced Dysfunction of Dopamine D1 Receptor Signaling And Abnormal Differentiation of Cerebral Cortical Neurons

    Liesl B. Jones;Gregg D. Stanwood;Blesilda S. Reinoso;Ricardo A. Washington

  • Prenatal cocaine exposure produces consistent developmental alterations in dopamine-rich regions of the cerebral cortex

    G.D Stanwood;R.A Washington;J.S Shumsky;P Levitt

  • The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist exendin-4 reduces cocaine self-administration in mice

    Gunnar Sørensen;India A. Reddy;Pia Weikop;Devon L. Graham

  • Exendin-4 decreases amphetamine-induced locomotor activity.

    Kevin Erreger;Adeola R. Davis;Amanda M. Poe;Nigel H. Greig

  • Dysregulation of the norepinephrine transporter sustains cortical hypodopaminergia and schizophrenia-like behaviors in neuronal rictor null mice.

    Michael A. Siuta;Sabrina D. Robertson;Heidi Kocalis;Christine Saunders

  • ADAR1 and ADAR2 expression and editing activity during forebrain development.

    Michelle M. Jacobs;Rachel L. Fogg;Ronald B. Emeson;Gregg D. Stanwood

  • GLP-1 analog attenuates cocaine reward

    Devon L. Graham;Kevin Erreger;Aurelio Galli;Gregg D. Stanwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Pat Levitt
Pat Levitt University of Southern California
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele Columbia University
Troy A. Hackett
Troy A. Hackett Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ariel Y. Deutch
Ariel Y. Deutch Vanderbilt University
Christoph Kellendonk
Christoph Kellendonk Columbia University
Danny G. Winder
Danny G. Winder Vanderbilt University
Gitta Wörtwein
Gitta Wörtwein University of Copenhagen
Lynn M. Matrisian
Lynn M. Matrisian Vanderbilt University
Christopher Schatschneider
Christopher Schatschneider Florida State University
Craig H. Kennedy
Craig H. Kennedy University of Connecticut

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