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Helen A. Baghdoyan is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Tryptophan and brain disorders, and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

Recent publications by Helen A. Baghdoyan include:

  • Neuronal mechanisms underlying opioid-induced respiratory depression: our current understanding, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Neurotransmitter networks in mouse prefrontal cortex are reconfigured by isoflurane anesthesia, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Isoflurane anesthesia disrupts the cortical metabolome, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Opioids cause dissociated states of consciousness in C57BL/6J mice, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Morphine and high-fat diet differentially alter the gut microbiota composition and metabolic function in lean versus obese mice, 2022, ISME Communications

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated multiple times with Baghdoyan include:

  • Ralph Lydic
  • Diana Zebadúa Unzaga
  • Joshua Price
  • Zachary T. Glovak
  • Xiaojuan Zhu

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, notably:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
  • ISME Communications

Best Publications

  • Evolving concepts of sleep cycle generation: From brain centers to neuronal populations

    J. A. Hobson;R. Lydic;H. A. Baghdoyan

  • Sleep, anesthesiology, and the neurobiology of arousal state control.

    Ralph Lydic;Helen A. Baghdoyan

  • Microinjection of neostigmine into the pontine reticular formation of cats enhances desynchronized sleep signs

    H A Baghdoyan;A P Monaco;M L Rodrigo-Angulo;F Assens

  • Pontogeniculooccipital waves: spontaneous visual system activity during rapid eye movement sleep

    C W Callaway;R Lydic;R Lydic;H A Baghdoyan;H A Baghdoyan;J A Hobson

  • Basal forebrain acetylcholine release during REM sleep is significantly greater than during waking

    Jacqueline Vazquez;Jacqueline Vazquez;Helen A. Baghdoyan

  • Simultaneous Pontine and Basal Forebrain Microinjections of Carbachol Suppress REM Sleep

    Helen A. Baghdoyan;Jeffrey L. Spotts;Scott G. Snyder

  • A neuroanatomical gradient in the pontine tegmentum for the cholinoceptive induction of desynchronized sleep signs.

    Helen A. Baghdoyan;Margarita L. Rodrigo-Angulo;Robert W. McCarley;J. Allan Hobson

  • The carbachol-induced enhancement of desynchronized sleep signs is dose dependent and antagonized by centrally administered atropine.

    H A Baghdoyan;R Lydic;C W Callaway;J A Hobson

  • Pedunculopontine stimulation alters respiration and increases ACh release in the pontine reticular formation.

    R. Lydic;H. A. Baghdoyan

  • Adenosine A1 and A2A Receptors in Mouse Prefrontal Cortex Modulate Acetylcholine Release and Behavioral Arousal

    Christa J. Van Dort;Helen A. Baghdoyan;Ralph Lydic

  • Location and quantification of muscarinic receptor subtypes in rat pons: implications for REM sleep generation

    Helen A. Baghdoyan

  • M2 muscarinic receptor subtype in the feline medial pontine reticular formation modulates the amount of rapid eye movement sleep.

    Helen A. Baghdoyan;R. Lydic

  • Neuropharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness.

    Christopher J. Watson;Helen A. Baghdoyan;Ralph Lydic

  • Localization of muscarinic receptor subtypes in brain stem areas regulating sleep

    Helen A. Baghdoyan;Vasiliki J. Mallios;Robert B. Duckrow;Deborah C. Mash

  • M2, M3 and M4, but not M1, Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes are Present in Rat Spinal Cord

    A. U. Höglund;H. A. Baghdoyan

  • Opioid inhibition of rapid eye movement sleep by a specific mu receptor agonist

    A. Cronin;J.C. Keifer;H.A. Baghdoyan;R. Lydic

  • Handbook of Behavioral State Control : Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

    Ralph Lydic;Helen A. Baghdoyan

  • Microdialysis of cat pons reveals enhanced acetylcholine release during state-dependent respiratory depression

    R. Lydic;H. A. Baghdoyan;Z. Lorinc

  • M2 muscarinic autoreceptors modulate acetylcholine release in prefrontal cortex of C57BL/6J mouse.

    Christopher L. Douglas;Helen A. Baghdoyan;Ralph Lydic

  • Sleep disruption and increased apneas after pontine microinjection of morphine.

    J C Keifer;H A Baghdoyan;R Lydic

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Lydic
Ralph Lydic University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
J. Allan Hobson
J. Allan Hobson Harvard University
Robert B. Duckrow
Robert B. Duckrow Yale University
Ritchie E. Brown
Ritchie E. Brown Harvard University
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System

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