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Overview

Ian D. Forsythe is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. The subfields they focus on include Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work primarily covers topics such as ion channel regulation and function, hearing-related topics including cochlea and tinnitus, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, receptor mechanisms and signaling, voice and speech disorders, and the effects of nitric oxide and endothelin.

Recent publications by Forsythe and collaborators include:

  • Kv3.1 and Kv3.3 subunits differentially contribute to Kv3 channels and action potential repolarization in principal neurons of the auditory brainstem, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • Kv3.3 subunits control presynaptic action potential waveform and neurotransmitter release at a central excitatory synapse, 2022, eLife
  • Nitric Oxide Signaling in the Auditory Pathway, 2021, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • The voltage-gated K+ channel Kv1.3 modulates platelet motility and α2β1 integrin-dependent adhesion to collagen, 2021, Platelets
  • BIOTIC RESPONSE TO THE CLARKSVILLE PHASE OF THE RICHMONDIAN INVASION: A SYNECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug
  • Amy Richardson
  • Victoria Ciampani
  • Joern R. Steinert
  • Mihai Stancu

Forsythe has published extensively in specialized venues such as The Journal of Physiology, eLife, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Platelets, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. Their interdisciplinary focus, which integrates molecular biology and neuroscience with medical topics like cardiac electrophysiology, reflects the broad scope of their academic inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Nitric Oxide Signaling in Brain Function, Dysfunction, and Dementia

    Joern R. Steinert;Tatyana Chernova;Ian D. Forsythe

  • Inactivation of Presynaptic Calcium Current Contributes to Synaptic Depression at a Fast Central Synapse

    Ian D Forsythe;Tetsuhiro Tsujimoto;Margaret Barnes-Davies;Matthew F Cuttle

  • Presynaptic calcium current modulation by a metabotropic glutamate receptor.

    Tomoyuki Takahashi;Ian D. Forsythe;Tetsuhiro Tsujimoto;Margaret Barnes-Davies

  • Presynaptic Mitochondrial Calcium Sequestration Influences Transmission at Mammalian Central Synapses

    Brian Billups;Ian D. Forsythe

  • Slow excitatory postsynaptic currents mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors on cultured mouse central neurones.

    I. D. Forsythe;Gary Westbrook

  • Direct patch recording from identified presynaptic terminals mediating glutamatergic EPSCs in the rat CNS, in vitro.

    I D Forsythe

  • Contribution of the Kv3.1 potassium channel to high‐frequency firing in mouse auditory neurones

    Lu-Yang Wang;Li Gan;Ian D. Forsythe;Leonard K. Kaczmarek

  • Two voltage-dependent K+ conductances with complementary functions in postsynaptic integration at a central auditory synapse

    HM Brew;ID Forsythe

  • Going native: voltage-gated potassium channels controlling neuronal excitability.

    Jamie Johnston;Ian D. Forsythe;Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug

  • Pre- and postsynaptic glutamate receptors at a giant excitatory synapse in rat auditory brainstem slices.

    M Barnes-Davies;I D Forsythe

  • Two Heteromeric Kv1 Potassium Channels Differentially Regulate Action Potential Firing

    Paul D. Dodson;Matthew C. Barker;Ian D. Forsythe

  • The calyx of Held

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Ian D. Forsythe

  • Presynaptic glutamate receptors depress excitatory monosynaptic transmission between mouse hippocampal neurones.

    I D Forsythe;J D Clements

  • Facilitation of the presynaptic calcium current at an auditory synapse in rat brainstem

    Matthew F. Cuttle;Tetsuhiro Tsujimoto;Ian D. Forsythe;Tomoyuki Takahashi

  • Presynaptic K+ channels: electrifying regulators of synaptic terminal excitability

    Paul D. Dodson;Ian D. Forsythe

  • microRNA-34a regulates neurite outgrowth, spinal morphology, and function

    Massimiliano Agostini;Paola Tucci;Paola Tucci;Joern R. Steinert;Ruby Shalom-Feuerstein;Ruby Shalom-Feuerstein

  • Characterisation of inhibitory and excitatory postsynaptic currents of the rat medial superior olive

    Amanda J. Smith;Steven Owens;Ian D. Forsythe

  • Nitric oxide is a volume transmitter regulating postsynaptic excitability at a glutamatergic synapse.

    Joern R. Steinert;Cornelia Kopp-Scheinpflug;Claire Baker;R.A. John Challiss

  • Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by glycine and zinc in cultures of mouse hippocampal neurons

    ID Forsythe;GL Westbrook;ML Mayer

  • The binaural auditory pathway: excitatory amino acid receptors mediate dual timecourse excitatory postsynaptic currents in the rat medial nucleus of the trapezoid body.

    Ian D. Forsythe;Margaret Barnes-Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Osvaldo D. Uchitel
Osvaldo D. Uchitel University of Buenos Aires
Francisco J. Urbano
Francisco J. Urbano University of Buenos Aires
Tomoyuki Takahashi
Tomoyuki Takahashi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Michel D. Ferrari
Michel D. Ferrari Leiden University Medical Center
Gary L. Westbrook
Gary L. Westbrook Oregon Health & Science University
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg Leiden University Medical Center
Douglas L. Oliver
Douglas L. Oliver University of Connecticut Health Center
Charles H. Large
Charles H. Large Autifony Therapeutics (United Kingdom)
Bruce L. Tempel
Bruce L. Tempel University of Washington
Benedikt Grothe
Benedikt Grothe Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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