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Jim Deuchars is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's contributions also concentrate on various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their main research topics cover diverse areas such as heart rate variability and autonomic control, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, vagus nerve stimulation research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neuroscience and neural engineering, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and RNA research and splicing.

Recent significant publications include:

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Cytoplasmic long noncoding RNAs are differentially regulated and translated during human neuronal differentiation, 2021, RNA
  • Inhibition of mitochondrial fission and iNOS in the dorsal vagal complex protects from overeating and weight gain, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • Piggybacking on the Cholera Toxin: Identification of a CTB-Binding Protein as an Approach for Targeted Delivery of Proteins to Motor Neurons, 2021, Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • A versatile cholera toxin conjugate for neuronal targeting and tracing, 2020, Chemical Communications

Jim Deuchars frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, RNA, Bioconjugate Chemistry, and Molecular Metabolism.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their scholarly activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Susan A. Deuchars
  • Lauryn E. New
  • Jess Haigh
  • Michael E. Webb
  • W. Bruce Turnbull

Best Publications

  • Temporal and spatial properties of local circuits in neocortex

    Alex M. Thomson;Jim Deuchars

  • Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Healthy Humans Reduces Sympathetic Nerve Activity

    Jennifer A. Clancy;David A. Mary;Klaus K. Witte;John P. Greenwood

  • Synaptic interactions in neocortical local circuits: dual intracellular recordings in vitro.

    A M Thomson;J Deuchars

  • Large, deep layer pyramid-pyramid single axon EPSPs in slices of rat motor cortex display paired pulse and frequency-dependent depression, mediated presynaptically and self-facilitation, mediated postsynaptically.

    A. M. Thomson;J. Deuchars;D. C. West

  • Neuronal P2X7 Receptors Are Targeted to Presynaptic Terminals in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

    Susan A. Deuchars;Lucy Atkinson;Ruth E. Brooke;Hanny Musa

  • Involvement of P2X7 receptors in the regulation of neurotransmitter release in the rat hippocampus

    Beáta Sperlágh;Attila Köfalvi;Jim Deuchars;Lucy Atkinson

  • CA1 pyramid-pyramid connections in rat hippocampus in vitro: Dual intracellular recordings with biocytin filling

    J. Deuchars;A.M. Thomson

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Single axon IPSPs elicited in pyramidal cells by three classes of interneurones in slices of rat neocortex.

    A M Thomson;D C West;J Hahn;J Deuchars

  • CA1 pyramidal to basket and bistratified cell EPSPs: dual intracellular recordings in rat hippocampal slices.

    Afia B. Ali;Jim Deuchars;Hannelore Pawelzik;Alex M. Thomson

  • Single axon excitatory postsynaptic potentials in neocortical interneurons exhibit pronounced paired pulse facilitation

    A.M. Thomson;J. Deuchars;D.C. West

  • Relationships between morphology and physiology of pyramid-pyramid single axon connections in rat neocortex in vitro.

    J Deuchars;D C West;A M Thomson

  • Adenoviral vector demonstrates that angiotensin II-induced depression of the cardiac baroreflex is mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat.

    Julian F R Paton;J Deuchars;Z Ahmad;Liang-Fong Wong

  • Role of olivary electrical coupling in cerebellar motor learning.

    Ruben S. Van Der Giessen;Sebastiaan K. Koekkoek;Stijn van Dorp;Stijn van Dorp;Jornt R. De Gruijl;Jornt R. De Gruijl

  • Distinct profiles of REST interactions with its target genes at different stages of neuronal development.

    Yuh-Man Sun;Deborah J. Greenway;Rory Johnson;Miyoko Street

  • Local GABAergic signaling within sensory ganglia controls peripheral nociceptive transmission

    Xiaona Du;Han Hao;Yuehui Yang;Sha Huang

  • Localization of cardiac vagal preganglionic motoneurones in the rat: Immunocytochemical evidence of synaptic inputs containing 5-hydroxytryptamine

    P. N. Izzo;J. Deuchars;K. M. Spyer

  • Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation acutely improves spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in healthy young men: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    Diego Antonino;André L. Teixeira;Paulo M. Maia-Lopes;Mayara C. Souza

  • Properties of single axon excitatory postsynaptic potentials elicited in spiny interneurons by action potentials in pyramidal neurons in slices of rat neocortex.

    A.M. Thomson;D.C. West;J. Deuchars

  • Purinergic signalling in the medullary mechanisms of respiratory control in the rat: respiratory neurones express the P2X2 receptor subunit.

    Alexander V. Gourine;Lucy Atkinson;Jim Deuchars;K. Michael Spyer

  • Evidence for inhibition mediated by coassembly of GABAA and GABAC receptor subunits in native central neurons.

    Carol J. Milligan;Noel J. Buckley;Maurice Garret;Jim Deuchars

  • Effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in individuals aged 55 years or above: potential benefits of daily stimulation

    Beatrice Bretherton;Lucy Atkinson;Aaron Murray;Jennifer Clancy

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex M. Thomson
Alex M. Thomson University College London
Noel J. Buckley
Noel J. Buckley University of Oxford
Sergey Kasparov
Sergey Kasparov University of Bristol
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Alkomiet Hasan
Alkomiet Hasan University of Augsburg
Alexander V. Gourine
Alexander V. Gourine University College London
Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess University of Bern
Ruth L. Stornetta
Ruth L. Stornetta University of Virginia
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel Quintana
Daniel Quintana University of Oslo

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