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10375
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4060
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1846

Overview

John J. Woodward is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main research topics covered in Woodward's body of work include:

  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Alcohol consumption and health effects

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • Distinct Region- and Time-Dependent Functional Cortical Adaptations in C57BL/6J Mice after Short and Prolonged Alcohol Drinking, 2020, eNeuro
  • Chronic ethanol exposure differentially alters neuronal function in the medial prefrontal cortex and dentate gyrus, 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • Altered Activity of Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Neurons in Mice following Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure, 2021, eNeuro
  • Alcohol dependence and the ventral hippocampal influence on alcohol drinking in male mice, 2022, Alcohol
  • An Unexpected Dependence of Cortical Depth in Shaping Neural Responsiveness and Selectivity in Mouse Visual Cortex, 2020, eNeuro

Woodward frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Neuropharmacology
  • eNeuro
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Alcohol

Among the scientist's frequent collaborators are:

  • Dominic Gioia
  • Patrick J. Mulholland
  • Sudarat Nimitvilai-Roberts
  • Marcelo F. Lopez
  • Kevin M. Braunscheidel

Best Publications

  • Factors affecting excitatory amino acid release following severe human head injury

    Ross Bullock;Alois Zauner;John J. Woodward;John Myseros

  • Designer receptors show role for ventral pallidum input to ventral tegmental area in cocaine seeking

    Stephen V Mahler;Elena M Vazey;Jacob T Beckley;Colby R Keistler

  • Continuous Monitoring of Cerebral Substrate Delivery and Clearance: Initial Experience in 24 Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injuries

    Alois Zauner;Egon M.R. Doppenberg;John J. Woodward;Sung C. Choi

  • Alcohol and the prefrontal cortex.

    Kenneth Abernathy;L. Judson Chandler;John J. Woodward

  • Effects of the abused solvent toluene on recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate and non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    Silvia L. Cruz;Tooraj Mirshahi;Brian Thomas;Robert L. Balster

  • Ethanol Inhibition of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate-Stimulated Endogenous Dopamine Release from Rat Striatal Slices: Reversal by Glycine

    John J. Woodward;Rueben A. Gonzales

  • Massive Persistent Release of Excitatory Amino Acids Following Human Occlusive Stroke

    R. Bullock;A. Zauner;J. Woodward;H.F. Young

  • Evidence for prolonged release of excitatory amino acids in severe human head trauma. Relationship to clinical events.

    R. Bullock;A. Zauner;J. S. Myseros;A. Marmarou

  • Chronic ethanol induces synaptic but not extrasynaptic targeting of NMDA receptors.

    Ezekiel P. Carpenter-Hyland;John J. Woodward;L. Judson Chandler

  • Glutamate Release and Cerebral Blood Flow After Severe Human Head Injury

    Alois Zauner;R. Bullock;A. J. Kuta;J. Woodward

  • Ethanol sensitivity of heteromeric NMDA receptors : effects of subunit assembly, glycine and NMDAR1 Mg2+-insensitive mutants

    T. Mirshahi;J.J. Woodward

  • A review of the interactions between alcohol and the endocannabinoid system: Implications for alcohol dependence and future directions for research

    Matthew J. Pava;John J. Woodward

  • Ethanol and NMDA receptor signaling.

    John J. Woodward

  • Bay K 8644 stimulation of calcium entry and endogenous dopamine release in rat striatal synaptosomes antagonized by nimodipine

    John J. Woodward;Steven W. Leslie

  • Ethanol Inhibits Persistent Activity in Prefrontal Cortical Neurons

    Yali Tu;Sven Kroener;Kenneth Abernathy;Christopher Lapish

  • Ethanol Inhibition ofN-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptors Is Reduced by Site-directed Mutagenesis of a Transmembrane Domain Phenylalanine Residue

    Kimberly M. Ronald;Tooraj Mirshahi;John J. Woodward

  • Inhibition of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by the abused solvent, toluene

    Ambuja S Bale;Corigan T Smothers;John J Woodward

  • Ethanol inhibits N-methyl-D-aspartate-stimulated [3H]norepinephrine release from rat cortical slices.

    R A Gonzales;J J Woodward

  • Multiparametric continuous monitoring of brain metabolism and substrate delivery in neurosurgical patients

    A. Zauner;E. Doppenberg;J. J. Woodward;C. Allen

  • Alterations in glutamatergic and gabaergic ion channel activity in hippocampal neurons following exposure to the abused inhalant toluene

    A.S. Bale;Y. Tu;E.P. Carpenter-Hyland;L.J. Chandler

  • Plasma catecholamines in resting rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, by high pressure liquid chromatography*

    J. J. Woodward

Frequent Co-Authors

Naren L. Banik
Naren L. Banik Medical University of South Carolina
Patrick K. Randall
Patrick K. Randall Medical University of South Carolina
Chitra D. Mandyam
Chitra D. Mandyam Veterans Health Administration
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Priyattam J. Shiromani
Priyattam J. Shiromani Veterans Health Administration
Stan B. Floresco
Stan B. Floresco University of British Columbia
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Rueben A. Gonzales
Rueben A. Gonzales The University of Texas at Austin
Dorit Ron
Dorit Ron University of California, San Francisco
Marisa Roberto
Marisa Roberto Scripps Research Institute

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