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Kenneth J. Muller is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences, with a primary focus on neuroscience alongside contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work is notably concentrated in several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience. The main topics of their research involve retinal development and disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and mechanisms related to neurogenesis and neuroplasticity.

Kenneth J. Muller has contributed to academic literature through research papers and book publications. Among recent papers, one key publication is titled "Physiologic maturation is both extrinsically and intrinsically regulated in progenitor-derived neurons", published in 2020 in Scientific Reports. This paper reflects a focus on neuronal maturation processes and has been cited in related neuroscience contexts.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Praseeda Venugopalan, Evan G. Cameron, Xiong Zhang, Michael Nahmou, and Jeffrey L. Goldberg. These coauthors have participated in various projects and publications alongside Kenneth J. Muller.

The primary publication venue for Kenneth J. Muller's work is Scientific Reports, which features prominently among their contributions.

In the realm of book publications, Kenneth J. Muller has authored work published by Springer Nature, notably the forthcoming book "Die Thermodynamik des Gin Tonic", scheduled for publication in 2025.

  • Physiologic maturation is both extrinsically and intrinsically regulated in progenitor-derived neurons (2020, Scientific Reports)

  • Praseeda Venugopalan
  • Evan G. Cameron
  • Xiong Zhang
  • Michael Nahmou
  • Jeffrey L. Goldberg

  • Scientific Reports

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Neurobiology of the Leech

    Kenneth J. Muller;John G. Nicholls;Gunther Siegmund Stent

  • The shapes of sensory and motor neurones and the distribution of their synapses in ganglia of the leech: a study using intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase.

    Kenneth J. Muller;U. J. McMahan

  • Nonequivalence of alpha-bungarotoxin receptors and acetylcholine receptors in chick sympathetic neurons

    S T Carbonetto;D M Fambrough;K J Muller

  • The morphological and physiological properties of a regenerating synapse in the C.N.S. of the leech.

    Kenneth J. Muller;Salvatore Carbonetto

  • Transplanted neurons integrate into adult retinas and respond to light

    Praseeda Venugopalan;Praseeda Venugopalan;Yan Wang;Tu Nguyen;Abigail Huang

  • Transmission at a ‘direct’ electrical connexion mediated by an interneurone in the leech.

    K J Muller;S A Scott

  • Individual microglia move rapidly and directly to nerve lesions in the leech central nervous system

    Ellen Mcglade-Mcculloh;Alice M. Morrissey;Fernando Norona;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Microglial movement to sites of nerve lesion in the leech CNS.

    Vincent J. Morgese;Ellen J. Elliott;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Synapses between neurones in the central nervous system of the leech.

    Kenneth J. Muller

  • Innexins form two types of channels

    Li Bao;Li Bao;Stuart Samuels;Silviu Locovei;Eduardo R. Macagno

  • Nitric Oxide Influences Injury-Induced Microglial Migration and Accumulation in the Leech CNS

    Aileen Chen;Shanta M. Kumar;Christie L. Sahley;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Non-Associative Learning and Serotonin Induce Similar Bi-Directional Changes in Excitability of a Neuron Critical for Learning in the Medicinal Leech

    Brian D. Burrell;Christie L. Sahley;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Innexin and pannexin channels and their signaling

    Gerhard Dahl;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Tissue engineering the retinal ganglion cell nerve fiber layer

    Karl E. Kador;Ramon B. Montero;Praseeda Venugopalan;Jonathan Hertz

  • The S cell: an interneuron essential for sensitization and full dishabituation of leech shortening

    Christie L. Sahley;Barbara K. Modney;Nicholas M. Boulis;Kenneth J. Muller

  • ATP and NO Dually Control Migration of Microglia to Nerve Lesions

    Yuanli Duan;Christie L. Sahley;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Neuroglial ATP release through innexin channels controls microglial cell movement to a nerve injury

    Stuart E. Samuels;Jeffrey B. Lipitz;Gerhard Dahl;Kenneth J. Muller

  • A regenerating neurone in the leech can form an electrical synapse on its severed axon segment.

    Salvatore Carbonetto;Kenneth J. Muller

  • REPAIR OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM : LESSONS FROM LESIONS IN LEECHES

    Rommy von Bernhardi;Kenneth J. Muller

  • Nerve Injury Induces a Rapid Efflux of Nitric Oxide (NO) Detected with a Novel NO Microsensor

    Shanta M. Kumar;D. Marshall Porterfield;Kenneth J. Muller;Peter J. S. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Goldberg
Jeffrey L. Goldberg Stanford University
Peter K. Smith
Peter K. Smith Goldsmiths University of London
Albert J. Aguayo
Albert J. Aguayo McGill University
William B. Kristan
William B. Kristan University of California, San Diego

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