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World Ranking
9543
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Overview

Kent T. Keyser is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, with a particular emphasis on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological and biochemical processes.

Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. Within these broad disciplines, their work focuses on several specialized subfields, such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pharmacology.

Keyser's research topics cover several interconnected areas, notably:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Christianne E. Strang
  • Michael McFerrin
  • Virginia E. Wotring

This collaborative approach reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their studies, which intersect biochemistry, neuroscience, and pharmacology.

Despite the limited data on their publication venues and books, Keyser's involvement in prominent research topics suggests engagement with a range of academic forums within the life sciences. Their contributions to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor studies and cholinesterase research link closely to understanding neurodegenerative diseases, while their work in photoreceptor and optogenetics research aligns with advanced study in cellular neuroscience and emerging biomedical technologies.

Best Publications

  • Assembly of Human Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor α5 Subunits with α3, β2, and β4 Subunits

    Fan Wang;Volodymyr Gerzanich;Gregg B. Wells;René Anand

  • Chronic Nicotine Treatment Up-regulates Human α3β2 but Not α3β4 Acetylcholine Receptors Stably Transfected in Human Embryonic Kidney Cells

    Fan Wang;Mark E. Nelson;Alexander Kuryatov;Felix Olale

  • Three subtypes of alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are expressed in chick retina

    K. T. Keyser;L. R. G. Britto;R. Schoepfer;P. Whiting

  • Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in brain and retina.

    P.J. Whiting;R. Schoepfer;W.G. Conroy;M.J. Gore

  • Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactive retinal ganglion cells and their pattern of termination in the optic tectum of chick (Gallus gallus)

    D. Ehrlich;K. T. Keyser;H. J. Karten

  • Effects of the destruction of starburst-cholinergic amacrine cells by the toxin AF64A on rabbit retinal directional selectivity.

    Franklin R. Amthor;Kent T. Keyser;Nina A. Dmitrieva

  • Rabbit retinal neurons and glia express a variety of ENaC/DEG subunits.

    L. M. Brockway;Z.-H. Zhou;J. K. Bubien;B. Jovov

  • Sequence analysis, cellular localization, and expression of a neuroretina adhesion and cell survival molecule.

    P. Berman;P. Gray;E. Chen;K. Keyser

  • Differential expression of the presynaptic protein SNAP-25 in mammalian retina.

    S. Catsicas;M. Catsicas;K. T. Keyser;H. J. Karten

  • Immunohistochemical localization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the mesencephalon and diencephalon of the chick (Gallus gallus).

    Luiz R. G. Britto;Luiz R. G. Britto;Kent T. Keyser;Jon M. Lindstrom;Harvey J. Karten

  • Cholinoceptive neurons in the retina of the chick: an immunohistochemical study of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    K.T. Keyser;T.E. Hughes;P.J. Whiting;J.M. Lindstrom

  • Cation--chloride cotransporters mediate neural computation in the retina.

    Konstantin E. Gavrikov;Andrey V. Dmitriev;Kent T. Keyser;Stuart C. Mangel

  • The distribution of substance P in turtle nervous system: a radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemical study.

    Anton Reiner;James E. Krause;Kent T. Keyser;William D. Eldred

  • Distribution of parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the vertebrate retina

    Pietro Paolo Sanna;Kent T. Keyser;Marco R. Celio;Harvey J. Karten

  • Synaptic Connections of Starburst Amacrine Cells and Localization of Acetylcholine Receptors in Primate Retinas

    Elizabeth S. Yamada;Nina Dmitrieva;Kent T. Keyser;Jon M. Lindstrom

  • Amacrine, ganglion, and displaced amacrine cells in the rabbit retina express nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Kent T. Keyser;Margaret A. Macneil;Nina Dmitrieva;Fan Wang

  • Sympathetic neural control of the mouse lacrimal gland.

    Chuanqing Ding;Benjamin Walcott;Kent T. Keyser

  • IDENTIFICATION OF SEROTONIN WITHIN VITAL‐STAINED NEURONS FROM LEECH GANGLIA

    Charles M. Lent;Joyce Ono;Kent T. Keyser;Harvey J. Karten

  • Expression of Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells of the rabbit retina

    Nina A. Dmitrieva;Christianne E. Strang;Kent T. Keyser

  • Catecholaminergic subpopulation of retinal displaced ganglion cells projects to the accessory optic nucleus in the pigeon (Columba livia).

    Luiz R. G. Britto;Kent T. Keyser;Dania E. Hamassaki;Harvey J. Karten

Frequent Co-Authors

Harvey J. Karten
Harvey J. Karten University of California, San Diego
Luiz R.G. Britto
Luiz R.G. Britto Universidade de São Paulo
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Marco R. Celio
Marco R. Celio University of Fribourg
David V. Pow
David V. Pow University of Queensland
Nicholas C. Brecha
Nicholas C. Brecha University of California, Los Angeles
Richard H. Masland
Richard H. Masland Harvard University
Anton Reiner
Anton Reiner University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Lucas Pozzo-Miller
Lucas Pozzo-Miller University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul D. Gamlin
Paul D. Gamlin University of Alabama at Birmingham

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