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Overview

Kevin J. Bender is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience and related fields, focusing primarily on the mechanisms underlying neural function and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Their work covers broad topics including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Kevin J. Bender's research fields are principally in Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to these subfields:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Genetics

Their publications have appeared in several journals prominent in the field, among which are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors with whom Kevin J. Bender has collaborated include:

  • Roy Ben-Shalom
  • Andrew D. Nelson
  • Perry W.E. Spratt
  • Stephan Sanders
  • Atehsa Sahagun

Selected recent papers reflect the range of their research interests and contributions:

  • "Paradoxical hyperexcitability from NaV1.2 sodium channel loss in neocortical pyramidal cells" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "Soma-Targeted Imaging of Neural Circuits by Ribosome Tethering" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Dendritic Integration Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders" (2021, Developmental Neuroscience)
  • "Developmental dynamics of voltage-gated sodium channel isoform expression in the human and mouse brain" (2021, Genome Medicine)
  • "Therapeutic deep brain stimulation disrupts movement-related subthalamic nucleus activity in parkinsonian mice" (2022, eLife)

In addition to journal publications, Kevin J. Bender has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication by Cambridge University Press:

  • SCN2A-Related Disorders (2024)

Best Publications

  • Two Coincidence Detectors for Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Somatosensory Cortex

    Vanessa A. Bender;Kevin J. Bender;Daniel J. Brasier;Daniel E. Feldman

  • Progress in Understanding and Treating SCN2A-Mediated Disorders

    Stephan J. Sanders;Arthur J. Campbell;Jeffrey R. Cottrell;Rikke S. Moller

  • Opposing Effects on NaV1.2 Function Underlie Differences Between SCN2A Variants Observed in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder or Infantile Seizures.

    Roy Ben-Shalom;Caroline M. Keeshen;Kiara N. Berrios;Joon Y. An

  • Medial amygdalar aromatase neurons regulate aggression in both sexes

    Elizabeth K. Unger;Kenneth J. Burke;Cindy F. Yang;Kevin J. Bender

  • The Physiology of the Axon Initial Segment

    Kevin J. Bender;Laurence O. Trussell

  • The Autism-Associated Gene Scn2a Contributes to Dendritic Excitability and Synaptic Function in the Prefrontal Cortex

    Perry W.E. Spratt;Roy Ben-Shalom;Caroline M. Keeshen;Kenneth J. Burke

  • Axon Initial Segment Ca2+ Channels Influence Action Potential Generation and Timing

    Kevin J. Bender;Laurence O. Trussell

  • Short- and long-term plasticity at the axon initial segment.

    Matthew S Grubb;Yousheng Shu;Hiroshi Kuba;Matthew N Rasband

  • The CaMKII/NMDA receptor complex controls hippocampal synaptic transmission by kinase-dependent and independent mechanisms.

    Salvatore Incontro;Javier Díaz-Alonso;Jillian Iafrati;Marta Vieira

  • Social Control of Hypothalamus-Mediated Male Aggression.

    Taehong Yang;Cindy F. Yang;M. Delara Chizari;Niru Maheswaranathan

  • Synaptic Basis for Whisker Deprivation-Induced Synaptic Depression in Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Kevin J. Bender;Cara B. Allen;Vanessa A. Bender;Daniel E. Feldman

  • The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative: A Convergent Systems Biological Approach to Illuminating Key Molecular Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

    A. Jeremy Willsey;Montana T. Morris;Sheng Wang;Helen R. Willsey

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Axon Initial Segment Calcium Channels Regulates Action Potential Initiation

    Kevin J. Bender;Christopher Peter Ford;Laurence O. Trussell

  • Development of Columnar Topography in the Excitatory Layer 4 to Layer 2/3 Projection in Rat Barrel Cortex

    Kevin J. Bender;Juliana Rangel;Daniel E. Feldman

  • Tonic or Phasic Stimulation of Dopaminergic Projections to Prefrontal Cortex Causes Mice to Maintain or Deviate from Previously Learned Behavioral Strategies.

    Ian T. Ellwood;Tosha Patel;Varun Wadia;Anthony T. Lee

  • Paradoxical hyperexcitability from NaV1.2 sodium channel loss in neocortical pyramidal cells

    Perry W.E. Spratt;Ryan P.D. Alexander;Roy Ben-Shalom;Atehsa Sahagun

  • D3 Receptors Regulate Excitability in a Unique Class of Prefrontal Pyramidal Cells.

    Rebecca L. Clarkson;Alayna T. Liptak;Steven M. Gee;Vikaas S. Sohal

  • Interlamellar CA1 network in the hippocampus

    Sunggu Yang;Sungchil Yang;Thais Moreira;Gloria Hoffman

  • Soma-Targeted Imaging of Neural Circuits by Ribosome Tethering

    Yiming Chen;Heeun Jang;Perry W.E. Spratt;Seher Kosar

  • Modulation of Ion Channels in the Axon: Mechanisms and Function.

    Kenneth J. Burke;Kevin J. Bender

  • Endocannabinoid signaling is required for development and critical period plasticity of the whisker map in somatosensory cortex.

    Lu Li;Kevin J. Bender;Patrick J. Drew;Shantanu P. Jadhav

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence O. Trussell
Laurence O. Trussell Oregon Health & Science University
Daniel E. Feldman
Daniel E. Feldman University of California, Berkeley
Vikaas S. Sohal
Vikaas S. Sohal University of California, San Francisco
Nenad Sestan
Nenad Sestan Yale University
Thomas S. Otis
Thomas S. Otis University College London
Lennart Mucke
Lennart Mucke University of California, San Francisco
Loren M. Frank
Loren M. Frank University of California, San Francisco
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Patrick J. Drew
Patrick J. Drew Pennsylvania State University
Dorit Ron
Dorit Ron University of California, San Francisco

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