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Genetics

D-Index
86
Citations
25098
World Ranking
1257
National Ranking
599

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
26968
World Ranking
13214
National Ranking
6733

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Louis J. Ptáček is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in each area.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Main topics of their research include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Their recent papers cover diverse aspects of these topics and include:

  • "Human circadian variations," 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Mutations in Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 Contribute to Natural Short Sleep Trait," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Adaptive Long-Read Sequencing Reveals GGC Repeat Expansion in ZFHX3 Associated with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4," 2024, Movement Disorders
  • "Microglia are involved in the protection of memories formed during sleep deprivation," 2021, Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
  • "Familial natural short sleep mutations reduce Alzheimer pathology in mice," 2022, iScience

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ying-Hui Fu
  • Liza Ashbrook
  • Nicholas W. Gentry
  • Thomas McMahon
  • Maya Yamazaki

The scientist has published repeatedly in several key academic venues, such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Movement Disorders
  • SLEEP
  • Neurology

Louis J. Ptáček's career has been recognized by several prestigious memberships and fellowships, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2007)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • An hPer2 Phosphorylation Site Mutation in Familial Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome

    Kong L. Toh;Christopher R. Jones;Yan He;Erik J. Eide

  • Mutations in Kir2.1 cause the developmental and episodic electrical phenotypes of Andersen's syndrome

    Nikki M. Plaster;Rabi Tawil;Martin Tristani-Firouzi;Sonia Canún

  • Functional consequences of a CKIδ mutation causing familial advanced sleep phase syndrome

    Ying Xu;Quasar S. Padiath;Robert E. Shapiro;Christopher R. Jones

  • Familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome: A short-period circadian rhythm variant in humans

    Christopher R. Jones;Scott S. Campbell;Stephanie E. Zone;Fred Cooper

  • Functional and clinical characterization of KCNJ2 mutations associated with LQT7 (Andersen syndrome)

    Martin Tristani-Firouzi;Judy L. Jensen;Matthew R. Donaldson;Valeria Sansone

  • Sex increases the efficacy of natural selection in experimental yeast populations

    Matthew R. Goddard;Matthew R. Goddard;H. Charles J. Godfray;Austin Burt

  • Dihydropyridine receptor mutations cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis

    Louis J. Ptáček;Rabi Tawil;Robert C. Griggs;Andrew G. Engel

  • Identification of a mutation in the gene causing hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.

    Louis J. Ptáček;Alfred L. George;Robert C. Griggs;Rabi Tawil

  • Lamin B1 duplications cause autosomal dominant leukodystrophy

    Quasar S Padiath;Kazumasa Saigoh;Kazumasa Saigoh;Raphael Schiffmann;Hideaki Asahara

  • Clinical evaluation of idiopathic paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia New diagnostic criteria

    M. K. Bruno;M. Hallett;K. Gwinn-Hardy;B. Sorensen

  • De novo mutations in ATP1A3 cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood

    Erin L Heinzen;Kathryn J Swoboda;Yuki Hitomi;Fiorella Gurrieri

  • Modeling of a Human Circadian Mutation Yields Insights into Clock Regulation by PER2

    Y. Xu;K. L. Toh;C. R. Jones;Ji-Yeon Shin

  • Andersen's syndrome : potassium-sensitive periodic paralysis, ventricular ectopy, and dysmorphic features

    Rabi Tawil;Louis J. Ptacek;Steven G. Pavlakis;Darryl C. DeVivo

  • The primary periodic paralyses: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment

    S. L. Venance;S. C. Cannon;D. Fialho;B. Fontaine

  • MiRP2 Forms Potassium Channels in Skeletal Muscle with Kv3.4 and Is Associated with Periodic Paralysis

    Geoffrey W Abbott;Margaret H Butler;Saïd Bendahhou;Marinos C Dalakas

  • Multilocus linkage identifies two new loci for a mendelian form of stroke, cerebral cavernous malformation, at 7p15–13 and 3q25.2–27

    H. D. Craig;M. Günel;M. Günel;O. Cepeda;E. W. Johnson

  • Mutations in a Gene Encoding a Novel Protein Containing a Phosphotyrosine-Binding Domain Cause Type 2 Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

    Christina L. Liquori;Michel J. Berg;Adrian M. Siegel;Elizabeth Huang

  • Mutations in Potassium Channel Kir2.6 Cause Susceptibility to Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis

    Devon P. Ryan;Magnus R. Dias da Silva;Tuck Wah Soong;Bertrand Fontaine

  • Dihydropyridine receptor mutations cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis

    L.J. Ptacek;M.F. Leppert;R. Tawil

  • Mutations in Kir2.1 cause the developmental and episodic electrical phenotypes of Andersen's Syndrome

    N Plaster;R Tawil;M Tristani-Firouzi;S Canun

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying-Hui Fu
Ying-Hui Fu University of California, San Francisco
Rabi Tawil
Rabi Tawil University of Rochester Medical Center
Robert C. Griggs
Robert C. Griggs University of Rochester Medical Center
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
Alfred L. George
Alfred L. George Northwestern University
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert H. Edwards
Robert H. Edwards University of California, San Francisco
Bertrand Fontaine
Bertrand Fontaine Université Paris Cité
Jerry R. Mendell
Jerry R. Mendell The Ohio State University
Albert R. La Spada
Albert R. La Spada University of California, Irvine

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