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Michael G. Stewart

Michael G. Stewart

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
8968
World Ranking
4793
National Ranking
407

Overview

Michael G. Stewart is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with work spanning subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's recent publications cover several topics related to neural processes and brain function. Notable papers include:

  • LTP Induction Boosts Glutamate Spillover by Driving Withdrawal of Perisynaptic Astroglia (2020, Neuron)
  • Synaptic environment and extrasynaptic glutamate signals: The quest continues (2021, Neuropharmacology)
  • PSD-95 in CA1 Area Regulates Spatial Choice Depending on Age (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)

The main topics addressed in their research can be summarized as:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dmitri A. Rusakov
  • Christian Henneberger
  • Lucie Bard
  • Aude Panatier
  • James R. Reynolds

The most common venues for publication are as follows:

  • Neuron
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Michael G. Stewart's work has consistently engaged with the study of synaptic mechanisms, neural signaling environments, and their relation to cognitive functions and aging. Their scholarship contributes to advancing knowledge in the cellular and molecular intricacies of brain function alongside broader neurological phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Ultrastructural distribution of the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in rat hippocampus.

    Ruth Fabian-Fine;Paul Skehel;Mick L. Errington;Heather A. Davies

  • LTP Induction Boosts Glutamate Spillover by Driving Withdrawal of Perisynaptic Astroglia.

    Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Lucie Bard;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;James P. Reynolds

  • Influence of matrix metalloproteinase MMP-9 on dendritic spine morphology

    Piotr Michaluk;Marcin Wawrzyniak;Przemyslaw Alot;Marcin Szczot

  • Rapid reversal of stress induced loss of synapses in CA3 of rat hippocampus following water maze training

    Carmen Sandi;Heather A. Davies;M. Isabel Cordero;M. Isabel Cordero;Jose J. Rodriguez

  • Stress suppresses and learning induces plasticity in CA3 of rat hippocampus: a three-dimensional ultrastructural study of thorny excrescences and their postsynaptic densities.

    M.G. Stewart;H.A. Davies;C. Sandi;I.V. Kraev

  • Mitochondria form a filamentous reticular network in hippocampal dendrites but are present as discrete bodies in axons: a three-dimensional ultrastructural study.

    Victor Popov;Nikolai I. Medvedev;Heather A. Davies;Michael G. Stewart

  • Forebrain CRF₁ modulates early-life stress-programmed cognitive deficits.

    Xiao-Dong Wang;Gerhard Rammes;Igor Kraev;Miriam Wolf

  • Remodelling of synaptic morphology but unchanged synaptic density during late phase long-term potentiation (LTP): a serial section electron micrograph study in the dentate gyrus in the anaesthetised rat.

    V.I. Popov;H.A. Davies;V.V. Rogachevsky;I.V. Patrushev

  • Behavioural, physiological and morphological analysis of a line of apolipoprotein E knockout mouse

    R. Anderson;J.C. Barnes;T.V.P. Bliss;D.P. Cain

  • Chronic restraint stress induces changes in synapse morphology in stratum lacunosum-moleculare CA1 rat hippocampus: a stereological and three-dimensional ultrastructural study.

    H.S. Donohue;P.L.A. Gabbott;H.A. Davies;J.J. Rodríguez;J.J. Rodríguez

  • Hippocampal synapses: do they talk to their neighbours?

    Dmitri A. Rusakov;Dimitri M. Kullmann;Michael G. Stewart

  • Long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus is associated with enhanced Arc/Arg3.1 protein expression in spines, dendrites and glia

    J. J. Rodríguez;H. A. Davies;A. T. Silva;I. E. J. De Souza

  • Training induced dendritic spine density changes are specifically related to memory formation processes in the chick, Gallus domesticus.

    Sanjay N. Patel;Steven P.R. Rose;Michael G. Stewart

  • Ultrastructural synaptic correlates of spatial learning in rat hippocampus.

    D.A. Rusakov;H.A. Davies;E. Harrison;G. Diana;G. Diana

  • Ultrastructural and behavioural changes precede amyloid deposition in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease.

    J.C Richardson;C.E Kendal;R Anderson;F Priest

  • Chemically induced long-term potentiation increases the number of perforated and complex postsynaptic densities but does not alter dendritic spine volume in CA1 of adult mouse hippocampal slices.

    M. G. Stewart;N. I. Medvedev;V. I. Popov;V. I. Popov;R. Schoepfer

  • Glia selectively approach synapses on thin dendritic spines.

    Nikolai Medvedev;Victor Popov;Victor Popov;Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Igor Kraev

  • Morphological changes in hippocampal dentate gyrus synapses following spatial learning in rats are transient.

    Mark D. Eyre;Gal Richter-Levin;Avi Avital;Michael G. Stewart

  • Pregnenolone sulfate enhances neurogenesis and PSA-NCAM in young and aged hippocampus

    W. Mayo;V. Lemaire;J. Malaterre;J.J. Rodriguez

  • Quantitative Autoradiographic Demonstration of Changes in Binding to NMDA-sensitive [3H]Glutamate and [3H]MK801, but not [3H]AMPA Receptors in Chick Forebrain 30 min After Passive Avoidance Training.

    Michael G. Stewart;Rachel C. Bourne;Robert J. Steele

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L.A. Gabbott
Paul L.A. Gabbott The Open University
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
José J. Rodríguez
José J. Rodríguez University of the Basque Country
Steven P. R. Rose
Steven P. R. Rose The Open University
Carmen Sandi
Carmen Sandi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tim V. P. Bliss
Tim V. P. Bliss The Francis Crick Institute
Gal Richter-Levin
Gal Richter-Levin University of Haifa
Marina A. Lynch
Marina A. Lynch Trinity College Dublin
Elisabeth Bock
Elisabeth Bock University of Copenhagen

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