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Michael T. Alkire is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with contributions to related subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Michael T. Alkire has published multiple papers in notable scientific journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • Foundations of Human Consciousness: Imaging the Twilight Zone (2020), published in the Journal of Neuroscience
  • Decreased Thalamic Activity Is a Correlate for Disconnectedness during Anesthesia with Propofol, Dexmedetomidine and Sevoflurane But Not S-Ketamine (2023), published in the Journal of Neuroscience
  • Thalamic activity is a neural correlate of connected consciousness (2023), published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael T. Alkire include:

  • A Scheinin
  • Oskari Kantonen
  • Jaakko Långsjö
  • Roosa Kallionpää
  • Kaike K. Kaisti

The scientist's work has appeared in several recurrent publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Neuroscience (2 publications)
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Consciousness and Anesthesia

    Michael T. Alkire;Anthony G. Hudetz;Giulio Tononi

  • Amygdala activity at encoding correlated with long-term, free recall of emotional information.

    Larry Cahill;Richard J. Haier;James Fallon;Michael T. Alkire

  • Structural brain variation and general intelligence.

    Richard J. Haier;Rex E. Jung;Ronald A. Yeo;Kevin Head

  • Epinephrine enhancement of human memory consolidation: interaction with arousal at encoding

    Larry Cahill;Michael T. Alkire

  • Sex-related difference in amygdala activity during emotionally influenced memory storage.

    Larry Cahill;Richard J. Haier;T. Nathan S. White;James Fallon

  • The neuroanatomy of general intelligence: sex matters

    Richard J. Haier;Rex E. Jung;Ronald A. Yeo;Kevin Head

  • Toward a unified theory of narcosis: brain imaging evidence for a thalamocortical switch as the neurophysiologic basis of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness.

    M.T. Alkire;R.J. Haier;J.H. Fallon

  • Cerebral metabolism during propofol anesthesia in humans studied with positron emission tomography

    Michael T. Alkire;Richard J. Haier;Steven J. Barker;Nitin K. Shah

  • General anesthesia and the neural correlates of consciousness.

    Michael T Alkire;Jason Miller

  • Thalamic Microinjection of Nicotine Reverses Sevoflurane-induced Loss of Righting Reflex in the Rat

    Michael T. Alkire;Jayme R. McReynolds;Emily L. Hahn;Akash N. Trivedi

  • Positron Emission Tomography Study of Regional Cerebral Metabolism in Humans during Isoflurane Anesthesia

    Michael T. Alkire;Richard J. Haier;Nitin K. Shah;Cynthia T. Anderson

  • Functional Brain Imaging during Anesthesia in Humans Effects of Halothane on Global and Regional Cerebral Glucose Metabolism

    Michael T. Alkire;Chris J. D. Pomfrett;Richard J. Haier;Marc V. Gianzero

  • Returning from Oblivion: Imaging the Neural Core of Consciousness

    Jaakko W. Långsjö;Michael T. Alkire;Kimmo Kaskinoro;Hiroki Hayama

  • Impaired thalamocortical connectivity in humans during general-anesthetic-induced unconsciousness

    Nathan S White;Michael T Alkire

  • Quantitative EEG Correlations with Brain Glucose Metabolic Rate during Anesthesia in Volunteers

    Michael T. Alkire

  • Individual differences in general intelligence correlate with brain function during nonreasoning tasks

    Richard J Haier;Nathan S White;Michael T Alkire

  • A voxel-based morphometric study of nondemented adults with Down Syndrome.

    Nathan S White;Michael T Alkire;Richard J Haier

  • Evolution of consciousness: Phylogeny, ontogeny, and emergence from general anesthesia

    George A. Mashour;Michael T. Alkire

  • Hippocampal, but not amygdala, activity at encoding correlates with long-term, free recall of nonemotional information

    Michael T. Alkire;Richard J. Haier;James H. Fallon;Larry Cahill

  • Thalamic microinfusion of antibody to a voltage-gated potassium channel restores consciousness during anesthesia.

    Michael T. Alkire;Christopher D. Asher;Amanda M. Franciscus;Emily L. Hahn

  • Cerebral Metabolism During Pr??pofol Anesthesia in Humans Studied with Positron Emission Tomography

    Michael T. Alkire;Richard J. Haier;Steven I. Barker;Nitin K Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Haier
Richard J. Haier University of California, Irvine
Larry Cahill
Larry Cahill University of California, Irvine
James H. Fallon
James H. Fallon University of California, Irvine
Harry Scheinin
Harry Scheinin Turku University Hospital
Antti Revonsuo
Antti Revonsuo University of Turku
Ronald A. Yeo
Ronald A. Yeo University of New Mexico
George A. Mashour
George A. Mashour University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anthony G. Hudetz
Anthony G. Hudetz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rex E. Jung
Rex E. Jung University of New Mexico
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen

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