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  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Miriam H. Meisler is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, epilepsy research and treatment, ion channel regulation and function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, cellular transport and secretion, genomics and rare diseases, and calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism.

The scientist's work is mainly categorized under the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 37 publications, and Medicine, with 11 publications. Within these broader categories, the subfields include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

Miriam H. Meisler's recent papers include a range of topics on molecular and neurological conditions. These papers are:

  • Sodium channelopathies in neurodevelopmental disorders, 2021, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Scn8a Antisense Oligonucleotide Is Protective in Mouse Models of SCN8A Encephalopathy and Dravet Syndrome, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2021, Developmental Neuroscience
  • Postictal Death Is Associated with Tonic Phase Apnea in a Mouse Model of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Gabra2 is a genetic modifier of Scn8a encephalopathy in the mouse*, 2020, Epilepsia

The publication venues most frequently chosen include Annals of Neurology, with four publications; Nature reviews. Neuroscience and Epilepsia, with two publications each; bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with two publications; and Developmental Neuroscience, with one publication.

Co-authors with whom Miriam H. Meisler collaborates frequently are Sophie F. Hill, Wenxi Yu, Guy M. Lenk, Paymaan Jafar-Nejad, and Jacy L. Wagnon.

Among recognitions received, Miriam H. Meisler was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Nomenclature of voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Alan L. Goldin;Robert L. Barchi;John H. Caldwell;Franz Hofmann

  • Mutations of SCN1A, encoding a neuronal sodium channel, in two families with GEFS+2.

    Andrew Escayg;Bryan T. MacDonald;Miriam H. Meisler;Stéphanie Baulac

  • Mutation of FIG4 causes neurodegeneration in the pale tremor mouse and patients with CMT4J

    Clement Y. Chow;Yanling Zhang;James J. Dowling;Natsuko Jin

  • Mutation of the Ca2+ Channel β Subunit Gene Cchb4 Is Associated with Ataxia and Seizures in the Lethargic (lh) Mouse

    Daniel L Burgess;Julie M Jones;Miriam H Meisler;Jeffrey L Noebels

  • Coding and Noncoding Variation of the Human Calcium-Channel β4-Subunit Gene CACNB4 in Patients with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Episodic Ataxia

    Andrew Escayg;Michel De Waard;David D. Lee;Delphine Bichet

  • Clinical application of exome sequencing in undiagnosed genetic conditions

    Anna C Need;Vandana Shashi;Yuki Hitomi;Kelly Schoch

  • De novo pathogenic SCN8A mutation identified by whole-genome sequencing of a family quartet affected by infantile epileptic encephalopathy and SUDEP

    Krishna R. Veeramah;Janelle E. O'Brien;Miriam H. Meisler;Xiaoyang Cheng

  • Loss of Omi mitochondrial protease activity causes the neuromuscular disorder of mnd2 mutant mice

    Julie M. Jones;Pinaki Datta;Srinivasa M. Srinivasula;Weizhen Ji

  • A novel SCN1A mutation associated with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus--and prevalence of variants in patients with epilepsy.

    Andrew Escayg;Armin Heils;Bryan T. MacDonald;Karsten Haug

  • Endogenous retroviral sequences are required for tissue-specific expression of a human salivary amylase gene.

    Chao-Nan Ting;M. P. Rosenberg;C. M. Snow;L. C. Samuelson

  • Functional Analysis of the Mouse Scn8a Sodium Channel

    Marianne R. Smith;Raymond D. Smith;Nicholas W. Plummer;Miriam H. Meisler

  • D1/D5 Dopamine Receptor Activation Differentially Modulates Rapidly Inactivating and Persistent Sodium Currents in Prefrontal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons

    Nicolas Maurice;Tatiana Tkatch;Miriam Meisler;Leslie K. Sprunger

  • Evolution and Diversity of Mammalian Sodium Channel Genes

    Nicholas W. Plummer;Miriam H. Meisler

  • VAC14 Nucleates a Protein Complex Essential for the Acute Interconversion of PI3P and PI(3,5)P2 in Yeast and Mouse

    Natsuko Jin;Clement Y Chow;Li Liu;Sergey N Zolov

  • International System for Human Gene Nomenclature (1979) ISGN (1979)

    T B Shows;C A Alper;D Bootsma;M Dorf

  • Altered Function of the SCN1A Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Leads to γ-Aminobutyric Acid-ergic (GABAergic) Interneuron Abnormalities

    Melinda S. Martin;Karoni Dutt;Ligia Assumpção Papale;Ligia Assumpção Papale;Celine M. Dube

  • Heterozygosity for a protein truncation mutation of sodium channel SCN8A in a patient with cerebellar atrophy, ataxia, and mental retardation

    Michelle M. Trudeau;Joline C. Dalton;John W. Day;Laura P. W. Ranum

  • Loss of Vac14, a regulator of the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, results in neurodegeneration in mice

    Yanling Zhang;Sergey N. Zolov;Clement Y. Chow;Shalom G. Slutsky

  • Functional Effects of Two Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Mutations That Cause Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus Type 2

    Jay Spampanato;Andrew Escayg;Miriam H. Meisler;Alan L. Goldin

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda C. Samuelson
Linda C. Samuelson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew Escayg
Andrew Escayg Emory University
Jennifer A. Kearney
Jennifer A. Kearney Northwestern University
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj Yale University
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Michael F. Hammer
Michael F. Hammer University of Arizona
Alan L. Goldin
Alan L. Goldin University of California, Irvine
Jack M. Parent
Jack M. Parent University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford University of Washington
Deborah L. Gumucio
Deborah L. Gumucio University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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