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Nigel J.M. Birdsall is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Additional research interests include biophysics, pharmacology, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientific topics covered by Birdsall's work include:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism

Birdsall's publishing record includes contributions to prominent venues such as the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, the British Journal of Pharmacology, Faraday Discussions, and The Journal of General Physiology. The most frequent publication venue is the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, with four papers published in that outlet.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Birdsall encompass the following:

  • "THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors," 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors," 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "Heterogeneity of cell membrane structure studied by single molecule tracking," 2021, Faraday Discussions
  • "A method for imaging single molecules at the plasma membrane of live cells within tissue slices," 2020, The Journal of General Physiology
  • "Acetylcholine receptors (muscarinic) in GtoPdb v.2023.1," 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Birdsall has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Arthur Christopoulos, Sophie J. Bradley, David A. Brown, Noel J. Buckley, and R. A. John Challiss. Each of these coauthors has participated in multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes

    E C Hulme;N J M Birdsall;N J Buckley

  • Pirenzepine distinguishes between different subclasses of muscarinic receptors

    R. Hammer;C. P. Berrie;N. J. M. Birdsall;A. S. V. Burgen

  • The binding of agonists to brain muscarinic receptors.

    N. J. M. Birdsall;A. S. V. Burgen;E. C. Hulme

  • C fragment of lipotropin has a high affinity for brain opiate receptors.

    Birdsall Nj;Hulme Ec

  • Reconstitution of a Calcium Pump Using Defined Membrane Components

    G. B. Warren;Penelope A. Toon;N. J. M. Birdsall;A. G. Lee

  • Cholesterol is excluded from the phospholipid annulus surrounding an active calcium transport protein

    G. B. Warren;M. D. Houslay;J. C. Metcalfe;N. J. M. Birdsall

  • Modification of the binding properties of muscarinic receptors by gallamine.

    J. M. Stockton;N. J.M. Birdsall;A. S.V. Burgen;E. C. Hulme

  • Formation and dissociation of M1 muscarinic receptor dimers seen by total internal reflection fluorescence imaging of single molecules.

    Jonathan A. Hern;Asma H. Baig;Gregory I. Mashanov;Berry Birdsall

  • BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS

    N. J. M. Birdsall;E. C. Hulme

  • Annular lipids determine the ATPase activity of a calcium transport protein complexed with dipalmitoyllecithin.

    T. R. Hesketh;G. A. Smith;M. D. Houslay;K. A. McGill

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Reversible lipid titrations of the activity of pure adenosine triphosphatase-lipid complexes.

    G. B. Warren;Penelope A. Toon;N. J. M. Birdsall;A. G. Lee

  • 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation measurements of synthetic lecithins and the effect of spin-labeled lipids.

    Y. K. Levine;N. J. M. Birdsall;A. G. Lee;J. C. Metcalfe

  • Clusters in lipid bilayers and the interpretation of thermal effects in biological membranes.

    A. G. Lee;N. J. M. Birdsall;J. C. Metcalfe;Penelope A. Toon

  • Muscarinic receptor subclasses

    N.J.M. Birdsall;E.C. Hulme

  • Guanine nucleotides modulate muscarinic receptor binding in the heart

    Christopher P. Berrie;Nigel J.M. Birdsall;Arnold S.V. Burgen;Edward C. Hulme

  • Allosteric modulation of the muscarinic M4 receptor as an approach to treating schizophrenia.

    W. Y. Chan;D. L. McKinzie;S. Bose;S. N. Mitchell

  • Muscarinic cholinergic receptors: Autoradiographic localization of high and low affinity agonist binding sites

    James K. Wamsley;James K. Wamsley;Marco A. Zarbin;Marco A. Zarbin;Nigel J.M. Birdsall;Nigel J.M. Birdsall;Michael J. Kuhar;Michael J. Kuhar

  • Nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic receptor binding in the human hippocampal formation during development and aging.

    J.A Court;S Lloyd;M Johnson;M Griffiths

  • Ontogeny of muscarinic receptors in rat brain

    M.J. Kuhar;N.J.M. Birdsall;A.S.V. Burgen;E.C. Hulme

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Poyner
David R. Poyner Aston University
Elaine K. Perry
Elaine K. Perry Newcastle University
Robert H. Perry
Robert H. Perry Newcastle University
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Arthur Christopoulos
Arthur Christopoulos Monash University
James K. Wamsley
James K. Wamsley IQVIA (United States)
Noel J. Buckley
Noel J. Buckley University of Oxford
Neil M. Nathanson
Neil M. Nathanson University of Washington
Jürgen Wess
Jürgen Wess National Institutes of Health
Miles D. Houslay
Miles D. Houslay King's College London

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