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Overview

Norman G. Bowery was affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research mainly contributed to the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on the subfields of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology.

Their work concentrated on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Bowery's research outputs included publications in notable venues such as the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. Two specific papers authored in collaboration with Bernhard Bettler were titled "GABAB receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.2" published in 2021, and "GABAB receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3" published in 2025, both appearing in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE.

Frequent co-authors during Bowery's career included:

  • Sam J. Enna
  • Bernhard Bettler
  • John F. Cryan
  • David H. Farb
  • Wolfgang Foestl

Best Publications

  • Baclofen decreases neurotransmitter release in the mammalian CNS by an action at a novel GABA receptor

    N. G. Bowery;D. R. Hill;A. L. Hudson;A. Doble

  • 3H-baclofen and 3H-GABA bind to bicuculline-insensitive GABAB sites in rat brain

    Unknown

  • GABAA and GABAB receptor site distribution in the rat central nervous system

    Unknown

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXXIII. Mammalian γ-Aminobutyric AcidB Receptors: Structure and Function

    N. G. Bowery;B. Bettler;W. Froestl;J. P. Gallagher

  • GABAB receptor pharmacology.

    Unknown

  • GABAB receptors and their significance in mammalian pharmacology.

    Norman Bowery

  • Bicuculline-insensitive GABA receptors on peripheral autonomic nerve terminals.

    Norman G. Bowery;Adam Doble;David R. Hill;Alan L. Hudson

  • Are baclofen-sensitive GABAB receptors present on primary afferent terminals of the spinal cord?

    G. W. Price;G. P. Wilkin;M. J. Turnbull;N. G. Bowery

  • GABA and its receptors in the spinal cord

    Marzia Melcangic;Norman G. Bowery

  • Characteristics of GABAB receptor binding sites on rat whole brain synaptic membranes.

    N.G. Bowery;D.R. Hill;A.L. Hudson

  • GABA and glycine as neurotransmitters: a brief history

    N G Bowery;T G Smart

  • Characteristics of GABAB receptor binding sites on rat whole brain synaptic membranes

    Unknown

  • GABA receptor multiplicity Visualization of different receptor types in the mammalian CNS

    Unknown

  • GABAB receptor: a site of therapeutic benefit.

    Unknown

  • gamma-aminobutyric acid(B) receptors: first of the functional metabotropic heterodimers.

    Norman G. Bowery;S. J. Enna

  • Dextromethorphan and neuromodulation: old drug coughs up new activities.

    Unknown

  • GABAB receptors: drugs meet clones.

    Bernhard Bettler;Klemens Kaupmann;Norman Bowery

  • Autoradiographic localization of GABAB receptors in rat cerebellum

    G. P. Wilkin;A. L. Hudson;D. R. Hill;N. G. Bowery

  • GABAB receptor protein and mRNA distribution in rat spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia

    S. Towers;A. Princivalle;A. Billinton;M. Edmunds

  • Complex changes of GABAA and GABAB receptor binding in the spinal cord dorsal horn following peripheral inflammation or neurectomy

    J.M. Castro-Lopes;M. Malcangio;B.H. Pan;N.G. Bowery

  • Cortical-area specific block of genetically determined absence seizures by ethosuximide

    J. P. A. Manning;D. A. Richards;N Leresche;Vincenzo Crunelli

  • Pharmacology of absence epilepsy.

    Jon-Paul A. Manning;Douglas A. Richards;Norman G. Bowery

  • 5-Hydroxytryptamine drives apoptosis in biopsylike Burkitt lymphoma cells: reversal by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

    Adamantios Serafeim;Gillian Grafton;Anita Chamba;Christopher D. Gregory

  • GABAB receptor isoforms GBR1a and GBR1b, appear to be associated with pre- and post-synaptic elements respectively in rat and human cerebellum

    Andrew Billinton;Neil Upton;Norman G Bowery

  • Effect of interleukin-1β on the release of substance P from rat isolated spinal cord

    Marzia Malcangio;Norman G. Bowery;Roderick J. Flower;Mauro Perretti

  • Localization of GABAB (R1) receptors in the rat hippocampus by immunocytochemistry and high resolution autoradiography, with specific reference to its localization in identified hippocampal interneuron subpopulations

    R S Sloviter;L Ali-Akbarian;R C Elliott;B J Bowery

  • GABA B Receptors

    Norman G. Bowery;David I. B. Kerr;Jennifer Ong

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
Marzia Malcangio
Marzia Malcangio King's College London
Giacinto Bagetta
Giacinto Bagetta University of Calabria
Maria Thom
Maria Thom University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Roberto Spreafico
Roberto Spreafico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Laszlo Urban
Laszlo Urban Novartis (Switzerland)
Matthias J. Koepp
Matthias J. Koepp University College London
Vincenzo Crunelli
Vincenzo Crunelli Cardiff University
Carolina Frassoni
Carolina Frassoni Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Tom I. Bonner
Tom I. Bonner National Institutes of Health

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