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  • 1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Osvaldo D. Uchitel is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Sensory Systems, and Physiology.

Their work centers on topics including:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

Recent scholarly outputs by Uchitel include:

  • "Efficacy of a Nasal Spray Containing Iota-Carrageenan in the Postexposure Prophylaxis of COVID-19 in Hospital Personnel Dedicated to Patients Care with COVID-19 Disease" (2021) published in International Journal of General Medicine
  • "Ion channels and pain in Fabry disease" (2021) published in Molecular Pain
  • "Evaluation of early microstructural changes in the R6/1 mouse model of Huntington's disease by ultra-high field diffusion MR imaging" (2021) published in Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Upregulation of ASIC1a channels in an in vitro model of Fabry disease" (2020) published in Neurochemistry International
  • "Efficacy of a nasal spray containing Iota-Carrageenan in the prophylaxis of COVID-19 in hospital personnel dedicated to patients care with COVID-19 disease A pragmatic multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (CARR-COV-02)" (2021) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Uchitel's work has appeared in prominent venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of General Medicine
  • Molecular Pain
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations form a significant part of their contributions, with frequent coauthors such as:

  • Carina Weissmann
  • Libia Catalina Salinas Castellanos
  • Rodolfo G. Gatto
  • María Natalia Gobetto
  • Georgina Oriana Mingolo Malnati

Osvaldo D. Uchitel received the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1995.

Best Publications

  • P-type voltage-dependent calcium channel mediates presynaptic calcium influx and transmitter release in mammalian synapses.

    O D Uchitel;D A Protti;V Sanchez;B D Cherksey

  • Developmental Changes in Calcium Channel Types Mediating Central Synaptic Transmission

    Shinichi Iwasaki;Akiko Momiyama;Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Tomoyuki Takahashi

  • On the release of transmitter at normal, myasthenia gravis and myasthenic syndrome affected human end‐plates.

    S G Cull-Candy;R Miledi;A Trautmann;O D Uchitel

  • Functional compensation of P/Q by N-type channels blocks short-term plasticity at the calyx of Held presynaptic terminal.

    Carlota González Inchauspe;Francisco J Martini;Ian D Forsythe;Osvaldo D Uchitel

  • Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels

    Francisco J. Urbano;Erika S. Piedras-Rentería;Kisun Jun;Hee-Sup Shin

  • Transmitter release and presynaptic Ca2+ currents blocked by the spider toxin omega-Aga-IVA.

    Dario A. Protti;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Calcium channels coupled to neurotransmitter release at neonatal rat neuromuscular junctions

    Marcelo D. Rosato Siri;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Evaluation of Antioxidants, Protein, and Lipid Oxidation Products in Blood from Sporadic Amiotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients

    Patricia I. Oteiza;Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Fernando Carrasquedo;Alberto L. Dubrovski

  • Calcium channel blockers and transmitter release at the normal human neurornuscular junction

    Dario A. Protti;Ricardo Reisin;Tomas Angelillo Mackinley;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Modulation of ACh release by presynaptic muscarinic autoreceptors in the neuromuscular junction of the newborn and adult rat

    Manel M. Santafé;Isabel Salon;Neus Garcia;M. Angel Lanuza

  • Calcium channels involved in synaptic transmission at the mature and regenerating mouse neuromuscular junction.

    E Katz;P A Ferro;G Weisz;O D Uchitel

  • Toxins affecting calcium channels in neurons

    Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Calcium channels coupled to neurotransmitter release at dually innervated neuromuscular junctions in the newborn rat

    M.M Santafé;N Garcia;M.A Lanuza;O.D Uchitel

  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes: II. Syndrome attributed to abnormal interaction of acetylcholine with its receptor.

    Osvaldo Uchitel;Andrew G. Engel;Timothy J. Walls;Alexandre Nagel

  • Acid-Sensing Ion Channels Activated by Evoked Released Protons Modulate Synaptic Transmission at the Mouse Calyx of Held Synapse.

    Carlota González-Inchauspe;Francisco J. Urbano;Mariano N. Di Guilmi;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Acute modulation of calcium currents and synaptic transmission by gabapentinoids

    Osvaldo D Uchitel;Mariano N Di Guilmi;Francisco J Urbano;Carlota Gonzalez-Inchauspe

  • Coupling of L-type calcium channels to neurotransmitter release at mouse motor nerve terminals.

    Francisco J. Urbano;Rafael S. Depetris;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

  • Differential expression of α1 and β subunits of voltage dependent Ca2+ channel at the neuromuscular junction of normal and p/q Ca2+ channel knockout mouse

    R. Pagani;M. Song;Maureen W. McEnery;N. Qin

  • Autoimmunity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Past and Present

    Mario Rafael Pagani;Laura Elisabeth Gonzalez;Osvaldo Daniel Uchitel

  • Immunoglobulins from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients enhance spontaneous transmitter release from motor-nerve terminals

    Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Stanley H. Appel;Fran Crawford;Lidia Sczcupak

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Urbano
Francisco J. Urbano University of Buenos Aires
Ian D. Forsythe
Ian D. Forsythe University of Leicester
Stuart G. Cull-Candy
Stuart G. Cull-Candy University College London
Rodolfo R. Llinás
Rodolfo R. Llinás New York University
Michel D. Ferrari
Michel D. Ferrari Leiden University Medical Center
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg
Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg Leiden University Medical Center
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Stanley H. Appel
Stanley H. Appel Houston Methodist
Alejandro F. Schinder
Alejandro F. Schinder Fundación Instituto Leloir
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University

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