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Patrick J. Whelan

Patrick J. Whelan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
4917
World Ranking
8616
National Ranking
502

Overview

Patrick J. Whelan is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study are:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Cell Biology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key topics explored in their publications cover:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Frequent co-authors with whom Patrick J. Whelan has collaborated extensively include:

  • Simon A. Sharples
  • Adam P Lognon
  • Shane E. A. Eaton
  • Linda Kim
  • M. A. Tran

The scientist has published regularly in journals and platforms such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • eNeuro
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neurophysiology

Some recent papers include:

  • A dynamic role for dopamine receptors in the control of mammalian spinal networks (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region: Beyond Locomotor Control (2022), published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Visual Gait Lab: A user-friendly approach to gait analysis (2020), published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • The Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Sensorimotor Function in a Thoracolumbar Mouse Spinal Cord Injury Model (2020), published in eNeuro
  • Fiber photometry for monitoring cerebral oxygen saturation in freely-moving rodents (2020), published in Biomedical Optics Express

Best Publications

  • CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION IN THE DECEREBRATE CAT

    Patrick J Whelan

  • Contribution of hind limb flexor muscle afferents to the timing of phase transitions in the cat step cycle

    Gordon W. Hiebert;Patrick J. Whelan;Arthur Prochazka;Keir G. Pearson

  • Properties of Rhythmic Activity Generated by the Isolated Spinal Cord of the Neonatal Mouse

    Patrick Whelan;Agnes Bonnot;Michael J. O'Donovan

  • Stimulation of the group I extensor afferents prolongs the stance phase in walking cats.

    Whelan Pj;Hiebert Gw;Pearson Kg

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Fate Mapping of Ependymal Cells Reveals an Absence of Neural Stem Cell Function

    Prajay T. Shah;Jo A. Stratton;Jo A. Stratton;Morgan Gail Stykel;Sepideh Abbasi

  • Dopamine: a parallel pathway for the modulation of spinal locomotor networks

    Simon A. Sharples;Kathrin Koblinger;Jennifer M. Humphreys;Patrick J. Whelan

  • Modulation of locomotor activity by multiple 5-HT and dopaminergic receptor subtypes in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

    M. A. Madriaga;L. C. McPhee;T. Chersa;K. J. Christie

  • Identification of novel spinal cholinergic genetic subtypes disclose Chodl and Pitx2 as markers for fast motor neurons and partition cells.

    Anders Enjin;Nadine Rabe;Stan T. Nakanishi;Anna Vallstedt

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Spinal Neuronal Excitability

    Pengcheng Han;Stan T. Nakanishi;Michelle A. Tran;Patrick J. Whelan

  • Noradrenaline is a stress-associated metaplastic signal at GABA synapses

    Wataru Inoue;Dinara V Baimoukhametova;Dinara V Baimoukhametova;Tamás Füzesi;Tamás Füzesi;Jaclyn I Wamsteeker Cusulin;Jaclyn I Wamsteeker Cusulin

  • Characterization of A11 Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord of Mice

    Kathrin Koblinger;Tamás Füzesi;Jillian Ejdrygiewicz;Aleksandra Krajacic

  • Neural mechanisms that contribute to cyclical modulation of the soleus H-reflex in walking in humans

    Jaynie F. Yang;Patrick J. Whelan

  • Locomotor-like activity generated by the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

    Agnès Bonnot;Patrick J Whelan;George Z Mentis;Michael J O’Donovan

  • Spontaneous Network Activity Transiently Depresses Synaptic Transmission in the Embryonic Chick Spinal Cord

    Brent Fedirchuk;Peter Wenner;Patrick J. Whelan;Stephen Ho

  • Adaptive Locomotor Plasticity in Chronic Spinal Cats after Ankle Extensors Neurectomy

    Laurent J. G. Bouyer;Patrick J. Whelan;Keir G. Pearson;Serge Rossignol

  • Developmental Aspects of Spinal Locomotor Function: Insights from Using the in vitro Mouse Spinal Cord Preparation

    Patrick J. Whelan

  • Plasticity in Reflex Pathways Controlling Stepping in the Cat

    P. J. Whelan;K. G. Pearson

  • Spatiotemporal pattern of motoneuron activation in the rostral lumbar and the sacral segments during locomotor-like activity in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

    Agnès Bonnot;Patrick J. Whelan;George Z. Mentis;Michael J. O'Donovan

  • Monoaminergic control of cauda-equina-evoked locomotion in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

    Ian Thomas Gordon;Patrick J Whelan

  • AlphaB-crystallin regulates remyelination after peripheral nerve injury

    Erin-Mai F. Lim;Erin-Mai F. Lim;Stan T. Nakanishi;Vahid Hoghooghi;Vahid Hoghooghi;Shane E. A. Eaton;Shane E. A. Eaton

  • Endogenous extracellular serotonin modulates the spinal locomotor network of the neonatal mouse

    Mary J. Dunbar;Michelle A Tran;Patrick J. Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Keir G. Pearson
Keir G. Pearson University of Alberta
Michael J. O'Donovan
Michael J. O'Donovan National Institutes of Health
Quentin J. Pittman
Quentin J. Pittman University of Calgary
Jaideep S. Bains
Jaideep S. Bains University of Calgary
Klas Kullander
Klas Kullander Uppsala University
George Z. Mentis
George Z. Mentis Columbia University
Arthur Prochazka
Arthur Prochazka University of Alberta
Laurent J. Bouyer
Laurent J. Bouyer Université Laval
Michael W. Ross
Michael W. Ross University of Minnesota
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland

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