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Peter J. Magill is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. They also have several publications related to molecular biology and physiology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior

Magill has authored papers in several notable publication venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife
  • Cell Reports

Recent papers by Peter J. Magill include:

  • The aperiodic exponent of subthalamic field potentials reflects excitation/inhibition balance in Parkinsonism, 2023, eLife
  • GABA uptake transporters support dopamine release in dorsal striatum with maladaptive downregulation in a parkinsonism model, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Stimulating at the right time to recover network states in a model of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic circuit, 2022, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Distributional coding of associative learning in discrete populations of midbrain dopamine neurons, 2024, Cell Reports
  • Rapid modulation of striatal cholinergic interneurons and dopamine release by satellite astrocytes, 2024, Nature Communications

Magill's frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrew Sharott
  • Natalie M. Doig
  • Stephanie J. Cragg
  • Nicolas Mallet
  • Richard Wade-Martins

Best Publications

  • Brain-state- and cell-type-specific firing of hippocampal interneurons in vivo

    Thomas Klausberger;Peter J. Magill;László F. Márton;J. David B. Roberts

  • Uniform inhibition of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area by aversive stimuli.

    Mark A. Ungless;Peter J. Magill;J. Paul Bolam

  • Move to the rhythm: oscillations in the subthalamic nucleus–external globus pallidus network

    Mark D. Bevan;Peter J. Magill;David Terman;J. Paul Bolam

  • Dopamine regulates the impact of the cerebral cortex on the subthalamic nucleus-globus pallidus network

    P.J Magill;J.P Bolam;M.D Bevan

  • Disrupted dopamine transmission and the emergence of exaggerated beta oscillations in subthalamic nucleus and cerebral cortex.

    N Mallet;A Pogosyan;A Sharott;J Csicsvari

  • Parkinsonian Beta Oscillations in the External Globus Pallidus and Their Relationship with Subthalamic Nucleus Activity

    N. Mallet;A. Pogosyan;L. F. Marton;J. P. Bolam

  • Dichotomous Organization of the External Globus Pallidus

    Nicolas Mallet;Benjamin R. Micklem;Pablo Henny;Matthew T. Brown

  • Spike timing of dendrite-targeting bistratified cells during hippocampal network oscillations in vivo.

    Thomas Klausberger;László F Márton;Agnes Baude;Agnes Baude;J David B Roberts

  • Dopamine depletion increases the power and coherence of beta-oscillations in the cerebral cortex and subthalamic nucleus of the awake rat.

    Andrew Sharott;Peter J. Magill;Daniel Harnack;Andreas Kupsch

  • Pedunculopontine nucleus and basal ganglia: distant relatives or part of the same family?

    Juan Mena-Segovia;J. Paul Bolam;Peter J. Magill

  • Deficits in dopaminergic transmission precede neuron loss and dysfunction in a new Parkinson model

    S Janezic;S Threlfell;P D Dodson;M J Dowie

  • Relationship of Activity in the Subthalamic Nucleus–Globus Pallidus Network to Cortical Electroencephalogram

    Peter J. Magill;J. Paul Bolam;Mark D. Bevan

  • Synaptic Convergence of Motor and Somatosensory Cortical Afferents onto GABAergic Interneurons in the Rat Striatum

    Sankari Ramanathan;Jason J. Hanley;Jean-Michel Deniau;J. Paul Bolam

  • Prototypic and Arkypallidal Neurons in the Dopamine-Intact External Globus Pallidus

    Azzedine Abdi;Nicolas Mallet;Foad Y. Mohamed;Andrew Sharott

  • Action initiation shapes mesolimbic dopamine encoding of future rewards

    Emilie C J Syed;Laura L Grima;Peter J Magill;Rafal Bogacz

  • K-ATP channels in dopamine substantia nigra neurons control bursting and novelty-induced exploration

    Julia Schiemann;Falk Schlaudraff;Verena Klose;Markus Bingmer

  • Inhibition of 5-HT neuron activity and induction of depressive-like behavior by high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus.

    Yasin Temel;Laura J. Boothman;Arjan Blokland;Peter J. Magill

  • Cholinergic brainstem neurons modulate cortical gamma activity during slow oscillations.

    Juan Mena-Segovia;Hana M. Sims;Peter J. Magill;J. Paul Bolam

  • Cell-Type-Specific Recruitment of Amygdala Interneurons to Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Noxious Stimuli In Vivo

    Thomas C.M. Bienvenu;Daniela Busti;Peter J. Magill;Francesco Ferraguti

  • Representation of spontaneous movement by dopaminergic neurons is cell-type selective and disrupted in parkinsonism

    Paul D. Dodson;Jakob K. Dreyer;Katie A. Jennings;Emilie C. J. Syed

  • Novel and distinct operational principles of intralaminar thalamic neurons and their striatal projections.

    C. J. Lacey;J. P. Bolam;P. J. Magill

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Sharott
Andrew Sharott University of Oxford
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford
J. Paul Bolam
J. Paul Bolam University of Oxford
J. P. Bolam
J. P. Bolam University of Oxford
Mark D. Bevan
Mark D. Bevan Northwestern University
Stephanie J. Cragg
Stephanie J. Cragg University of Oxford
Yasin Temel
Yasin Temel Maastricht University
Rafal Bogacz
Rafal Bogacz University of Oxford
Thomas Klausberger
Thomas Klausberger Medical University of Vienna
Richard Wade-Martins
Richard Wade-Martins University of Oxford

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