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57
Citations
8364
World Ranking
4426
National Ranking
384

Overview

Peter J. Roberts is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, General Health Professions, and Surgery.

The scientist's recent papers cover a variety of topics and publication venues, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach. Key publications include:

  • Kinase Mutations and Imatinib Response in Patients With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use, 2021, IMA Fungus
  • The impacts of a global pandemic on the efficacy and stability of contemporary wildlife conservation: South Africa as a case study, 2022, AMBIO
  • Can interprofessional research enhance health care students' understanding and knowledge towards evidence based practice: A cross sectional study, 2022, Nurse Education Today
  • Parents on the Concept of Physical Literacy: What Do They Know, What Do They Do, and What Do They Want?, 2024, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roberts include:

  • Daniel M. Parker
  • Karen Ousey
  • Caroline Barker
  • Sarah Reel
  • Jane Tobbell

The scientist publishes repeatedly in certain academic venues such as:

  • Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • IMA Fungus
  • AMBIO

The primary topics of Roberts' work reflect a diverse academic interest and include:

  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Best Publications

  • Stimulatory effect of L-glutamate and related amino acids on [3H]dopamine release from rat striatum: an in vitro model for glutamate actions.

    P. J. Roberts;Susan D. Anderson

  • High affinity l-[3h]glutamate binding to postsynaptic receptor sites on rat cerebellar membranes.

    A. C. Foster;P. J. Roberts

  • Activation of dopamine receptors inhibits calcium-dependent glutamate release from cotico-striatal terminals in vitro

    Gethin J. Rowlands;Peter J. Roberts

  • Competitive antagonism at metabotropic glutamate receptors by (S) -4-carboxyphenylglycine and (RS) -α-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine

    Sean A. Eaton;David E. Jane;Philip L.St.J. Jones;Richard H.P. Porter

  • Neurotoxicity of L-glutamate and DL-threo-3-hydroxyaspartate in the rat striatum.

    Gethin J. McBean;Peter J. Roberts

  • No evidence for preservation of somatostatin-containing neurons after intrastriatal injections of quinolinic acid.

    Stephen W. Davies;Stephen W. Davies;Peter J. Roberts

  • Phenylglycine derivatives as new pharmacological tools for investigating the role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the central nervous system

    E. F. Birse;S. A. Eaton;D. E. Jane;P. L. Saint J. Jones

  • PRESYNAPTIC γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTORS IN THE RAT ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE AND THEIR ANTAGONISM BY 5‐AMINOVALERIC ACID

    M. Muhyaddin;P.J. Roberts;G.N. Woodruff

  • Identification of Gly-Pro-Glu (GPE), the aminoterminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor 1 which is truncated in brain, as a novel neuroactive peptide

    Vicki R. Sara;Christine Carlsson-Skwirut;Christine Carlsson-Skwirut;Tomas Bergman;Tomas Bergman;Hans Jörnvall;Hans Jörnvall

  • Striatal glutamatergic function: Modifications following specific lesions

    Peter J. Roberts;Gethin J. McBean;Najam A. Sharif;Emyr M. Thomas

  • Effects ofl-glutamate and related amino acids upon the release of [3H]dopamine from rat striatal slices

    Peter J. Roberts;Najam A. Sharif

  • Pharmacological tools for the investigation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs): Phenylglycine derivatives and other selective antagonists—an update

    P.J. Roberts

  • The release of amino acids with proposed neurotransmitter function from the cuneate and gracile nuclei of the rat in vivo.

    Peter J. Roberts

  • Structural requirements for the inhibition for L-glutamate uptake by glia and nerve endings

    Unknown

  • Antagonism of presynaptically mediated depressant responses and cyclic AMP-coupled metabotropic glutamate receptors

    Martyn Kemp;Peter Roberts;Peter Pook;David Jane

  • Presynaptic and postsynaptic glutamatergic function in Alzheimer's disease

    Richard Cowburn;John Hardy;Peter Roberts;Roger Briggs

  • Glutamate-preferring receptors regulate the release of D-[3H]aspartate from rat hippocampal slices.

    Gethin J. McBean;P. J. Roberts

  • Regional distribution of pre- and postsynaptic glutamatergic function in Alzheimer's disease.

    Richard Cowburn;John Hardy;Peter Roberts;Roger Briggs

  • The effects of (RS)‐α‐cyclopropyl‐4‐phosphonophenylglycine ((RS)‐CPPG), a potent and selective metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist

    Nicholas J. Toms;David E. Jane;Martyn C. Kemp;Jennifer S. Bedingfield

  • Glutamate receptors in the rat central nervous system

    Unknown

  • Agonist-induced internalization of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1a is arrestin- and dynamin-dependent.

    Stuart J. Mundell;Anne-Lise Matharu;Giordano Pula;Peter J. Roberts

  • The release of amino acids from the hemisected spinal cord during stimulation.

    P. J. Roberts;J. F. Mitchell

  • THE DISTRIBUTION AND AXONAL TRANSPORT OF FREE AMINO ACIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN THE DORSAL SENSORY NEURON OF THE RAT, AS DETERMINED BY THE DANSYL REACTION

    P. J. Roberts;P. Keen;J. F. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Salt
Thomas E. Salt University College London
Agata Copani
Agata Copani University of Catania
Zuner A. Bortolotto
Zuner A. Bortolotto University of Bristol
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Robert Nisticò
Robert Nisticò University of Rome Tor Vergata
Jeremy M. Henley
Jeremy M. Henley University of Bristol

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