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Philip G. Haydon

Philip G. Haydon

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Neuroscience

D-Index
94
Citations
41670
World Ranking
927
National Ranking
496

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Philip G. Haydon is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant body of work crossing several related subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas within neuroscience including:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nerve injury and regeneration

Philip G. Haydon has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Behaviorally consequential astrocytic regulation of neural circuits," 2020, Neuron
  • "Mechanosensory Signaling in Astrocytes," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Neuronal activity drives pathway-specific depolarization of peripheral astrocyte processes," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • "3D bioengineered neural tissue generated from patient-derived iPSCs mimics time-dependent phenotypes and transcriptional features of Alzheimer's disease," 2023, Molecular Psychiatry

Their frequent collaborators include several researchers with whom they have multiple joint publications. These coauthors are:

  • Giuseppina Tesco
  • Luc Pellerin
  • Alice Braga
  • Marc Freeman
  • Baljit S. Khakh

The venues where Philip G. Haydon most frequently publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Neuron
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Among the recognitions awarded to Philip G. Haydon is the honor of being a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, awarded in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Tripartite synapses : Glia, the unacknowledged partner

    Alfonso Araque;Vladimir Parpura;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Philip G. Haydon

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Glutamate-mediated astrocyte-neuron signalling.

    Vladimir Parpura;Trent A. Basarsky;Fang Liu;Ksenija Jeftinija

  • GLIA: listening and talking to the synapse.

    Philip G. Haydon

  • Astrocyte Control of Synaptic Transmission and Neurovascular Coupling

    Philip G. Haydon;Giorgio Carmignoto

  • Astrocytic purinergic signaling coordinates synaptic networks.

    Olivier Pascual;Kristen B. Casper;Cathryn Kubera;Jing Zhang

  • Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space

    Alfonso Araque;Giorgio Carmignoto;Philip G. Haydon;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

  • Neuronal Synchrony Mediated by Astrocytic Glutamate through Activation of Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors

    Tommaso Fellin;Olivier Pascual;Sara Gobbo;Tullio Pozzan

  • The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in health and disease

    Michael M. Halassa;Tommaso Fellin;Philip G. Haydon

  • Integrated brain circuits: astrocytic networks modulate neuronal activity and behavior.

    Michael M. Halassa;Philip G. Haydon

  • Astrocytic Modulation of Sleep Homeostasis and Cognitive Consequences of Sleep Loss

    Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;Cedrick Florian;Tommaso Fellin;James R. Munoz

  • Synaptic Islands Defined by the Territory of a Single Astrocyte

    Michael M. Halassa;Tommaso Fellin;Hajime Takano;Jing-Hui Dong

  • Dynamic Signaling Between Astrocytes and Neurons

    Alfonso Araque;Giorgio Carmignoto;Philip G Haydon

  • Physiological astrocytic calcium levels stimulate glutamate release to modulate adjacent neurons

    Vladimir Parpura;Philip G. Haydon

  • Glutamate‐dependent astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission between cultured hippocampal neurons

    Alfonso Araque;Vladimir Parpura;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Philip G. Haydon

  • Glial cells in (patho)physiology.

    Vladimir Parpura;Michael T. Heneka;Vedrana Montana;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

  • Serotonin selectively inhibits growth cone motility and synaptogenesis of specific identified neurons

    PG Haydon;DP McCobb;SB Kater

  • Neuronal Synchrony Mediated by Astrocytic Glutamate through Activation of Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors

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  • SNARE Protein-Dependent Glutamate Release from Astrocytes

    Alfonso Araque;Nianzhen Li;Robert T. Doyle;Philip G. Haydon

  • Selective induction of astrocytic gliosis generates deficits in neuronal inhibition

    Pavel I Ortinski;JingHui Dong;Alison E. Mungenast;Cuiyong Yue

  • Calcium Elevation in Astrocytes Causes an NMDA Receptor-Dependent Increase in the Frequency of Miniature Synaptic Currents in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Alfonso Araque;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Vladimir Parpura;Philip G. Haydon

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Parpura
Vladimir Parpura University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stephen J. Moss
Stephen J. Moss Tufts University
Tommaso Fellin
Tommaso Fellin Italian Institute of Technology
Giorgio Carmignoto
Giorgio Carmignoto National Research Council (CNR)
Alfonso Araque
Alfonso Araque University of Minnesota
Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
Louis-Eric Trudeau
Louis-Eric Trudeau University of Montreal
Douglas A. Coulter
Douglas A. Coulter Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Andrea Volterra
Andrea Volterra University of Lausanne

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