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Ray W. Turner is a researcher affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. Within these disciplines, Turner has contributed notably to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Turner's research topics often focus on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Ion channel regulation and function, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Their publication record includes recent papers that emphasize neurological conditions and molecular mechanisms:

  • Limiting RyR2 Open Time Prevents Alzheimer's Disease-Related Neuronal Hyperactivity and Memory Loss but Not β-Amyloid Accumulation (2020, Cell Reports)
  • FMRP(1-297)-tat restores ion channel and synaptic function in a model of Fragile X syndrome (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The Molecular Basis for the Calcium-Dependent Slow Afterhyperpolarization in CA1 Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons (2021, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Increased RyR2 open probability induces neuronal hyperactivity and memory loss with or without Alzheimer's disease-causing gene mutations (2022, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • A clinically relevant selective ERK-pathway inhibitor reverses core deficits in a mouse model of autism (2023, EBioMedicine)

Turner collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Xiaoqin Zhan
  • Jinjing Yao
  • Hadhimulya Asmara
  • Ning Cheng
  • Giriraj Sahu

They have published in various prominent venues, most notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Best Publications

  • Physiological and morphological development of the rat cerebellar Purkinje cell.

    Bruce E. McKay;Ray W. Turner

  • Specific T-type calcium channel isoforms are associated with distinct burst phenotypes in deep cerebellar nuclear neurons.

    Michael L. Molineux;John E. McRory;Bruce E. McKay;Jawed Hamid

  • Ca(V)3 T-type calcium channel isoforms differentially distribute to somatic and dendritic compartments in rat central neurons.

    Bruce E. McKay;John E. McRory;Michael L. Molineux;Jawed Hamid

  • Modulation of ion channels in rod photoreceptors by nitric oxide

    Dmitry E. Kurenny;Leonid L. Moroz;Ray W. Turner;Keith A. Sharkey

  • Regulation of neuronal activity by Cav3-Kv4 channel signaling complexes

    Dustin Anderson;W Hamish Mehaffey;Mircea Iftinca;Renata Rehak

  • Calcium-induced long-term potentiation in the hippocampus

    R.W. Turner;K.G. Baimbridge;J.J. Miller

  • The site for initiation of action potential discharge over the somatodendritic axis of rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

    R. W. Turner;D. E. R. Meyers;T. L. Richardson;J. L. Barker

  • TTX-sensitive dendritic sodium channels underlie oscillatory discharge in a vertebrate sensory neuron.

    RW Turner;L Maler;T Deerinck;SR Levinson

  • Deterministic multiplicative gain control with active dendrites.

    W. Hamish Mehaffey;Brent Doiron;Leonard Maler;Ray W. Turner

  • Intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channels modulate summation of parallel fiber input in cerebellar Purkinje cells

    Jordan D. T. Engbers;Dustin Anderson;Hadhimulya Asmara;Renata Rehak

  • A-Type and T-Type Currents Interact to Produce a Novel Spike Latency-Voltage Relationship in Cerebellar Stellate Cells

    Michael L. Molineux;Fernando R. Fernandez;W. Hamish Mehaffey;Ray W. Turner

  • Conditional Spike Backpropagation Generates Burst Discharge in a Sensory Neuron

    N. Lemon;R. W. Turner

  • Kv3 K+ channels enable burst output in rat cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    B. E. McKay;R. W. Turner

  • Importance of K+-dependent Na+/Ca2+-exchanger 2, NCKX2, in Motor Learning and Memory

    Xiao Fang Li;Lech Kiedrowski;François Tremblay;Fernando R. Fernandez

  • Regulation of T-type calcium channels by Rho-associated kinase

    Mircea Iftinca;Jawed Hamid;Lina Chen;Diego Varela

  • Kv1 K+ Channels Control Purkinje Cell Output to Facilitate Postsynaptic Rebound Discharge in Deep Cerebellar Neurons

    Bruce E. McKay;Michael L. Molineux;W. Hamish Mehaffey;Ray W. Turner

  • IKCa Channels Are a Critical Determinant of the Slow AHP in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Brian King;Arsalan P. Rizwan;Hadhimulya Asmara;Norman C. Heath

  • Oscillatory and burst discharge across electrosensory topographic maps

    R. W. Turner;J. R. Plant;L. Maler

  • Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors at a Feedback Pathway in the Electrosensory System: Implications for the Searchlight Hypothesis

    Neil J. Berman;James Plant;Ray W. Turner;Leonard Maler

  • Action-potential discharge in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: current source-density analysis

    T. L. Richardson;R. W. Turner;J. J. Miller

  • Nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive cells in the CNS and periphery of Lymnaea.

    Leonid L. Moroz;William Winlow;Ray W. Turner;Andrew G. M. Bulloch

  • Temperature dependence of T-type calcium channel gating.

    M. Iftinca;B.E. McKay;T.P. Snutch;J.E. McRory

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald W. Zamponi
Gerald W. Zamponi University of Calgary
Leonard Maler
Leonard Maler University of Ottawa
Brent Doiron
Brent Doiron University of Pittsburgh
Jaideep S. Bains
Jaideep S. Bains University of Calgary
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes University of California, Los Angeles
Jong M. Rho
Jong M. Rho University of California, San Diego
Naweed I. Syed
Naweed I. Syed University of Calgary
Vivian K. Mushahwar
Vivian K. Mushahwar University of Alberta
Martha E. Bickford
Martha E. Bickford University of Louisville
Christopher A. Walsh
Christopher A. Walsh Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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