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Overview

Raymond A. Swanson is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on several subfields including Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's recent published papers cover a range of topics in neurobiology and related domains. Some of the notable recent works include:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • A tandem activity-based sensing and labeling strategy enables imaging of transcellular hydrogen peroxide signaling, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brain energy metabolism: A roadmap for future research, 2024, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • α-synuclein aggregates induce c-Abl activation and dopaminergic neuronal loss by a feed-forward redox stress mechanism, 2021, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Superoxide and Non-ionotropic Signaling in Neuronal Excitotoxicity, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Swanson frequently publishes in specific scientific venues, with several papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neurochemistry, Stroke, Progress in Neurobiology, and Nature Neuroscience.

The themes central to their research include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Collaborative efforts are significant in their work, with frequent co-authors including Seok Joon Won, Gӧkhan Uruk, Ebony Mocanu, Kajsa Arkelius, and Neel S. Singhal. These partnerships reflect ongoing engagement with researchers contributing across overlapping scientific interests and interdisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

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

  • A Semiautomated Method for Measuring Brain Infarct Volume

    Raymond A. Swanson;Raymond A. Swanson;Matthew T. Morton;George Tsao-Wu;George Tsao-Wu;Robert A. Savalos;Robert A. Savalos

  • Astrocyte glutamate transport: Review of properties, regulation, and physiological functions †

    Christopher M. Anderson;Raymond A. Swanson;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Astrocytes and brain injury.

    Yongmei Chen;Raymond A Swanson

  • P2X7 Receptor-Mediated Release of Excitatory Amino Acids from Astrocytes

    Shumin Duan;Christopher M. Anderson;Edmund C. Keung;Yongmei Chen

  • NADPH oxidase is the primary source of superoxide induced by NMDA receptor activation

    Angela M Brennan;Sang Won Suh;Seok Joon Won;Purnima Narasimhan

  • Astrocyte influences on ischemic neuronal death.

    Raymond A. Swanson;Weihai Ying;Tiina M. Kauppinen

  • Neuronal Regulation of Glutamate Transporter Subtype Expression in Astrocytes

    Raymond A. Swanson;Jialing Liu;Johann W. Miller;Jeffrey D. Rothstein

  • Neuronal glutathione deficiency and age-dependent neurodegeneration in the EAAC1 deficient mouse.

    Koji Aoyama;Sang Won Suh;Sang Won Suh;Aaron M Hamby;Aaron M Hamby;Jialing Liu;Jialing Liu

  • Heat-shock protein protection

    Frank R Sharp;Stephen M Massa;Raymond A Swanson

  • NAD+ depletion is necessary and sufficient for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-mediated neuronal death.

    Conrad C. Alano;Philippe Garnier;Weihai Ying;Youichirou Higashi

  • Hypoglycemic neuronal death is triggered by glucose reperfusion and activation of neuronal NADPH oxidase

    Sang Won Suh;Elizabeth T. Gum;Aaron M. Hamby;Pak H. Chan

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-mediated cell death in astrocytes requires NAD+ depletion and mitochondrial permeability transition.

    Conrad C. Alano;Weihai Ying;Weihai Ying;Raymond A. Swanson;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Microglial activation in stroke: therapeutic targets.

    Midori A. Yenari;Tiina M. Kauppinen;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Astrocytic glycogen influences axon function and survival during glucose deprivation in central white matter.

    Regina Wender;Angus M. Brown;Robert Fern;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Glutamate induces rapid upregulation of astrocyte glutamate transport and cell-surface expression of GLAST.

    Shumin Duan;Christopher M. Anderson;Becky A. Stein;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Astrocytes protect neurons from nitric oxide toxicity by a glutathione-dependent mechanism.

    Yongmei Chen;Nina E. Vartiainen;Weihai Ying;Pak H. Chan

  • Sensory stimulation induces local cerebral glycogenolysis: Demonstration by autoradiography

    R. A. Swanson;M. M. Morton;S. M. Sagar;Frank R Sharp

  • Glucose and NADPH oxidase drive neuronal superoxide formation in stroke.

    Sang Won Suh;Byung Seop Shin;Hualong Ma;Michaël Van Hoecke

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase mediates oxidative and excitotoxic neuronal death

    Weihai Ying;Mary B. Sevigny;Yongmei Chen;Raymond A. Swanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank R. Sharp
Frank R. Sharp University of California, Davis
Jialing Liu
Jialing Liu University of California, San Francisco
Pak H. Chan
Pak H. Chan Stanford University
Stephen M. Sagar
Stephen M. Sagar University of California, San Francisco
Midori A. Yenari
Midori A. Yenari University of California, San Francisco
Philip Weinstein
Philip Weinstein University of Adelaide
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Shumin Duan
Shumin Duan Zhejiang University
Jari Koistinaho
Jari Koistinaho University of Helsinki
Luc Pellerin
Luc Pellerin University of Poitiers

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