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Overview

Richard A. Altschuler is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with notable contributions to the subfields of Sensory Systems, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing, and Hepatology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

Among their recent papers are:

  • Rapamycin Added to Diet in Late Mid-Life Delays Age-Related Hearing Loss in UMHET4 Mice, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Noise overstimulation of young adult UMHET4 mice accelerates age-related hearing loss, 2022, Hearing Research

Several papers where they contributed as a co-author are also notable, including works on noise exposure and vestibular system effects published primarily in collaboration with Courtney E. Stewart:

  • Effects of Noise Exposure on the Vestibular System: A Systematic Review, 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Exposure to Intense Noise Causes Vestibular Loss, 2020, Military Medicine
  • Transient peripheral vestibular hypofunction measured with vestibular short-latency evoked potentials following noise exposure in rats, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology

Frequent collaborators of Richard A. Altschuler include:

  • Courtney E. Stewart
  • W. M. King
  • Ariane Kanicki
  • Avril Genene Holt
  • David S. Bauer

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hearing Research
  • Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • In vivo studies of polypyrrole/peptide coated neural probes

    Xinyan Cui;James Wiler;Marta Dzaman;Richard A Altschuler

  • Thyroid hormone receptor beta is essential for development of auditory function.

    Douglas Forrest;Lawrence C. Erway;Lily Ng;Richard Altschuler

  • Electrokinetic shape changes of cochlear outer hair cells

    Bechara Kachar;William E. Brownell;Richard Altschuler;Jörgen Fex

  • Structure and innervation of the cochlea.

    Yehoash Raphael;Richard A Altschuler

  • Intense noise induces formation of vasoactive lipid peroxidation products in the cochlea.

    Yoshimitsu Ohinata;Josef M. Miller;Richard A. Altschuler;Jochen Schacht

  • Neurotrophins can enhance spiral ganglion cell survival after inner hair cell loss

    Josef M. Miller;David H. Chi;Leonard J. O'Keeffe;Paul Kruszka

  • Neurotrophic factor intervention restores auditory function in deafened animals

    Takayuki Shinohara;Göran Bredberg;Mats Ulfendahl;Ilmari Pyykkö

  • Identification of glycinergic synapses in the cochlear nucleus through immunocytochemical localization of the postsynaptic receptor.

    Richard A. Altschuler;Heinrich Betz;Marianne H. Parakkal;Karen A. Reeks

  • GABA and glycine immunoreactivity in the guinea pig superior olivary complex

    Robert H. Helfert;Joann M. Bonneau;Robert J. Wenthold;Richard A. Altschuler

  • Trigeminal ganglion innervates the auditory brainstem.

    Susan E. Shore;Susan E. Shore;Zoltan Vass;Noel L. Wys;Richard A. Altschuler

  • Guinea pig auditory neurons are protected by glial cell line-derived growth factor from degeneration after noise trauma

    J Ylikoski;U Pirvola;J Virkkala;P Suvanto

  • Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea

    Richard A. Altschuler;Richard P. Bobbin;Douglas W. Hoffman

  • Immunocytochemical localization of GABA in the cochlear nucleus of the guinea pig

    R.J. Wenthold;J.M. Zempel;M.H. Parakkal;K.A. Reeks

  • Transgenic mouse model of the mild dominant form of osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Jeffrey Bonadio;Thomas L. Saunders;Eugene Tsai;Steven A. Goldstein

  • Osmotic pump implant for chronic infusion of drugs into the inner ear

    J.Nadine Brown;Josef M. Miller;Richard A. Altschuler;Alfred L. Nuttall

  • Attenuation of gentamicin ototoxicity by glutathione in the guinea pig in vivo

    Susan L. Garetz;Richard A. Altschuler;Jochen Schacht

  • Deafferentiation-associated changes in afferent and efferent processes in the guinea pig cochlea and afferent regeneration with chronic intrascalar brain-derived neurotrophic factor and acidic fibroblast growth factor

    Rudolf Glueckert;Mario Bitsche;Josef M. Miller;Josef M. Miller;Yaying Zhu

  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and chronic electrical stimulation prevent VIII cranial nerve degeneration following denervation.

    Sho Kanzaki;Timo Stöver;Kohei Kawamoto;Kohei Kawamoto;Diane M. Prieskorn

  • Reorganization of cytoskeletal and junctional proteins during cochlear hair cell degeneration.

    Yehoash Raphael;Richard A. Altschuler

  • Scar formation after drug-induced cochlear insult

    Yehoash Raphael;Richard A Altschuler

  • Protective effect of electrical stimulation in the deafened guinea pig cochlea.

    Duane O. Hartshorn;Josef M. Miller;Richard A. Altschuler

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef M. Miller
Josef M. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David F. Dolan
David F. Dolan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yehoash Raphael
Yehoash Raphael University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan E. Shore
Susan E. Shore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jörgen Fex
Jörgen Fex National Institutes of Health
Peter R. Thorne
Peter R. Thorne University of Auckland
David C. Martin
David C. Martin University of Delaware
Thomas M Glaser
Thomas M Glaser University of California, Davis
Miriam H. Meisler
Miriam H. Meisler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joerg Lahann
Joerg Lahann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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