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Overview

Richard A. Morrisett was affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of neuroscience, with a total of seven publications distributed across several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, pathology and forensic medicine, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cognitive neuroscience.

The primary topics addressed in their work included neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, alcohol consumption and health effects, regulation of appetite and obesity, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors in their studies were:

  • Regina A. Mangieri
  • Heather C. Aziz
  • Kolter B. Grigsby
  • Amanda J. Roberts
  • Marcelo F. Lopez

Their recent published papers included:

  • Preclinical and clinical evidence for suppression of alcohol intake by apremilast, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Synaptic Plasticity in the Agranular Insular Cortex Predicts Escalated Ethanol Consumption, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Investigation of the effects of binge-like ethanol drinking on glutamatergic transmission and excitability of D1R+MSNs in the shell of the nucleus accumbens from male and female mice, 2023, Alcohol

The venues in which this scientist frequently published consisted of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Alcohol. Their work contributed to an understanding of the mechanisms underlying alcohol consumption and related neural responses.

Best Publications

  • The molecular basis of NMDA receptor subtypes: native receptor diversity is predicted by subunit composition

    Amy L. Buller;Heidi C. Larson;Benjamin E. Schneider;Jean A. Beaton

  • The Role of GABAB Receptor Activation in Absence Seizures of Lethargic (lh/lh) Mice

    David A. Hosford;Suzanne Clark;Zhen Cao;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channels are targets of alcohol action

    Joanne M. Lewohl;Walter R. Wilson;R. Dayne Mayfield;Susan J. Brozowski

  • Attenuation of hippocampal long-term potentiation by ethanol: a patch- clamp analysis of glutamatergic and GABAergic mechanisms

    RA Morrisett;HS Swartzwelder

  • Characterization of lithium potentiation of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in rats

    Richard S. Jope;Richard A. Morrisett;O.Carter Snead

  • SLC30A10 Is a Cell Surface-Localized Manganese Efflux Transporter, and Parkinsonism-Causing Mutations Block Its Intracellular Trafficking and Efflux Activity

    Dinorah Leyva-Illades;Pan Chen;Charles E. Zogzas;Steven Hutchens

  • MK-801 potently inhibits alcohol withdrawal seizures in rats

    Richard A. Morrisett;Richard A. Morrisett;Amir H. Rezvani;David Overstreet;David S. Janowsky

  • DARPP-32 and regulation of the ethanol sensitivity of NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens.

    R. E. Maldve;T. A. Zhang;K. Ferrani-Kile;S. S. Schreiber

  • Effects of drugs on the initiation and maintenance of status epilepticus induced by administration of pilocarpine to lithium-pretreated rats.

    Richard A. Morrisett;Richard S. Jope;O. Carter Snead

  • Ethanol action on dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area: interaction with intrinsic ion channels and neurotransmitter inputs.

    Hitoshi Morikawa;Richard A. Morrisett

  • GABAB-receptor-mediated inhibition of the N-methyl-D-aspartate component of synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus

    Richard A Morrisett;D. D. Mott;D. V. Lewis;H. S. Swartzwelder

  • Insulin potentiates N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activity in Xenopus oocytes and rat hippocampus

    Lifei Liu;James C. Brown;Wallace W. Webster;Richard A. Morrisett

  • Reduced sensitivity of the N-methyl-D-aspartate component of synaptic transmission to magnesium in hippocampal slices from immature rats.

    Richard A. Morrisett;Richard A. Morrisett;David D. Mott;Darrell V. Lewis;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Ethanol Enhances GABAergic Transmission Onto Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Rat

    Jonathan W. Theile;Hitoshi Morikawa;Reuben A. Gonzales;Richard A. Morrisett

  • Ifenprodil and Ethanol Enhance NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Depression

    Adam W. Hendricson;C. L. Alek Miao;Melanie J. Lippmann;Richard A. Morrisett

  • Aberrant synaptic activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors underlies ethanol withdrawal hyperexcitability.

    Adam W. Hendricson;Regina E. Maldve;Armando G. Salinas;Jonathan W. Theile

  • Prenatal exposure to ethanol decreases the sensitivity of the adult rat hippocampus to N-methyl-D-aspartate.

    Richard A. Morrisett;Richard A. Morrisett;David Martin;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson;Daniel D. Savage

  • Ethanol inhibition of NMDA mediated depolarizations is increased in the presence of Mg2

    David Martin;Richard A. Morrisett;Richard A. Morrisett;X. P. Bian;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • In Vivo Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Reverses the Polarity of Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell

    Zachary M. Jeanes;Tavanna R. Buske;Richard A. Morrisett

  • Glycine modulates ethanol inhibition of heteromeric N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    A. L. Buller;H. C. Larson;R. A. Morrisett;D. T. Monaghan

  • Biochemical evidence for enhanced sensitivity to N-methyl-D-aspartate in the hippocampal formation of kindled rats.

    Richard A. Morrisett;Caroline Chow;J. Victor Nadler;James O. McNamara

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilkie A. Wilson
Wilkie A. Wilson Duke University
James O McNamara
James O McNamara Duke University
Rueben A. Gonzales
Rueben A. Gonzales The University of Texas at Austin
Darrell V. Lewis
Darrell V. Lewis Duke University
Marisa Roberto
Marisa Roberto Scripps Research Institute
David M. Lovinger
David M. Lovinger National Institutes of Health
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin
Youssef Sari
Youssef Sari University of Toledo
David S. Janowsky
David S. Janowsky University of California, San Diego
Allen A. Fienberg
Allen A. Fienberg Rockefeller University

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