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Richard B. Banati

Richard B. Banati

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
18971
World Ranking
8539
National Ranking
218

Overview

Richard B. Banati is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, particularly focusing on areas related to Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oncology.

Banati's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Several recent papers feature Banati's involvement or are linked closely with their research themes:

  • Selective, high-contrast detection of syngeneic glioblastoma in vivo, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The Translocator Protein (TSPO) in Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Immune Processes, 2020, Cells
  • Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Quantitative PET in the 2020s: a roadmap, 2020, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Control of Neuroinflammation through Radiation-Induced Microglial Changes, 2021, Cells

Frequent collaborators with Banati include researchers such as Ryan J. Middleton, Guo Jun Liu, Ian B. Hickie, Chandima Nikagolla, and Manuel B. Graeber, indicating a broad network of partnerships in the scientific community.

Banati's work appears prominently in key publication venues, which include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Cells
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Research Directions Depression

Their contributions span over 34 publications in Medicine, emphasizing the multidisciplinary nature of their research combining biological, clinical, and toxicological perspectives to explore mechanisms underlying neurological function and disease.

Best Publications

  • Cytotoxicity of microglia

    Richard B. Banati;Jochen Gehrmann;Peter Schubert;Georg W. Kreutzberg

  • In vivo imaging of microglial activation with [11C](R)-PK11195 PET in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    Alexander Gerhard;Nicola Pavese;Gary Hotton;Federico Turkheimer

  • In-vivo measurement of activated microglia in dementia

    Annachiara Cagnin;David J Brooks;Angus M Kennedy;Roger N Gunn

  • Evidence of widespread cerebral microglial activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an [11C](R)-PK11195 positron emission tomography study

    M R Turner;A Cagnin;F E Turkheimer;F E Turkheimer;Christopher Miller

  • The peripheral benzodiazepine binding site in the brain in multiple sclerosis: quantitative in vivo imaging of microglia as a measure of disease activity.

    R. B. Banati;J. Newcombe;R. N. Gunn;A. Cagnin

  • Visualising microglial activation in vivo

    Richard B. Banati

  • Glial Pathology But Absence of Apoptotic Nigral Neurons in Long-standing Parkinson's Disease

    Richard B. Banati;Susan E. Daniel;Stavia B. Blunt

  • Small animal SPECT and its place in the matrix of molecular imaging technologies.

    Steven R Meikle;Peter Kench;Michael Kassiou;Michael Kassiou;Richard B Banati

  • Recommendations for the standardisation of oxytocin nasal administration and guidelines for its reporting in human research.

    Adam J. Guastella;Ian B. Hickie;Margaret M. McGuinness;Margaret M. McGuinness;Melissa Otis;Melissa Otis

  • Effects of ionizing radiation on mitochondria

    Winnie Wai-Ying Kam;Winnie Wai-Ying Kam;Richard B. Banati

  • Evolution of microglial activation in patients after ischemic stroke: a [11C](R)-PK11195 PET study.

    Alexander Gerhard;Johannes Schwarz;Ralph Myers;Richard Wise

  • Brain microglia and blood-derived macrophages: molecular profiles and functional roles in multiple sclerosis and animal models of autoimmune demyelinating disease

    Gennadij Raivich;Richard Banati

  • Thalamic microglial activation in ischemic stroke detected in vivo by PET and [11C]PK11195

    S. Pappata;M. Levasseur;R.N. Gunn;R. Myers

  • Selective, high-contrast detection of syngeneic glioblastoma in vivo.

    Richard B. Banati;Paul Wilcox;Ran Xu;Grace Yin

  • Reactive microglia in cerebral ischaemia: an early mediator of tissue damage?

    Gehrmann J;Banati Rb;Wiessner C;Hossmann Ka

  • The 18 kDa translocator protein, microglia and neuroinflammation.

    Guo‐Jun Liu;Ryan J. Middleton;Claire R. Hatty;Winnie Wai‐Ying Kam;Winnie Wai‐Ying Kam

  • [11C](R)-PK11195 positron emission tomography imaging of activated microglia in vivo in Rasmussen's encephalitis.

    Richard B. Banati;G. W. Goerres;R. Myers;R. N. Gunn

  • Cultured microglial cells have a distinct pattern of membrane channels different from peritoneal macrophages.

    H. Kettenmann;D. Hoppe;K. Gottmann;R. Banati

  • Surveillance, intervention and cytotoxicity: is there a protective role of microglia?

    Richard B. Banati;Manuel B. Graeber

  • Cytotoxicity of microglia

    R.B. Banati;G.W. Kreutzberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg W. Kreutzberg
Georg W. Kreutzberg Max Planck Society
Federico E. Turkheimer
Federico E. Turkheimer King's College London
Michael Kassiou
Michael Kassiou University of Sydney
Terry Jones
Terry Jones University of California, Davis
Roger N. Gunn
Roger N. Gunn Imperial College London
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Alexander Gerhard
Alexander Gerhard University of Manchester
Konrad Beyreuther
Konrad Beyreuther Heidelberg University
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Colin L. Masters
Colin L. Masters University of Melbourne

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