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Overview

Richard B. Buxton is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study primarily focused on neuroscience, with significant contributions also in arts and humanities, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specialized subfields explored by Buxton include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The core topics within their research portfolio feature:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Medieval Literature and History

Richard B. Buxton has authored several papers, most recently published through bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and the journal Gnomon. Selected recent publications include:

  • Microscopic Quantification of Oxygen Consumption across Cortical Layers, 2021, bioRxiv
  • Thermodynamic limitations on brain oxygen metabolism: physiological implications, 2023, bioRxiv
  • Metabolic energetics underlying attractors in neural models, 2023, bioRxiv
  • Daniel Ogden: The Werewolf in the Ancient World., 2023, Gnomon

Their coauthors include Mercedes Aguirre, Philipp Mächler, Natalie Fomin-Thunemann, Martin Thunemann, and Marte J. Sætra, reflecting collaboration across neuroscience and related disciplines.

Buxton has contributed to book publications as well, notably with Oxford University Press where they published a work titled Cyclops in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of blood flow and oxygenation changes during brain activation: the balloon model.

    Richard B. Buxton;Eric C. Wong;Lawrence R. Frank

  • A general kinetic model for quantitative perfusion imaging with arterial spin labeling

    Richard B. Buxton;Richard B. Buxton;Lawrence R. Frank;Eric C. Wong;Bettina Siewert

  • Modeling the hemodynamic response to brain activation.

    Richard B. Buxton;Kâmil Uludağ;David J. Dubowitz;Thomas T. Liu

  • Involvement of striate and extrastriate visual cortical areas in spatial attention.

    A. Martínez;L. Anllo-Vento;M. I. Sereno;L. R. Frank

  • A Model for the Coupling Between Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism During Neural Stimulation

    Richard B. Buxton;Lawrence R. Frank

  • A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease

    Scott A. Small;Scott A. Schobel;Richard B. Buxton;Menno P. Witter

  • Attentional activation of the cerebellum independent of motor involvement

    Greg Allen;Richard B. Buxton;Eric C. Wong;Eric Courchesne

  • Quantitative imaging of perfusion using a single subtraction (QUIPSS and QUIPSS II)

    Eric C. Wong;Richard B. Buxton;Lawrence R. Frank

  • Dynamic imaging with lanthanide chelates in normal brain: contrast due to magnetic susceptibility effects.

    A. Villringer;B. R. Rosen;J. W. Belliveau;J. L. Ackerman

  • Implementation of quantitative perfusion imaging techniques for functional brain mapping using pulsed arterial spin labeling.

    Eric C. Wong;Richard B. Buxton;Lawrence R. Frank

  • Altered brain response to verbal learning following sleep deprivation

    Sean P. A. Drummond;Gregory G. Brown;Gregory G. Brown;J. Christian Gillin;J. Christian Gillin;John L. Stricker

  • Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Techniques

    Richard B. Buxton

  • MR Contrast Due to Microscopically Heterogeneous Magnetic Susceptibility: Numerical Simulations and Applications to Cerebral Physiology

    C R Fisel;J L Ackerman;R B Buxton;L Garrido

  • The physics of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

    Richard B Buxton

  • Biophysical Bases of Elasticity Imaging

    A. P. Sarvazyan;A. R. Skovoroda;S. Y. Emelianov;S. Y. Emelianov;J. B. Fowlkes

  • Putting spatial attention on the map: Timing and localization of stimulus selection processes in striate and extrastriate visual areas

    Antı́gona Martı́nez;Francesco DiRusso;Lourdes Anllo-Vento;Martin I Sereno

  • MR diffusion imaging of cerebral infarction in humans.

    D Chien;K K Kwong;D R Gress;F S Buonanno

  • Sleep deprivation-induced reduction in cortical functional response to serial subtraction.

    Sean Drummond;Gregory Brown;John Stricker;Richard Buxton

  • Detection power, estimation efficiency, and predictability in event-related fMRI.

    Thomas T. Liu;Lawrence R. Frank;Lawrence R. Frank;Eric C. Wong;Richard B. Buxton

  • A theoretical and experimental comparison of continuous and pulsed arterial spin labeling techniques for quantitative perfusion imaging.

    Eric C. Wong;Richard B. Buxton;Lawrence R. Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Devor
Anna Devor Boston University
Thomas T. Liu
Thomas T. Liu University of California, San Diego
Bruce R. Rosen
Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
David A. Boas
David A. Boas Boston University
Thomas J. Brady
Thomas J. Brady Harvard University
Gregory G. Brown
Gregory G. Brown University of California, San Diego
Nathaniel M. Alpert
Nathaniel M. Alpert Harvard University
Antigona Martinez
Antigona Martinez Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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