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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society In recognition of his distinguished contributions to understanding the brain substrates of learning and memory
  • 1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1974 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard F. Thompson was affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research contributions were primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Hepatology, Genetics, and Immunology.

Their work frequently addressed topics such as Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Liver Diseases and Immunity, Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Richard F. Thompson published multiple papers, including:

  • Clinical features and natural history of 1154 Alagille syndrome patients: results from the international multicenter GALA study group (2020), Journal of Hepatology
  • Serum bile acid control in long-term maralixibat-treated patients is associated with native liver survival in children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis due to bile salt export pump deficiency (2020), Journal of Hepatology
  • AGEING COLLABORATIONS: CO-DESIGNING FUTURE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES (2022), DS 117: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022
  • THE IMPACT OF EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER ON CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (2023), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The phenotype of compound heterozygous BSEP deficiency patients is determined by the combined residual function of the two ABCB11 mutations: results from the NAPPED consortium (2020), Journal of Hepatology

They collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Irena Jankowska
  • Déirdre Kelly
  • Liting Li
  • Jian-She Wang
  • Piotr Czubkowski

Richard F. Thompson's research appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • UNC Libraries
  • DS 117: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Global Trade and Customs Journal

The scientist received multiple honors, including:

  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (2007), in recognition of distinguished contributions to understanding the brain substrates of learning and memory
  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA) (1989)
  • Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1977)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association (1974)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1970 and 1966)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1967)

Best Publications

  • Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates of behavior.

    Richard F. Thompson;William A. Spencer

  • Habituation: A dual-process theory.

    Philip M. Groves;Richard F. Thompson

  • Habituation revisited: an updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation.

    Catharine H. Rankin;Thomas Abrams;Robert J. Barry;Seema Bhatnagar

  • The neurobiology of learning and memory

    Richard F. Thompson

  • Cerebellum: essential involvement in the classically conditioned eyelid response

    David A. McCormick;Richard F. Thompson

  • Hippocampus and trace conditioning of the rabbit's classically conditioned nictitating membrane response.

    Solomon Pr;Vander Schaaf Er;Thompson Rf;Weisz Dj

  • Progesterone Receptors: Form and Function in Brain

    Roberta Diaz Brinton;Richard F. Thompson;Michael R. Foy;Michel Baudry

  • Neuronal plasticity in the limbic system during classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. I. The hippocampus

    Theodore W. Berger;Richard F. Thompson

  • Neural substrates of eyeblink conditioning: acquisition and retention.

    Kimberly M. Christian;Richard F. Thompson

  • Neuronal substrate of classical conditioning in the hippocampus.

    Theodore W. Berger;Bradley Alger;Richard F. Thompson

  • 17beta-estradiol enhances NMDA receptor-mediated EPSPs and long-term potentiation.

    M. R. Foy;J. Xu;X. Xie;R. D. Brinton

  • Neuronal responses of the rabbit cerebellum during acquisition and performance of a classically conditioned nictitating membrane-eyelid response.

    DA McCormick;RF Thompson

  • Localization of a memory trace in the mammalian brain

    David J. Krupa;Judith K. Thompson;Richard F. Thompson

  • Hippocampectomy impairs the memory of recently, but not remotely, acquired trace eyeblink conditioned responses.

    Jeansok J. Kim;Robert E. Clark;Richard F. Thompson

  • The search for the engram

    Richard F. Thompson

  • ORGANIZATION OF MEMORY TRACES IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN

    Richard F. Thompson;David J. Krupa

  • Importance of the Intracellular Domain of NR2 Subunits for NMDA Receptor Function In Vivo

    Rolf Sprengel;Bettina Suchanek;Carla Amico;Rossella Brusa

  • Behavioral stress impairs long-term potentiation in rodent hippocampus

    Michael R. Foy;Mark E. Stanton;Seymour Levine;Richard F. Thompson

  • Inescapable versus escapable shock modulates long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus.

    Tracey J. Shors;Thomas B. Seib;Seymour Levine;Richard F. Thompson

  • Behavioral stress modifies hippocampal plasticity through N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation

    Jeansok J. Kim;Michael R. Foy;Richard F. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Lavond
David G. Lavond University of Southern California
Michel Baudry
Michel Baudry Western University of Health Sciences
Jeansok J. Kim
Jeansok J. Kim University of Washington
Theodore W. Berger
Theodore W. Berger University of Southern California
Tracey J. Shors
Tracey J. Shors Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Lu Chen
Lu Chen Stanford University
Joseph E. Steinmetz
Joseph E. Steinmetz The Ohio State University
Shaowen Bao
Shaowen Bao University of Arizona
Roberta Diaz Brinton
Roberta Diaz Brinton University of Arizona

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