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Richard L. Hauger is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and molecular biology, focusing on genetics, epidemiology, psychiatry, and related biomedical disciplines.

The primary fields of study for Hauger include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in several subfields such as Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a broad spectrum of topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Richard L. Hauger has authored or contributed to several recent papers, demonstrating a focus on pharmacology, cognitive decline, kidney injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. Notable recent publications include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors, 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • MRI-assessed locus coeruleus integrity is heritable and associated with multiple cognitive domains, mild cognitive impairment, and daytime dysfunction, 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • APOL1 Risk Variants, Acute Kidney Injury, and Death in Participants With African Ancestry Hospitalized With COVID-19 From the Million Veteran Program, 2022, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • African ancestry GWAS of dementia in a large military cohort identifies significant risk loci, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Matthew S. Panizzon, Julie A. Lynch, Mark W. Logue, Meghana S. Pagadala, and Hannah Carter, with collaboration counts ranging from 22 to 46 joint works.

Publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Best Publications

  • Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Mony de Leon;Susan de Santi;Antonio Convit

  • The CRF peptide family and their receptors: yet more partners discovered.

    Frank M. Dautzenberg;Richard L Hauger

  • Working memory is more sensitive than declarative memory to the acute effects of corticosteroids: a dose-response study in humans.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Christian J. Gillin;Richard L. Hauger

  • Genetic variation in human NPY expression affects stress response and emotion

    Zhifeng Zhou;Guanshan Zhu;Guanshan Zhu;Ahmad R. Hariri;Mary Anne Enoch

  • Effects of sleep and sleep deprivation on interleukin-6, growth hormone, cortisol, and melatonin levels in humans.

    Laura Redwine;Richard L. Hauger;J. Christian Gillin;Michael Irwin

  • Stress-induced declarative memory impairment in healthy elderly subjects: relationship to cortisol reactivity.

    S. J. Lupien;S. J. Lupien;S. Gaudreau;B. M. Tchiteya;F. Maheu

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Vasopressin Levels: Correlates With Aggression and Serotonin Function in Personality-Disordered Subjects

    Emil F. Coccaro;Richard J. Kavoussi;Richard L. Hauger;Thomas B. Cooper

  • Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptor Signaling in the Central Nervous System: New Molecular Targets

    Richard L. Hauger;Victoria Risbrough;Olaf Brauns;Frank M. Dautzenberg

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXXVI. Current Status of the Nomenclature for Receptors for Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Their Ligands

    Richard L. Hauger;Dimitri E. Grigoriadis;Mary F. Dallman;Paul M. Plotsky

  • Plasma neuropeptide-Y concentrations in humans exposed to military survival training.

    Charles A Morgan;Sheila Wang;Steven M Southwick;Ann Rasmusson

  • A new concept for control of the estrous cycle of the ewe based on the temporal relationships between luteinizing hormone estradiol and progesterone in peripheral serum and evidence that progesterone inhibits tonic LH secretion.

    Richard L. Hauger;Fred J. Karsch;Douglas L. Foster

  • Neuropeptide-Y, cortisol, and subjective distress in humans exposed to acute stress: replication and extension of previous report.

    Charles A Morgan;Ann M Rasmusson;Sheila Wang;Gary Hoyt

  • Chronic life stress alters sympathetic, neuroendocrine, and immune responsivity to an acute psychological stressor in humans

    Jennifer L. Pike;Tom L. Smith;Richard L. Hauger;Perry M. Nicassio

  • Low baseline and yohimbine-stimulated plasma neuropeptide Y (NPY) levels in combat-related PTSD

    Ann M Rasmusson;Richard L Hauger;Charles A Morgan;J.Douglas Bremner

  • Prevalence and distinct correlates of anxiety, substance, and combined comorbidity in a multi-site public sector sample with bipolar disorder.

    Mark S. Bauer;Lori Altshuler;Denise R. Evans;Thomas Beresford

  • Neuropeptide Y and natural killer cell activity: findings in depression and Alzheimer caregiver stress.

    Michael Irwin;Marvin Brown;Thomas Patterson;Richard Hauger

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors and pituitary adrenal responses during immobilization stress

    Richard L. Hauger;Monica A. Millan;Marge Lorang;James P. Harwood

  • Longitudinal analysis of multiple indicators of health decline among spousal caregivers.

    William S. Shaw;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson;Shirley J. Semple;Shirley J. Semple;Sandy Ho;Sandy Ho

  • CRF receptor regulation and sensitization of ACTH responses to acute ether stress during chronic intermittent immobilization stress.

    Richard L. Hauger;Marge Lorang;Michael Irwin;Greti Aguilera

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego
Carol E. Franz
Carol E. Franz University of California, San Diego
Matthew S. Panizzon
Matthew S. Panizzon University of California, San Diego
Michael J. Lyons
Michael J. Lyons Boston University
Michael R. Irwin
Michael R. Irwin University of California, Los Angeles
Hong Xian
Hong Xian Saint Louis University
Kristen C. Jacobson
Kristen C. Jacobson University of Chicago
Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
Sonia J. Lupien
Sonia J. Lupien University of Montreal
Greti Aguilera
Greti Aguilera National Institutes of Health

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