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85
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3201
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1619

Overview

Richard M. Eglen is affiliated with Corning in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with specific expertise in receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Their scholarly work spans molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience subfields. Eglen's research addresses topics including receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, and the influence of neurotransmitter receptors on behavior.

Frequent co-authors collaborating on their research include N.J.M. Birdsall, Sophie J. Bradley, David A. Brown, Noel J. Buckley, and R. A. John Challiss.

Eglen's research has been published predominantly in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, contributing seven publications to this venue.

  • 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1 (2023), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Acetylcholine receptors (muscarinic) in GtoPdb v.2023.1 (2023), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Acetylcholine receptors (muscarinic) in GtoPdb v.2021.2 (2021), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Acetylcholine receptors (muscarinic) in GtoPdb v.2021.3 (2021), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.1 (2025), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Best Publications

  • Muscarinic receptor subtypes and smooth muscle function

    Eglen Rm;Hegde Ss;Watson N

  • Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: mutant mice provide new insights for drug development.

    Jürgen Wess;Richard M. Eglen;Dinesh Gautam

  • Distribution of the Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Sodium Channel PN3 in Rat Sensory Neurons in Normal and Neuropathic Conditions

    Sanja D. Novakovic;Elda Tzoumaka;Joseph G. McGivern;Miki Haraguchi

  • Structure and Function of a Novel Voltage-gated, Tetrodotoxin-resistant Sodium Channel Specific to Sensory Neurons (∗)

    Lakshmi Sangameswaran;Stephen G. Delgado;Linda M. Fish;Bruce D. Koch

  • A Comparison of the Potential Role of the Tetrodotoxin-Insensitive Sodium Channels, PN3/SNS and NaN/SNS2, in Rat Models of Chronic Pain

    Frank Porreca;Josephine Lai;D. I. Bian;Sandra Wegert

  • The pharmacology and distribution of human 5-hydroxytryptamine2B (5-HT2b) receptor gene products: comparison with 5-HT2a and 5-HT2c receptors

    D. W. Bonhaus;C. Bach;A. Desouza;F. H. R. Salazar

  • Functional role of M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors in the urinary bladder of rats in vitro and in vivo

    S. S. Hegde;A. Choppin;D. Bonhaus;S. Briaud

  • Assessment of the role of α2‐adrenoceptor subtypes in the antinociceptive, sedative and hypothermic action of dexmedetomidine in transgenic mice

    J. C. Hunter;D. J. Fontana;L. R. Hedley;J. R. Jasper

  • RS-102221: a novel high affinity and selective, 5-HT2C receptor antagonist.

    D.W Bonhaus;K.K Weinhardt;M Taylor;A Desouza

  • 'Seeing through a glass darkly': casting light on imidazoline 'I' sites.

    Richard M. Eglen;Alan L. Hudson;David A. Kendall;David J. Nutt

  • Central 5-HT4 receptors

    Richard M. Eglen;Erik H.F. Wong;Aline Dumuis;Joël Bockaert

  • Characterization and distribution of putative 5-ht7 receptors in guinea-pig brain.

    Z.P. To;D.W. Bonhaus;R.M. Eglen;L.B. Jakeman

  • Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in smooth muscle.

    R. M. Eglen;H. Reddy;N. Watson;R. A. J. Challiss

  • A Novel Tetrodotoxin-sensitive, Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Expressed in Rat and Human Dorsal Root Ganglia

    Lakshmi Sangameswaran;Linda M. Fish;Bruce D. Koch;Douglas K. Rabert

  • Immunocytochemical localization of P2X3 purinoceptors in sensory neurons in naive rats and following neuropathic injury.

    Sanja D. Novakovic;Laura C. Kassotakis;Ian B. Oglesby;Jan A.M. Smith

  • Muscarinic receptor subtypes modulating smooth muscle contractility in the urinary bladder

    Sharath S. Hegde;Richard M. Eglen

  • The role of IP prostanoid receptors in inflammatory pain

    Keith R. Bley;John C. Hunter;Richard M. Eglen;Jacqueline A. M. Smith

  • Therapeutic opportunities from muscarinic receptor research

    Richard M. Eglen;Agnes Choppin;Nikki Watson

  • Cloning and Expression of a 5‐Hydroxytryptamine7 Receptor Positively Coupled to Adenylyl Cyclase

    Ann-ping Tsou;Alan Kosaka;Chinh Bach;Patti Zuppan

  • The 5-HT7 receptor: orphan found

    Richard M. Eglen;Jeffrey R. Jasper;David J. Chang;Graeme R. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Loeb
Mark Loeb McMaster University
George Howard
George Howard University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Leena Mykkänen
Leena Mykkänen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Noel G. Morgan
Noel G. Morgan University of Exeter
Daniel Hoyer
Daniel Hoyer University of Melbourne
Joël Bockaert
Joël Bockaert University of Montpellier
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Hans Eiberg
Hans Eiberg University of Copenhagen
Timothy J. Aitman
Timothy J. Aitman University of Edinburgh

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