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Robert C. Foehring is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their research focuses on areas spanning Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The primary topics covered in their work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Ion channel regulation and function, and Neural dynamics and brain function. This reflects a specialized interest in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neural activity and brain processes.

Foehring has contributed to the body of scientific literature with publications including the 2021 paper titled "Kv2.1 Potassium Channels Regulate Repetitive Burst Firing in Extratelencephalic Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons", which appeared in the journal Cerebral Cortex. This work explores ion channel regulation and its impact on neural firing patterns.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Greg S Newkirk
  • Dongxu Guan
  • Nikolai Dembrow
  • William E. Armstrong
  • William J. Spain

Publication venues where Foehring's work has appeared prominently include:

  • Cerebral Cortex

Their research intersects detailed molecular biology insights with broader cognitive neuroscience questions, contributing to multiple fields through a cross-disciplinary approach. The focus on ion channel function and neural dynamics positions their work within a niche essential for understanding brain excitability and signal processing at the cellular level.

Best Publications

  • Multiple potassium conductances and their functions in neurons from cat sensorimotor cortex in vitro

    P. C. Schwindt;W. J. Spain;R. C. Foehring;C. E. Stafstrom

  • Slow conductances in neurons from cat sensorimotor cortex in vitro and their role in slow excitability changes

    P. C. Schwindt;W. J. Spain;R. C. Foehring;M. C. Chubb

  • Norepinephrine selectively reduces slow Ca2+- and Na+-mediated K+ currents in cat neocortical neurons

    R. C. Foehring;P. C. Schwindt;W. E. Crill

  • Relationship between repetitive firing and afterhyperpolarizations in human neocortical neurons.

    N. M. Lorenzon;Robert Foehring

  • Characterization of pharmacologically identified voltage-gated calcium channel currents in acutely isolated rat neocortical neurons. I. Adult neurons

    N. M. Lorenzon;Robert Foehring

  • Endogenous Calcium Buffering Capacity of Substantia Nigral Dopamine Neurons

    Robert Foehring;X. F. Zhang;J. C.F. Lee;J. C. Callaway

  • Relationships between intracellular calcium and afterhyperpolarizations in neocortical pyramidal neurons.

    H. J. Abel;J. C.F. Lee;J. C. Callaway;Robert Foehring

  • Properties of self-reinnervated motor units of medial gastrocnemius of cat. II. Axotomized motoneurons and time course of recovery.

    R. C. Foehring;G. W. Sypert;J. B. Munson

  • Correlation of physiologically and morphologically identified neuronal types in human association cortex in vitro.

    Robert Foehring;N. M. Lorenzon;P. Herron;C. J. Wilson

  • Specificity in the interaction of HVA Ca2+ channel types with Ca2+-dependent AHPs and firing behavior in neocortical pyramidal neurons.

    Juan Carlos Pineda;Robert S. Waters;Robert C. Foehring

  • Functional Roles of Kv1 Channels in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

    Dongxu Guan;Jonathan cf Lee;Matthew h Higgs;William J. Spain

  • The calcium-activated slow AHP: cutting through the Gordian knot

    Rodrigo Andrade;Robert Charles Foehring;Anastasios Tzingounis

  • Plasticity of medial gastrocnemius motor units following cordotomy in the cat

    J. B. Munson;R. C. Foehring;S. A. Lofton;J. E. Zengel

  • Kv2 subunits underlie slowly inactivating potassium current in rat neocortical pyramidal neurons

    Dongxu Guan;T. Tkatch;D. J. Surmeier;William Armstrong

  • Developmental regulation of a slowly-inactivating potassium conductance in rat neostriatal neurons.

    D.James Surmeier;Alessandro Stefani;Robert C. Foehring;S.T. Kitai

  • Pharmacological dissection of high-voltage-activated Ca2+ current types in acutely dissociated rat supraoptic magnocellular neurons.

    Robert Foehring;William Armstrong

  • Properties of self-reinnervated motor units of medial gastrocnemius of cat. I. Long-term reinnervation.

    R. C. Foehring;G. W. Sypert;J. B. Munson

  • Distinct Cell- and Layer-Specific Expression Patterns and Independent Regulation of Kv2 Channel Subtypes in Cortical Pyramidal Neurons

    Hannah I. Bishop;Dongxu Guan;Elke Bocksteins;Laxmi Kumar Parajuli

  • Motor-unit properties following cross-reinnervation of cat lateral gastrocnemius and soleus muscles with medial gastrocnemius nerve. II. Influence of muscle on motoneurons.

    Robert Foehring;G. W. Sypert;J. B. Munson

  • Properties of Q-type calcium channels in neostriatal and cortical neurons are correlated with β subunit expression

    Paul G. Mermelstein;Paul G. Mermelstein;Robert C. Foehring;Tatiana Tkatch;Wen Jie Song;Wen Jie Song

  • Voltage-gated potassium currents in acutely dissociated rat cortical neurons

    Robert Foehring;D. J. Surmeier

  • Expression and biophysical properties of Kv1 channels in supragranular neocortical pyramidal neurones

    Dongxu Guan;J. C F Lee;T. Tkatch;D. J. Surmeier

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Armstrong
William E. Armstrong University of Tennessee Health Science Center
John B. Munson
John B. Munson University of Florida
William J. Spain
William J. Spain University of Washington
Wayne E. Crill
Wayne E. Crill University of Washington
D. James Surmeier
D. James Surmeier Northwestern University
Peter C. Schwindt
Peter C. Schwindt University of Washington
Charles J. Wilson
Charles J. Wilson The University of Texas at San Antonio
Rodrigo Andrade
Rodrigo Andrade Wayne State University
Tatiana Tkatch
Tatiana Tkatch Northwestern University
Elvira Galarraga
Elvira Galarraga National Autonomous University of Mexico

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