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Overview

Robert C. Ritter is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research addresses multiple intersecting fields within medicine and psychology, focusing notably on child development and mental health.

Their scholarly work includes a recent publication titled Best Practices for Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Children With Developmental Language Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, published in 2024 in Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Ritter's primary fields of study consist of:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Their subfields of study highlight a focus on:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Clinical Psychology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ritter include:

  • Geralyn Timler
  • Emily Zane
  • Alyssa L. Decker
  • Anne Stewart

Ritter's publications are primarily associated with the venue Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.

Best Publications

  • Complement Factor H Polymorphism and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Albert O. Edwards;Robert Ritter;Kenneth J. Abel;Alisa Manning

  • Glucoreceptors controlling feeding and blood glucose: location in the hindbrain

    Robert C. Ritter;Peter G. Slusser;Steven Stone

  • Gastrointestinal mechanisms of satiation for food

    Robert C Ritter

  • Cholecystokinin and leptin act synergistically to reduce body weight

    Claire A. Matson;Dana F. Reid;Todd A. Cannon;Robert C. Ritter

  • Capsaicin pretreatment attenuates suppression of food intake by cholecystokinin.

    R. C. Ritter;E. E. Ladenheim

  • Capsaicin application to central or peripheral vagal fibers attenuates CCK satiety.

    Elizabeth H. South;Robert C. Ritter;Robert C. Ritter

  • Long-term CCK-leptin synergy suggests a role for CCK in the regulation of body weight

    Claire A. Matson;Robert C. Ritter

  • Rats maintained on high-fat diets exhibit reduced satiety in response to CCK and bombesin.

    Mihai Covasa;Robert C Ritter

  • Neuroanatomy and physiology of abdominal vagal afferents

    Sue Ritter;Robert C. Ritter;Charles D. Barnes

  • Ablation of the area postrema causes exaggerated consumption of preferred foods in the rat

    Gaylen L. Edwards;Gaylen L. Edwards;Robert C. Ritter

  • Modulation of vagal afferent excitation and reduction of food intake by leptin and cholecystokinin.

    James H. Peters;Steven M. Simasko;Robert C. Ritter

  • Capsaicin attenuates suppression of sham feeding induced by intestinal nutrients

    D. P. Yox;R. C. Ritter

  • Dorsomedial hindbrain participation in cholecystokinin-induced satiety

    G. L. Edwards;E. E. Ladenheim;R. C. Ritter

  • Cholecystokinin: proofs and prospects for involvement in control of food intake and body weight.

    R.C. Ritter;M. Covasa;C.A. Matson

  • Adaptation to high-fat diet reduces inhibition of gastric emptying by CCK and intestinal oleate

    Mihai Covasa;Robert C. Ritter

  • Leptin and CCK selectively activate vagal afferent neurons innervating the stomach and duodenum.

    J. H. Peters;R. C. Ritter;S. M. Simasko

  • Leptin-induced satiation mediated by abdominal vagal afferents

    J. H. Peters;B. M. McKay;S. M. Simasko;R. C. Ritter

  • CCK-receptor antagonists attenuate suppression of sham feeding by intestinal nutrients

    D. P. Yox;L. Brenner;R. C. Ritter

  • High fat maintenance diet attenuates hindbrain neuronal response to CCK.

    Mihai Covasa;Jennifer Grahn;Robert C Ritter

  • Cooperative activation of cultured vagal afferent neurons by leptin and cholecystokinin.

    J. H. Peters;A. B. Karpiel;R. C. Ritter;S. M. Simasko

Frequent Co-Authors

Aron Weller
Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University
Peter W. Kalivas
Peter W. Kalivas Medical University of South Carolina
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Alisa K. Manning
Alisa K. Manning Harvard University
Audrey R. Tyrka
Audrey R. Tyrka Brown University
Gary A. Wayman
Gary A. Wayman Washington State University

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