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D-Index
75
Citations
29182
World Ranking
5215
National Ranking
2479

Overview

Robert C. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cancer Research, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientific topics covered by their work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Noise Effects and Management, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, and RNA Regulation and Disease.

Thompson has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, including:

  • Single-Cell Analysis of the Gene Expression Effects of Developmental Lead (Pb) Exposure on the Mouse Hippocampus, 2020, Toxicological Sciences
  • Combined microRNA and mRNA detection in mammalian retinas by in situ hybridization chain reaction, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genetic Liability for Internalizing Versus Externalizing Behavior Manifests in the Developing and Adult Hippocampus: Insight From a Meta-analysis of Transcriptional Profiling Studies in a Selectively Bred Rat Model, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Policy Brief: The global plastics treaty: What is the role of bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic and bioplastic? (possible core obligation 8), 2023, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Developmental Programming: Prenatal Testosterone Excess on Liver and Muscle Coding and Noncoding RNA in Female Sheep, 2021, Endocrinology

The venues in which Thompson frequently publishes include Toxicological Sciences, Scientific Reports, Endocrinology, Biological Psychiatry, and Translational Psychiatry.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thompson include Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Kelly M. Bakulski, and John Dou, demonstrating sustained collaborative research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist activity of a human interleukin-1 inhibitor

    Charles H. Hannum;Carol J. Wilcox;William P. Arend;Fenneke G. Joslin

  • Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of a human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

    Stephen P. Eisenberg;Ron J. Evans;William P. Arend;Evie Verderber

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist reduces mortality from endotoxin shock.

    Kjell Ohlsson;Peter Björk;Magnus Bergenfeldt;Robert Hageman

  • Mu, Delta, and Kappa Opioid Receptor mRNA Expression in the Rat CNS: An In Situ Hybridization Study

    Alfred Mansour;Charles A. Fox;Sharon Burke;Fan Meng

  • Biological properties of recombinant human monocyte-derived interleukin 1 receptor antagonist.

    William P. Arend;Howard G. Welgus;Robert C. Thompson;Stephen P. Eisenberg

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Isolation, properties, and complete amino acid sequence of human secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, a potent inhibitor of leukocyte elastase

    Robert C. Thompson;Kjell Ohlsson

  • Interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist binds to the 80-kDa IL-1 receptor but does not initiate IL-1 signal transduction.

    D J Dripps;B J Brandhuber;R C Thompson;S P Eisenberg

  • Cloning and pharmacological characterization of a rat kappa opioid receptor.

    Fan Meng;Guo-Xi Xie;Robert C. Thompson;Alfred Mansour

  • Cloning and pharmacological characterization of a rat μ opioid receptor

    Robert C. Thompson;Alfred Mansour;Huda Akil;Stanley J. Watson

  • Evidence for hippocampal regulation of neuroendocrine neurons of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis

    J. P. Herman;M.-K.-H. Schafer;E. A. Young;R. Thompson

  • Dysregulation of the fibroblast growth factor system in major depression

    S. J. Evans;Prabhakara V Choudary;C. R. Neal;J. Z. Li

  • Evidence for GnRH regulation by leptin: leptin administration prevents reduced pulsatile LH secretion during fasting.

    Shoji Nagatani;Padma Guthikonda;Robert C. Thompson;Hiroko Tsukamura

  • A second tumor necrosis factor receptor gene product can shed a naturally occurring tumor necrosis factor inhibitor.

    Tadahiko Kohno;Michael T. Brewer;Susan L. Baker;Phillip E. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan F. Schatzberg
Alan F. Schatzberg Stanford University
William E. Bunney
William E. Bunney University of California, Irvine
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jun Li
Jun Li University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Jack D. Barchas
Jack D. Barchas Cornell University
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School

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