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Robert E.W. Fyffe is affiliated with Wright State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as neuroscience. Subfields of their study include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics within their area of expertise, notably:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research
  • Protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling

Fyffe's recent publications include two papers:

  • "Location, location, location: the organization and roles of potassium channels in mammalian motoneurons," 2021, published in The Journal of Physiology
  • "Another novel non-conducting functional role for Kv2 channels - regulation of calcium signaling," 2022, published in Cell Calcium

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Fyffe include:

  • Adam S. Deardorff
  • Shannon H. Romer

The most common venues for Fyffe's published work are The Journal of Physiology and Cell Calcium, each hosting at least one of their publications.

Best Publications

  • A functional role for the two-pore domain potassium channel TASK-1 in cerebellar granule neurons.

    Julie A. Millar;Lynne Barratt;Andrew P. Southan;Karen M. Page

  • Direct observations on the contacts made between Ia afferent fibres and alpha‐motoneurones in the cat's lumbosacral spinal cord.

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  • Is ATP a central synaptic mediator for certain primary afferent fibers from mammalian skin

    Robert E. W. Fyffe;Edward R. Perl

  • The continuing case for the Renshaw cell.

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Robert E. W. Fyffe

  • Cell-type specific organization of glycine receptor clusters in the mammalian spinal cord

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Dianne E. Dewey;Deborah A. Harrington;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  • Distribution of 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive boutons on alpha-motoneurons in the lumbar spinal cord of adult cats.

    Francisco J. Alvarez;John C. Pearson;Deborah Harrington;Dianne E. Dewey

  • Focal aggregation of voltage-gated, Kv2.1 subunit-containing, potassium channels at synaptic sites in rat spinal motoneurones.

    Elizabeth A. L. Muennich;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  • Stathmin-deficient mice develop an age-dependent axonopathy of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

    Wolfgang Liedtke;Elizabeth E. Leman;Robert E.W. Fyffe;Cedric S. Raine

  • The ultrastructure of group Ia afferent fiber synapses in the lumbosacral spinal cord of the cat

    R.E.W. Fyffe;A.R. Light

  • Diversity of structure and function at mammalian central synapses

    Bruce Walmsley;Francisco J. Alvarez;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  • Form and function of dorsal horn neurones with axons ascending the dorsal columns in cat.

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  • The morphology of group Ia afferent fibre collaterals in the spinal cord of the cat.

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  • Topographic organization in the auditory brainstem of juvenile mice is disrupted in congenital deafness.

    Richardson N. Leao;Hong Sun;Katarina Svahn;Amy Berntson

  • The density, distribution and topographical organization of spinocervical tract neurones in the cat

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  • Distribution of Cholinergic Contacts on Renshaw Cells in the Rat Spinal Cord: A Light Microscopic Study

    Francisco J. Alvarez;D. E. Dewey;P. McMillin;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  • Calbindin D28k expression in immunohistochemically identified Renshaw cells.

    Patrick A. Carr;Francisco J. Alvarez;Elizabeth E. Leman;Robert E. W. Fyffe

  • Distribution of Immunoreactivity for the β 2 and β 3 Subunits of the GABA A Receptor in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Francisco J. Alvarez;Bonnie Taylor-Blake;Robert E.W. Fyffe;Angel L. De Blas

  • Expression of postsynaptic Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) channels at C-bouton synapses in mammalian lumbar α-motoneurons

    Adam S. Deardorff;Shannon H. Romer;Zhihui Deng;Katie L. Bullinger

  • Recurrent inhibition of cat phrenic motoneurons.

    J. Lipski;R. E. W. Fyffe;J. Jodkowski

  • Monoclonal antiphosphatidylserine antibodies react directly with feline and murine central nervous system.

    M. Kent;Francisco J. Alvarez;E. Vogt;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  • Intracellular staining study of the feline cuneate nucleus. I. Terminal patterns of primary afferent fibers

    R. E. W. Fyffe;S. S. Cheema;A. Rustioni

  • Nociceptors for the 21st Century

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Robert E. W. Fyffe

  • The Cav2.1/alpha1A (P/Q-type) voltage-dependent calcium channel mediates inhibitory neurotransmission onto mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    Gary J. Stephens;Neil P. Morris;Robert E.W. Fyffe;Brian Robertson

  • Ultrastructure of hair follicle afferent fibre terminations in the spinal cord of the cat.

    D. J. Maxwell;B. A. Bannatyne;R. E. W. Fyffe;A. G. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Alvarez
Francisco J. Alvarez Emory University
Timothy C. Cope
Timothy C. Cope Georgia Institute of Technology
Brian D. Robertson
Brian D. Robertson Imperial College London
Edward R. Perl
Edward R. Perl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew Forge
Andrew Forge University College London
Maureen A. Sartor
Maureen A. Sartor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rita J. Balice-Gordon
Rita J. Balice-Gordon University of Pennsylvania
Angel L. De Blas
Angel L. De Blas University of Connecticut
Alan R. Light
Alan R. Light University of Utah

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