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Robert G. Shulman

Robert G. Shulman

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Medicine

D-Index
111
Citations
40485
World Ranking
5377
National Ranking
2901

Overview

Robert G. Shulman is affiliated with Yale University in the United States, where their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Aging, Cancer Research, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Spectroscopy.

Their research covers a range of topics, with notable emphasis on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, as well as Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research. These include:

  • The impact of metabolism on the adaptation of organisms to environmental change, 2023, published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Gene expression regulates metabolite homeostasis during the Crabtree effect: Implications for the adaptation and evolution of Metabolism, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Two transition states of the glycogen shunt and two steady states of gene expression support metabolic flexibility and the Warburg effect in cancer, 2021, published in Neoplasia
  • The early days of ex vivo 1H, 13C, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance in the laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Shulman from 1975 to 1995, 2022, published in NMR in Biomedicine

Robert G. Shulman has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Douglas L. Rothman
  • Peter B. Moore
  • Stephen C. Stearns
  • Mark R. Shulman
  • Kevin L. Behar

The scientist's research findings have been published in a number of venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Neoplasia
  • NMR in Biomedicine

Best Publications

  • Quantitation of Muscle Glycogen Synthesis in Normal Subjects and Subjects with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Gerald I. Shulman;Douglas L. Rothman;Thomas Jue;Peter Stein

  • Stoichiometric coupling of brain glucose metabolism and glutamatergic neuronal activity

    Nicola R. Sibson;Ajay Dhankhar;Graeme F. Mason;Douglas L. Rothman

  • Increased rate of gluconeogenesis in type II diabetes mellitus. A 13C nuclear magnetic resonance study.

    I Magnusson;D L Rothman;L D Katz;R G Shulman

  • Lactate rise detected by 1H NMR in human visual cortex during physiologic stimulation.

    James Prichard;Douglas Rothman;Edward Novotny;Ognen Petroff

  • Energetic basis of brain activity: implications for neuroimaging

    Robert G Shulman;Douglas L Rothman;Kevin L Behar;Fahmeed Hyder

  • Quantitation of hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis in fasting humans with 13C NMR

    Douglas L. Rothman;Inger Magnusson;Lee D. Katz;Robert G. Shulman

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of human prefrontal cortex activation during a spatial working memory task

    Gregory McCarthy;Andrew M. Blamire;Aina Puce;Anna C. Nobre

  • Cerebral intracellular pH by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    O. A.C. Petroff;J. W. Prichard;K. L. Behar;J. R. Alger

  • Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR.

    Jun Shen;Kitt F. Petersen;Kevin L. Behar;Peter Brown

  • Echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging studies of frontal cortex activation during word generation in humans

    Gregory McCarthy;Andrew M. Blamire;Douglas L. Rothman;Rolf Gruetter

  • Dynamic mapping of the human visual cortex by high-speed magnetic resonance imaging

    A M Blamire;S Ogawa;K Ugurbil;D Rothman

  • Neuronal–Glial Glucose Oxidation and Glutamatergic–GABAergic Function

    Fahmeed Hyder;Anant B Patel;Albert Gjedde;Douglas L Rothman

  • Cerebral energetics and the glycogen shunt: neurochemical basis of functional imaging.

    Robert G. Shulman;Fahmeed Hyder;Douglas L. Rothman

  • Decreased muscle glucose transport/phosphorylation is an early defect in the pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    D L Rothman;I Magnusson;G Cline;D Gerard

  • In vivo NMR Studies of the Glutamate Neurotransmitter Flux and Neuroenergetics: Implications for Brain Function

    Douglas L Rothman;Kevin L Behar;Fahmeed Hyder;Robert G Shulman

  • 31P nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of muscle glucose-6-phosphate. Evidence for reduced insulin-dependent muscle glucose transport or phosphorylation activity in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    D L Rothman;R G Shulman;G I Shulman

  • High-resolution 1H nuclear magnetic resonance study of cerebral hypoxia in vivo

    K. L. Behar;J. A. den Hollander;M. E. Stromski;T. Ogino

  • Cellular applications of 31P and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance

    RG Shulman;TR Brown;K Ugurbil;S Ogawa

  • Cerebral energetics and spiking frequency: The neurophysiological basis of fMRI

    Arien J. Smith;Hal Blumenfeld;Kevin L. Behar;Douglas L. Rothman

  • In vivo 13C NMR measurements of cerebral glutamine synthesis as evidence for glutamate-glutamine cycling.

    N. R. Sibson;A. Dhankhar;G. F. Mason;K. L. Behar

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas L. Rothman
Douglas L. Rothman Yale University
Kevin L. Behar
Kevin L. Behar Yale University
Fahmeed Hyder
Fahmeed Hyder Yale University
Gerald I. Shulman
Gerald I. Shulman Yale University
James W. Prichard
James W. Prichard Yale University
Graeme F. Mason
Graeme F. Mason Yale University
Ognen A. C. Petroff
Ognen A. C. Petroff Yale University
Edward J. Novotny
Edward J. Novotny University of Washington
Andrew M. Blamire
Andrew M. Blamire Newcastle University
Jeffry R. Alger
Jeffry R. Alger University of California, Los Angeles

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