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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Robert M. Brownstone is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within biomedical science, with a focus on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The subfields of study prominently represented in their work include cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, cognitive neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

The primary research topics covered by their publications include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Recent papers by Robert M. Brownstone highlight an array of investigations related to neural circuits, pain mechanisms, and motor function. Some of their latest works include:

  • "A central mechanism of analgesia in mice and humans lacking the sodium channel NaV1.7", 2021, Neuron
  • "Spinal premotor interneurons controlling antagonistic muscles are spatially intermingled", 2022, eLife
  • "Spinal motoneuron firing properties mature from rostral to caudal during postnatal development of the mouse", 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital application use in clinical research in pain medicine", 2022, Frontiers in Digital Health
  • "Pathophysiology of Dyt1- Tor1a dystonia in mice is mediated by spinal neural circuit dysfunction", 2023, Science Translational Medicine

Robert M. Brownstone's publication record includes frequent contributions to several key venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 14 publications
  • Neuron
  • eLife
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Frontiers in Digital Health

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Calvin C. Smith (11 joint publications)
  • Marco Beato (11 joint publications)
  • Mustafa Görkem Özyurt (10 joint publications)
  • Filipe Nascimento (8 joint publications)
  • Rémi Ronzano (4 joint publications)

Robert M. Brownstone holds the title of Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom, an acknowledgment of standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • A Cluster of Cholinergic Premotor Interneurons Modulates Mouse Locomotor Activity

    Laskaro Zagoraiou;Turgay Akay;James F. Martin;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Transmission in a locomotor-related group Ib pathway from hindlimb extensor muscles in the cat.

    J P Gossard;R M Brownstone;I Barajon;H Hultborn

  • Spinal cholinergic interneurons regulate the excitability of motoneurons during locomotion

    Gareth B. Miles;Robert Hartley;Andrew J. Todd;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Mechanical entrainment of fictive locomotion in the decerebrate cat.

    D. J. Kriellaars;R. M. Brownstone;B. R. Noga;L. M. Jordan

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat activates non-N-methyl-D-aspartate excitatory amino acid receptors and causes neurotoxicity.

    David S. K. Magnuson;Bodo E. Knudsen;Jonathan D. Geiger;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Functional Properties of Motoneurons Derived from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Gareth B. Miles;Damien C. Yohn;Hynek Wichterle;Thomas M. Jessell

  • Hyperexcitable dendrites in motoneurons and their neuromodulatory control during motor behavior.

    C.J. Heckman;Robert H. Lee;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Dendritic L-type calcium currents in mouse spinal motoneurons: implications for bistability

    K. P. Carlin;K. E. Jones;Z. Jiang;L. M. Jordan

  • Conditional rhythmicity of ventral spinal interneurons defined by expression of the Hb9 homeodomain protein.

    Jennifer M. Wilson;Robert Hartley;David J. Maxwell;Andrew J. Todd

  • An in vitro functionally mature mouse spinal cord preparation for the study of spinal motor networks

    Zhiyu Jiang;Kevin P Carlin;Robert M Brownstone

  • Mechanisms underlying the early phase of spike frequency adaptation in mouse spinal motoneurones

    G. B. Miles;Y. Dai;R. M. Brownstone

  • On the regulation of repetitive firing in lumbar motoneurones during fictive locomotion in the cat

    R. M. Brownstone;L. M. Jordan;D. J. Kriellaars;B. R. Noga

  • Strategies for delineating spinal locomotor rhythm-generating networks and the possible role of Hb9 interneurones in rhythmogenesis

    Robert M. Brownstone;Jennifer M. Wilson

  • Circuits for Grasping: Spinal dI3 Interneurons Mediate Cutaneous Control of Motor Behavior

    Tuan V. Bui;Turgay Akay;Turgay Akay;Osama Loubani;Thomas S. Hnasko

  • Reducing hardware-related complications of deep brain stimulation.

    Constantine Constantoyannis;Caglar Berk;Christopher R. Honey;Ivar Mendez

  • Heterogeneity of V2‐derived interneurons in the adult mouse spinal cord

    A. Al-Mosawie;J. M. Wilson;R. M. Brownstone

  • Target populations for first-in-human embryonic stem cell research in spinal cord injury.

    Frédéric Bretzner;Frédéric Gilbert;Françoise Baylis;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of pain: Still in the dark after 50 years.

    Melanie P. Jensen;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Mechanism for activation of locomotor centers in the spinal cord by stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region.

    Brian R. Noga;Dean J. Kriellaars;Robert M. Brownstone;Larry M. Jordan

  • Postnatal development of cholinergic synapses on mouse spinal motoneurons.

    Jennifer M. Wilson;Jeremy Rempel;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Voltage-dependent excitation of motoneurones from spinal locomotor centres in the cat.

    R. M. Brownstone;J. P. Gossard;H. Hultborn

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry M. Jordan
Larry M. Jordan University of Manitoba
Hans Hultborn
Hans Hultborn University of Copenhagen
Andrew J. Todd
Andrew J. Todd University of Glasgow
Thomas M. Jessell
Thomas M. Jessell Columbia University
Douglas G. Stuart
Douglas G. Stuart University of Arizona
John Wood
John Wood University College London
Frank Zufall
Frank Zufall Saarland University
Jonathan D. Geiger
Jonathan D. Geiger University of Manitoba
David J. Maxwell
David J. Maxwell University of Glasgow
Christopher E. Henderson
Christopher E. Henderson Biogen (United States)

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