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  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert S. Sloviter is a researcher affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their work is primarily situated in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions spanning Psychiatry and Mental Health, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The topics central to Sloviter's research include epilepsy research and treatment, infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis, as well as metabolism and genetic disorders. These focus areas frame much of their scholarly output and scientific inquiry.

Sloviter has contributed to the academic community through publications in reputable venues such as the Journal of Neurology. One recent paper, titled Retrospective discrimination of PNES and epileptic seizure types using blood RNA signatures, was published in 2025 in the Journal of Neurology.

Collaborations feature prominently in Sloviter's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Katie L. Bullinger
  • Monica B. Dhakar
  • Andrea Pearson
  • Argyle V. Bumanglag
  • Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven

The scientist has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), achieved in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Dentate Granule Cell Neurogenesis Is Increased by Seizures and Contributes to Aberrant Network Reorganization in the Adult Rat Hippocampus

    Jack M. Parent;Timothy W. Yu;Rebecca T. Leibowitz;Daniel H. Geschwind

  • Synaptic Activity Regulates Interstitial Fluid Amyloid-β Levels In Vivo

    John R. Cirrito;Kelvin A. Yamada;Mary Beth Finn;Robert S. Sloviter

  • Decreased hippocampal inhibition and a selective loss of interneurons in experimental epilepsy.

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Calcium-binding protein (calbindin-D28k) and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry: localization in the rat hippocampus with specific reference to the selective vulnerability of hippocampal neurons to seizure activity.

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Permanently altered hippocampal structure, excitability, and inhibition after experimental status epilepticus in the rat: the "dormant basket cell" hypothesis and its possible relevance to temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Selective loss of hippocampal granule cells in the mature rat brain after adrenalectomy.

    Robert S. Sloviter;Guy Valiquette;Guy Valiquette;Gary M. Abrams;Gary M. Abrams;Edward C. Ronk

  • “Epileptic” brain damage in rats induced by sustained electrical stimulation of the perforant path. I. Acute electrophysiological and light microscopic studies

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Immunocytochemical localization of GABA-, cholecystokinin-, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-, and somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the area dentata and hippocampus of the rat

    Robert S. Sloviter;Robert S. Sloviter;Gajanan Nilaver;Gajanan Nilaver

  • The functional organization of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and its relevance to the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Excitotoxic mechanisms of epileptic brain damage.

    J W Olney;R C Collins;R S Sloviter

  • Possible functional consequences of synaptic reorganization in the dentate gyrus of kainate-treated rats.

    Robert S. Sloviter;Robert S. Sloviter

  • Calcium-binding protein (calbindin-D28K) and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry in the normal and epileptic human hippocampus.

    Robert S. Sloviter;Robert S. Sloviter;Anne L. Sollas;Nicholas M. Barbaro;Kenneth D. Laxer

  • Basal expression and induction of glutamate decarboxylase GABA in excitatory granule cells of the rat and monkey hippocampal dentate gyrus

    Robert S. Sloviter;Marc A. Dichter;Tara L. Rachinsky;Evelyn Dean

  • Commonalities in epileptogenic processes from different acute brain insults: Do they translate?

    Pavel Klein;Raymond Dingledine;Eleonora Aronica;Christophe Bernard

  • "Dormant basket cell" hypothesis revisited: relative vulnerabilities of dentate gyrus mossy cells and inhibitory interneurons after hippocampal status epilepticus in the rat.

    Robert S. Sloviter;Colin A. Zappone;Brian D. Harvey;Argyle V. Bumanglag

  • “Epileptic” brain damage is replicated qualitatively in the rat hippocampus by central injection of glutamate or aspartate but not by GABA or acetylcholine

    Robert S. Sloviter;David W. Dempster

  • Apoptosis and necrosis induced in different hippocampal neuron populations by repetitive perforant path stimulation in the rat

    Robert S. Sloviter;Evelyn Dean;Anne L. Sollas;Jeffrey H. Goodman

  • A selective loss of hippocampal mossy fiber Timm stain accompanies granule cell seizure activity induced by perforant path stimulation.

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • A simplified timm stain procedure compatible with formaldehyde fixation and routine paraffin embedding of rat brain

    Robert S. Sloviter

  • Sustained electrical stimulation of the perforant path duplicates kainate-induced electrophysiological effects and hippocampal damage in rats

    Robert S. Sloviter;Bruce P. Damiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Jeffrey H. Goodman
Jeffrey H. Goodman SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kenneth D. Laxer
Kenneth D. Laxer Sutter Health
Timothy A. Pedley
Timothy A. Pedley Columbia University
Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
Roland A. Bender
Roland A. Bender Universität Hamburg
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
Steven Mennerick
Steven Mennerick Washington University in St. Louis
Kelvin A. Yamada
Kelvin A. Yamada Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles

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