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Overview

Robert W. Gereau is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and pharmacology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases

Frequent publication venues for Gereau include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pain
  • Pain
  • UNC Libraries
  • Science Advances

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors," 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Harmonized cross-species cell atlases of trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia," 2024, Science Advances
  • "Pharmacological target-focused transcriptomic analysis of native vs cultured human and mouse dorsal root ganglia," 2020, Pain
  • "IL-33 signaling in sensory neurons promotes dry skin itch," 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Gereau frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Richard A. Slivicki, Bryan A. Copits, John Smith Del Rosario, Jiwon Yi, and Maria Payne.

Best Publications

  • MAP kinase and pain

    Ru-Rong Ji;Robert W. Gereau;Marzia Malcangio;Gary R. Strichartz

  • Sensory Neurons Co-opt Classical Immune Signaling Pathways to Mediate Chronic Itch

    Landon K. Oetjen;Madison R. Mack;Jing Feng;Timothy M. Whelan

  • Soft, stretchable, fully implantable miniaturized optoelectronic systems for wireless optogenetics

    Sung Il Park;Daniel S. Brenner;Gunchul Shin;Clinton D. Morgan

  • cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Regulates Desensitization of the Capsaicin Receptor (VR1) by Direct Phosphorylation

    Gautam Bhave;Weiguo Zhu;Haibin Wang;D.J Brasier

  • Acute p38-Mediated Modulation of Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Sodium Channels in Mouse Sensory Neurons by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

    Xiaochun Jin;Robert W. Gereau

  • Protein kinase C phosphorylation sensitizes but does not activate the capsaicin receptor transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)

    Gautam Bhave;Hui Juan Hu;Kathi S. Glauner;Weiguo Zhu;Weiguo Zhu

  • Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors

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  • A wireless closed-loop system for optogenetic peripheral neuromodulation

    Aaron D. Mickle;Sang Min Won;Kyung Nim Noh;Jangyeol Yoon

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes 1 and 5 are activators of extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling required for inflammatory pain in mice.

    Farzana Karim;Chia-Chuan Wang;Robert W. Gereau

  • Flexible Near-Field Wireless Optoelectronics as Subdermal Implants for Broad Applications in Optogenetics

    Gunchul Shin;Adrian M. Gomez;Ream Al-Hasani;Yu Ra Jeong

  • Peripheral group I metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate nociception in mice

    G. Bhave;F. Karim;S. M. Carlton;R. W. Gereau

  • Synaptic plasticity in the amygdala in a model of arthritic pain: differential roles of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5.

    Volker Neugebauer;Weidong Li;Gary C. Bird;Gautam Bhave

  • The Kv4.2 Potassium Channel Subunit Is Required for Pain Plasticity

    Hui-Juan Hu;Yarimar Carrasquillo;Farzana Karim;Wonil E. Jung

  • A Novel Behavioral Assay for Measuring Cold Sensation in Mice

    Daniel S. Brenner;Judith P. Golden;Robert W. Gereau

  • Activation of NMDA receptors reverses desensitization of mGluR5 in native and recombinant systems

    S. Alagarsamy;M. J. Marino;S. T. Rouse;R.W. Gereau

  • Activation of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in the Amygdala Modulates Pain Perception

    Yarimar Carrasquillo;Robert W. Gereau

  • Role of Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation in Rapid Desensitization of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5

    Robert W Gereau;Stephen F Heinemann

  • Lmx1b Is Required for Maintenance of Central Serotonergic Neurons and Mice Lacking Central Serotonergic System Exhibit Normal Locomotor Activity

    Zhong Qiu Zhao;Michael Scott;Santina Chiechio;Jin Shan Wang

  • The Glutamate Receptors

    Robert W. Gereau;Geoffrey T. Swanson

  • Prostaglandin and protein kinase A-dependent modulation of vanilloid receptor function by metabotropic glutamate receptor 5: potential mechanism for thermal hyperalgesia.

    Hui-Juan Hu;Gautam Bhave;Robert W. Gereau

  • Metabotropic receptors for glutamate and GABA in pain

    Cyril Goudet;Valerio Magnaghi;Marc Landry;Marc Landry;Frédéric Nagy;Frédéric Nagy

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Michael R. Bruchas
Michael R. Bruchas University of Washington
Theodore J. Price
Theodore J. Price The University of Texas at Dallas
Brian S. Kim
Brian S. Kim Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Stephen F. Heinemann
Stephen F. Heinemann Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Gregory Dussor
Gregory Dussor The University of Texas at Dallas
Agata Copani
Agata Copani University of Catania
P. Jeffrey Conn
P. Jeffrey Conn Vanderbilt University
Zhou-Feng Chen
Zhou-Feng Chen Washington University in St. Louis

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