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Overview

Roger P. Simon is affiliated with the Morehouse School of Medicine in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Ion Transport and Channel Regulation, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research.

Roger P. Simon has contributed to multiple research publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Deletion of a Neuronal Drp1 Activator Protects against Cerebral Ischemia, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • GPR68 Is a Neuroprotective Proton Receptor in Brain Ischemia, 2020, Stroke
  • pH and proton-sensitive receptors in brain ischemia, 2022, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Whole Blood Transcriptome Analysis in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Inhibition of Acid-Sensing Ion Channels by KB-R7943, a Reverse Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Inhibitor, 2023, Biomolecules

The frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Stroke
  • Biomolecules
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Roger P. Simon has collaborated with several researchers repeatedly, such as:

  • Zhi-Gang Xiong
  • Robert Meller
  • Andrea Pearson
  • Tiandong Leng
  • Xiang-ming Zha

Best Publications

  • Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors may protect against ischemic damage in the brain.

    RP Simon;JH Swan;T Griffiths;BS Meldrum

  • Neurogenesis in dentate subgranular zone and rostral subventricular zone after focal cerebral ischemia in the rat

    Kunlin Jin;Manabu Minami;Jing Q. Lan;Xiao Ou Mao

  • Neuroprotection in ischemia: blocking calcium-permeable acid-sensing ion channels.

    Zhi-Gang Xiong;Xiao-Man Zhu;Xiang-Ping Chu;Manabu Minami

  • Mechanisms of ischemic brain damage

    Kristian P. Doyle;Roger P. Simon;Mary P. Stenzel-Poore

  • Ischemic tolerance and endogenous neuroprotection

    Ulrich Dirnagl;Roger P. Simon;John M. Hallenbeck

  • Induction of caspase-3-like protease may mediate delayed neuronal death in the hippocampus after transient cerebral ischemia.

    Jun Chen;Tetsuya Nagayama;Kunlin Jin;R. Anne Stetler;R. Anne Stetler

  • Cannabinoids and Neuroprotection in Global and Focal Cerebral Ischemia and in Neuronal Cultures

    Tetsuya Nagayama;Amy D. Sinor;Roger P. Simon;Jun Chen

  • Calcium overload in selectively vulnerable neurons of the hippocampus during and after ischemia: an electron microscopy study in the rat.

    R. P. Simon;T. Griffiths;M. C. Evans;J. H. Swan

  • Effect of ischaemic preconditioning on genomic response to cerebral ischaemia: similarity to neuroprotective strategies in hibernation and hypoxia-tolerant states.

    Mary P Stenzel-Poore;Susan L Stevens;Zhigang Xiong;Nikola S Lessov

  • A potential role for excitotoxins in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury.

    Alan I. Faden;Roger P. Simon

  • Stress proteins and tolerance to focal cerebral ischemia

    Jun Chen;Steven H. Graham;Raymond L. Zhu;Roger P. Simon

  • Ischemic tolerance in the brain.

    Jun Chen;Roger Simon

  • Early Detection of DNA Strand Breaks in the Brain After Transient Focal Ischemia: Implications for the Role of DNA Damage in Apoptosis and Neuronal Cell Death

    Jun Chen;Kunlin Jin;Minzhi Chen;Wei Pei

  • Prolonged activation of ASIC1a and the time window for neuroprotection in cerebral ischaemia

    Giuseppe Pignataro;Roger P Simon;Zhi-Gang Xiong

  • Adenosine kinase is a target for the prediction and prevention of epileptogenesis in mice

    Tianfu Li;Gaoying Ren;Theresa Lusardi;Andrew Wilz

  • Apoptosis Repressor Genes Bcl-2 and Bcl-x-long are Expressed in the Rat Brain Following Global Ischemia

    Jun Chen;Steven H. Graham;Masaki Nakayama;Raymond L. Zhu

  • Epilepsy and apoptosis pathways.

    David C Henshall;Roger P Simon

  • Expression of the apoptosis-effector gene, Bax, is up-regulated in vulnerable hippocampal CA1 neurons following global ischemia.

    Chen J;Zhu Rl;Nakayama M;Kawaguchi K

  • Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) as pharmacological targets for neurodegenerative diseases.

    Zhi Gang Xiong;Giuseppe Pignataro;Minghua Li;Su youne Chang

  • In vivo and in vitro characterization of a novel neuroprotective strategy for stroke: ischemic postconditioning.

    Giuseppe Pignataro;Robert Meller;Koichi Inoue;Andrea N Ordonez

  • Activation of Bcl-2-Associated Death Protein and Counter-Response of Akt within Cell Populations during Seizure-Induced Neuronal Death

    David C. Henshall;Tomohiro Araki;Clara K. Schindler;Jing-Quan Lan

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Henshall
David C. Henshall Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Kunlin Jin
Kunlin Jin University of North Texas Health Science Center
David A. Greenberg
David A. Greenberg Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Steven H. Graham
Steven H. Graham University of Pittsburgh
Detlev Boison
Detlev Boison Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Raymond L. Stallings
Raymond L. Stallings Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Jochen H. M. Prehn
Jochen H. M. Prehn Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Tobias Engel
Tobias Engel Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Daniel H. Lowenstein
Daniel H. Lowenstein University of California, San Francisco
R. Anne Stetler
R. Anne Stetler University of Pittsburgh

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