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Roland R. Roy is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on several specialized subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Aging.

The main topics addressed in their work span a range of areas related to spinal cord injury and muscle physiology. These topics include:

  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects

Roland R. Roy has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, reflecting these topics and fields of study. Notable recent papers include:

  • Serotonergic Facilitation of Forelimb Functional Recovery in Rats with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, published in 2021 in Neurotherapeutics
  • Nucleoprotein-enriched diet enhances protein synthesis pathway and satellite cell activation via ERK1/2 phosphorylation in unloaded rat muscles, 2021, Experimental Physiology
  • Alternating current electromagnetic field exposure lessens intramyocellular lipid accumulation due to high-fat feeding via enhanced lipid metabolism in mice, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Emergence of functionally aberrant and subsequent reduction of neuromuscular connectivity and improved motor performance after cervical spinal cord injury in Rhesus, 2023, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Investigation on the Impact of the Spatial Arrangement of Individuals in a Standing-Type In-Vivo Monitoring System, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors indicate collaboration across multiple aspects of their research, with repeated joint work involving Hui Zhong, Yury Gerasimenko, Daniel C. Lu, Ryosuke Nakanishi, and Minoru Tanaka. This suggests an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach across biomedical and neurological fields.

Roland R. Roy's publications have appeared in a variety of journals that highlight the interplay between neurological recovery, muscle physiology, and experimental biological methods. The venues include Neurotherapeutics, Experimental Physiology, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Muscle Architecture of the Human Lower Limb

    Thomas Wickiewicz;Roland Roy;Perry Powell;V. Edgerton

  • Electrophoretic separation of rat skeletal muscle myosin heavy-chain isoforms

    Robert J. Talmadge;Roland R. Roy

  • Voluntary Exercise Induces a BDNF-Mediated Mechanism That Promotes Neuroplasticity

    Fernando Gómez-Pinilla;Zhe Ying;Roland R. Roy;Raffaella Molteni

  • Architecture of the hind limb muscles of cats: functional significance.

    Robert D. Sacks;Roland R. Roy

  • Recovery of supraspinal control of stepping via indirect propriospinal relay connections after spinal cord injury.

    Gregoire Courtine;Bingbing Song;Roland R Roy;Hui Zhong

  • Transformation of nonfunctional spinal circuits into functional states after the loss of brain input.

    Grégoire Courtine;Yury Gerasimenko;Rubia van den Brand;Aileen Yew

  • Rapid disuse and denervation atrophy involve transcriptional changes similar to those of muscle wasting during systemic diseases

    Jennifer M. Sacheck;Jon Philippe K. Hyatt;Anna Raffaello;R. Thomas Jagoe

  • PLASTICITY OF THE SPINAL NEURAL CIRCUITRY AFTER INJURY

    V. Reggie Edgerton;Niranjala J.K. Tillakaratne;Allison J. Bigbee;Ray D. de Leon

  • Effects of training on the recovery of full-weight-bearing stepping in the adult spinal cat.

    R.G. Lovely;R.J. Gregor;R.R. Roy;V.R. Edgerton

  • Predictability of skeletal muscle tension from architectural determinations in guinea pig hindlimbs.

    P. L. Powell;R. R. Roy;P. Kanim;M. A. Bello

  • Myonuclear domains in muscle adaptation and disease

    D L Allen;R R Roy;V R Edgerton

  • Physiological cross-sectional area of human leg muscles based on magnetic resonance imaging

    T. Fukunaga;R. R. Roy;F. G. Shellock;F. G. Shellock;J. A. Hodgson

  • Locomotor capacity attributable to step training versus spontaneous recovery after spinalization in adult cats.

    R. D. de Leon;J. A. Hodgson;R. R. Roy;V. R. Edgerton

  • Specific tension of human plantar flexors and dorsiflexors

    T. Fukunaga;R. R. Roy;F. G. Shellock;J. A. Hodgson

  • Apoptosis: a mechanism contributing to remodeling of skeletal muscle in response to hindlimb unweighting

    David L. Allen;Jon K. Linderman;Roland R. Roy;A. J. Bigbee

  • Muscle architecture and force-velocity characteristics of cat soleus and medial gastrocnemius: implications for motor control

    S. A. Spector;P. F. Gardiner;R. F. Zernicke;R. R. Roy

  • Identification of myogenic-endothelial progenitor cells in the interstitial spaces of skeletal muscle.

    Tetsuro Tamaki;Akira Akatsuka;Kiyoshi Ando;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Implications of Assist-As-Needed Robotic Step Training after a Complete Spinal Cord Injury on Intrinsic Strategies of Motor Learning

    Lance L. Cai;Andy J. Fong;Chad K. Otoshi;Yongqiang Liang

  • Retraining the injured spinal cord

    V. Reggie Edgerton;Ray D. de Leon;Susan J. Harkema;John A. Hodgson

  • Differential regulation by exercise of BDNF and NT-3 in rat spinal cord and skeletal muscle

    F Gómez-Pinilla;Z Ying;P Opazo;R R Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

V. R. Edgerton
V. R. Edgerton University of California, Los Angeles
Hui Zhong
Hui Zhong University of California, Los Angeles
Yury Gerasimenko
Yury Gerasimenko Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Grégoire Courtine
Grégoire Courtine École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
David J. Reinkensmeyer
David J. Reinkensmeyer University of California, Irvine
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla University of California, Los Angeles
Zhe Ying
Zhe Ying University of California, Los Angeles
Adam R. Ferguson
Adam R. Ferguson University of California, San Francisco
Joel W. Burdick
Joel W. Burdick California Institute of Technology

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