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6287
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8757
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3711

Overview

Ronald A. Browning is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States. Their research spans the areas of Health Professions and Decision Sciences, with specific attention to the subfields of Occupational Therapy and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to Occupational Health and Performance as well as Risk and Safety Analysis. These themes are evident in their published research and collaborative projects.

Their recent publication includes a study titled "Pilot Study of a Novel Wearable Air Quality Monitor and Impulse Oscillometry: Quantification of Occupational Exposure Risks for Emergency Medical Service Personnel on Fire Scenes," published in 2025 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Frequent co-authors in Browning's research include:

  • Kevin J Keenan
  • M. Cridge
  • Derek P. Nathan
  • Anthony M. Szema

Publications by Browning have appeared in the following venue:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

The research reflects a focus on quantifying occupational exposure risks, as demonstrated in their work involving emergency medical service personnel and air quality monitoring. This research contributes to understanding risk factors and safety measures in occupational environments.

Best Publications

  • Methods of treating persistent impairment of consciousness by vagus nerve stimulation

    Dean Naritoku;Robert Jensen;Ronald Browning;Kevin Clark

  • Locus Coeruleus Lesions Suppress the Seizure-Attenuating Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

    Scott E. Krahl;Kevin B. Clark;Douglas C. Smith;Ronald A. Browning

  • Enhanced recognition memory following vagus nerve stimulation in human subjects.

    Kevin B. Clark;Dean K. Naritoku;Douglas C. Smith;Ronald A. Browning

  • Increased extracellular concentrations of norepinephrine in cortex and hippocampus following vagus nerve stimulation in the rat

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  • Posttraining Electrical Stimulation of Vagal Afferents with Concomitant Vagal Efferent Inactivation Enhances Memory Storage Processes in the Rat

    K.B. Clark;D.C. Smith;D.L. Hassert;R.A. Browning

  • Modification of electroshock and pentylenetetrazol seizure patterns in rats affer precollicular transections

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  • The serotonergic and noradrenergic effects of antidepressant drugs are anticonvulsant, not proconvulsant.

    Phillip C. Jobe;Ronald A. Browning

  • Role of the brain-stem reticular formation in tonic-clonic seizures: lesion and pharmacological studies.

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  • Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve enhances cognitive and motor recovery following moderate fluid percussion injury in the rat.

    Douglas C. Smith;Arlene A. Modglin;Rodney W. Roosevelt;Steven L. Neese

  • Behavioral and neurobiological changes in C57BL/6 mice exposed to cuprizone.

    Haiyun Xu;Hong-Ju Yang;Yanbo Zhang;Richard Clough

  • The spontaneous firing pattern of forebrain neurons. I. The effects of dopamine and non-dopamine depleting lesions on caudate unit firing patterns.

    C.D. Hull;C.D. Hull;M.S. Levine;M.S. Levine;N.A. Buchwald;N.A. Buchwald;A. Heller;A. Heller

  • The role of the neurotransmitters in the epilepsies.

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  • Comparative fos immunoreactivity in the brain after forebrain, brainstem, or combined seizures induced by electroshock, pentylenetetrazol, focally induced and audiogenic seizures in rats

    J.B Eells;R.W Clough;R.A Browning;P.C Jobe

  • Behavioral and neurobiological changes in C57BL/6 mouse exposed to cuprizone: effects of antipsychotics.

    Haiyun Xu;Hong-Ju Yang;Bryan McConomy;Ronald Browning

  • Neuroanatomical localization of structures responsible for seizures in the GEPR: lesion studies.

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  • GABA in the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in control of audiogenic seizures.

    Carl L. Faingold;Mario J. Marcinczyk;Doris J. Casebeer;Marcus E. Randall

  • Electroshock- and pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPRs): differences in threshold and pattern.

    R.A. Browning;C. Wang;M.L. Lanker;P.C. Jobe

  • Noradrenergic abnormalities in the genetically epilepsy-prone rat

    Phillip C. Jobe;Pravin K. Mishra;Ronald A. Browning;Congdong Wang

  • Effect of Midbrain and Pontine Tegmental Lesions on Audiogenic Seizures in Genetically Epilepsy‐Prone Rats

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  • Injections of noradrenergic and GABAergic agonists into the inferior colliculus: effects on audiogenic seizures in genetically epilepsy-prone rats.

    R.A. Browning;M.L. Lanker;C.L. Faingold

  • Region-specific susceptibilities to cuprizone-induced lesions in the mouse forebrain: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

    Hong-Ju Yang;Haitao Wang;Yanbo Zhang;Lan Xiao

  • Vagus nerve stimulation may protect GABAergic neurons following traumatic brain injury in rats: An immunocytochemical study.

    Steven L. Neese;Luke K. Sherill;Arlene A. Tan;Rodney W. Roosevelt

  • Effect of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine on audiogenic seizures in genetically epilepsy-prone rats.

    M.A. Statnick;M.L. Maring-Smith;R.W. Clough;C. Wang

  • CHANGES IN SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY AFTER INTRACEREBRAL TREATMENT WITH 5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE: ROLE OF SEROTONERGIC NEURONS*

    Ronald A. Browning;William E. Hoffmann;Ronald L. Simonton

  • Abnormalities in Brain Serotonin Concentration, High-Affinity Uptake, and Tryptophan Hydroxylase Activity in Severe-Seizure Genetically Epilepsy-Prone Rats

    Michael A. Statnick;John W. Dailey;Philip C. Jobe;Ronald A. Browning

  • Role of brainstem structures in seizures initiated from the deep prepiriform cortex of rats

    Ronald Browning;Roberto Maggio;Niaz Sahibzada;Karen Gale

Frequent Co-Authors

Haiyun Xu
Haiyun Xu Shantou University
Xin-Min Li
Xin-Min Li University of Alberta
Phillip C. Jobe
Phillip C. Jobe University of Illinois at Chicago
David G. Gilbert
David G. Gilbert Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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