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Ronald P.A. Gaykema is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader disciplines, their subfields of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Epilepsy Research and Treatment, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, and Ion Channel Regulation and Function.

Recent publications by Ronald P.A. Gaykema include:

  • Targeted Augmentation of Nuclear Gene Output (TANGO) of Scn1a rescues parvalbumin interneuron excitability and reduces seizures in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome, 2021, Brain Research
  • Microglia play beneficial roles in multiple experimental seizure models, 2023, Glia
  • Adrenergic Mechanisms of Audiogenic Seizure-Induced Death in a Mouse Model of SCN8A Encephalopathy, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Drug-Inducible Gene Therapy Effectively Reduces Spontaneous Seizures in Kindled Rats but Creates Off-Target Side Effects in Inhibitory Neurons, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Preparation and Implantation of Electrodes for Electrically Kindling VGAT-Cre Mice to Generate a Model for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, 2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments

The frequent co-authors that collaborate with Gaykema include Edward Perez-Reyes, Eric R. Wengert, Manoj K. Patel, Justyna Straub, and Pravin K. Wagley. These collaborations reflect a network of research partners contributing to the scientist's multidisciplinary research efforts.

Common venues publishing their work are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Brain Research, and Glia. This indicates engagement with both preprint platforms and established peer-reviewed journals.

Best Publications

  • Vagal immune-to-brain communication: a visceral chemosensory pathway.

    Lisa E. Goehler;Lisa E. Goehler;Ron P.A. Gaykema;Ron P.A. Gaykema;Michael K. Hansen;Karl Anderson

  • Cortical projection patterns of the medial septum-diagonal band complex

    Ronald P. A. Gaykema;Paul G. M. Luiten;Csaba Nyakas;Jörg Traber

  • Activation in vagal afferents and central autonomic pathways: early responses to intestinal infection with Campylobacter jejuni.

    Lisa E. Goehler;Ronald P.A. Gaykema;Noel Opitz;Rebecca Reddaway

  • Interleukin-1beta in immune cells of the abdominal vagus nerve: a link between the immune and nervous systems?

    Lisa E. Goehler;Ron P. A. Gaykema;Kien T. Nguyen;Jacqueline E. Lee

  • Cortical projection patterns of magnocellular basal nucleus subdivisions as revealed by anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

    P.G.M. Luiten;R.P.A. Gaykema;J. Traber;D.G. Spencer

  • Induction of anxiety-like behavior in mice during the initial stages of infection with the agent of murine colonic hyperplasia Citrobacter rodentium.

    Mark Lyte;Wang Li;Noel Opitz;Ronald P A Gaykema

  • Intrathecal HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein gp120 Induces Enhanced Pain States Mediated by Spinal Cord Proinflammatory Cytokines

    Erin D. Milligan;Kevin A. O'Connor;Kien T. Nguyen;Charles B. Armstrong

  • Campylobacter jejuni infection increases anxiety-like behavior in the holeboard: possible anatomical substrates for viscerosensory modulation of exploratory behavior

    Lisa E. Goehler;Su Mi Park;Noel Opitz;Mark Lyte

  • Cortical input to the basal forebrain

    L Zaborszky;R.P Gaykema;D.J Swanson;W.E Cullinan

  • Genetically targeted magnetic control of the nervous system

    Michael A Wheeler;Cody J Smith;Matteo Ottolini;Bryan S Barker

  • Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy suppresses endotoxin-induced activation of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons and ACTH secretion.

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  • Reversible inactivation of the dorsal vagal complex blocks lipopolysaccharide-induced social withdrawal and c-Fos expression in central autonomic nuclei.

    Françoise A. Marvel;Chiao Chi Chen;Nadia Badr;Ron P.A. Gaykema

  • Patterns of Direct Projections from the Hippocampus to the Medial Septum-Diagonal Band Complex : Anterograde Tracing with Phaseolus vulgaris Leucoagglutinin Combined with Immunohistochemistry of Choline Acetyltransferase

    R.P.A. Gaykema;J. van der Kuil;L.B. Hersh;P.G.M. Luiten

  • Interleukin-1 induces c-Fos immunoreactivity in primary afferent neurons of the vagus nerve.

    Lisa E Goehler;Ron P.A Gaykema;Sayamwong E Hammack;Steven F Maier

  • Brain response to cecal infection with Campylobacter jejuni: analysis with Fos immunohistochemistry.

    Ronald P.A Gaykema;Lisa E Goehler;Mark Lyte

  • Prefrontal cortical projections to the cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain.

    Ronald P. A. Gaykema;Rob Van Weeghel;Louis B. Hersh;Paul G. M. Luiten

  • Infection-induced viscerosensory signals from the gut enhance anxiety: Implications for psychoneuroimmunology

    Lisa E. Goehler;Mark Lyte;Ronald P.A. Gaykema

  • Direct catecholaminergic-cholinergic interactions in the basal forebrain. II. Substantia nigra-ventral tegmental area projections to cholinergic neurons.

    R.P. Gaykema;L. Zaborszky

  • Effects of vagotomy on serum endotoxin, cytokines, and corticosterone after intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide

    Michael K. Hansen;Kien T. Nguyen;Monika Fleshner;Lisa E. Goehler

  • Bacterial Endotoxin Induces Fos Immunoreactivity in Primary Afferent Neurons of the Vagus Nerve

    Ron P.A. Gaykema;Lisa E. Goehler;Fred J.H. Tilders;John G.J.M. Bol

  • Neural-immune interface in the rat area postrema.

    L.E. Goehler;A. Erisir;R.P.A. Gaykema

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa E. Goehler
Lisa E. Goehler University of Virginia
Linda R. Watkins
Linda R. Watkins University of Colorado Boulder
Steven F. Maier
Steven F. Maier University of Colorado Boulder
Mark Lyte
Mark Lyte Iowa State University
Laszlo Zaborszky
Laszlo Zaborszky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul G.M. Luiten
Paul G.M. Luiten University of Groningen
Alev Erisir
Alev Erisir University of Virginia
Floris G. Wouterlood
Floris G. Wouterlood Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rodney W. Johnson
Rodney W. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Erin D. Milligan
Erin D. Milligan University of New Mexico

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