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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
17807
World Ranking
3475
National Ranking
1605

Best Publications

  • Reduced sodium current in GABAergic interneurons in a mouse model of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy

    Frank H Yu;Massimo Mantegazza;Ruth E Westenbroek;Carol A Robbins

  • The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.

    Krisztina Monory;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Michaela Egertová;Matthias Eder

  • Biochemical properties and subcellular distribution of an N-type calcium hannel α1 subunit

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Johannes W. Hell;Concepcion Warner;Stefan J. Dubel

  • Clustering of L-type Ca2+ channels at the base of major dendrites in hippocampal pyramidal neurons.

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Michael K. Ahlijanian;William A. Catterall

  • Autistic-like behaviour in Scn1a +/− mice and rescue by enhanced GABA-mediated neurotransmission

    Sung Han;Chao Tai;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Frank H. Yu;Frank H. Yu

  • Differential subcellular localization of the RI and RII Na+ channel subtypes in central neurons.

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Dawn K. Merrick;William A. Catterall

  • Sodium Channel β4, a New Disulfide-Linked Auxiliary Subunit with Similarity to β2

    Frank H. Yu;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Inmaculada Silos-Santiago;Kimberly A. McCormick

  • Localization of Ca2+ Channel Subtypes on Rat Spinal Motor Neurons, Interneurons, and Nerve Terminals

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Linda Hoskins;William A. Catterall

  • Calcium Channel Types with Distinct Presynaptic Localization Couple Differentially to Transmitter Release in Single Calyx-Type Synapses

    Ling Gang Wu;Ruth E. Westenbroek;J. Gerard G Borst;William A. Catterall

  • Cannabidiol attenuates seizures and social deficits in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.

    Joshua S. Kaplan;Nephi Stella;William A. Catterall;Ruth E. Westenbroek

  • Subunit structure and localization of dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels in mammalian brain, spinal cord, and retina.

    Michael K. Ahlijanian;Ruth E. Westenbroek;William A. Catterall

  • An unexpected role for brain-type sodium channels in coupling of cell surface depolarization to contraction in the heart

    Sebastian K. G. Maier;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Kenneth A. Schenkman;Eric O. Feigl

  • Sudden unexpected death in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome

    Franck Kalume;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Christine S. Cheah;Frank H. Yu

  • Reduced Sodium Current in Purkinje Neurons from NaV1.1 Mutant Mice: Implications for Ataxia in Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy

    Franck Kalume;Frank H. Yu;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Todd Scheuer

  • Distinct Subcellular Localization of Different Sodium Channel α and β Subunits in Single Ventricular Myocytes From Mouse Heart

    Sebastian K.G. Maier;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Kimberly A. McCormick;Rory Curtis

  • Specific deletion of NaV1.1 sodium channels in inhibitory interneurons causes seizures and premature death in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome

    Christine S. Cheah;Frank H. Yu;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Franck K. Kalume

  • Mice Lacking Sodium Channel β1 Subunits Display Defects in Neuronal Excitability, Sodium Channel Expression, and Nodal Architecture

    Chunling Chen;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Xiaorong Xu;Chris A. Edwards

  • Structural basis for gating charge movement in the voltage sensor of a sodium channel

    Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy;Paul G. DeCaen;Paul G. DeCaen;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Chien Yuan Pan;Chien Yuan Pan

  • Transfer of glycogen-derived lactate from astrocytes to axons via specific monocarboxylate transporters supports mouse optic nerve activity.

    Selva Baltan Tekkök;Angus M. Brown;Angus M. Brown;Ruth Westenbroek;Luc Pellerin

  • Impaired excitability of somatostatin- and parvalbumin-expressing cortical interneurons in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.

    Chao Tai;Yasuyuki Abe;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Todd Scheuer

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