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Scott M. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, pharmacology, behavioral neuroscience, biological psychiatry, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids

Some recent notable publications by Scott M. Thompson include:

  • "Modulators of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders: past, present, and future," 2023, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "NMDA Receptor Activation-Dependent Antidepressant-Relevant Behavioral and Synaptic Actions of Ketamine," 2023, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Experimenters' sex modulates mouse behaviors and neural responses to ketamine via corticotropin releasing factor," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Harnessing psilocybin: antidepressant-like behavioral and synaptic actions of psilocybin are independent of 5-HT2R activation in mice," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Subsynaptic positioning of AMPARs by LRRTM2 controls synaptic strength," 2021, Science Advances

Their frequent co-authors include Todd D. Gould, Andreas B. Wulff, Edna F. R. Pereira, Anthony B. Cole, and Polymnia Georgiou. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research within their fields of expertise.

Scott M. Thompson's research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • NMDAR inhibition-independent antidepressant actions of ketamine metabolites

    Panos Zanos;Ruin Moaddel;Patrick J. Morris;Polymnia Georgiou

  • Organotypic slice cultures: a technique has come of age

    B.H Gähwiler;M Capogna;D Debanne;R.A McKinney

  • Long-term synaptic plasticity between pairs of individual CA3 pyramidal cells in rat hippocampal slice cultures

    Dominique Debanne;Beat H. Gähwiler;Scott M. Thompson

  • Paired-pulse facilitation and depression at unitary synapses in rat hippocampus: quantal fluctuation affects subsequent release.

    Dominique Debanne;Nathalie C. Guérineau;Beat H. Gähwiler;Scott M. Thompson

  • Miniature synaptic events maintain dendritic spines via AMPA receptor activation.

    R A McKinney;M Capogna;R Dürr;B H Gähwiler

  • Comparison of the actions of adenosine at pre‐ and postsynaptic receptors in the rat hippocampus in vitro.

    S M Thompson;H L Haas;B H Gähwiler

  • Presynaptic inhibition of miniature excitatory synaptic currents by baclofen and adenosine in the hippocampus

    Massimo Scanziani;Marco Capogna;Beat H. Gähwiler;Scott M. Thompson

  • Activity-dependent disinhibition. I. Repetitive stimulation reduces IPSP driving force and conductance in the hippocampus in vitro

    S. M. Thompson;B. H. Gahwiler

  • Presynaptic inhibition in the hippocampus

    Scott M. Thompson;Marco Capogna;Massimo Scanziani

  • Temperature dependence of intrinsic membrane properties and synaptic potentials in hippocampal CA1 neurons in vitro

    SM Thompson;LM Masukawa;DA Prince

  • Harnessing psilocybin: antidepressant-like behavioral and synaptic actions of psilocybin are independent of 5-HT2R activation in mice.

    Natalie Hesselgrave;Timothy A. Troppoli;Andreas B. Wulff;Anthony B. Cole

  • Activity-dependent disinhibition. II. Effects of extracellular potassium, furosemide, and membrane potential on ECl- in hippocampal CA3 neurons

    S. M. Thompson;B. H. Gahwiler

  • An excitatory synapse hypothesis of depression.

    Scott M. Thompson;Angy J. Kallarackal;Mark D. Kvarta;Adam M. Van Dyke

  • Unique Roles of SK and Kv4.2 Potassium Channels in Dendritic Integration

    Xiang Cai;Conrad W. Liang;Sukumaran Muralidharan;Joseph P.Y. Kao;Joseph P.Y. Kao

  • Action-potential propagation gated by an axonal I A -like K + conductance in hippocampus

    Dominique Debanne;Dominique Debanne;Nathalie C. Guérineau;Nathalie C. Guérineau;Beat H. Gähwiler;Scott M. Thompson

  • Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes chronic neuroinflammation, changes in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, and associated cognitive deficits.

    Stephanie L Aungst;Shruti V Kabadi;Scott M Thompson;Bogdan A Stoica

  • Presynaptic enhancement of inhibitory synaptic transmission by protein kinases A and C in the rat hippocampus in vitro

    M Capogna;BH Gahwiler;SM Thompson

  • Asynchronous pre- and postsynaptic activity induces associative long-term depression in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus in vitro.

    Dominique Debanne;Beat H. Gahwiler;Scott M. Thompson

  • Effects of the GABA uptake inhibitor tiagabine on inhibitory synaptic potentials in rat hippocampal slice cultures.

    S. M. Thompson;B. H. Gahwiler

  • Reward behaviour is regulated by the strength of hippocampus-nucleus accumbens synapses

    Tara A. LeGates;Mark D. Kvarta;Jessica R. Tooley;T. Chase Francis

  • Mechanism of mu‐opioid receptor‐mediated presynaptic inhibition in the rat hippocampus in vitro.

    M Capogna;B H Gähwiler;S M Thompson

  • EITHER N- OR P-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS MEDIATE GABA RELEASE AT DISTINCT HIPPOCAMPAL INHIBITORY SYNAPSES

    Jean-Christophe Poncer;R.Anne McKinney;Beat H. Gähwiler;Scott M. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Beat H. Gähwiler
Beat H. Gähwiler University of Zurich
Marco Capogna
Marco Capogna Aarhus University
Massimo Scanziani
Massimo Scanziani University of California, San Francisco
Bradley E. Alger
Bradley E. Alger University of Maryland, Baltimore
Margaret M. McCarthy
Margaret M. McCarthy University of Maryland, Baltimore
Christian Lüscher
Christian Lüscher University of Geneva
Andreas Lüthi
Andreas Lüthi Friedrich Miescher Institute
Asaf Keller
Asaf Keller University of Maryland, Baltimore
Paul Yarowsky
Paul Yarowsky University of Maryland, Baltimore

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