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D-Index
50
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9140
World Ranking
4447
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1719

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of nitric oxide in CNS glial cells.

    Sean Murphy;Martha L. Simmons;Luis Agullo;Agustina Garcia

  • Induction of nitric oxide synthase in glial cells.

    Martha L. Simmons;Sean Murphy

  • Production of nitric oxide by glial cells: regulation and potential roles in the CNS.

    Sean Murphy

  • The possible role of glia in nociceptive processing and hyperalgesia in the spinal cord of the rat.

    S.T. Meller;C. Dykstra;D. Grzybycki;S. Murphy

  • Astrocytes, not neurons, produce docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 omega-3) and arachidonic acid (20:4 omega-6).

    Steven A. Moore;Elizabeth Yoder;Sean Murphy;Gary R. Dutton

  • Evidence for an astrocyte-derived vasorelaxing factor with properties similar to nitric oxide.

    Sean Murphy;Robert L. Minor;Greg Welk;David G. Harrison

  • Cannabinoid activation of PPARα; a novel neuroprotective mechanism

    Y. Sun;S.P.H. Alexander;M.J. Garle;Claire L. Gibson

  • Nitric oxide regulates nitric oxide synthase-2 gene expression by inhibiting NF-kappaB binding to DNA.

    Song Kyu Park;Hsin Lee Lin;Sean Murphy

  • Progesterone for the treatment of experimental brain injury; a systematic review.

    Claire L. Gibson;Laura J. Gray;Philip M. W. Bath;Sean P. Murphy

  • A systematic review of nitric oxide donors and L-arginine in experimental stroke; effects on infarct size and cerebral blood flow.

    Mark Willmot;Laura J. Gray;Claire L. Gibson;Sean Murphy

  • Progesterone suppresses the inflammatory response and nitric oxide synthase-2 expression following cerebral ischemia.

    Claire L. Gibson;Despina Constantin;Despina Constantin;Malcolm J.W. Prior;Philip M.W. Bath

  • G-CSF reduces infarct volume and improves functional outcome after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice.

    Claire L Gibson;Philip M W Bath;Sean P Murphy

  • Progesterone Enhances Functional Recovery after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Male Mice

    Claire L Gibson;Sean P Murphy

  • Cytokines regulate L-arginine-dependent cyclic GMP production in rat glial cells

    Martha L. Simmons;Sean Murphy

  • Astrocytes as antigen-presenting cells: expression of IL-12/IL-23.

    Cris S. Constantinescu;Marie Tani;Richard M. Ransohoff;Maria Wysocka

  • Estrogens and experimental ischemic stroke: a systematic review.

    Claire L Gibson;Laura J Gray;Sean P Murphy;Philip M W Bath

  • Activation of astrocytes in the spinal cord of mice chronically infected with a neurotropic coronavirus.

    Ning Sun;Dana Grzybicki;Raymond F. Castro;Sean Murphy

  • Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in experimental ischemic stroke and their effects on infarct size and cerebral blood flow: a systematic review.

    Mark Willmot;Claire L. Gibson;Laura J. Gray;Sean Murphy

  • Inflammatory Events at the Blood Brain Barrier: Regulation of Adhesion Molecules, Cytokines, and Chemokines by Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Species

    Jean E. Merrill;Seán P. Murphy

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Preserve White Matter Structure and Function during Ischemia by Conserving ATP and Reducing Excitotoxicity

    Selva Baltan;Sean P. Murphy;Camelia A. Danilov;Amelia Bachleda

  • G-CSF suppresses edema formation and reduces interleukin-1β expression after cerebral ischemia in mice

    Claire L. Gibson;Nigel C. Jones;Malcolm J. W. Prior;Philip M. W. Bath

  • Expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-2 following permanent focal ischemia and the role of nitric oxide in infarct generation in male, female and NOS-2 gene-deficient mice.

    Angela K. Loihl;Valerie Asensio;Iain L. Campbell;Sean Murphy

  • INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE AND NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION BY OLIGODENDROCYTES

    Jean E. Merrill;Sean P. Murphy;Branislava Mitrovic;Allan Mackenzie-Graham

  • ATP-evoked arachidonic acid mobilization in astrocytes is via a P2Y-purinergic receptor.

    Gretchen Bruner;Sean Murphy

  • Expression of histone deacetylases in cellular compartments of the mouse brain and the effects of ischemia.

    Selva Baltan;Selva Baltan;Amelia Bachleda;Richard S. Morrison;Sean P. Murphy

  • Glial nitric oxide and ischemia

    Claire L. Gibson;Teresa C. Coughlan;Sean P. Murphy;Sean P. Murphy

  • Antagonism of the interleukin‐1 receptor following traumatic brain injury in the mouse reduces the number of nitric oxide synthase‐2‐positive cells and improves anatomical and functional outcomes

    Nigel C. Jones;Malcolm J. W. Prior;Esther Burden-Teh;Charles A. Marsden

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip M.W. Bath
Philip M.W. Bath University of Nottingham
Nigel C. Jones
Nigel C. Jones Monash University
Steven A. Moore
Steven A. Moore University of Iowa
Charles A. Marsden
Charles A. Marsden University of Nottingham
Jean E. Merrill
Jean E. Merrill University of California, Los Angeles
Gwenn A. Garden
Gwenn A. Garden University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anne N. Murphy
Anne N. Murphy Cytokinetics (United States)
Gerald F. Gebhart
Gerald F. Gebhart University of Pittsburgh
Stanley Perlman
Stanley Perlman University of Iowa
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University

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