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Shawn Hochman is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on understanding neurological mechanisms related to pain, sleep, and spinal cord function.

The primary fields of study for Hochman include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within neuroscience, Hochman has contributed significantly to several subfields:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Their work also covers a variety of main topics, such as:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Hochman has published in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Pain
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • MethodsX

Recent papers include:

  • Noninvasive three-state sleep-wake staging in mice using electric field sensors, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Nicotinic receptor modulation of primary afferent excitability with selective regulation of Aδ-mediated spinal actions, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Scoring sleep using respiration and movement-based features, 2022, MethodsX
  • Emergent epileptiform activity in spinal sensory circuits drives ectopic bursting in afferent axons and sensory dysfunction after cord injury, 2024, Pain
  • The activation of D2 and D3 receptor subtypes inhibits pathways mediating primary afferent depolarization (PAD) in the mouse spinal cord, 2020, Neuroscience Letters

Frequent co-authors in Hochman's research are:

  • Heidi Kloefkorn
  • William N. Goolsby
  • Shaquia Idlett-Ali
  • Mallika Halder
  • Elvia Mena-Avila

Best Publications

  • Restless legs syndrome: revisiting the dopamine hypothesis from the spinal cord perspective.

    Stefan Clemens;David Rye;Shawn Hochman

  • Neuronal excitatory properties of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat protein

    J Cheng;A Nath;B Knudsen;S Hochman

  • Conversion of the modulatory actions of dopamine on spinal reflexes from depression to facilitation in D3 receptor knock-out mice.

    Stefan Clemens;Shawn Hochman

  • Hypothesis: Pulmonary Afferent Activity Patterns During Slow, Deep Breathing Contribute to the Neural Induction of Physiological Relaxation

    Donald James Noble;Shawn Hochman

  • 5-HT Receptors and the Neuromodulatory Control of Spinal Cord Function

    Shawn Hochman;Sandra Garraway;David Machacek;Barbara Shay

  • A Lithographically-Patterned, Elastic Multi-electrode Array for Surface Stimulation of the Spinal Cord

    Kathleen W. Meacham;Richard J. Giuly;Liang Guo;Shawn Hochman

  • N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated voltage oscillations in neurons surrounding the central canal in slices of rat spinal cord.

    S. Hochman;L. M. Jordan;J. F. MacDonald

  • Expression and distribution of all dopamine receptor subtypes (D1 – D5) in the mouse lumbar spinal cord: A real-time PCR and non-autoradiographic in situ hybridization study

    Hong Zhu;Stefan Clemens;Michael Sawchuk;Shawn Hochman

  • Modulatory Actions of Serotonin, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Acetylcholine in Spinal Cord Deep Dorsal Horn Neurons

    Sandra M. Garraway;Shawn Hochman

  • TTX-resistant NMDA receptor-mediated voltage oscillations in mammalian lumbar motoneurons.

    S. Hochman;L. M. Jordan;B. J. Schmidt

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein directly activates neuronal N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors at an allosteric zinc-sensitive site

    L. Song;A. Nath;J. D. Geiger;A. Moore

  • Effects of chronic spinalization on ankle extensor motoneurons. II. Motoneuron electrical properties.

    S. Hochman;D. A. McCrea

  • NMDA Receptor‐mediated Oscillatory Properties: Potential Role in Rhythm Generation in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

    Brian J. Schmidt;Shawn Hochman;Jason N. MacLEAN

  • Serotonin 5-HT2 receptor activation induces a long-lasting amplification of spinal reflex actions in the rat

    D. W. Machacek;S. M. Garraway;B. L. Shay;S. Hochman

  • Characterization of fetal and postnatal enteric neuronal cell lines with improvement in intestinal neural function

    Mallappa Anitha;Irene Joseph;Xiaokun Ding;Enrique R. Torre

  • Diffuse distribution of sulforhodamine‐labeled neurons during serotonin‐evoked locomotion in the neonatal rat thoracolumbar spinal cord

    Cima Cina;Shawn Hochman;Shawn Hochman

  • Whole Cell Recordings of Lumbar Motoneurons During Locomotor-Like Activity in the In Vitro Neonatal Rat Spinal Cord

    S. Hochman;B. J. Schmidt

  • Serotonin Increases the Incidence of Primary Afferent-Evoked Long-Term Depression in Rat Deep Dorsal Horn Neurons

    Sandra M. Garraway;Shawn Hochman

  • Serotonin, Dopamine and Noradrenaline Adjust Actions of Myelinated Afferents via Modulation of Presynaptic Inhibition in the Mouse Spinal Cord

    David L. García-Ramírez;Jorge R. Calvo;Shawn Hochman;Jorge N. Quevedo

  • Noradrenaline unmasks novel self-reinforcing motor circuits within the mammalian spinal cord

    David W. Machacek;Shawn Hochman

  • Functional motor neurons differentiating from mouse multipotent spinal cord precursor cells in culture and after transplantation into transected sciatic nerve.

    Stephen C MacDonald;Ian G Fleetwood;Shawn Hochman;Janice G Dodd

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry M. Jordan
Larry M. Jordan University of Manitoba
Stephen P. DeWeerth
Stephen P. DeWeerth Lehigh University
Hans Hultborn
Hans Hultborn University of Copenhagen
Jonathan D. Geiger
Jonathan D. Geiger University of Manitoba
David S.K. Magnuson
David S.K. Magnuson University of Louisville
Robert M. Brownstone
Robert M. Brownstone University College London
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick Cornell University
David B. Rye
David B. Rye Emory University
Ronald L. Calabrese
Ronald L. Calabrese Emory University
David J. Bennett
David J. Bennett University of Alberta

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