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Slobodan M. Todorovic is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on several specialized subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, and anesthesiology and pain medicine.

Their work addresses several main topics within neuroscience and pharmacology, concentrating on areas such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, ion channel regulation and function, pain mechanisms and treatments, anesthesia and sedative agents, neural dynamics and brain function, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Slobodan M. Todorovic has contributed to publications in several notable journals, with frequent appearances in the British Journal of Anaesthesia and Experimental Biology and Medicine. Other common publication venues include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomolecules, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Todorovic include:

  • Neuroactive steroids alphaxalone and CDNC24 are effective hypnotics and potentiators of GABAA currents, but are not neurotoxic to the developing rat brain (2020, British Journal of Anaesthesia)
  • The T-type calcium channel isoform Cav3.1 is a target for the hypnotic effect of the anaesthetic neurosteroid (3β,5β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile (2020, British Journal of Anaesthesia)
  • Differential effects of the novel neurosteroid hypnotic (3β,5β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile on electroencephalogram activity in male and female rats (2021, British Journal of Anaesthesia)
  • Neonatal Ketamine Alters High-Frequency Oscillations and Synaptic Plasticity in the Subiculum But Does not Affect Sleep Macrostructure in Adolescent Rats (2020, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience)
  • Glycosylation of CaV3.2 Channels Contributes to the Hyperalgesia in Peripheral Neuropathy of Type 1 Diabetes (2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)

The researcher often collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Vesna Jevtović-Todorović
  • Srdjan M. Joksimovic
  • Douglas F. Covey
  • Tamara Timić Stamenić
  • Francesca M. Manzella

Best Publications

  • Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is an NMDA antagonist, neuroprotectant and neurotoxin

    V Jevtović-Todorović;S M Todorović;S Mennerick;S Powell

  • Pharmacological Properties of T-Type Ca2+ Current in Adult Rat Sensory Neurons: Effects of Anticonvulsant and Anesthetic Agents

    Slobodan M. Todorovic;Christopher J. Lingle

  • Redox modulation of T-type calcium channels in rat peripheral nociceptors.

    Slobodan M. Todorovic;Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic;Adam Meyenburg;Steven Mennerick

  • Cell-Specific Alterations of T-Type Calcium Current in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Enhance Excitability of Sensory Neurons

    Miljen M Jagodic;Sriyani Pathirathna;Michael T Nelson;Stefani Mancuso

  • Role of voltage-gated calcium channels in ascending pain pathways.

    Gerald W. Zamponi;Richard J. Lewis;Slobodan M. Todorovic;Stephen P. Arneric

  • Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Cultures

    Steven Mennerick;Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic;Slobodan M. Todorovic;Weixing Shen

  • Upregulation of the T-type calcium current in small rat sensory neurons after chronic constrictive injury of the sciatic nerve.

    Miljen M. Jagodic;Sriyani Pathirathna;Pavle M. Joksovic;WooYong Lee

  • General Anesthesia Causes Long-term Impairment of Mitochondrial Morphogenesis and Synaptic Transmission in Developing Rat Brain.

    Victoria Sanchez;Shawn D. Feinstein;Nadia Lunardi;Pavle M. Joksovic

  • In vivo silencing of the CaV3.2 T-type calcium channels in sensory neurons alleviates hyperalgesia in rats with streptozocin-induced diabetic neuropathy

    Richard B. Messinger;Ajit K. Naik;Miljen M. Jagodic;Michael T. Nelson

  • Presynaptic Cav3.2 channels regulate excitatory neurotransmission in nociceptive dorsal horn neurons.

    Megan O. Jacus;Victor N. Uebele;John J. Renger;Slobodan M. Todorovic

  • TTA-P2 is a potent and selective blocker of T-type calcium channels in rat sensory neurons and a novel antinociceptive agent.

    WonJoo Choe;Richard B. Messinger;Emily Leach;Veit-Simon Eckle

  • T-type voltage-gated calcium channels as targets for the development of novel pain therapies

    Slobodan M Todorovic;Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic

  • The Endogenous Redox Agent L-Cysteine Induces T-Type Ca2+ Channel-Dependent Sensitization of a Novel Subpopulation of Rat Peripheral Nociceptors

    Michael T Nelson;Pavle M Joksovic;Edward Perez-Reyes;Slobodan M Todorovic

  • Reducing Agents Sensitize C-Type Nociceptors by Relieving High-Affinity Zinc Inhibition of T-Type Calcium Channels

    Michael T. Nelson;Jiwan Woo;Ho-Won Kang;Iuliia Vitko

  • Variation in IH, IIR, and ILEAK between acutely isolated adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons of different size.

    R. S. Scroggs;S. M. Todorovic;E. G. Anderson;A. P. Fox

  • New evidence that both T-type calcium channels and GABAA channels are responsible for the potent peripheral analgesic effects of 5α-reduced neuroactive steroids

    Sriyani Pathirathna;Barbara C. Brimelow;Miljen M. Jagodic;Kathiresan Krishnan

  • Selective T-type calcium channel blockade alleviates hyperalgesia in ob/ob mice

    Janelle R. Latham;Sriyani Pathirathna;Miljen M. Jagodic;Won Joo Choe

  • Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific inhibition of neuronal T-type calcium channels by ascorbate.

    Michael T. Nelson;Pavle M. Joksovic;Peihan Su;Ho-Won Kang

  • The role of T-type calcium channels in epilepsy and pain.

    M. T. Nelson;S. M. Todorovic;E. Perez-Reyes

  • Mechanical and thermal antinociception in rats following systemic administration of mibefradil, a T-type calcium channel blocker

    Slobodan M Todorovic;Adam Meyenburg;Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Mennerick
Steven Mennerick Washington University in St. Louis
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider University of Cologne
John J. Renger
John J. Renger MSD (United States)
Alev Erisir
Alev Erisir University of Virginia
Gerald W. Zamponi
Gerald W. Zamponi University of Calgary
Paco S. Herson
Paco S. Herson University of Colorado Denver
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Howard P. Goodkin
Howard P. Goodkin University of Virginia
Ruth L. Stornetta
Ruth L. Stornetta University of Virginia
Yukitoshi Izumi
Yukitoshi Izumi Washington University in St. Louis

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