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Stanley A. Thayer is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on several specific subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, and virology.

The topics of Thayer's work include a range of neuroscience and neuropharmacology research areas. Key research themes encompass Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, HIV research and treatment, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neuroscience and neural engineering, and ion channel regulation and function.

They have contributed to numerous publications in well-known scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Science Signaling
  • eNeuro
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Molecular Pharmacology

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Stanley A. Thayer highlight their involvement in neurobiological and pharmacological studies. These include:

  • Mild membrane depolarization in neurons induces immediate early gene transcription and acutely subdues responses to a successive stimulus (2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • HIV Tat Protein Selectively Impairs CB1 Receptor-Mediated Presynaptic Inhibition at Excitatory But Not Inhibitory Synapses (2020, eNeuro)
  • Amyloid-β oligomers trigger sex-dependent inhibition of GIRK channel activity in hippocampal neurons in mice (2024, Science Signaling)
  • A Complete Endocannabinoid Signaling System Modulates Synaptic Transmission between Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neurons (2022, Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Antiretroviral drugs from multiple classes induce loss of excitatory synapses between hippocampal neurons in culture (2024, Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Stanley A. Thayer collaborates frequently with several researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Benjamin M. Gansemer
  • Kevin Wickman
  • Hannah M. McMullan
  • Ashley N. Ewens
  • Rahil Vaknalli

Best Publications

  • Dominant role of N-type Ca2+ channels in evoked release of norepinephrine from sympathetic neurons.

    Lane D. Hirning;Aaron P. Fox;Edwin W. Mccleskey;Edwin W. Mccleskey;Baldomero M. Olivera

  • Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Inhibit Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission in Rat Hippocampal Cultures

    Maoxing Shen;Timothy M. Piser;Virginia S. Seybold;Stanley A. Thayer

  • Mitochondria buffer physiological calcium loads in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

    John L. Werth;Stanley A. Thayer

  • Glutamate-induced calcium transient triggers delayed calcium overload and neurotoxicity in rat hippocampal neurons

    R. D. Randall;Stanley A Thayer

  • Regulation of the intracellular free calcium concentration in single rat dorsal root ganglion neurones in vitro.

    S A Thayer;R J Miller

  • Brain voltage-sensitive calcium channel subtypes differentiated by ω-conotoxin fraction GVIA

    Ian J. Reynolds;John A. Wagner;Solomon H. Snyder;Stanley A. Thayer

  • CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS PROTECT CULTURED RAT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS FROM EXCITOTOXICITY

    Maoxing Shen;Stanley A. Thayer

  • Regulation of calcium homeostasis in sensory neurons by bradykinin

    Stanley A. Thayer;Teresa M. Perney;Richard J. Miller

  • Sequestration of glutamate-induced Ca2+ loads by mitochondria in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

    Guang Jian Wang;Stanley A Thayer

  • Glutamate-induced intracellular acidification of cultured hippocampal neurons demonstrates altered energy metabolism resulting from Ca2+ loads

    Guang Jian Wang;R. D. Randall;S. A. Thayer

  • The cannabinoid agonist Win55,212-2 inhibits calcium channels by receptor-mediated and direct pathways in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

    Maoxing Shen;Stanley A Thayer

  • Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Acts as a Partial Agonist to Modulate Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission between Rat Hippocampal Neurons in Culture

    Maoxing Shen;Stanley A. Thayer

  • U73122 inhibits phospholipase C-dependent calcium mobilization in neuronal cells

    Wenzhen Jin;Tak Man Lo;Horace H Loh;Stanley A Thayer

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protein Tat Induces Synapse Loss via a Reversible Process That Is Distinct from Cell Death

    Hee Jung Kim;Kirill A. Martemyanov;Stanley A. Thayer

  • Cannabinoids Inhibit the Formation of New Synapses between Hippocampal Neurons in Culture

    Daniel Kim;Stanley A. Thayer

  • OPIOIDS MOBILIZE CALCIUM FROM INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE-SENSITIVE STORES IN NG108-15 CELLS

    Wenzhen Jin;Nancy M. Lee;Horace H Loh;Stanley A Thayer

  • Dual excitatory and inhibitory effects of opioids on intracellular calcium in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells.

    W. Jin;N. M. Lee;Horace H Loh;Stanley A Thayer

  • New Phototriggers 9: p-Hydroxyphenacyl as a C-Terminal Photoremovable Protecting Group for Oligopeptides

    Richard S. Givens;Jörg F.W. Weber;Peter G. Conrad;György Orosz

  • Synapse Loss Induced by Interleukin-1β Requires Pre- and Post-synaptic Mechanisms

    Anjuli Mishra;Hee Jung Kim;Hee Jung Kim;Angela H. Shin;Stanley A. Thayer

  • Measurement of neuronal Ca2+ transients using simultaneous microfluorimetry and electrophysiology.

    Stanley A. Thayer;Michael Sturek;Richard J. Miller

  • All-or-None Ca2+ Release from Intracellular Stores Triggered by Ca2+ Influx through Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels in Rat Sensory Neurons

    Yuriy M. Usachev;Stanley A. Thayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirill A. Martemyanov
Kirill A. Martemyanov Scripps Research Institute
Colleen M. Niswender
Colleen M. Niswender Vanderbilt University
William N. Ross
William N. Ross New York Medical College
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
Cheryl L. Stucky
Cheryl L. Stucky Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael J. Higley
Michael J. Higley Yale University
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Gerhard Rammes
Gerhard Rammes Technical University of Munich
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School

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