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Stephen B. Dunnett

Stephen B. Dunnett

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Neuroscience

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54537
World Ranking
374
National Ranking
49

Medicine

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121
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Overview

Stephen B. Dunnett is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions to neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, Dunnett's work concentrates on neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, and physiology.

The main topics addressed in Dunnett's research include Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, lysosomal storage disorders research, cellular transport and secretion, pluripotent stem cells research, regulation of appetite and obesity, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Recent publications by Dunnett include the following papers:

  • "Parkinson's disease laterality: a 11C-PE2I PET imaging study," 2020, Journal of Neurology
  • "Impaired cognitive and motor function are coincident with l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in a model of Parkinson's disease," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Endogenous LRRK2 and PINK1 function in a convergent neuroprotective ciliogenesis pathway in the brain," 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The TransEuro open-label trial of human fetal ventral mesencephalic transplantation in patients with moderate Parkinson's disease," 2025, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Acyl-Ghrelin Attenuates Neurochemical and Motor Deficits in the 6-OHDA Model of Parkinson's Disease," 2022, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Dunnett frequently collaborates with the following coauthors:

  • Mariah J. Lelos
  • Anne Rosser
  • Emma L. Lane
  • Simon P. Brooks
  • Gaynor A. Smith

Common publication venues for Dunnett include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Journal of Neurology

The scope of Dunnett's work emphasizes the biological mechanisms underlying neurological disorders, especially Parkinson's disease, incorporating neurochemical, cognitive, and cellular perspectives. Their studies often explore therapeutic interventions, molecular pathways, and neuroprotective strategies relevant to degenerative conditions.

Best Publications

  • Dopamine neuron systems in the brain: an update.

    Anders Björklund;Stephen Bruce Dunnett

  • Characterization of progressive motor deficits in mice transgenic for the human Huntington's disease mutation.

    R. J. Carter;L. A. Lione;Trevor Humby;L. Mangiarini

  • The "staircase test": a measure of independent forelimb reaching and grasping abilities in rats.

    C.P. Montoya;L.J. Campbell-Hope;K.D. Pemberton;S.B. Dunnett

  • Tests to assess motor phenotype in mice: a user's guide

    Simon Philip Brooks;Stephen Bruce Dunnett

  • Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord

    W. Wisden;M.L. Errington;S. Williams;S.B. Dunnett

  • Spatial Learning and Motor Deficits in Aged Rats

    Fred H. Gage;Stephen B. Dunnett;Anders Björklund

  • Comparative effects of cholinergic drugs and lesions of nucleus basalis or fimbria-fornix on delayed matching in rats

    Stephen B. Dunnett

  • Prospects for new restorative and neuroprotective treatments in Parkinson's disease

    Stephen B. Dunnett;Anders Björklund

  • The basal forebrain-cortical cholinergic system: interpreting the functional consequences of excitotoxic lesions

    Stephen B. Dunnett;Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Reinnervation of the denervated striatum by substantia nigra transplants: functional consequences as revealed by pharmacological and sensorimotor testing.

    A. Björklund;S.B. Dunnett;S.B. Dunnett;U. Stenevi;M.E. Lewis;M.E. Lewis

  • Long-Term Survival of Human Central Nervous System Progenitor Cells Transplanted into a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease ☆

    Clive N. Svendsen;Maeve A. Caldwell;Jinkun Shen;Melanie G. ter Borg

  • Septal transplants restore maze learning in rats with fornix-fimbria lesions.

    S. B. Dunnett;Walter C Low;S. D. Iversen;U. Stenevi

  • Selective discrimination learning impairments in mice expressing the human Huntington's disease mutation

    Lisa Lione;R. J. Carter;M. J. Hunt;G. P. Bates

  • Motor coordination and balance in rodents.

    Rebecca J. Carter;Jennifer Morton;Stephen B. Dunnett

  • Intracerebral grafting of neuronal cell suspensions. I. Introduction and general methods of preparation.

    Anders Björklund;U Stenevi;R. H Schmidt;S. B Dunnett

  • BEHAVIOURAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTATION OF SUBSTANTIA NIGRA IN RATS SUBJECTED TO 6-OHDA LESIONS OF THE NIGROSTRIATAL PATHWAY. I. UNILATERAL LESIONS

    Stephen B. Dunnett;Anders Bjorklund;Anders Bjorklund;Ulf Stenevi;Ulf Stenevi;Susan D. Iversen

  • Intrahippocampal septal grafts ameliorate learning impairments in aged rats

    Fred H. Gage;Anders Björklund;Ulf Stenevi;Stephen B. Dunnett

  • The contributions of motor cortex, nigrostriatal dopamine and caudate-putamen to skilled forelimb use in the rat.

    Ian Q. Whishaw;William T. O'connor;Stephen B. Dunnett

  • Efferent synaptic connections of grafted dopaminergic neurons reinnervating the host neostriatum: a tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemical study

    TF Freund;JP Bolam;A Bjorklund;U Stenevi

  • Abnormal Synaptic Plasticity and Impaired Spatial Cognition in Mice Transgenic for Exon 1 of the Human Huntington's Disease Mutation

    Kerry P. S. J. Murphy;Rebecca J. Carter;Lisa A. Lione;Laura Mangiarini

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Elizabeth Rosser
Anne Elizabeth Rosser Cardiff University
Anders Björklund
Anders Björklund Lund University
Eduardo Miguel Torres
Eduardo Miguel Torres Cardiff University
Roger A. Barker
Roger A. Barker University of Cambridge
Lesley Jones
Lesley Jones Cardiff University
James W. Fawcett
James W. Fawcett University of Cambridge
Susan D. Iversen
Susan D. Iversen University of Oxford
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Colin Watts
Colin Watts University of Birmingham

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