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Stephen D. Liberles

Stephen D. Liberles

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
10868
World Ranking
6350
National Ranking
2766

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Overview

Stephen D. Liberles is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields related to Neuroscience and Medicine, with specific contributions in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Ion Channels and Receptors, and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Stephen D. Liberles are the following:

  • Internal senses of the vagus nerve, 2022, Neuron
  • Area Postrema Cell Types that Mediate Nausea-Associated Behaviors, 2020, Neuron
  • An Airway Protection Program Revealed by Sweeping Genetic Control of Vagal Afferents, 2020, Cell
  • A brainstem map for visceral sensations, 2022, Nature
  • Periphery signals generated by Piezo-mediated stomach stretch and Neuromedin-mediated glucose load regulate the Drosophila brain nutrient sensor, 2021, Neuron

Stephen D. Liberles has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature (8 publications)
  • Neuron (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Cell (3 publications)
  • eLife (2 publications)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors:

  • Judith A. Kaye (6 publications)
  • Sara L. Prescott (4 publications)
  • Benjamin D. Umans (4 publications)
  • Soohong Min (4 publications)
  • Isaac M. Chiu (4 publications)

Stephen D. Liberles was awarded the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2016.

Best Publications

  • A second class of chemosensory receptors in the olfactory epithelium

    Stephen D. Liberles;Linda B. Buck

  • An Excitatory Paraventricular Nucleus to AgRP Neuron Circuit That Drives Hunger

    Michael J. Krashes;Michael J. Krashes;Bhavik P. Shah;Bhavik P. Shah;Joseph C. Madara;David P. Olson;David P. Olson

  • Sensory Neurons that Detect Stretch and Nutrients in the Digestive System

    Erika K. Williams;Rui B. Chang;David E. Strochlic;Benjamin D. Umans

  • A candidate taste receptor gene near a sweet taste locus.

    Jean-Pierre Montmayeur;Stephen D. Liberles;Hiroaki Matsunami;Linda B. Buck

  • PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex.

    Wei-Zheng Zeng;Kara L. Marshall;Soohong Min;Ihab Daou

  • Vagal Sensory Neuron Subtypes that Differentially Control Breathing.

    Rui B. Chang;David E. Strochlic;Erika K. Williams;Benjamin D. Umans

  • Piezo2 senses airway stretch and mediates lung inflation-induced apnoea

    Keiko Nonomura;Seung Hyun Woo;Rui B. Chang;Astrid Gillich

  • Nociceptor sensory neurons suppress neutrophil and γδ T cell responses in bacterial lung infections and lethal pneumonia

    Pankaj Baral;Benjamin D Umans;Lu Li;Antonia Wallrapp

  • Detection and avoidance of a carnivore odor by prey

    David M. Ferrero;Jamie K. Lemon;Daniela Fluegge;Stan L. Pashkovski

  • Internal senses of the vagus nerve

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  • Mammalian pheromones.

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  • Formyl peptide receptors are candidate chemosensory receptors in the vomeronasal organ

    Stephen D. Liberles;Lisa F. Horowitz;Donghui Kuang;James J. Contos

  • Inducible gene expression and protein translocation using nontoxic ligands identified by a mammalian three-hybrid screen.

    Stephen D. Liberles;Steven T. Diver;David J. Austin;Stuart L. Schreiber

  • Transcriptional profiling at whole population and single cell levels reveals somatosensory neuron molecular diversity

    Isaac M Chiu;Lee B Barrett;Erika K Williams;David E Strochlic

  • The serine protease inhibitor SerpinA3N attenuates neuropathic pain by inhibiting T cell-derived leukocyte elastase

    Lucas Vicuña;David E Strochlic;Alban Latremoliere;Kiran Kumar Bali

  • Area Postrema Cell Types that Mediate Nausea-Associated Behaviors.

    Chuchu Zhang;Judith A. Kaye;Zerong Cai;Yandan Wang

  • High-affinity olfactory receptor for the death-associated odor cadaverine

    Ashiq Hussain;Luis R. Saraiva;David M. Ferrero;Gaurav Ahuja

  • Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor

    Maude W. Baldwin;Yasuka Toda;Tomoya Nakagita;Mary J. O'Connell

  • Aversion and Attraction through Olfaction

    Qian Li;Stephen D. Liberles

  • Synchronous evolution of an odor biosynthesis pathway and behavioral response

    Qian Li;Wayne J. Korzan;David M. Ferrero;Rui B. Chang

  • A juvenile mouse pheromone inhibits sexual behaviour through the vomeronasal system

    David M. Ferrero;Lisa M. Moeller;Takuya Osakada;Nao Horio

  • Trace amine-associated receptors: ligands, neural circuits, and behaviors

    Stephen D Liberles

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael J. Krashes
Michael J. Krashes National Institutes of Health
Markus Fendt
Markus Fendt Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Florian Engert
Florian Engert Harvard University
Clifford J. Woolf
Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital
Marshall Devor
Marshall Devor Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Cheryl L. Stucky
Cheryl L. Stucky Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael Costigan
Michael Costigan Boston Children's Hospital
Qiufu Ma
Qiufu Ma Harvard University

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