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Steven W. Johnson is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of Medicine, with particular focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics addressed in Steven W. Johnson's work include:

  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Notable recent publications by Steven W. Johnson include:

  • Evaluation of a risk assessment model to predict infection with healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile, 2021, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
  • Maryland Port Administration, Dundalk Marine Terminal: Resiliency for an Active RO/RO Terminal, 2022, Ports 2022
  • Impact of a Pharmacist-led COPD Clinic on Patient Outcomes in a Rural Healthcare Clinic, 2020, Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice
  • Benefits of Early Implementation of Enteral Feeding in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review of Current Literature, 2022, The Open COVID Journal
  • When Should Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis be Used to Prevent C. difficile Infection?, 2023, Current Infectious Disease Reports

Their research has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
  • Ports 2022
  • Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice
  • The Open COVID Journal
  • Current Infectious Disease Reports

Frequent co-authorships involve collaboration with Carrie Tilton, Mary Elizabeth Sexton, Chunhui Gu, Zhengjia Chen, and Chad Robichaux.

Best Publications

  • Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons.

    SW Johnson;RA North

  • Two types of neurone in the rat ventral tegmental area and their synaptic inputs.

    S W Johnson;R A North

  • Burst-firing in dopamine neurons induced by N-methyl-D-aspartate : role of electrogenic sodium pump

    Steven W. Johnson;Vincent Seutin;R. Alan North

  • 5-hydroxytryptamine1B receptors block the GABAB synaptic potential in rat dopamine neurons

    SW Johnson;NB Mercuri;RA North

  • Synaptic inputs to GABAA and GABAB receptors originate from discrete afferent neurons

    Shunsuke Sugita;Steven W. Johnson;R.Alan North

  • Bicuculline methiodide potentiates NMDA-dependent burst firing in rat dopamine neurons by blocking apamin-sensitive Ca2+-activated K+ currents.

    Steven W Johnson;Vincent Seutin

  • GDNF acutely modulates excitability and A-type K+ channels in midbrain dopaminergic neurons

    Feng Yang;Linyin Feng;Linyin Feng;Fang Zheng;Steven W. Johnson

  • Actions of 5-hydroxytryptamine on ventral tegmental area neurons of the rat in vitro

    Mauro Pessia;Zhi Gen Jiang;R. Alan North;Steven W. Johnson

  • Presynaptic dopamine D2 and muscarine M3 receptors inhibit excitatory and inhibitory transmission to rat subthalamic neurones in vitro

    Ke Zhong Shen;Steven W. Johnson

  • Synaptic plasticity in rat subthalamic nucleus induced by high-frequency stimulation

    Ke Zhong Shen;Zi Tao Zhu;Adam Munhall;Steven W. Johnson;Steven W. Johnson

  • Apamin increases NMDA-induced burst-firing of rat mesencephalic dopamine neurons

    Vincent Seutin;S. W. Johnson;R. A. North

  • Alpha1‐adrenergic Effects on Dopamine Neurons Recorded Intracellularly in the Rat Midbrain Slice

    Johan Grenhoff;R. Alan North;Steven W. Johnson

  • RECENT ADVANCES IN THE PHARMACOLOGY OF QUATERNARY SALTS OF BICUCULLINE

    Vincent Seutin;Steven W Johnson

  • Effects of dopamine on spontaneous and evoked activity of caudate neurons

    S.W. Johnson;S.W. Johnson;M.R. Palmer;R. Freedman;R. Freedman

  • Evaluation of Levodopa Dose and Magnitude of Dopamine Depletion as Risk Factors for Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Daniel B. Putterman;Adam C. Munhall;Laura B. Kozell;John K. Belknap

  • Inhibition of tumor cell proliferation by thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(1H)-one-based analogs.

    Yanong D. Wang;Steven Johnson;Dennis Powell;John P. McGinnis

  • Presynaptic GABAB and adenosine A1 receptors regulate synaptic transmission to rat substantia nigra reticulata neurones

    Ke Zhong Shen;Steven W. Johnson

  • Multiple mechanisms underlie burst firing in rat midbrain dopamine neurons in vitro.

    Steven W. Johnson;Yan Na Wu

  • Reinnervation of dopamine-denervated striatum by substantia nigra transplants: immunohistochemical and electrophysiological correlates.

    I. Strömberg;S. Johnson;B. Hoffer;L. Olson

  • Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate is a GABAB Receptor Agonist that Increases a Potassium Conductance in Rat Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons

    Theresa E. Madden;Steven W. Johnson

  • Excitatory effects of dopamine on subthalamic nucleus neurons: in vitro study of rats pretreated with 6-hydroxydopamine and levodopa.

    Zitao Zhu;Muriel Bartol;Kezhong Shen;Steven W. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles K. Meshul
Charles K. Meshul Oregon Health & Science University
R. A. North
R. A. North University of Manchester
Barry J. Hoffer
Barry J. Hoffer Case Western Reserve University
John K. Belknap
John K. Belknap Oregon Health & Science University
Vincent Seutin
Vincent Seutin University of Liège
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
William R. Woodward
William R. Woodward Oregon Health & Science University
David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University
Angelo Quartarone
Angelo Quartarone University of Messina

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