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Wilkie A. Wilson

Wilkie A. Wilson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
11160
World Ranking
3579
National Ranking
1651

Overview

Wilkie A. Wilson is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines, primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience.

The scientist's recent publications highlight work in neuropharmacology and developmental neurotoxicity. These include:

  • Neurosteroid modulation of GABAergic neurotransmission in the central amygdala: A role for NMDA receptors (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Prenatal Choline Supplementation Protects against Postnatal Neurotoxicity (2021, UNC Libraries)

Wilson's frequent publication venue is UNC Libraries, where they have contributed multiple works.

The main areas of study focus on Medicine with three publications and Neuroscience with two. Specific subfields include Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Rheumatology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The research topics Wilson addresses cover:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Wilson collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Chunsheng Wang, Christine E. Marx, A. Leslie Morrow, Scott D. Moore, and Shirley X. Guo-Ross, each contributing to at least one joint publication.

Best Publications

  • The Role of GABAB Receptor Activation in Absence Seizures of Lethargic (lh/lh) Mice

    David A. Hosford;Suzanne Clark;Zhen Cao;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Differential Effects of Ethanol on Memory in Adolescent and Adult Rats

    B J Markwiese;S K Acheson;E D Levin;W A Wilson

  • Magnesium-free medium activates seizure-like events in the rat hippocampal slice.

    W W Anderson;W W Anderson;D V Lewis;H S Swartzwelder;H S Swartzwelder;W A Wilson

  • Voltage clamping with a single microelectrode.

    W. A. Wilson;Marcia Monahan Goldner

  • Voltage clamp discloses slow inward current in hippocampal burst-firing neurones

    Daniel Johnston;John J. Hablitz;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Differential effects of ethanol in adolescent and adult rats.

    Patrick J. Little;Cynthia M. Kuhn;Wilkie A. Wilson;H. Scott Swartzwelder

  • Age-dependent inhibition of long-term potentiation by ethanol in immature versus mature hippocampus.

    Swartzwelder Hs;Wilson Wa;Wilson Wa;Tayyeb Mi;Tayyeb Mi

  • Differential anxiogenic, aversive, and locomotor effects of THC in adolescent and adult rats

    Nicole L. Schramm-Sapyta;Young May Cha;Young May Cha;Saba Chaudhry;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Differential effects of ethanol on motor coordination in adolescent and adult rats.

    Aaron M White;Melanie C Truesdale;Jon G Bae;Sukaina Ahmad;Sukaina Ahmad

  • Age and Dose-Dependent Effects of Ethanol on the Induction of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

    Gowri K Pyapali;Gowri K Pyapali;Dennis A Turner;Dennis A Turner;Wilkie A Wilson;Wilkie A Wilson;H.Scott Swartzwelder;H.Scott Swartzwelder

  • NMDA antagonists differentiate epileptogenesis from seizure expression in an in vitro model.

    Steven F. Stasheff;William W. Anderson;Suzanne Clark;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Differential sensitivity of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic potentials to ethanol in immature versus mature hippocampus

    H. Scott Swartzwelder;W. A. Wilson;M. I. Tayyeb

  • Seizure-like events in brain slices: suppression by interictal activity.

    H. Scott Swartzwelder;H. Scott Swartzwelder;D.V. Lewis;W.W. Anderson;W.W. Anderson;W.A. Wilson;W.A. Wilson

  • The NMDA receptor antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate blocks stimulus train-induced epileptogenesis but not epileptiform bursting in the rat hippocampal slice

    W. W. Anderson;H. S. Swartzwelder;W. A. Wilson

  • MK-801 potently inhibits alcohol withdrawal seizures in rats

    Richard A. Morrisett;Richard A. Morrisett;Amir H. Rezvani;David Overstreet;David S. Janowsky

  • Induction of epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices by trains of electrical stimuli

    Steven F. Stasheff;Andrew C. Bragdon;Andrew C. Bragdon;Wilkie A. Wilson;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Prolonged inhibition in burst firing neurons: synaptic inactivation of the slow regenerative inward current.

    Wilkie A. Wilson;Howard Wachtel

  • NMDA Receptor Antagonists Disinhibit Rat Posterior Cingulate and Retrosplenial Cortices: A Potential Mechanism of Neurotoxicity

    Qiang Li;Suzanne Clark;Darrell V. Lewis;Wilkie A. Wilson

  • Negative resistance characteristic essential for the maintenance of slow oscillations in bursting neurons.

    Wilkie A. Wilson;Howard Wachtel

  • Prenatal exposure to ethanol decreases physiological plasticity in the hippocampus of the adult rat.

    H.S. Swartzwelder;K.L. Farr;W.A. Wilson;D.D. Savage

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Moore
Scott D. Moore Duke University
Darrell V. Lewis
Darrell V. Lewis Duke University
Richard A. Morrisett
Richard A. Morrisett The University of Texas at Austin
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta University of California, Los Angeles
Roger D. Madison
Roger D. Madison Duke University
Dennis A. Turner
Dennis A. Turner Duke University
Roger J. Porter
Roger J. Porter University of Pennsylvania
Ashok K. Shetty
Ashok K. Shetty Texas A&M University
Timothy J. Strauman
Timothy J. Strauman Duke University
Patrick S. Malone
Patrick S. Malone Sapienza University of Rome

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