Heather Brosnan, MD
Assistant Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
HypothermiaCell DeathIschemic PreconditioningHippocampusSpinal FusionUnfolded Protein ResponseXenonIsofluraneMorphineAnesthetics, InhalationHypoxiaMethyl EthersNeuronsAnestheticsRewarming

• Morphine Overdose After an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in a Patient With an Intrathecal Morphine Pump.
  Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology 2022 Brosnan H, Weber G, Abramowicz AE, Hiremath T, Wecksell MB
• Anesthetic Selection for an Awake Craniotomy for a Glioma With Wernicke's Aphasia: A Case Report.
  Cureus 2022 Brosnan H, McLean M, Abramowicz AE
• Assessing Testing Strategies and Duration of Quarantine in Contact Tracing for SARS-CoV-2: A Retrospective Study of San Francisco's COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program, June-August 2020.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2021 Reid MJA, Prado P, Brosnan H, Ernst A, Spindler H, Celentano J, Wall-Shui M, Sachdev D
• Hypoxic preconditioning and cell death from oxygen/glucose deprivation co-opt a subset of the unfolded protein response in hippocampal neurons.
  Neuroscience 2015 Bickler PE, Clark JP, Gabatto P, Brosnan H
• Effect of combining anesthetics in neonates on long-term cognitive function.
  International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 2014 Lee BH, Hazarika OD, Quitoriano GR, Lin N, Leong J, Brosnan H, Chan JT, May LD, Yu D, Alkhamisi A, Stratmann G, Sall JW
• Xenon neurotoxicity in rat hippocampal slice cultures is similar to isoflurane and sevoflurane.
  Anesthesiology 2013 Brosnan H, Bickler PE
• Anesthetic protection of neurons injured by hypothermia and rewarming: roles of intracellular Ca2+ and excitotoxicity.
  Anesthesiology 2012 Bickler PE, Warren DE, Clark JP, Gabatto P, Gregersen M, Brosnan H
• Hypothermia and rewarming injury in hippocampal neurons involve intracellular Ca2+ and glutamate excitotoxicity.
  Neuroscience 2012 Warren DE, Bickler PE, Clark JP, Gregersen M, Brosnan H, McKleroy W, Gabatto P