Ryan Alexander, PhD
Specialist
Neurology
School of Medicine

Publications (4)

Top publication keywords:
SulfonamidesPyramidal CellsInterneuronsNeocortexgamma-Aminobutyric AcidPrefrontal CortexNAV1.2 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelCalcium ChannelsAction PotentialsReceptors, Opioid, deltaNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelMiceGene Knock-In TechniquesSignal TransductionSomatostatin

• Differential roles of NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 in neocortical pyramidal cell excitability.
  eLife 2025 Garcia JD, Wang C, Alexander RPD, Banks E, Fenton T, DeKeyser JM, Abramova TV, George AL, Ben-Shalom R, Hackos DH, Bender KJ
• Delta opioid receptors engage multiple signaling cascades to differentially modulate prefrontal GABA release with input and target specificity.
  Cell reports 2025 Alexander RPD, Bender KJ
• Delta opioid receptors engage multiple signaling cascades to differentially modulate prefrontal GABA release with input and target specificity.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Alexander RPD, Bender KJ
• Paradoxical hyperexcitability from NaV1.2 sodium channel loss in neocortical pyramidal cells.
  Cell reports 2021 Spratt PWE, Alexander RPD, Ben-Shalom R, Sahagun A, Kyoung H, Keeshen CM, Sanders SJ, Bender KJ