Robert A. Pearce

Position title: Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Email: rapearce@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-0208

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Research Interests: Mechanisms by which general anesthetics alter brain function, understanding how modulation of GABAA receptors impairs memory, utilizing expressed recombinant receptors and hippocampal brain slices to investigate the roles of specific subunit combinations and cell types in the control of learning and memory.

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Pearce Lab Website

Education

  • B.S. 1979 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  • M.D./Ph.D. 1986 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Residency 1989 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Publications

  • Wake Up, Neurons! Astrocytes Calling.
    Author(s) Perouansky M, MacIver MB, Pearce RA
    Date 2019 Mar  Journal Name Anesthesiology
    Volume 130  Issue 3  Pages 361-363  ISSN 0003-3022  ESSN 1528-1175
  • Doc2-mediated superpriming supports synaptic augmentation.
    Author(s) Xue R, Ruhl DA, Briguglio JS, Figueroa AG, Pearce RA, Chapman ER
    Date 2018 Jun 12  Journal Name Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America
    Volume 115  Issue 24  Pages E5605-E5613  ISSN 0027-8424  ESSN 1091-6490
  • Contrasting Effects of the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor β3 Subunit N265M Mutation on Loss of Righting Reflexes Induced by Etomidate and the Novel Anesthetic Barbiturate R-mTFD-MPAB.
    Author(s) Amlong CA, Perkins MG, Houle TT, Miller KW, Pearce RA
    Date 2016 Nov  Journal Name Anesthesia And Analgesia
    Volume 123  Issue 5  Pages 1241-1246  ISSN 0003-2999  ESSN 1526-7598
  • Lipid-free Fluoropolymer-based Propofol Emulsions and Lipid Reversal of Propofol Anesthesia in Rats.
    Author(s) Parks CL, Tucker W, Amlong CA, Mecozzi S, Pearce RA
    Date 2016 Jun  Journal Name Anesthesiology
    Volume 124  Issue 6  Pages 1328-37  ISSN 0003-3022  ESSN 1528-1175
  • Tonic Inhibitory Control of Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells by α5-Containing GABAA Receptors Reduces Memory Interference.
    Author(s) Engin E, Zarnowska ED, Benke D, Tsvetkov E, Sigal M, Keist R, Bolshakov VY, Pearce RA, Rudolph U
    Date 2015 Oct 7  Journal Name The Journal Of Neuroscience : The Official Journal Of The Society For Neuroscience
    Volume 35  Issue 40  Pages 13698-712  ISSN 0270-6474  ESSN 1529-2401
  • Etomidate Impairs Long-Term Potentiation In Vitro by Targeting α5-Subunit Containing GABAA Receptors on Nonpyramidal Cells.
    Author(s) Rodgers FC, Zarnowska ED, Laha KT, Engin E, Zeller A, Keist R, Rudolph U, Pearce RA
    Date 2015 Jul 1  Journal Name The Journal Of Neuroscience : The Official Journal Of The Society For Neuroscience
    Volume 35  Issue 26  Pages 9707-16  ISSN 0270-6474  ESSN 1529-2401
  • Etomidate blocks LTP and impairs learning but does not enhance tonic inhibition in mice carrying the N265M point mutation in the beta3 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor.
    Author(s) Zarnowska ED, Rodgers FC, Oh I, Rau V, Lor C, Laha KT, Jurd R, Rudolph U, Eger EI Nd, Pearce RA
    Date 2015 Jun  Journal Name Neuropharmacology
    Volume 93  Pages 171-178  ISSN 0028-3908  ESSN 1873-7064
  • Measurement of NMDA Receptor Antagonist, CPP, in Mouse Plasma and Brain Tissue Following Systematic Administration Using Ion-Pair LCMS/MS.
    Author(s) Gemperline E, Laha K, Scarlett CO, Pearce RA, Li L
    Date 2014 Aug 21  Journal Name Analytical Methods : Advancing Methods And Applications
    Volume 6  Issue 16  Pages 6389-6396  ISSN 1759-9660  ESSN 1759-9679
  • Spatiotemporal characteristics and pharmacological modulation of multiple gamma oscillations in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.
    Author(s) Balakrishnan S, Pearce RA
    Date 2014  Journal Name Frontiers In Neural Circuits
    Volume 8  Pages 150  ESSN 1662-5110
  • Enhancement of α5-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors by the nonimmobilizer 1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane (F6) is abolished by the β3(N265M) mutation.
    Author(s) Burkat PM, Lor C, Perouansky M, Pearce RA
    Date 2014 Dec  Journal Name Anesthesia And Analgesia
    Volume 119  Issue 6  Pages 1277-84  ISSN 0003-2999  ESSN 1526-7598

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