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Eric Brooks

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2006Rising activity
Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationGenetic and Kidney Cyst DiseasesViral-associated cancers and disordersSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsImmune Cell Function and Interaction

Publications

39

Citations

781

Est. group size

~14

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Eric Brooks studies how embryos form and close the neural tube, the structure that becomes the brain and spinal cord, with a focus on the head (cranial) region in mouse models. His work examines how signaling pathways like Sonic Hedgehog and Wnt, along with cell mechanics and single-cell gene expression patterns, coordinate cell behavior during this developmental process. This research is relevant to understanding birth defects such as neural tube closure disorders.

Neural tube closure and developmentCranial neural plate biologyCell signaling (Wnt, Sonic Hedgehog, GLI3)Single-cell and spatial gene expression atlasesCell mechanics and force-driven morphogenesis

Publication output was low and sporadic from 2017–2023 but increased sharply in 2024 and 2025, suggesting a recent period of growing research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 11 publications112526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Blood×8
  • eLife×5
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface×2
  • Cancers×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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