Taylor J. Woodward

Neuroscience · Indiana University

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Publications

Citations

274

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2017

Research summary

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Taylor J. Woodward studies how the brain's chemical signaling systems influence behavior, focusing on neurotransmitter receptors and how substances such as ethanol (alcohol), nicotine, and cannabinoids act on specific brain circuits. Much of the work examines regions like the ventral tegmental area and thalamus using electrophysiology and pharmacology in rodent models, with attention to reward, addiction, and effects of drugs like anesthetics.

Neurotransmitter receptors and behaviorCannabinoid and cannabis pharmacologyAddiction and reward circuitry (ethanol, nicotine)Pain mechanisms and treatmentNicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Publication activity has been growing in recent years, with a marked increase in output through 2024 and 2025 after a lower and more intermittent pace earlier in the decade.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently

Recent publications

Neonatal general anesthesia causes lasting alterations in excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in the ventrobasal thalamus of adolescent female rats
Neurobiology of Disease · 2019
Pharmacological Antagonism of T-Type Calcium Channels Constrains Rebound Burst Firing in Two Distinct Subpopulations of GABA Neurons in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area: Implications for α-Lipoic Acid
Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2019
Ventral Tegmental Area GABA Neurons Are Resistant to GABA(A) Receptor-Mediated Inhibition During Ethanol Withdrawal
Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2018
α6 subunit‐containing nicotinic receptors mediate low‐dose ethanol effects on ventral tegmental area neurons and ethanol reward
Addiction Biology · 2017

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
Frontiers in Neuroscience×3
Neuropharmacology×3
Science Translational Medicine×1
Journal of Lipid Research×1

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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