William T. Birdsong

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity

Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Publications

Citations

2,207

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2001

In context

Among 1,692 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index

Citations: 2,207cohort median 809

Publications / year (recent): 2.8cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 38% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 5 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Characterizing Opioid Receptors on SST Interneurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortexx (Abstract ID: 166951)
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 2025
Excitatory synaptic transmission is differentially modulated by opioid receptors along the claustro-cingulate pathway
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
Review for "Sex and Strain Differences in Analgesic and Hyperlocomotor Effects of Morphine and μ‐Opioid Receptor Expression in Mice"
2025
Review for "Sex and Strain Differences in Analgesic and Hyperlocomotor Effects of Morphine and μ‐Opioid Receptor Expression in Mice"
2025
Agonist-Specific Regulation of G Protein–Coupled Receptors after Chronic Opioid Treatment
Molecular Pharmacology · 2022
μ opioid receptors acutely regulate adenosine signaling in a thalamo-striatal circuit
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021
Recent Progress in Opioid Research from an Electrophysiological Perspective
Molecular Pharmacology · 2020
Synapse-specific opioid modulation of thalamo-cortico-striatal circuits
eLife · 2019
Visualizing endogenous opioid receptors in living neurons using ligand-directed chemistry
eLife · 2019
Separation of Acute Desensitization and Long-Term Tolerance of µ-Opioid Receptors Is Determined by the Degree of C-Terminal Phosphorylation
Molecular Pharmacology · 2019
Image Classification Using TensorFlow
Advances in intelligent systems and computing · 2019
Synapse-specific Opioid Modulation of Thalamo-cortico-striatal Circuits
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2019
Author response: Synapse-specific opioid modulation of thalamo-cortico-striatal circuits
2019
Author response: Visualizing endogenous opioid receptors in living neurons using ligand-directed chemistry
2019
A comprehensive excitatory input map of the striatum reveals novel functional organization
eLife · 2016

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
eLife×3
Molecular Pharmacology×3
The FASEB Journal×2
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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