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Erika Eggers

Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Professor, Biomedical Engineering | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP | Professor, Physiology | Associate Department Head, Research - Physiology

Collaboration(11)

Paul Langlais
Meredith Hay
Tally Largent-Milnes
Ralph Fregosi
Paulo Pires

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Grants(11)

Retinal Neuronal Signaling in Early Diabetes
Active·2021·$1.1M·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
diabetic retinopathy, neuronal signaling, early detection, retinal function, diabetes management
Investigation and Modulation of Inner Retinal Dysfunction in Diabetes
Active·2021·$525K / $175K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
diabetic retinopathy, inner retina, diabetes, retinal dysfunction, modulation
CAREER: The Role of Inhibition in Light Adaptation of the OFF Retinal Pathway
Active·2016·$900K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
neuroscience, vision, inhibition, biophysics, ophthalmology
IPA for Michael Flood: Dopamine Treatments for Diabetic Retinopathy
2019·$15.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
diabetic retinopathy, dopamine treatments, ipa, michael flood, treatment
Retinal Neuronal Signaling in Early Diabetes
2015·$1.7M / $1.7M·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
retinal neurons, diabetes, neuronal signaling, retinal health, early disease detection

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Publications(34)

Recent

Impaired dopamine signaling in early diabetic retina: Insights from D1R and D4R agonist effects on whole retina responses

2024

Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes

2023

diabetes, visual impairment, ophthalmology, medical imaging, neuroscience

Dopamine D1 and D4 receptor modulation of ex vivo ERG recordings is reduced after 6 weeks of diabetes

2023

dopamine receptors, diabetes effects, erg recordings, ex vivo studies, receptor modulation

Parallel neurodegenerative phenotypes in sporadic Parkinson’s disease fibroblasts and midbrain dopamine neurons

2023

parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration, fibroblasts

Impaired Light Adaptation of ON-Sustained Ganglion Cells in Early Diabetes Is Attributable to Diminished Response to Dopamine D4 Receptor Activation

2022

diabetes, ganglion cells, dopamine receptor, light adaptation, vision

The effects of early diabetes on inner retinal neurons

2020

diabetes, retinal neurons, early-onset, health, neuroscience

Inhibitory components of retinal bipolar cell receptive fields are differentially modulated by dopamine D1 receptors

2020

neuroscience, retinal biology, dopamine modulation, bipolar cells, receptor modulation

Early diabetes impairs ON sustained ganglion cell light responses and adaptation without cell death or dopamine insensitivity

2020

diabetes, retinal ganglion cells, light response, adaptation, dopamine

Impaired light adaptation of ON-sustained ganglion cells in early diabetes is attributable to diminished dopamine D4 receptor sensitivity

2020

diabetic retinopathy, dopamine receptors, ganglion cells, visual impairment, diabetes

Dopamine D1 and D4 receptors contribute to light adaptation in ON-sustained retinal ganglion cells

2020

neuroscience, ophthalmology, cell biology, receptor pharmacology, sensory biology