Dr. Bruce R. Ransom

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

NIH (NINDS): Neurons and Glia in Vitro, 1987 to 2012.

• Oberheim NA, Takano T, Han X, He W, Lin JH, Wang F, Xu Q, Wyatt JD, Pilcher W, Ojemann JG, Ransom BR, Goldman SA, Nedergaard M (Mar 2009) Uniquely hominid features of adult human astrocytes., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 29 (10), 3276-87
• Ransom BR, Baltan SB (Feb 2009) Axons get excited to death., Annals of neurology, 65 (2), 120-1
• Ye ZC, Oberheim N, Kettenmann H, Ransom BR (Feb 2009) Pharmacological "cross-inhibition" of connexin hemichannels and swelling activated anion channels., Glia, 57 (3), 258-69
• Walls AB, Sickmann HM, Brown A, Bouman SD, Ransom B, Schousboe A, Waagepetersen HS (May 2008) Characterization of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-d-arabinitol (DAB) as an inhibitor of brain glycogen shunt activity., Journal of neurochemistry, 105 (4), 1462-70
• Oberheim NA, Tian GF, Han X, Peng W, Takano T, Ransom B, Nedergaard M (Mar 2008) Loss of astrocytic domain organization in the epileptic brain., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28 (13), 3264-76
• Baltan S, Besancon EF, Mbow B, Ye Z, Hamner MA, Ransom BR (Feb 2008) White matter vulnerability to ischemic injury increases with age because of enhanced excitotoxicity., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28 (6), 1479-89
• Brown AM, Ransom BR (Sep 2007) Astrocyte glycogen and brain energy metabolism., Glia, 55 (12), 1263-71
• Tekkök SB, Ye Z, Ransom BR (Sep 2007) Excitotoxic mechanisms of ischemic injury in myelinated white matter., Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 27 (9), 1540-52
• Meakin PJ, Fowler MJ, Rathbone AJ, Allen LM, Ransom BR, Ray DE, Brown AM (Jan 2007) Fructose metabolism in the adult mouse optic nerve, a central white matter tract., Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 27 (1), 86-99
• Spray DC, Ye ZC, Ransom BR (Nov 2006) Functional connexin "hemichannels": a critical appraisal., Glia, 54 (7), 758-73
• Tekkok SB, Brown AM, Westenbroek R, Pellerin L, Ransom BR (Sep 2005) Transfer of glycogen-derived lactate from astrocytes to axons via specific, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 81 (5), 644-52
• Brown AM, Sickmann HM, Fosgerau K, Lund TM, Schousboe A, Waagepetersen HS, Ransom BR (Jan 2005) Astrocyte glycogen metabolism is required for neural activity during aglycemia or intense stimulation in mouse white matter, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 79 (1-2), 74-80
• Kettenmann, H, Ransom, B.R. (2005) Neuroglia, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press
• Weydt P, Yuen EC, Ransom BR, Moller T, Increased Cytotoxic Potential of Microglia From ALS-transgenic Mice., Glia, 48(2), 179-82, Nov 2004
• Tekkok SB, Ransom BR, Anoxia Effects on CNS Function and Survival: Regional Differences., Neurochemical Research, 29(11), 2163-9, Nov 2004
• Brown AM, Baltan Tekkok S, Ransom BR, Energy Transfer From Astrocytes to Axons: the Role of CNS Glycogen., Neurochemistry International, 45(4), 529-36, Sep 2004
• Samii A, Nutt JG, Ransom BR, Parkinson's Disease., Lancet, 363(9423), 1783-93, May 2004
• Tekkok SB, Brown AM, Ransom BR, Axon function persists during anoxia in mammalian white matter, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism : Official Journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism., 23(11), 1340-7, Nov 2003
• DePold Hohler A, Ransom BR, Chun MR, Troster AI, Samii A, The youngest reported case of corticobasal degeneration, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 10(1), 47-50, Oct 2003
• Nedergaard M, Ransom B, Goldman SA, New roles for astrocytes: Redefining the functional architecture of the brain, Trends in Neurosciences, 26(10), 523-30, Oct 2003
• Ransom B, Behar T, Nedergaard M, New roles for astrocytes (stars at last), Trends in Neurosciences, 26(10), 520-2, Oct 2003
• Ransom BR, Brown AM, Intracellular Ca2+ release and ischemic axon injury: the Trojan horse is back, Neuron, 40(1), 2-4, Sep 2003
• Brown AM, Tekkok SB, Ransom BR, Glycogen regulation and functional role in mouse white matter, The Journal of Physiology, 549(Pt 2), 501-12, Jun 2003
• Ye ZC, Wyeth MS, Baltan-Tekkok S, Ransom BR, Functional hemichannels in astrocytes: a novel mechanism of glutamate release, The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience., 23(9), 3588-96, May 2003
• Goldberg MP, Ransom BR, New light on white matter, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 34(2), 330-2, Feb 2003
• Chen C, Bharucha V, Chen Y, Westenbroek RE, Brown A, Malhotra JD, Jones D, Avery C, Gillespie PJ 3rd, Kazen-Gillespie KA, Kazarinova-Noyes K, Shrager P, Saunders TL, Macdonald RL, Ransom BR, Scheuer T, Catterall WA, Isom LL, Reduced sodium channel density, altered voltage dependence of inactivation, and increased susceptibility to seizures in mice lacking sodium channel beta 2-subunits, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 99(26), 17072-7, December 2002
• Brown AM, Ransom BR, Neuroprotective effects of increased extracellular Ca(2+) during aglycemia in white matter, Journal of Neurophysiology, 88(3), 1302-7, September 2002
• MacVicar BA, Feighan D, Brown A, Ransom B, Intrinsic optical signals in the rat optic nerve: role for K(+) uptake via NKCC1 and swelling of astrocytes, Glia, 37(2), 114-23, February 2002
• Brown AM, Wender R, Ransom BR, Metabolic substrates other than glucose support axon function in central white matter, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 66(5), 839-43, December 2001
• Ye ZC, Ransom BR, Sontheimer H, (1R,3S)-1-Aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (RS-ACPD) reduces intracellular glutamate levels in astrocytes, Journal of Neurochemistry, 79(4), 756-66, November 2001
• Moller T, Contos JJ, Musante DB, Chun J, Ransom BR, Expression and function of lysophosphatidic acid receptors in cultured rodent microglial cells, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276(28), 25946-52, 2001
• Brown AM, Wender R, Ransom BR, Ionic mechanisms of aglycemic axon injury in mammalian central white matter, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 21(4), 385-95, April 2001
• Brown AM, Westenbroek RE, Catterall WA, Ransom BR, Axonal L-type Ca2+ channels and anoxic injury in rat CNS white matter, Journal of Neurophysiology, 85(2), 900-11, February 2001
• Moller T, Hanisch UK, Ransom BR, Thrombin-induced activation of cultured rodent microglia, Journal of Neurochemistry, 75(4), 1539-47, October 2000
• Wender R, Brown AM, Fern R, Swanson RA, Farrell K, Ransom BR, Astrocytic glycogen influences axon function and survival during glucose deprivation in central white matter, Journal of Neuroscience, 20(18), 6804-10, 2000
• Ransom CB, Ransom BR, Sontheimer H, Activity-dependent extracellular K+ accumulation in rat optic nerve: the role of glial and axonal Na+ pumps, Journal of Physiology, 522 Pt 3, 427-42, 2000
• Ransom BR, Glial modulation of neural excitability mediated by extracellular pH: a hypothesis revisited, Progress in Brain Research, 125, 217-28, 2000
• Moller T, Musante DB, Ransom BR, Lysophosphatidic acid-induced calcium signals in cultured rat oligodendrocytes., Neuroreport, 10(14), 2929-32, 29 1999
• Longuemare MC, Rose CR, Farrell K, Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Swanson RA, K( )-induced reversal of astrocyte glutamate uptake is limited by compensatory changes in intracellular Na, Neuroscience, 93(1), 285-92, 1999
• Brown A M, Fern R, Jarvinen J P, Kaila K, Ransom B R, Changes in [Ca2+]0 during anoxia in CNS white matter., Neuroreport, 9(9), 1997-2000, 22 Jun 1998
• Rose C R, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Effects of glucose deprivation, chemical hypoxia, and simulated ischemia on Na+ homeostasis in rat spinal cord astrocytes., Journal of Neuroscience, 18(10), 3554-62, 15 May 1998
• Fern R, Davis P, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Axon conduction and survival in CNS white matter during energy deprivation: a developmental study., Journal of Neurophysiology, 79(1), 95-105, Jan 1998
• Kaila, K, Ransom, BR, pH and Brain Function, 1998
• Rose, C.R, Ransom, B.R., pH Regulation in Mammalian Glia, pH and Brain Function (ed. by Kaila, K. and Ransom, B.R.), 253-273, 1998
• Kaila, K, Ransom, B., Concept of pH and its Importance in Neurobiology, pH and Brain Function, (ed. by Kaila, K. and Ransom, B.R.), 3-10, 1998
• Kaila, K., Ransom, B.R. (1998) pH and Brain Function, New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Rose C R, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Pharmacological characterization of Na+ influx via voltage-gated Na+ channels in spinal cord astrocytes., Journal of Neurophysiology, 78(6), 3249-58, December 1997
• Rose C R, Ransom B R, Gap junctions equalize intracellular Na+ concentration in astrocytes., Glia, 20(4), 299-307, August 1997
• Rose C R, Ransom B R, Regulation of intracellular sodium in cultured rat hippocampal neurones., Journal of Physiology, 499 ( Pt 3), 573-87, 15 Mar 1997
• Ransom, BR, Fern, R, Does astrocytic glycogen benefit axon function and survival in CNS white matter during glucose deprivation?, GLIA, 134-141, 1997
• Fern R, Ransom B R, Ischemic injury of optic nerve axons: the nuts and bolts., Clinical Neuroscience, 4(5), 246-50, 1997
• Waxman, SW, Ransom, BR, Neuroprotection of CNS white matter, Neuroprotection, 305-317, 1997
• Ransom, B.R, Waxman, S.G, Fern, R., Pathophysiology of White Matter Anoxic Injury, Cerebrovascular Disease (ed. Batjer, H.H.), 309-318, 1997
• Fern R, Black J A, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Cd(2+)-induced injury in CNS white matter., Journal of Neurophysiology, 76(5), 3264-73, November 1996
• Rose CR, Ransom BR, Mechanisms of H and Na changes induced by glutamate, kainate, and D-aspartate in rat hippocampal astrocytes., Journal of Neuroscience, 16(17), 5393-404, September 1996
• Ransom BR, Orkand RK, Glial-neuronal interactions in non-synaptic areas of the brain: studies in the optic nerve., Trends in Neurosciences, 19(8), 352-8, August 1996
• Pizzonia J H, Ransom B R, Pappas C A, Characterization of Na+/H+ exchange activity in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes., Journal of Neuroscience Research, 44(2), 191-8, 15 Apr 1996
• Rose CR, Ransom BR, Intracellular sodium homeostasis in rat hippocampal astrocytes., Journal of Physiology, 491 ( Pt 2), 291-305, March 1996
• Fern R, Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Autoprotective mechanisms in the CNS: some new lessons from white matter., Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology, 27(2), 107-29, February 1996
• Anderson AW, Zhong J, Petroff OA, Szafer A, Ransom BR, Prichard JW, Gore JC, Effects of osmotically driven cell volume changes on diffusion-weighted imaging of the rat optic nerve., Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 35(2), 162-7, February 1996
• Lee J, Taira T, Pihlaja P, Ransom B R, Kaila K, Effects of CO2 on excitatory transmission apparently caused by changes in intracellular pH in the rat hippocampal slice., Brain Research, 706(2), 210-6, 15 Jan 1996
• Pappas CA, Rioult MG, Ransom BR, Octanol, a gap junction uncoupling agent, changes intracellular [H ] in rat astrocytes., Glia, 16(1), 7-15, January 1996
• Fern, R., Ransom, BR, Waxman, SG, Autoprotective mechanisms with therapeutic implications, Cerebrovascular Dis., Bogousslavsky J (ed.), 6, 59-65, 1996
• Ransom, B.R, Fern, R., Anoxic-ischemic glial cell injury: Mechanisms and consequensquences, Tissue Oxygen Deprivation. G. Haddad and G. Lister (eds.) M, 617-652, 1996
• Ransom, BR, Do glial gap junctions play a role in extracellular ion homeostasis?, Gap Junctions in the Nervous System, DC Spray and R. De, 159-173, 1996
• Fern R, Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Voltage-gated calcium channels in CNS white matter: role in anoxic injury., Journal of Neurophysiology, 74(1), 369-77, July 1995
• Black JA, Westenbroek R, Minturn JE, Ransom BR, Catterall WA, Waxman SG, Isoform-specific expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in vitro: immunocytochemical observations., Glia, 14(2), 133-44, June 1995
• Fern R, Waxman SG, Ransom BR, Endogenous GABA attenuates CNS white matter dysfunction following anoxia., Journal of Neuroscience, 15(1 Pt 2), 699-708, January 1995
• Kettenmann, H, Ransom, B.R. (1995) Neuroglia, New York, Oxford University Press
• Pappas CA, Ransom BR, Depolarization-induced alkalinization (DIA) in rat hippocampal astrocytes., Journal of Neurophysiology, 72(6), 2816-26, December 1994
• Fern R, Waxman SG, Ransom BR, Modulation of anoxic injury in CNS white matter by adenosine and interaction between adenosine and GABA., Journal of Neurophysiology, 72(6), 2609-16, December 1994
• O'Connor E R, Sontheimer H, Ransom B R, Rat hippocampal astrocytes exhibit electrogenic sodium-bicarbonate co-transport., Journal of Neurophysiology, 72(6), 2580-9, December 1994
• Black J A, Westenbroek R, Ransom B R, Catterall W A, Waxman S G, Type II sodium channels in spinal cord astrocytes in situ: immunocytochemical observations., Glia, 12(3), 219-27, November 1994
• Waxman SG, Black JA, Ransom BR, Stys PK, Anoxic injury of rat optic nerve: ultrastructural evidence for coupling between Na influx and Ca(2 )-mediated injury in myelinated CNS axons., Brain Research, 644(2), 197-204, May 1994
• Black J A, Yokoyama S, Waxman S G, Oh Y, Zur K B, Sontheimer H, Higashida H, Ransom B R, Sodium channel mRNAs in cultured spinal cord astrocytes: in situ hybridization in identified cell types., Brain research. Molecular Brain Research, 23(3), 235-45, May 1994
• Black J A, Yokoyama S, Higashida H, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Sodium channel mRNAs I, II and III in the CNS: cell-specific expression., Brain research. Molecular Brain Research, 22(1-4), 275-89, March 1994
• Butt AM, Ransom BR, Morphology of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes during development in the intact rat optic nerve., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 338(1), 141-58, December 1993
• Pappas C A, Ransom B R, A depolarization-stimulated, bafilomycin-inhibitable H+ pump in hippocampal astrocytes., Glia, 9(4), 280-91, December 1993
• Fern R, Ransom B R, Stys P K, Waxman S G, Pharmacological protection of CNS white matter during anoxia: actions of phenytoin, carbamazepine and diazepam., Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 266(3), 1549-55, September 1993
• Boyarsky G, Ransom B, Schlue W R, Davis M B, Boron W F, Intracellular pH regulation in single cultured astrocytes from rat forebrain., Glia, 8(4), 241-8, August 1993
• Stys P K, Sontheimer H, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Noninactivating, tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ conductance in rat optic nerve axons., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 90(15), 6976-80, 1 Aug 1993
• Waxman S G, Black J A, Ransom B R, Stys P K, Protection of the axonal cytoskeleton in anoxic optic nerve by decreased extracellular calcium., Brain Research, 614(1-2), 137-45, 18 Jun 1993
• Von Blankenfeld G, Ransom BR, Kettenmann H, Development of cell-cell coupling among cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage., Glia, 7(4), 322-8, April 1993
• Waxman S G, Sontheimer H, Black J A, Minturn J E, Ransom B R, Dynamic aspects of sodium channel expression in astrocytes., Advances In Neurology, 59, 135-55, 1993
• Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Stys P K, Anoxic injury of central myelinated axons: ionic mechanisms and pharmacology., Research Publications - Association for Research In Nervous and Mental Disease, 71, 121-51, 1993
• Stys PK, Waxman SG, Ransom BR, Effects of temperature on evoked electrical activity and anoxic injury in CNS white matter., Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 12(6), 977-86, November 1992
• Sontheimer H, Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Different Na currents in P0- and P7-derived hippocampal astrocytes in vitro: evidence for a switch in Na channel expression in vivo., Brain Research, 597(1), 24-9, November 1992
• Sontheimer H, Black J A, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Ion channels in spinal cord astrocytes in vitro. I. Transient expression of high levels of Na+ and K+ channels., Journal of Neurophysiology, 68(4), 985-1000, October 1992
• Ransom B R, Walz W, Davis P K, Carlini W G, Anoxia-induced changes in extracellular K+ and pH in mammalian central white matter., Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 12(4), 593-602, July 1992
• Ransom BR, Sontheimer H, The neurophysiology of glial cells., Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 9(2), 224-51, April 1992
• Waxman S G, Black J A, Stys P K, Ransom B R, Ultrastructural concomitants of anoxic injury and early post-anoxic recovery in rat optic nerve., Brain Research, 574(1-2), 105-19, 6 Mar 1992
• Stys PK, Waxman SG, Ransom BR, Ionic mechanisms of anoxic injury in mammalian CNS white matter: role of Na channels and Na( )-Ca2 exchanger., Journal of Neuroscience, 12(2), 430-9, February 1992
• Stys PK, Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Tertiary and quaternary local anesthetics protect CNS white matter from anoxic injury at concentrations that do not block excitability., Journal of Neurophysiology, 67(1), 236-40, January 1992
• Ransom B R, Philbin D M Jr, Anoxia-induced extracellular ionic changes in CNS white matter: the role of glial cells., Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 70 Suppl, S181-9, 1992
• Black J A, Sontheimer H, Minturn J E, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, The expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in situ and in vitro., Progress In Brain Research, 94, 89-107, 1992
• Ransom B R, Glial modulation of neural excitability mediated by extracellular pH: a hypothesis., Progress In Brain Research, 94, 37-46, 1992
• Minturn J E, Sontheimer H, Black J A, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Sodium channel expression in optic nerve astrocytes chronically deprived of axonal contact., Glia, 6(1), 19-29, 1992
• Waxman SG, Ransom BR, Stys PK, Non-synaptic mechanisms of Ca(2 )-mediated injury in CNS white matter., Trends in Neurosciences, 14(10), 461-8, October 1991
• Sontheimer H, Minturn J E, Black J A, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Two types of Na(+)-currents in cultured rat optic nerve astrocytes: changes with time in culture and with age of culture derivation., Journal of Neuroscience Research, 30(2), 275-87, October 1991
• Stys P K, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger mediates Ca2+ influx during anoxia in mammalian central nervous system white matter., Annals of Neurology, 30(3), 375-80, September 1991
• Hoppe D, Chvatal A, Kettenmann H, Orkand R K, Ransom B R, Characteristics of activity-dependent potassium accumulation in mammalian peripheral nerve in vitro., Brain Research, 552(1), 106-12, 21 Jun 1991
• Stys P K, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Compound action potential of nerve recorded by suction electrode: a theoretical and experimental analysis., Brain Research, 546(1), 18-32, 12 Apr 1991
• Sontheimer H, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Relationship between Na+ current expression and cell-cell coupling in astrocytes cultured from rat hippocampus., Journal of Neurophysiology, 65(4), 989-1002, April 1991
• Sontheimer H, Minturn J E, Ransom B R, Black J A, Cornell-Bell A H, Waxman S G, Cell coupling is restricted to subpopulations of astrocytes cultured from rat hippocampus and optic nerve., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 633, 592-6, 1991
• Minturn J E, Sontheimer H, Black J A, Angelides K J, Ransom B R, Ritchie J M, Waxman S G, Membrane-associated sodium channels and cytoplasmic precursors in glial cells. Immunocytochemical, electrophysiological, and pharmacological studies., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 633, 255-71, 1991
• Ransom B R, Vertebrate glial classification, lineage, and heterogeneity., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 633, 19-26, 1991
• Stys P K, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Reverse operation of the Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger mediates Ca2+ influx during anoxia in mammalian CNS white matter., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 639, 328-32, 1991
• Ransom B R, Butt A M, Black J A, Ultrastructural identification of HRP-injected oligodendrocytes in the intact rat optic nerve., Glia, 4(1), 37-45, 1991
• Ransom B R, Elmore J G, Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the developing central nervous system., Advances In Neurology, 55, 225-37, 1991
• Sontheimer H, Ransom B R, Cornell-Bell A H, Black J A, Waxman S G, Na(+)-current expression in rat hippocampal astrocytes in vitro: alterations during development., Journal of Neurophysiology, 65(1), 3-19, January 1991
• Sontheimer H, Minturn J E, Black J A, Waxman S G, Ransom B R, Specificity of cell-cell coupling in rat optic nerve astrocytes in vitro., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 87(24), 9833-7, December 1990
• Ransom BR, Stys PK, Waxman SG, The pathophysiology of anoxic injury in central nervous system white matter., Stroke, 21(11 Suppl), III52-7, November 1990
• Ransom BR, Waxman SG, Davis PK, Anoxic injury of CNS white matter: protective effect of ketamine., Neurology, 40(9), 1399-403, September 1990
• Waxman S G, Davis P K, Black J A, Ransom B R, Anoxic injury of mammalian central white matter: decreased susceptibility in myelin-deficient optic nerve., Annals of Neurology, 28(3), 335-40, September 1990
• Stys P K, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Effects of polyvalent cations and dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers on recovery of CNS white matter from anoxia., Neuroscience Letters, 115(2-3), 293-9, 31 Jul 1990
• Stys P K, Ransom B R, Waxman S G, Davis P K, Role of extracellular calcium in anoxic injury of mammalian central white matter., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 87(11), 4212-6, June 1990
• Trosch RM, Ransom BR, Levodopa-responsive parkinsonism following central herniation due to bilateral subdural hematomas., Neurology, 40(2), 376-7, February 1990
• Waxman S G, Black J A, Duncan I D, Ransom B R, Macromolecular structure of axon membrane and action potential conduction in myelin deficient and myelin deficient heterozygote rat optic nerves., Journal of Neurocytology, 19(1), 11-28, February 1990
• Ransom B R, Kettenmann H, Electrical coupling, without dye coupling, between mammalian astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in cell culture., Glia, 3(4), 258-66, 1990
• Kettenmann H, Ransom B R, Schlue W R, Intracellular pH shifts capable of uncoupling cultured oligodendrocytes are seen only in low HCO3- solution., Glia, 3(2), 110-7, 1990
• Butt A M, Ransom B R, Visualization of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in the intact rat optic nerve by intracellular injection of lucifer yellow and horseradish peroxidase., Glia, 2(6), 470-5, 1989
• Barker, J.L., Macdonald, R.L., Ransom, B.R. (1978) Postsynaptic pharmacology of GABA In Ryall, R.N., Kelly, J.S. (eds), Iontophoresis and Transmitter Mechanisms in the Mammalian Central Nervous System, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 200-202 pages (bookchapter)
• Ransom, B.R. (1975) The contribution of glia to slow potential shifts seen during seizure activity, Brain Information Service: Conference Report, pp 86-92 pages (bookchapter)
• Ransom, B.R., Nelson, P.G. (1975) Neuropharmalogical responses from nerve cells in tissue culture In Iversen, L.L., Iversen, S.D., Snyder, S.H. (eds), Handbook of Psychopharmacology, New York, Plenum Press, 101-137 pages (bookchapter)