• Rosenberg, B., Misra, T.N. and Switzer, R.:  Mechanism of olfactory transduction.        Nature 217:  423-427, 1968.
• Misra, T.N., Rosenberg, B. and Switzer R.:  Effect of adsorption of gases on the semiconductive properties of all-trans ß-carotene.  Journal of Chemical Physics 48:  2096-2102, 1968.
• Rosenberg, B., Kemeny, G., Switzer. R.C. and Hamilton, T.:  Quantitative evidence for protein denaturation as the cause of thermal death.  Nature 232:  471-473, 1971.
• Switzer, R.C.:  Neural argyrophilia induced by puromycin:  A directed golgi-like method.  Neuroscience Letters 2:  301-305, 1976.
• Hardy, H., Heimer, L., Switzer, R.C. and Watkins, D.:  Simultaneous demonstration of horseradish peroxidase and acetylcholinesterase.  Neuroscience Letters 3:  1-5, 1976.
• Switzer, R.C. and  Johnson, J.I., Jr.:  Mitral cells in monolayer absent in monotremes:  Variations in vertebrate olfactory bulbs.  Acta Anatomica 99:  36-42, 1977.
• Watson, C.R.R. and Switzer, R.C.:  Trigeminal projections to cerebellar tactile areas in the rat-Origin mainly from nucleus interpolaris and nucleus principalis.  Neuroscience Letters 10:  77-82, 1978.
• Switzer, R.C., Merril, C. and Shifrin, S.:  A highly sensitive silver stain for detecting proteins and peptides in polyacrylamide gels.  Analytical Biochemistry 98:  231-237, 1979.
• Merril, C.R., Switzer, R.C. and Van Keuren, M.L.:  Trace polypeptides in cellular extracts and human body fluids detected by two-dimensional electrophoresis and a highly sensitive silver stain.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.  76:  4335-4339, 1979.
• Switzer, R.C., Johnson, J.I. and Kirsch, J.A.W.:  Phylogeny through brain traits:  The relation of the lateral olfactory tract fibers to the accessory olfactory formation as a palimpsest of mammalian descent.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 17:  339-363, 1980.
• Heimer, L., Switzer, R.C. and Van Hoesen, G.:  Ventral striatum and ventral pallidum:  Additional components of the motor system.  Trends in Neuroscience 5:  83-87, 1982.
• Johnson, J.I., Kirsch, J.A.W. and Switzer, R.C.:  Phylogeny through brain traits:  Fifteen characters which adumbrate mammalian geneology.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 20:  72-83, 1982.
• Johnson, J.I., Switzer, R.C. and Kirsch, J.A.W.:  Phylogeny through brain traits:  The distribution of categorizing characters in contemporary mammals.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 20:  97-117, 1982.
• Switzer, R.C., Hill, J. and Heimer, L.:  The globus pallidus:  A rostro-ventral extension into the olfactory tubercle of the rat:  A cyto- and chemoarchitectonic study.  Neuroscience 7:  1891-1904, 1982.
• Beck, M., Keunzel, W. and Switzer, R.C.:  Auditory and vestibular pathology of seizure-prone chicks.  Brain Research 260:  11-20, 1983.
• Kirsch, J.A.W., Johnson, J.I. and Switzer, R.C.:  Phylogeny through brain traits:  The mammalian family tree.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 22:  70-74, 1983.
• Johnson, J.I., Kirsch, J.A.W. and Switzer, R.C.:  Brain traits through phylogeny:  The evolution of neural characters.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 24:  169-176, 1984.
• Hill, J.M. and Switzer, R.C., III:  The regional distribution and cellular localization of iron in the rat brain.  Neuroscience 11:  595-603, 1984.
• Hurlbut, B.J., Lubar, J., Switzer, R.C., Dougherty, J. and Eisenstadt, M.L.:  Alzheimer's disease:  Maze learning deficits and neuropathology resulting from chronic infusion of hemicholinium in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of the rat.  Physiology and Behavior 39:  381-393, 1987.
• Reep, R.L., Johnson, J.I., Switzer, R.C. and Welker, W.I.:  Manatee cerebral cortex:  cytoarchitecture of the frontal region in Trichechus manatus latirostris.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 34:  365-386, 1989.
• Switzer, R.C.:  Strategies for assessing neurotoxicity.  Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 15:  89-93, 1991.
• Arlinghaus, H.F., Spaar, M.T., Thonnard, N., Holloway, P., Kabalka, G.W., and Switzer, R.C.:  Three-dimensional analysis of semiconductors and biological surfaces using SIRIS and LARIS.  Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. No 128:  Section 7, 1992.
• Switzer, R.C.:  Silver staining methods:  Their role in detecting neurotoxicity.  Markers of Neuronal Injury and Degeneration.  Annals of New York Academy of Science 679:  341-348, 1993.
• Ellison, G., and Switzer, R.C. III. Dissimilar patterns of degeneration in brain following four different addictive stimulants. NeuroReport 5: 17-21, 1993.
• Switzer, R.C.:  Histologic effects of high energy electron and proton irradiation of rat brain detected with a silver- degeneration stain.  Adv. Space Res. 14: 443-451, 1994.
• Peng, Y.G., Taylor, T.B., Finch,R.E., Switzer, R.C., and Ramsdell, J.S. Neuroexcitatory and neurotoxic actions of the amnesic shellfish poison, domoic acid.  NeuroReport 5: 981-985, 1994
• Johnson JI, Kirsch JA, Reep RL, Switzer RC 3rd. Phylogeny through brain traits: more characters for the analysis of mammalian evolution.
  Brain Behav Evol. 1994;43(6):319-47.
• Khurgel, M., Switzer III, R.C., Teskey, G.C. Spiller, A.E., Racine, R.J., Ivy, G.O. Activation of astrocytes during epileptogenesis in the absence of neuronal degeneration. Neurobiol. Dis. 2: 23-35, 1995.
• Fix, A.S., Ross, J.F., Stitzel,S.R., and Switzer, R.C. Integrated evaluation of central nervous system lesions: stains for neruons, astrocytes, and microglia reveal the spatial and temporal features of MK-801-induced neuronal necrosis in the rat cerebral cortex. Toxicologic Pathology 24:291-304, 1996
• Ross, J.F., Switzer, R.C., Poston, M.R. and Lawhorn, G.T.  Distribution of bismuth in the brain after intraperitoneal dosing of bismuth subnitrate in mice:  Implications for routes of entry of xenobiotic metals into the brain.  Brain Research 725: 137-154, 1996.
• Arlinghaus, H.F., Spaar, M.T., Switzer, R.C., Kabalka, G.W.  Imaging of boron in tissue at the cellular level for boron neutron capture.  Analytical Chemistry 69: 3169-3176, 1997
• Masco, D, Sahibzada, N, Switzer, R, and Gale, K; Electroshock seizures protect against apoptotic hippocampal cell death induced by adrenalectomy. Neuroscience 91: 1315-1319, 1999.
• Rizvi, T.A. Akunuru, S., de Courten-Myers, G., Switzer, R.C., Nordlund, M.L., Ratner, N.  Region-specific astrogliosis in brains of mice heterozygous for mutations in the neurofibroatosis type 1 (Nf1) tumor suppressor.  Br Res 816: 111-123, 1999.
• Siegel, J.M., Nienhuis, R., Gulyani, S., Ouyang, S., Wu, M.F., Mignot, E., Switzer, R.C., McMurry, G., Cornford, M.  Neuronal degeneration in canine narcolepsy.  J Neurosci, 19: 248-257, 1999.
• Switzer, R. C. III. Application of Silver Degeneration Stains to Neurotoxicity Testing. Toxicologic Pathology 28: 70-83, 2000.
• Crews, F.T., Braun, C. J., Hoplight, B., Switzer, R. C. III, and Knapp, D. J. Binge ethanol consumption causes differential brain damage in young adoloescent rats compared with adult rats.  Alcohol Clin Exp  Res, 24: 1712-1723, 2000.
• Carlson J., Armstrong B., Switzer R.C. 3rd, Ellison G. Selective neurotoxic effects of nicotine on axons in fasciculus retroflexus further support evidence that this a weak link in brain across multiple drugs of abuse. Neuropharmacology. 2000 Oct;39(13):2792-8.
• Fix A.S., Stitzel S.R., Ridder G.M., Switzer R.C. MK-801 neurotoxicity in cupric silver-stained sections: lesion reconstruction by 3-dimensional computer image analysis.
  Toxicol Pathol. 2000 Jan-Feb;28(1):84-90. Review.
• LaVaute, T., Smith, S., Cooperman, S., ---Switzer, R. III,--Rouault, T. A. (15 names) Targeted deletion of the gene encoding iron regulatory protein-2 causes misregulation of iron metabolism and neurodegenerative disease in mice. Nature Genetics 27: 209-214, 2001.
• Ong W.Y., Kumar U., Switzer R.C., Sidhu A., Suresh G., Hu C.Y., Patel S.C. Neurodegeneration in Niemann-Pick type C disease mice.
  Exp Brain Res. 2001 Nov;141(2):218-31.
• Meredith G.E., Switzer R.C., Napier T.C. Short-term, D2 receptor blockade induces synaptic degeneration, reduces levels of tyrosine hydroxylase and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and enhances D2-mediated firing in the ventral pallidum.
  Brain Res. 2004 Jan 2;995(1):14-22.
• Smith S.R., Cooperman S., Lavaute T., Tresser N., Ghosh M., Meyron-Holtz E., Land W., Ollivierre H., Jortner B., Switzer R. 3rd, Messing A., Rouault T.A. Severity of neurodegeneration correlates with compromise of iron metabolism in mice with iron regulatory protein deficiencies. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Mar;1012:65-83.
• Colman J.R., Nowocin K.J., Switzer R.C., Trusk T.C., Ramsdell J.S. Mapping and reconstruction of domoic acid-induced neurodegeneration in the mouse brain. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 Sep-Oct;27(5):753-67.
• Hakeem A.Y., Hof P.R., Sherwood C.C., Switzer R.C. 3rd, Rasmussen L.E., Allman J.M. Brain of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana): neuroanatomy from magnetic resonance images. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2005 Nov;287(1):1117-27.
  
• Donarum E.A., Stephan D.A., Larkin K., Murphy E.J., Gupta M., Senephansiri H., Switzer R.C., Pearl P.L., Snead O.C., Jakobs C., Gibson K.M. Expression profiling reveals multiple myelin alterations in murine succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency.  J Inherit Metab Dis. 2006 Feb;29(1):143-56.
  
• Palazzi X., Switzer R., George C. Natural occurrence of amyloid-Abeta deposits in the brain of young common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): a morphological and immunohistochemical evaluation.  Vet Pathol. 2006 Sep;43(5):777-9.
  
• Elfenbein H.A., Rosen R.F., Stephens S.L., Switzer R.C., Smith Y., Pare J., Mehta P.D., Warzok R., Walker L.C. Cerebral beta-amyloid angiopathy in aged squirrel monkeys. Histol Histopathol. 2007 Feb;22(2):155-67.
• Sarko D.K., Johnson J.I., Switzer R.C. 3rd, Welker W.I., Reep R.L. Somatosensory nuclei of the manatee brainstem and thalamus. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2007 Sep;290(9):1138-65.
  
• Encinas J.M., Vazquez M.E., Switzer R.C., Chamberland D.W., Nick H., Levine H.G., Scarpa P.J., Enikolopov G., Steindler D.A. Quiescent adult neural stem cells are exceptionally sensitive to cosmic radiation. Exp Neurol. 2008 Mar;210(1):274-9. Epub 2007 Nov 17.
  

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