Richard Kopchock III

Research

Publications and writeups on neural circuits, behavior quantification, and analysis tooling.

Schematic model of a brain blood-vessel cross-section showing how hyperglycemia plus stroke drives luminal glycocalyx loss, complement C3-to-C3d activation, and IgM/IgG deposition on brain endothelial cells, leading to blood-brain barrier damage

Luminal Vascular Dysfunction Drives Rapid Blood Brain Barrier Injury in Hyperglycemic Stroke

Science Translational Medicine (in revision)•2026

Illustration of a mouse head with a microscope objective over the motor cortex and an optogenetic fiber over the cerebellum

Optogenetic Stimulation of the Lateral Cerebellar Nucleus Mitigates Stroke-Induced Disruption of Motor Cortex Activity and Behavior

Brain (in revision)•2026

The sex-specific VC neurons are mechanically activated motor neurons that facilitate serotonin-induced egg laying in C. elegans

Journal of Neuroscience•2021

Graphical summary of presynaptic Gao signaling in C. elegans egg-laying circuit

Presynaptic Gαo (GOA-1) signals to depress command neuron excitability and allow for stretch-dependent modulation of egg laying in C. elegans

Genetics•2021

Diagram of ratiometric calcium imaging setup in C. elegans

Ratiometric calcium imaging of individual neurons in behaving C. elegans

Journal of Visualized Experiments•2018

Diagram illustrating striatal lesion study design

Effects of striatal lesions on components of choice: Reward discrimination, preference, and relative valuation

Behavioural Brain Research•2016

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