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Abraham J. Susswein

Abraham J. Susswein

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
4407
World Ranking
9221
National Ranking
73

Overview

Abraham J. Susswein is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and focuses primarily on the field of Neuroscience. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with particular emphasis on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

Susswein has contributed to diverse publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Learning & Memory
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Brain
  • Appetite

Among recent published papers are:

  • Multiple Local Synaptic Modifications at Specific Sensorimotor Connections after Learning Are Associated with Behavioral Adaptations That Are Components of a Global Response Change, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Identification of an allatostatin C signaling system in mollusc Aplysia, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Exogenous expression of an allatotropin-related peptide receptor increased the membrane excitability in Aplysia neurons, 2022, Molecular Brain
  • Repeated stimulation of feeding mechanoafferents inAplysiagenerates responses consistent with the release of food, 2024, Learning & Memory
  • Multiple changes in connectivity between buccal ganglia mechanoafferents and motor neurons with different functions after learning that food is inedible inAplysia, 2024, Learning & Memory

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Abraham J. Susswein include:

  • Jian Jing
  • Shlomit Tam
  • Itay Hurwitz
  • Hillel J. Chiel
  • Huiying Wang

Best Publications

  • Comparative neuroethology of feeding control in molluscs

    C. J. H. Elliott;A. J. Susswein

  • Long-Term Memory Requires PolyADP-ribosylation

    Malka Cohen-Armon;Leonid Visochek;Ayelet Katzoff;David Levitan;David Levitan

  • Nitric Oxide and Memory

    Abraham J. Susswein;Ayelet Katzoff;Nimrod Miller;Itay Hurwitz

  • Activity patterns of the B31/B32 pattern initiators innervating the I2 muscle of the buccal mass during normal feeding movements in Aplysia californica

    I. Hurwitz;D. Neustadter;D. W. Morton;H. J. Chiel

  • The stimulus control of biting inAplysia

    Abraham J. Susswein;Abraham J. Susswein;Abraham J. Susswein;Irving Kupfermann;Irving Kupfermann;Irving Kupfermann;Klaudiusz R. Weiss;Klaudiusz R. Weiss;Klaudiusz R. Weiss

  • Identification and characterization of neurons initiating patterned neural activity in the buccal ganglia of Aplysia

    A. J. Susswein;John H Byrne

  • The effects of food arousal on the latency of biting inAplysia

    Abraham J. Susswein;Klaudiusz R. Weiss;Irving Kupfermann

  • Functional role of serotonergic neuromodulation in Aplysia.

    Kupfermann I;Cohen Jl;Mandelbaum De;Schonberg M

  • Learned changes of feeding behavior in Aplysia in response to edible and inedible foods.

    AJ Susswein;M Schwarz;E Feldman

  • B64, a newly identified central pattern generator element producing a phase switch from protraction to retraction in buccal motor programs of Aplysia californica.

    I. Hurwitz;A. J. Susswein

  • Different Roles of Neurons B63 and B34 That Are Active During the Protraction Phase of Buccal Motor Programs in Aplysia californica

    Itay Hurwitz;Itay Hurwitz;Irving Kupfermann;Abraham J. Susswein

  • Nitric Oxide Is Necessary for Multiple Memory Processes after Learning That a Food Is Inedible in Aplysia

    Ayelet Katzoff;Tziona Ben-Gedalya;Abraham J. Susswein

  • Autaptic Excitation Elicits Persistent Activity and a Plateau Potential in a Neuron of Known Behavioral Function

    Ravit Saada;Nimrod Miller;Itay Hurwitz;Abraham J. Susswein

  • Circadian modulation of complex learning in diurnal and nocturnal Aplysia.

    Lisa C. Lyons;Oliver Rawashdeh;Ayelet Katzoff;Abraham J. Susswein

  • Properties of vestibular neurones projecting to neck segments of the cat spinal cord

    S. Rapoport;A. Susswein;Y. Uchino;V. J. Wilson

  • Compartmentalization of pattern-initiation and motor functions in the B31 and B32 neurons of the buccal ganglia of Aplysia californica

    I. Hurwitz;R. S. Goldstein;A. J. Susswein

  • Behavioral patterns of Aplysia fasciata along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

    Abraham J. Susswein;S. Gev;Y. Achituv;S. Markovich

  • Selective modulation of spike duration by serotonin and the neuropeptides, FMRFamide, SCPB, buccalin and myomodulin in different classes of mechanoafferent neurons in the cerebral ganglion of Aplysia

    SC Rosen;AJ Susswein;EC Cropper;KR Weiss

  • Synaptic actions of individual vestibular neurones on cat neck motoneurones.

    S. Rapoport;A. Susswein;Y. Uchino;V. J. Wilson

  • A learned change of response to inedible food in Aplysia

    A.J. Susswein;M. Schwarz

  • Properties of central vestibular neurons fired by stimulation of the saccular nerve.

    V.J. Wilson;V.J. Wilson;R.R. Gacek;R.R. Gacek;Y. Uchino;Y. Uchino;A.J. Susswein;A.J. Susswein

Frequent Co-Authors

Irving Kupfermann
Irving Kupfermann Columbia University
Klaudiusz R. Weiss
Klaudiusz R. Weiss Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Victor J. Wilson
Victor J. Wilson Rockefeller University
Michael V. L. Bennett
Michael V. L. Bennett Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aron Weller
Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University
John H. Byrne
John H. Byrne The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
James H. Schwartz
James H. Schwartz Columbia University
Elio Raviola
Elio Raviola Harvard University
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University
Elizabeth C. Cropper
Elizabeth C. Cropper Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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