What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Alcino J. Silva focuses on Neuroscience, Long-term potentiation, Memory consolidation, Hippocampus and Hippocampal formation.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Synaptic plasticity and CREB in addition to Neuroscience.
His study in Long-term potentiation is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both CAMK2A, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, Neurotransmission, Cell biology and MAPK/ERK pathway.
His Memory consolidation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Fear memory and Long-term memory.
His studies in Hippocampus integrate themes in fields like Conditioning, Mutant, Immunology, Generalization and Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1.
His research integrates issues of Epigenetics in learning and memory and CREB in cognition in his study of Neuronal memory allocation.
His most cited work include:
- Deficient long-term memory in mice with a targeted mutation of the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (1630 citations)
- Deficient hippocampal long-term potentiation in alpha-calcium-calmodulin kinase II mutant mice. (1275 citations)
- CREB AND MEMORY (1274 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Neuroscience, Long-term potentiation, Hippocampus, Cognition and Synaptic plasticity are his primary areas of study.
Alcino J. Silva combines subjects such as Metaplasticity and CREB with his study of Neuroscience.
His CREB research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Neuronal memory allocation and Amygdala.
His Long-term potentiation study incorporates themes from Postsynaptic potential, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, Mutant, Cell biology and MAPK/ERK pathway.
The Cognition study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive science and Neurofibromatosis.
Alcino J. Silva has researched Synaptic plasticity in several fields, including NMDA receptor and Mechanism.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (59.18%)
- Long-term potentiation (20.60%)
- Hippocampus (17.60%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?
- Neuroscience (59.18%)
- Cognition (15.73%)
- Hippocampus (17.60%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Neuroscience, Cognition, Hippocampus, Hippocampal formation and Neurofibromatosis.
The various areas that Alcino J. Silva examines in his Neuroscience study include Long-term potentiation, Recall and CREB.
His research in Long-term potentiation intersects with topics in Synaptic plasticity, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, Ectopic expression, Cell biology and MAPK/ERK pathway.
His research in CREB focuses on subjects like Memory consolidation, which are connected to Epigenetics in learning and memory and Spike-timing-dependent plasticity.
Alcino J. Silva interconnects Prefrontal cortex, Local field potential, Social defeat and Amygdala in the investigation of issues within Hippocampus.
His Hippocampal formation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Interneuron and Epilepsy.
Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- A shared neural ensemble links distinct contextual memories encoded close in time (420 citations)
- Memory formation depends on both synapse-specific modifications of synaptic strength and cell-specific increases in excitability. (118 citations)
- Memory formation depends on both synapse-specific modifications of synaptic strength and cell-specific increases in excitability. (118 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Hippocampal formation, Neuroplasticity, Long-term potentiation and Placebo.
Alcino J. Silva merges Neuroscience with Information storage in his research.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Metaplasticity and CREB.
His Metaplasticity research integrates issues from Memory consolidation, Epigenetics in learning and memory, Spike-timing-dependent plasticity and Content-addressable memory.
As a part of the same scientific family, Alcino J. Silva mostly works in the field of Placebo, focusing on Oncology and, on occasion, Neurofibromatosis.
His Hippocampus study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Recall, Neural ensemble, Affect and Encoding.
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