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52
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7191
World Ranking
5412
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2404

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Asaf Keller is a researcher affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a substantial focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health. The research topics they cover include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep.

They have contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications, with research appearing frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, eNeuro, Neurobiology of Pain, and Brain. These publications document aspects of pain regulation, neuropharmacological processes, and the physiological basis of neurobehavioral outcomes.

Recent papers authored by or including Asaf Keller reflect a focus on pain perception, opioid receptors, and the long-term consequences of fentanyl exposure. Notable examples include:

  • "An Amygdalo-Parabrachial Pathway Regulates Pain Perception and Chronic Pain," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Medullary kappa-opioid receptor neurons inhibit pain and itch through a descending circuit," 2022, Brain
  • "Enduring consequences of perinatal fentanyl exposure in mice," 2020, Addiction Biology
  • "Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure Leads to Long-Lasting Impairments in Somatosensory Circuit Function and Behavior," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Divergent profiles of fentanyl withdrawal and associated pain in mice and rats," 2020, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Nathan Cramer, Radi Masri, Yadong Ji, Catherine Haga, and Jason Bondoc Alipio. These collaborations contribute to a diverse range of investigations within their research domains.

Asaf Keller was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1993, an indication of recognition within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Long-term potentiation in the motor cortex.

    Atsushi Iriki;Constantine Pavlides;Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Long-Lasting Depolarizations in Mitral Cells of the Rat Olfactory Bulb

    Greg C. Carlson;Michael T. Shipley;Asaf Keller

  • Robust temporal coding in the trigeminal system.

    Lauren M. Jones;Didier A. Depireux;Daniel J. Simons;Asaf Keller

  • Input-output organization of the rat vibrissal motor cortex.

    Eizo Miyashita;Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Ephaptic Interactions in the Mammalian Olfactory System

    Hemant Bokil;Nora Laaris;Karen Blinder;Mathew Ennis

  • Reducing the Uncertainty: Gating of Peripheral Inputs by Zona Incerta

    Unknown

  • Formation of new synapses in the cat motor cortex following lesions of the deep cerebellar nuclei

    A. Keller;K. Arissian;H. Asanuma

  • Functional circuitry involved in the regulation of whisker movements

    Unknown

  • Intrinsic circuitry involving the local axon collaterals of corticothalamic projection cells in mouse SmI cortex.

    Edward L. White;Asaf Keller

  • Membrane bistability in olfactory bulb mitral cells.

    Philip Heyward;Matthew Ennis;Asaf Keller;Michael T. Shipley

  • Zona incerta: a role in central pain.

    Radi Masri;Raimi L. Quiton;Jessica M. Lucas;Peter D. Murray

  • State-Dependent Gating of Sensory Inputs by Zona Incerta

    Jason C. Trageser;Kathryn A. Burke;Radi Masri;Ying Li

  • Synaptic organization of GABAergic neurons in the mouse SmI cortex

    Asaf Keller;Edward L. White

  • Intrinsic circuitry and physiological properties of pyramidal neurons in rat barrel cortex

    Jacqueline P. Gottlieb;A. Keller

  • Chronic pain following spinal cord injury.

    Unknown

  • An amygdalo-parabrachial pathway regulates pain perception and chronic pain

    Charles Raver;Olivia Uddin;Yadong Ji;Ying Li

  • Serotonin Regulates Rhythmic Whisking

    Unknown

  • Thalamic-Evoked Synaptic Interactions in Barrel Cortex Revealed by Optical Imaging

    Nora Laaris;Greg C. Carlson;Asaf Keller

  • The patterns and synaptic properties of horizontal intracortical connections in the rat motor cortex.

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  • The glial sling is a migratory population of developing neurons

    Tianzhi Shu;Ying Li;Asaf Keller;Linda J. Richards

  • The identification of thalamocortical axon terminals in barrels of mouse Sml cortex using immunohistochemistry of anterogradely transported lectin (Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin).

    Asaf Keller;Edward L. White;P.B. Cipolloni

  • Precise Temporal Responses in Whisker Trigeminal Neurons

    Lauren M. Jones;SooHyun Lee;Jason C. Trageser;Daniel J. Simons

  • Functional Organization of Rat Olfactory Bulb Glomeruli Revealed by Optical Imaging

    Asaf Keller;Sergey Yagodin;Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska;Lee A. Zimmer

  • GCP II (NAALADase) inhibition suppresses mossy fiber-CA3 synaptic neurotransmission by a presynaptic mechanism.

    Emilio R. Garrido Sanabria;Krystyna M. Wozniak;Barbara S. Slusher;Asaf Keller

  • Synaptic relationships involving local axon collaterals of pyramidal neurons in the cat motor cortex

    Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Simons
Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mary Kay Lobo
Mary Kay Lobo University of Maryland, Baltimore
Randy M. Bruno
Randy M. Bruno University of Oxford
Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska
Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Patrick O. Kanold
Patrick O. Kanold Johns Hopkins University
Ehud Ahissar
Ehud Ahissar Weizmann Institute of Science
Scott M. Thompson
Scott M. Thompson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael T. Shipley
Michael T. Shipley University of Maryland, Baltimore
Matthew R. Roesch
Matthew R. Roesch University of Maryland, College Park

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