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Overview

Donald B. Katz is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research is primarily centered in the field of Neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, sensory systems, nutrition and dietetics, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity

Donald B. Katz has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing frequently in several academic venues. The most common publication platforms are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • eLife
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • PLoS Biology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Homeostatic synaptic scaling establishes the specificity of an associative memory, 2021, Current Biology
  • Optogenetic perturbation of projections from thalamic nucleus reuniens to hippocampus disrupts spatial working memory retrieval more than encoding, 2021, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Deletion of Stk11 and Fos in mouse BLA projection neurons alters intrinsic excitability and impairs formation of long-term aversive memory, 2020, eLife
  • Refinement and Reactivation of a Taste-Responsive Hippocampal Network, 2020, Current Biology
  • Perturbation of amygdala-cortical projections reduces ensemble coherence of palatability coding in gustatory cortex, 2021, eLife

Throughout their career, Donald B. Katz has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Jian-You Lin
  • Abuzar Mahmood
  • Bradly T. Stone
  • Paul Miller
  • Roshan Nanu

Best Publications

  • The EJC factor eIF4AIII modulates synaptic strength and neuronal protein expression.

    Corinna Giorgi;Gene W. Yeo;Martha E. Stone;Donald B. Katz

  • Firing Rate Homeostasis in Visual Cortex of Freely Behaving Rodents

    Keith B. Hengen;Mary E. Lambo;Stephen D. Van Hooser;Donald B. Katz

  • Natural stimuli evoke dynamic sequences of states in sensory cortical ensembles

    Lauren M. Jones;Alfredo Fontanini;Brian F. Sadacca;Paul Miller

  • Dynamic and multimodal responses of gustatory cortical neurons in awake rats.

    Donald B. Katz;S. A. Simon;Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

  • Techniques for long-term multisite neuronal ensemble recordings in behaving animals.

    Jerald D. Kralik;Dragan F. Dimitrov;David J. Krupa;Donald B. Katz

  • The Impact of Audition on the Development of Visual Attention

    Alexandra L. Quittner;Linda B. Smith;Mary Joe Osberger;Teresa V. Mitchell

  • Behavioral States, Network States, and Sensory Response Variability

    Alfredo Fontanini;Donald B. Katz

  • Learning-Related Plasticity of Temporal Coding in Simultaneously Recorded Amygdala–Cortical Ensembles

    Stephen E Grossman;Alfredo Fontanini;Jeffrey S Wieskopf;Donald B Katz

  • State-dependent modulation of time-varying gustatory responses.

    Alfredo Fontanini;Donald B. Katz

  • Distinct Subtypes of Basolateral Amygdala Taste Neurons Reflect Palatability and Reward

    Alfredo Fontanini;Stephen E. Grossman;Joshua A. Figueroa;Donald B. Katz

  • Stochastic transitions between neural states in taste processing and decision-making.

    Paul Miller;Donald B. Katz

  • Gustatory processing is dynamic and distributed.

    Donald B Katz;Miguel A.L Nicolelis;Sidney A Simon

  • Semantic facutation in aphasia: Effects of time and expectancy

    William Milberg;Sheila E. Blumstein;Donald Katz;Fellcia Gershberg

  • Taste-specific neuronal ensembles in the gustatory cortex of awake rats

    Donald B. Katz;S. A. Simon;Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

  • NMDAR antagonist action in thalamus imposes delta oscillations on the hippocampus

    Yuchun Zhang;Takashi Yoshida;Donald B. Katz;John E. Lisman

  • Single-unit evidence for eye-blink conditioning in cerebellar cortex is altered, but not eliminated, by interpositus nucleus lesions.

    D B Katz;J E Steinmetz

  • Inactivation of Basolateral Amygdala Specifically Eliminates Palatability-Related Information in Cortical Sensory Responses

    Caitlin E. Piette;Madelyn A. Baez-Santiago;Emily E. Reid;Donald B. Katz

  • Sodium Concentration Coding Gives Way to Evaluative Coding in Cortex and Amygdala

    Brian F. Sadacca;Jason T. Rothwax;Donald B. Katz

  • Retronasal Odor Perception Requires Taste Cortex, but Orthonasal Does Not.

    Meredith L. Blankenship;Maria Grigorova;Donald B. Katz;Joost X. Maier

  • Gustatory processing: a dynamic systems approach.

    Lauren M Jones;Alfredo Fontanini;Donald B Katz

  • The Behavioral Relevance of Cortical Neural Ensemble Responses Emerges Suddenly.

    Brian F. Sadacca;Narendra Mukherjee;Tony Vladusich;Jennifer X. Li

  • Chemosensory Convergence on Primary Olfactory Cortex

    Joost X. Maier;Matt Wachowiak;Donald B. Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University
Alfredo Fontanini
Alfredo Fontanini Stony Brook University
Sacha B. Nelson
Sacha B. Nelson Brandeis University
John E. Lisman
John E. Lisman Brandeis University
Joseph E. Steinmetz
Joseph E. Steinmetz The Ohio State University
Gina G. Turrigiano
Gina G. Turrigiano Brandeis University
Adriano B. L. Tort
Adriano B. L. Tort Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Ryusuke Yoshida
Ryusuke Yoshida Okayama University
Sheila E. Blumstein
Sheila E. Blumstein Brown University
Linda B. Smith
Linda B. Smith Indiana University

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