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Edward A. Kravitz

Edward A. Kravitz

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Neuroscience

D-Index
69
Citations
14864
World Ranking
2667
National Ranking
1252

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Edward A. Kravitz is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily engages with neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work covers topics such as neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, GABA and rice research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Edward A. Kravitz include:

  • GABA transmission from mAL interneurons regulates aggression in Drosophila males, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Masculinized Drosophila females adapt their fighting strategies to their opponent, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Crustaceans played a primary role in establishing gamma-aminobutyric acid as a neurotransmitter, 2024, Current Opinion in Insect Science

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Saheli Sengupta
  • Yick-Bun Chan
  • Caroline B. Palavicino-Maggio
  • Rachel E. Monyak
  • Nicole M. Golbari

Edward A. Kravitz publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Current Opinion in Insect Science

Throughout their career, Edward A. Kravitz has been recognized with several awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1992)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1991 and 1958)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1986)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976)

Best Publications

  • Neuronal geometry: determination with a technique of intracellular dye injection.

    A. O. W. Stretton;E. A. Kravitz

  • Hormonal control of behavior: amines and the biasing of behavioral output in lobsters.

    Edward A. Kravitz

  • Serotonin and octopamine produce opposite postures in lobsters.

    Margaret S. Livingstone;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick;Edward A. Kravitz

  • Physiological and chemical architecture of a lobster ganglion with particular reference to gamma-aminobutyrate and glutamate.

    M Otsuka;E A Kravitz;D D Potter

  • Release of gamma-aminobutyric acid from inhibitory nerves of lobster.

    M Otsuka;L L Iversen;Z W Hall;E A Kravitz

  • Serotonin, social status and aggression

    Donald H Edwards;Edward A Kravitz

  • Serotonin and aggressive motivation in crustaceans: Altering the decision to retreat

    Robert Huber;Kalim Smith;Antonia Delago;Karin Isaksson

  • Serotonin and aggression: insights gained from a lobster model system and speculations on the role of amine neurons in a complex behavior

    E. A. Kravitz

  • Mapping of serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the lobster nervous system.

    BS Beltz;EA Kravitz

  • Targeted manipulation of serotonergic neurotransmission affects the escalation of aggression in adult male Drosophila melanogaster.

    Olga V. Alekseyenko;Carol Lee;Edward A. Kravitz

  • Neurobiology of escalated aggression and violence.

    Klaus A. Miczek;Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues de Almeida;E. A. Kravitz;Emilie F. Rissman

  • Aggression in invertebrates

    Edward A Kravitz;Robert Huber

  • Gender-selective patterns of aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

    Steven P. Nilsen;Yick-Bun Chan;Robert Huber;Edward A. Kravitz

  • GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AND OTHER BLOCKING COMPOUNDS IN CRUSTACEA. III. THEIR RELATIVE CONCENTRATIONS IN SEPARATED MOTOR AND INHIBITORY AXONS.

    E. A. Kravitz;S. W. Kuffler;D. D. Potter

  • Amines and a peptide as neurohormones in lobsters: actions on neuromuscular preparations and preliminary behavioural studies.

    Edward A. Kravitz;Silvio Glusman;Ronald M. Harris-Warrick;Margaret S. Livingstone

  • Single dopaminergic neurons that modulate aggression in Drosophila

    Olga V. Alekseyenko;Yick-Bun Chan;Ran Li;Edward A. Kravitz

  • Neural Circuitry Underlying Drosophila Female Postmating Behavioral Responses

    Carolina Rezával;Hania J. Pavlou;Anthony J. Dornan;Yick-Bun Chan

  • Modulation of Drosophila male behavioral choice.

    Sarah J. Certel;Mary Grace Savella;Dana C. F. Schlegel;Edward A. Kravitz

  • Targets of octopamine action in the lobster: cyclic nucleotide changes and physiological effects in hemolymph, heart and exoskeletal muscle.

    B A Battelle;E A Kravitz

  • Screening for neurotransmitters: A rapid radiochemical procedure

    John G. Hildebrand;David L. Barker;Edward Herbert;Edward A. Kravitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara S. Beltz
Barbara S. Beltz Wellesley College
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick Cornell University
Margaret S. Livingstone
Margaret S. Livingstone Harvard University
John G. Hildebrand
John G. Hildebrand University of Arizona
Stephen W. Kuffler
Stephen W. Kuffler Harvard University
Joseph Bastian
Joseph Bastian University of Oklahoma
Hagai Bergman
Hagai Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Klaus A. Miczek
Klaus A. Miczek Tufts University
Sietse F. de Boer
Sietse F. de Boer University of Groningen
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania

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