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Gal Richter-Levin

Gal Richter-Levin

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Neuroscience
Israel
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
73
Citations
17060
World Ranking
2224
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Gal Richter-Levin is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their work spans various subfields including Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The key research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of Stress
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Recent research outputs highlight a combination of machine learning approaches and neuroscience to differentiate and understand psychiatric conditions:

  • "Using machine learning-based analysis for behavioral differentiation between anxiety and depression," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Title: 'Labels Matter: Is it stress or is it Trauma?'," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Machine learning-based diagnosis support system for differentiating between clinical anxiety and depression disorders," 2021, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • "Machine Learning-Based Behavioral Diagnostic Tools for Depression: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions," 2021, Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • "Hippocampal GABAergic interneurons and their co-localized neuropeptides in stress vulnerability and resilience," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Gal Richter-Levin has collaborated extensively with various researchers, including Joyeeta Dutta Hazra, Rachel Anunu, Somoday Hazra, Kuldeep Tripathi, and Yanhong Duan, reflecting a broad network of frequent co-authorship.

Best Publications

  • Stress revisited: a critical evaluation of the stress concept

    J.M. Koolhaas;A. Bartolomucci;B. Buwalda;S.F. de Boer

  • Water associated zero maze: a novel rat test for long term traumatic re-experiencing

    Gilad Ritov;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Impaired interleukin-1 signaling is associated with deficits in hippocampal memory processes and neural plasticity.

    Avi Avital;Inbal Goshen;Ariel Kamsler;Menahem Segal

  • Exposure to Acute Stress Blocks the Induction of Long-Term Potentiation of the Amygdala–Prefrontal Cortex Pathway In Vivo

    Mouna Maroun;Gal Richter-Levin

  • A neural circuit for comorbid depressive symptoms in chronic pain

    Wenjie Zhou;Yan Jin;Qian Meng;Xia Zhu

  • How can drug discovery for psychiatric disorders be improved

    Yves Agid;György Buzsáki;David M. Diamond;Richard Frackowiak

  • Biphasic Modulation of Hippocampal Plasticity by Behavioral Stress and Basolateral Amygdala Stimulation in the Rat

    Irit Akirav;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Mechanisms of Amygdala Modulation of Hippocampal Plasticity

    Irit Akirav;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Setting apart the affected: the use of behavioral criteria in animal models of post traumatic stress disorder

    Hagit Cohen;Joseph Zohar;Michael A Matar;Kaplan Zeev

  • Emotional tagging of memory formation--in the search for neural mechanisms.

    Gal Richter-Levin;Irit Akirav

  • Exposure to juvenile stress exacerbates the behavioural consequences of exposure to stress in the adult rat.

    Avi Avital;Gal Richter-Levin

  • From high anxiety trait to depression: a neurocognitive hypothesis

    Carmen Sandi;Gal Richter-Levin

  • The Amygdala, the Hippocampus, and Emotional Modulation of Memory

    Gal Richter-Levin

  • Amygdala-hippocampus dynamic interaction in relation to memory.

    Gal Richter-Levin;Irit Akirav

  • Age-dependent effects of chronic stress on brain plasticity and depressive behavior.

    Erika Toth;Roman Gersner;Adi Wilf-Yarkoni;Hagit Raizel

  • Animal models of PTSD: a challenge to be met

    Gal Richter-Levin;Oliver Stork;Mathias V. Schmidt

  • Dorsal periaqueductal gray-amygdala pathway conveys both innate and learned fear responses in rats

    Eun Joo Kim;Omer Horovitz;Blake A. Pellman;Lancy Mimi Tan

  • Long-term potentiation increases tyrosine phosphorylation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 2B in rat dentate gyrus in vivo

    Kobi Rosenblum;Yadin Dudai;Gal Richter-Levin

  • A facilitative role for corticosterone in the acquisition of a spatial task under moderate stress.

    Irit Akirav;Maya Kozenicky;Dadi Tal;Carmen Sandi

  • Acute and long-term behavioral correlates of underwater trauma — potential relevance to stress and post-stress syndromes

    Gal Richter-Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Menahem Segal
Menahem Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
Oliver Stork
Oliver Stork Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Irit Akirav
Irit Akirav University of Haifa
Tim V. P. Bliss
Tim V. P. Bliss The Francis Crick Institute
Yu-Qiang Ding
Yu-Qiang Ding Fudan University
Michael G. Stewart
Michael G. Stewart The Open University
Szabolcs Kéri
Szabolcs Kéri Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Joseph Zohar
Joseph Zohar Sheba Medical Center
Michael A. Matar
Michael A. Matar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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