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D-Index
54
Citations
9041
World Ranking
4971
National Ranking
416

Best Publications

  • The identification of an octopaminergic neurone and the modulation of a myogenic rhythm in the locust.

    P. D. Evans;M. O'Shea

  • An octopaminergic neurone modulates neuromuscular transmission in the locust.

    Peter D. Evans;Michael O'shea;Michael O'shea

  • The anatomy and output connection of a locust visual interneurone; the lobular giant movement detector (LGMD) neurone

    Michael O'Shea;J. L. D. Williams

  • Neuronal expression of neural nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) protein is suppressed by an antisense RNA transcribed from an NOS pseudogene.

    Sergei A. Korneev;Ji-Ho Park;Michael O’Shea

  • Structures of two cockroach neuropeptides assigned by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry.

    Jane L. Witten;Martin H. Schaffer;Michael O'Shea;J.Carter Cook

  • Potentiation of Neuromuscular Transmission by an Octopaminergic Neurone in the Locust

    Michael O'shea;Peter D. Evans

  • Peptide cotransmitter at a neuromuscular junction.

    Michael E. Adams;Michael O'Shea

  • The Anatomy of a Locust Visual Interneurone; the Descending Contralateral Movement Detector

    M. O'shea;C. H. F. Rowell;J. L. D. Williams

  • The neuronal basis of a sensory analyser, the acridid movement detector system. IV. The preference for small field stimuli

    C H Fraser Rowell;M O'Shea;J L Williams

  • Behavioral Role for Nitric Oxide in Chemosensory Activation of Feeding in a Mollusc

    Elphick Mr;Kemenes G;Staras K;O'Shea M

  • Neuropeptide Function: The Invertebrate Contribution

    Michael O'Shea;Martin Schaffer

  • Better Living Through Chemistry: Evolving GasNets for Robot Control

    Phil Husbands;Tom Smith;Nick Jakobi;Michael O'Shea

  • Critical Time-Window for NO–cGMP-Dependent Long-Term Memory Formation after One-Trial Appetitive Conditioning

    Ildikó Kemenes;György Kemenes;Richard J. Andrew;Paul R. Benjamin

  • Pentapeptide (proctolin) associated with an identified neuron

    Michael O'Shea;Michael E. Adams

  • Neuropeptide proctolin (H‐Arg‐Try‐Leu‐Pro‐Thr‐Oh): Immunocytochemical mapping of neurons in the central nervous system of the cockroach

    Cynthia A. Bishop;Michael O'shea

  • Nitric oxide synthesis and action in an invertebrate brain

    Maurice R. Elphick;Irene C. Green;Michael O'Shea

  • Isolation and characterization of two myoactive neuropeptides: further evidence of an invertebrate peptide family

    M O'Shea;J Witten;M Schaffer

  • Embryonic development of identified neurons: temporal pattern of morphological and biochemical differentiation

    Corey S. Goodman;Michael O'Shea;Richard McCaman;Nicholas C. Spitzer

  • Serotonin immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of an insect (Periplaneta americana).

    Cynthia A. Bishop;Michael O'shea

  • Four-Dimensional Neuronal Signaling by Nitric Oxide: A Computational Analysis

    Andrew Philippides;Phil Husbands;Michael O'Shea

  • Protection from habituation by lateral inhibition

    Michael O'shea;C. H. Fraser Rowell

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Benjamin
Paul R. Benjamin University of Sussex
György Kemenes
György Kemenes University of Sussex
Kevin Staras
Kevin Staras University of Sussex
Siegfried Hekimi
Siegfried Hekimi McGill University
Richard J. Andrew
Richard J. Andrew University of Sussex
Thelma A. Lovick
Thelma A. Lovick University of Bristol
Jianfeng Feng
Jianfeng Feng Fudan University
Rhanor Gillette
Rhanor Gillette University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ezequiel A. Di Paolo
Ezequiel A. Di Paolo University of the Basque Country
Nicholas C. Spitzer
Nicholas C. Spitzer University of California, San Diego

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