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Michael P. Nusbaum is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research centers primarily on neuroscience and environmental science, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as ecology. The scientist's work integrates multiple subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics of Michael P. Nusbaum's research include neurobiology and insect physiology, physiological and biochemical adaptations, crustacean biology and ecology, animal behavior and reproduction, neuropeptides and animal physiology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Nusbaum has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Some of the recent publications are:

  • Mass Spectrometry Quantification, Localization, and Discovery of Feeding-Related Neuropeptides in Cancer borealis (2021) in ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Perturbation-specific responses by two neural circuits generating similar activity patterns (2021) in Current Biology
  • Mass spectrometry profiling and quantitation of changes in circulating hormones secreted over time in Cancer borealis hemolymph due to feeding behavior (2021) in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Feeding state-dependent modulation of feeding-related motor patterns (2021) in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Different microcircuit responses to comparable input from a one vs. both copies of an identified projection neuron (2020) in Journal of Experimental Biology

Michael P. Nusbaum frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Aaron P. Cook, Lingjun Li, Kellen DeLaney, Mengzhou Hu, and Daniel J. Powell.

The scientist's work is often published in journals such as the Journal of Neurophysiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Current Biology, and Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • A small-systems approach to motor pattern generation.

    Michael P. Nusbaum;Mark P. Beenhakker

  • The roles of co-transmission in neural network modulation.

    Michael P. Nusbaum;Dawn M. Blitz;Dawn M. Blitz;Andrew M. Swensen;Andrew M. Swensen;Debra Wood

  • Functional consequences of neuropeptide and small-molecule co-transmission.

    Michael P. Nusbaum;Dawn M. Blitz;Eve Marder

  • Distribution and partial characterization of FMRFamide-like peptides in the stomatogastric nervous systems of the rock crab, Cancer borealis, and the spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus.

    Eve Marder;Ronald L. Calabrese;Michael P. Nusbaum;Barry Trimmer

  • A switch between two modes of synaptic transmission mediated by presynaptic inhibition

    Melissa J. Coleman;Melissa J. Coleman;Melissa J. Coleman;Pierre Meyrand;Michael P. Nusbaum;Michael P. Nusbaum

  • A modulatory proctolin-containing neuron (MPN). II. State-dependent modulation of rhythmic motor activity.

    MP Nusbaum;E Marder

  • Coordination of Fast and Slow Rhythmic Neuronal Circuits

    Marlene Bartos;Yair Manor;Farzan Nadim;Eve Marder

  • Functional consequences of compartmentalization of synaptic input

    Melissa J. Coleman;Michael P. Nusbaum

  • Different proctolin neurons elicit distinct motor patterns from a multifunctional neuronal network.

    Dawn M. Blitz;Andrew E. Christie;Andrew E. Christie;Melissa J. Coleman;Brian J. Norris

  • Neural Control of Limb Coordination. I. Comparison of Hatching and Walking Motor Output Patterns in Normal and Deafferented Chicks

    Anne Bekoff;Michael P. Nusbaum;Anita L. Sabichi;Monica Clifford

  • A NEURONAL ROLE FOR A CRUSTACEAN RED PIGMENT CONCENTRATING HORMONE-LIKE PEPTIDE: NEUROMODULATION OF THE PYLORIC RHYTHM IN THE CRAB, CANCER BOREALIS

    Michael P. Nusbaum;Eve Marder

  • A modulatory proctolin-containing neuron (MPN). I. Identification and characterization

    MP Nusbaum;E Marder

  • Two novel tachykinin-related peptides from the nervous system of the crab Cancer borealis.

    A E Christie;C T Lundquist;D R Nässel;M P Nusbaum

  • Neuropeptidomic analysis of the brain and thoracic ganglion from the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis.

    Jurgen Huybrechts;Michael P Nusbaum;Luc Vanden Bosch;Geert Baggerman

  • Distribution of modulatory inputs to the stomatogastric ganglion of the crab, Cancer borealis

    Melissa J. Coleman;Michael P. Nusbaum;Isabelle Cournil;Brenda J. Claiborne

  • Intercircuit Control of Motor Pattern Modulation by Presynaptic Inhibition

    Marlene Bartos;Michael P. Nusbaum

  • Swim initiation in the leech by serotonin-containing interneurones, cells 21 and 61.

    Michael P. Nusbaum;William B. Kristan

  • Distinct Functions for Cotransmitters Mediating Motor Pattern Selection

    Dawn M. Blitz;Michael P. Nusbaum

  • Neuropeptide Modulation of Microcircuits

    Michael P Nusbaum;Dawn M Blitz

  • General Principles of Neuronal Co-transmission: Insights From Multiple Model Systems.

    Erik Svensson;John Apergis-Schoute;Geoffrey Burnstock;Michael P. Nusbaum

  • Presynaptic control of modulatory fibers by their neural network targets.

    MP Nusbaum;JM Weimann;J Golowasch;E Marder

Frequent Co-Authors

Eve Marder
Eve Marder Brandeis University
Farzan Nadim
Farzan Nadim New Jersey Institute of Technology
William B. Kristan
William B. Kristan University of California, San Diego
Marlene Bartos
Marlene Bartos University of Freiburg
Pierre Meyrand
Pierre Meyrand University of Bordeaux
Ronald L. Calabrese
Ronald L. Calabrese Emory University
Louis-Eric Trudeau
Louis-Eric Trudeau University of Montreal
Stephen G. Lisberger
Stephen G. Lisberger Duke University
George F. Wittenberg
George F. Wittenberg University of Pittsburgh
John Simmers
John Simmers University of Bordeaux

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