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Pavel Osten is affiliated with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with numerous publications spanning multiple related subfields. The main areas of study include biophysics, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology.

The primary topics of their scientific work cover a broad range of subjects, notably:

  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Osten has contributed to several recent papers with a considerable impact in high-profile journals. These include:

  • A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex, 2021, Nature
  • Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex, 2021, Nature
  • Whole-Brain Profiling of Cells and Circuits in Mammals by Tissue Clearing and Light-Sheet Microscopy, 2020, Neuron
  • Genetic dissection of the glutamatergic neuron system in cerebral cortex, 2021, Nature
  • A Genetically Defined Compartmentalized Striatal Direct Pathway for Negative Reinforcement, 2020, Cell

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of colleagues, which includes Rodrigo Muñoz-Castañeda, Ramesh Palaniswamy, Julie A. Harris, Arun Narasimhan, and Rhonda Drewes. These coauthorships reflect ongoing partnerships in producing research outputs.

Publications by Osten are often found in venues known for disseminating cutting-edge research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Neuron

The volume of publications in these sources highlights a consistent contribution to the literature in neuroscience and related molecular biology fields. Osten's work spans core neuroscience topics as well as technical advances in imaging and molecular profiling methods, especially in the context of brain mapping and cellular characterization.

Best Publications

  • Evoked Axonal Oxytocin Release in the Central Amygdala Attenuates Fear Response

    H. Sophie Knobloch;Alexandre Charlet;Lena C. Hoffmann;Marina Eliava

  • Mapping of Brain Activity by Automated Volume Analysis of Immediate Early Genes

    Nicolas Renier;Eliza L. Adams;Christoph Kirst;Zhuhao Wu

  • Serial two-photon tomography for automated ex vivo mouse brain imaging

    Timothy Ragan;Lolahon R Kadiri;Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju;Karsten Bahlmann

  • Lentivirus-based genetic manipulations of cortical neurons and their optical and electrophysiological monitoring in vivo

    Tanjew Dittgen;Axel Nimmerjahn;Shoji Komai;Pawel Licznerski

  • Persistent activation of the zeta isoform of protein kinase C in the maintenance of long-term potentiation

    Todd Charlton Sacktor;Pavel Osten;Helen Valsamis;Xiaolan Jiang

  • Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X

    Sebastian Haesler;Christelle Rochefort;Christelle Rochefort;Benjamin Georgi;Pawel Licznerski

  • Brain-wide Maps Reveal Stereotyped Cell-Type-Based Cortical Architecture and Subcortical Sexual Dimorphism

    Yongsoo Kim;Yongsoo Kim;Guangyu Robert Yang;Kith Pradhan;Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju

  • PICK1 Targets Activated Protein Kinase Cα to AMPA Receptor Clusters in Spines of Hippocampal Neurons and Reduces Surface Levels of the AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptor Subunit 2

    Jose L. Perez;Latika Khatri;Craig Chang;Sapna Srivastava

  • Stereotaxic gene delivery in the rodent brain.

    Ali Cetin;Shoji Komai;Marina Eliava;Peter H Seeburg

  • Mutagenesis reveals a role for ABP/GRIP binding to GluR2 in synaptic surface accumulation of the AMPA receptor.

    Pavel Osten;Latika Khatri;Joey L. Perez;Georg Köhr

  • Strategies and Tools for Combinatorial Targeting of GABAergic Neurons in Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Miao He;Miao He;Jason Tucciarone;Jason Tucciarone;SooHyun Lee;Maximiliano José Nigro

  • Novel Anchorage of GluR2/3 to the Postsynaptic Density by the AMPA Receptor–Binding Protein ABP

    S Srivastava;P Osten;F.S Vilim;L Khatri

  • The AMPA receptor GluR2 C terminus can mediate a reversible, ATP-dependent interaction with NSF and α- and β-SNAPs

    P Osten;P Osten;S Srivastava;G.J Inman;G.J Inman;F.S Vilim;F.S Vilim

  • Mapping Social Behavior-Induced Brain Activation at Cellular Resolution in the Mouse

    Yongsoo Kim;Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju;Kith Pradhan;Carolin Mende

  • Dopamine neurons projecting to the posterior striatum form an anatomically distinct subclass

    William Menegas;Joseph F Bergan;Sachie K Ogawa;Yoh Isogai

  • Stargazin reduces desensitization and slows deactivation of the AMPA−type glutamate receptors

    Avi Priel;Alexander Kolleker;Gai Ayalon;Moshe Gillor

  • The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consortium: Lessons Learned toward Generating a Comprehensive Brain Cell Atlas

    Joseph R. Ecker;Daniel H. Geschwind;Arnold R. Kriegstein;John Ngai

  • Mapping brain circuitry with a light microscope.

    Pavel Osten;Troy W Margrie;Troy W Margrie

  • Rap2-JNK Removes Synaptic AMPA Receptors during Depotentiation

    Yinghua Zhu;Daniel Pak;Yi Qin;Yi Qin;Stefanie G. McCormack

  • Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex

    Rodrigo Muñoz-Castañeda;Brian Zingg;Brian Zingg;Katherine S. Matho;Xiaoyin Chen;Xiaoyin Chen

  • PROTEIN SYNTHESIS-DEPENDENT FORMATION OF PROTEIN KINASE MZETA IN LONG-TERM POTENTIATION

    P Osten;L Valsamis;A Harris;TC Sacktor

Frequent Co-Authors

Z. Josh Huang
Z. Josh Huang Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Valery Grinevich
Valery Grinevich Heidelberg University
Troy W. Margrie
Troy W. Margrie University College London
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School
Michael Brecht
Michael Brecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science
Kathleen S. Rockland
Kathleen S. Rockland Boston University
Julie A. Harris
Julie A. Harris University of California, San Francisco
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Georg Köhr
Georg Köhr Heidelberg University

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