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Rebecca D. Burwell

Rebecca D. Burwell

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
9064
World Ranking
9106
National Ranking
3839

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Rebecca D. Burwell is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, sensory systems, behavioral neuroscience, and social psychology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

They have authored numerous publications, with notable papers including:

  • "Contributions of postrhinal and perirhinal cortex to contextual information processing." (2021) published in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Beyond the hippocampus: The role of parahippocampal-prefrontal communication in context-modulated behavior" (2021) published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • "The anatomy and function of the postrhinal cortex." (2021) published in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Instantaneous amplitude and shape of postrhinal theta oscillations differentially encode running speed." (2020) published in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Functional Differentiation of Dorsal and Ventral Posterior Parietal Cortex of the Rat: Implications for Controlled and Stimulus-Driven Attention" (2021) published in Cerebral Cortex

Their frequent collaborators include Taylor B. Wise, Victoria L. Templer, Xiangyuan Peng, Fang-Chi Yang, and Sean G. Trettel.

Rebecca D. Burwell has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • UNC Libraries

Among the honors awarded, Burwell was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze.

    Michela Gallagher;Rebecca Burwell;Margaret R. Burchinal

  • Cortical afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat.

    Rebecca D. Burwell;David G. Amaral

  • Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: A review of the neuroanatomical literature and comparison with findings from the monkey brain

    Rebecca D. Burwell;Menno P. Witter;David G. Amaral

  • The parahippocampal region: corticocortical connectivity.

    Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: Interconnectivity and connections with the entorhinal cortex

    Rebecca D. Burwell;David G. Amaral

  • Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region: the lateral and medial entorhinal areas.

    Kristin M. Kerr;Kara L. Agster;Sharon C. Furtak;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region in the rat: The perirhinal and postrhinal cortices

    Sharon C. Furtak;Shau-Ming Wei;Kara L. Agster;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Borders and cytoarchitecture of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat.

    Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Corticohippocampal Contributions to Spatial and Contextual Learning

    Rebecca D. Burwell;Michael P. Saddoris;David J. Bucci;Kjesten A. Wiig

  • Cortical efferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat.

    Kara L. Agster;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Electrical synapses coordinate activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Michael A Long;Michael J Jutras;Barry W Connors;Rebecca D Burwell

  • Relationship of age-related decline across several behavioral domains.

    Michela Gallagher;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Integrated device for combined optical neuromodulation and electrical recording for chronic in vivo applications

    Jing Wang;Fabien Wagner;David A Borton;Jiayi Zhang

  • Contributions of postrhinal and perirhinal cortex to contextual information processing.

    David J. Bucci;Russell G. Phillips;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Hippocampal and subicular efferents and afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat

    Kara L. Agster;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Markers for biogenic amines in the aged rat brain: Relationship to decline in spatial learning ability

    Michela Gallagher;Rebecca D. Burwell;Matthew H. Kodsi;Michael McKinney

  • Neuron Number in the Parahippocampal Region is Preserved in Aged Rats with Spatial Learning Deficits

    Peter R. Rapp;Perika S. Deroche;Ying Mao;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Perirhinal and postrhinal contributions to remote memory for context.

    Rebecca D. Burwell;David J. Bucci;Matthew R. Sanborn;Michael J. Jutras

  • Contextual fear discrimination is impaired by damage to the postrhinal or perirhinal cortex.

    David J. Bucci;Michael P. Saddoris;Rebecca D. Burwell

  • Positional firing properties of postrhinal cortex neurons.

    R.D Burwell;D.M Hafeman

  • COMMENTARY Functional Neuroanatomy of the Parahippocampal Region: The Lateral and Medial Entorhinal Areas

    Kristin M. Kerr;Kara L. Agster;Sharon C. Furtak;Rebecca D. Burwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Michela Gallagher
Michela Gallagher Johns Hopkins University
David J. Bucci
David J. Bucci Dartmouth College
Arto V. Nurmikko
Arto V. Nurmikko Brown University
Barry W. Connors
Barry W. Connors Brown University
David G. Amaral
David G. Amaral University of California, Davis
Peter R. Rapp
Peter R. Rapp National Institutes of Health
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Mark G. Baxter
Mark G. Baxter Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
George A. Mashour
George A. Mashour University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University

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