What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His primary areas of study are Neuroscience, Receptor, Sensory system, Genetics and Gene.
His Neuroscience study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Anatomy.
The concepts of his Receptor study are interwoven with issues in Stereochemistry and Gene family.
He has included themes like Olfactory system and Odor in his Sensory system study.
His Olfactory receptor, Olfactory marker protein and Grueneberg ganglion study in the realm of Olfactory system connects with subjects such as Tufted cell.
His Gene research integrates issues from Molecular biology, Interferon, DNA and Growth hormone.
His most cited work include:
- A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: A molecular basis for odor recognition (3812 citations)
- The T4 gene encodes the AIDS virus receptor and is expressed in the immune system and the brain. (1723 citations)
- Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map (1694 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Neuroscience, Gene, Molecular biology, Cell biology and DNA are his primary areas of study.
His work focuses on many connections between Neuroscience and other disciplines, such as Anatomy, that overlap with his field of interest in Antennal lobe.
Genetics covers Richard Axel research in Gene.
His Molecular biology study combines topics in areas such as Cell culture, RNA, Biochemistry, Chromatin and Messenger RNA.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Phenotype and Thymidine kinase in addition to DNA.
Specifically, his work in Olfactory system is concerned with the study of Olfactory receptor.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (36.00%)
- Gene (25.82%)
- Molecular biology (25.82%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2021)?
- Neuroscience (36.00%)
- Olfactory system (17.09%)
- Sensory system (19.27%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Olfactory system, Sensory system, Odor and Mushroom bodies.
Richard Axel undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Neuroscience and Population through his works.
His Olfactory system research incorporates themes from Optogenetics, Channelrhodopsin, Glomerulus, Anatomy and Neural activity.
His Sensory system research incorporates themes from Stimulus, Cognition, Internal medicine, Dopamine and Brain mapping.
Richard Axel works mostly in the field of Odor, limiting it down to topics relating to Orbitofrontal cortex and, in certain cases, Olfaction, as a part of the same area of interest.
His Mushroom bodies study also includes
- Associative learning which intersects with area such as Cognitive science, Content-addressable memory and Antennal lobe,
- Neuron and related Cerebral cortex.
Between 2010 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The neuronal architecture of the mushroom body provides a logic for associative learning (540 citations)
- Distinct representations of olfactory information in different cortical centres (327 citations)
- Random convergence of olfactory inputs in the Drosophila mushroom body (284 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Olfactory system, Sensory system, Mushroom bodies and Channelrhodopsin.
His research combines Anatomy and Neuroscience.
His study on Olfactory system is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Associative learning.
His Sensory system study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Arousal, Content-addressable memory, Model organism and Endocrinology.
His work in Mushroom bodies addresses subjects such as Neuron, which are connected to disciplines such as Cerebral cortex, Antennal lobe and Olfactory Learning.
His studies deal with areas such as Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, Neurotransmission, Sensory input and Cortex as well as Channelrhodopsin.
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