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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Susan E. Leeman is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans a variety of interconnected subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

They have focused their studies primarily on topics such as receptor mechanisms and signaling, pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, neuropeptides and animal physiology, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, autism spectrum disorder research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and stress responses involving cortisol.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan E. Leeman include:

  • Steven D. Douglas
  • Tung M. Fong
  • S P H Alexander
  • Arthur Christopoulos
  • Anthony P. Davenport

Their publications appear in several notable venues, with multiple papers published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, as well as contributions to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. Some of their recent papers are:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors (2021) - British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors (2023) - British Journal of Pharmacology
  • IL-38 inhibits microglial inflammatory mediators and is decreased in amygdala of children with autism spectrum disorder (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Tachykinin receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1 (2023) - IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Susan E. Leeman's work has been recognized through several prestigious awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), 1993
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1991
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1987

Best Publications

  • The isolation of a new hypotensive peptide, neurotensin, from bovine hypothalami.

    Robert Carraway;Susan E. Leeman

  • Amino-acid Sequence of Substance P

    Michael M. Chang;Susan E. Leeman;Hugh D. Niall

  • Intrathecal morphine inhibits substance P release from mammalian spinal cord in vivo

    T. L. Yaksh;T. M. Jessell;R. Gamse;A. W. Mudge

  • Isolation of a sialogogic peptide from bovine hypothalamic tissue and its characterization as substance P

    Michael M. Chang;Susan E. Leeman

  • Characterization of radioimmunoassayable neurotensin in the rat. Its differential distribution in the central nervous system, small intestine, and stomach.

    R Carraway;S E Leeman

  • Substance P as a transmitter candidate.

    R A Nicoll;C Schenker;S E Leeman

  • The origin, distribution and synaptic relationships of substance P axons in rat spinal cord.

    Robert P. Barber;James E. Vaughn;J. Randall Slemmon;Paul M. Salvaterra

  • Enkephalin inhibits release of substance P from sensory neurons in culture and decreases action potential duration.

    Anne W. Mudge;Susan E. Leeman;Gerald D. Fischbach

  • Insulin stimulates the cleavage and release of the extracellular domain of Klotho by ADAM10 and ADAM17

    Ci-Di Chen;Sonia Podvin;Earl Gillespie;Susan E. Leeman

  • Regional distribution of substance P in the brain of the rat

    Michael J. Brownstein;Edmund A. Mroz;J. Stephen Kizer;Miklos Palkovits

  • The amino acid sequence of a hypothalamic peptide, neurotensin.

    Robert Carraway;Susan E. Leeman

  • Ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of muscle disease.

    J.Z. Heckmatt;S. Leeman;V. Dubowitz

  • The regional distribution of somatostatin, substance P and neurotensin in human brain

    Paul E. Cooper;Madelyn H. Fernstrom;Otto P. Rorstad;Susan E. Leeman

  • On the origin of substance P and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in the substantia nigra

    Michael J. Brownstein;Edmund A. Mroz;Marcel L. Tappaz;Susan E. Leeman

  • Differential effects of capsaicin on the content of somatostatin, substance P, and neurotensin in the nervous system of the rat.

    Rainer Gamse;Rainer Gamse;Susan E. Leeman;Peter Holzer;Fred Lembeck

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Ultrastructural localization of substance P in neurons of spinal cord

    Virginia M. Pickel;Donald J. Reis;Susan E. Leeman

  • Electron microscopic localization of substance P and enkephalin in axon terminals related to dendrites of catecholaminergic neurons

    Virginia M. Pickel;Virginia M. Pickel;Virginia M. Pickel;Tong H. Joh;Tong H. Joh;Tong H. Joh;Donald J. Reis;Donald J. Reis;Donald J. Reis;Susan E. Leeman;Susan E. Leeman;Susan E. Leeman

  • Multiple calcium channels mediate neurotransmitter release from peripheral neurons.

    Teresa M. Perney;Lane D. Hirning;Susan E. Leeman;Richard J. Miller

  • Intrathecal capsaicin depletes substance P in the rat spinal cord and produces prolonged thermal analgesia

    Tony L. Yaksh;David H. Farb;Susan E. Leeman;Thomas M. Jessell

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Aronin
Neil Aronin University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Craig F. Ferris
Craig F. Ferris Northeastern University
Salomon Amar
Salomon Amar New York Medical College
Charalabos Pothoulakis
Charalabos Pothoulakis University of California, Los Angeles
Theoharis C. Theoharides
Theoharis C. Theoharides Nova Southeastern University
James E. Krause
James E. Krause NeuroGenetic Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Richard E. Fine
Richard E. Fine Boston University
Michael J. O'Brien
Michael J. O'Brien Tulane University
Donald J. Reis
Donald J. Reis Cornell University
Virginia M. Pickel
Virginia M. Pickel Cornell University

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