What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Susumu Tonegawa mostly deals with Neuroscience, Hippocampus, Molecular biology, Hippocampal formation and Synaptic plasticity.
His Neuroscience study incorporates themes from NMDA receptor, Neurotransmission and Anatomy.
His Hippocampus research incorporates elements of Long-term potentiation, Recall and Postsynaptic potential.
His research investigates the link between Long-term potentiation and topics such as Mutant that cross with problems in Cell biology.
His Molecular biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Immunoglobulin gene, Gene, T lymphocyte, Antigen and Cytotoxic T cell.
His work carried out in the field of Memory consolidation brings together such families of science as Long-term memory and Engram.
His most cited work include:
- Somatic generation of antibody diversity (3423 citations)
- RAG-1-deficient mice have no mature B and T lymphocytes (2395 citations)
- The Essential Role of Hippocampal CA1 NMDA Receptor–Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Spatial Memory (1492 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Molecular biology, Hippocampal formation, Hippocampus and Gene.
His research in Neuroscience intersects with topics in NMDA receptor and Recall.
His studies deal with areas such as T lymphocyte, Antigen, T cell, T-cell receptor and Cytotoxic T cell as well as Molecular biology.
His study in Hippocampal formation is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biological neural network, Neuroplasticity and Episodic memory.
Susumu Tonegawa combines subjects such as Synaptic plasticity, Long-term potentiation and Neurotransmission with his study of Hippocampus.
His Gene research integrates issues from Immunoglobulin light chain and DNA.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (58.08%)
- Molecular biology (26.18%)
- Hippocampal formation (26.38%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Neuroscience (58.08%)
- Engram (21.06%)
- Hippocampal formation (26.38%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Engram, Hippocampal formation, Hippocampus and Optogenetics.
Neuroscience is represented through his Amygdala, Basolateral amygdala, Episodic memory, Long-term memory and Biological neural network research.
The Engram study combines topics in areas such as Fear memory, Recall, Cognitive science and Memory consolidation.
The various areas that he examines in his Memory consolidation study include Synaptic plasticity and Context.
His Hippocampal formation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Published Erratum, MEDLINE and Sensory system.
His Optogenetics research focuses on Dendritic spine and how it relates to Retrograde amnesia.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Engrams and circuits crucial for systems consolidation of a memory. (369 citations)
- Engrams and circuits crucial for systems consolidation of a memory. (369 citations)
- Ventral CA1 neurons store social memory (247 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Susumu Tonegawa mainly focuses on Neuroscience, Engram, Hippocampus, Hippocampal formation and Neuroanatomy of memory.
His works in Episodic memory, Long-term memory, Basolateral amygdala, Biological neural network and Contextual memory are all subjects of inquiry into Neuroscience.
His Engram research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Dentate gyrus, Context, Memory consolidation, Cognitive science and Neural substrate.
His work in the fields of Hippocampus, such as Pattern completion, intersects with other areas such as State.
His research in the fields of Entorhinal cortex overlaps with other disciplines such as Social memory.
His Neuroanatomy of memory research incorporates elements of Association, Optogenetics, Subiculum and Nucleus accumbens.
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