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  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Thomas J. Carew is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The scientist's work also intersects with Social Psychology.

Their main research topics include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Neural Dynamics and Brain Function.

Frequent coauthors in their publications are Nikolay V. Kukushkin, Anastasios A. Mirisis, Robert M. Carney, Tasnim Tabassum, and Ashley M. Kopec.

The scientist has contributed to various well-regarded publication venues. The most frequent are the Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other venues include Nature Communications and Neuron.

Among their recent research papers are:

  • The massed-spaced learning effect in non-neural human cells, 2024, Nature Communications
  • ELAV Proteins Bind and Stabilize C/EBP mRNA in the Induction of Long-Term Memory in Aplysia, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Neurohumanities: An Emerging Partnership for Exploring the Human Experience, 2020, Neuron
  • Precise timing of ERK phosphorylation/dephosphorylation determines the outcome of trial repetition during long-term memory formation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Postsynaptic effects of Aplysia cysteine-rich neurotrophic factor in the induction of activity-dependent long-term facilitation in Aplysia californica, 2020, Learning & Memory

Their research explores mechanisms of memory formation, molecular signaling, and the cellular basis of learning, often using model organisms such as Aplysia. This work combines molecular biology techniques with neurobiological approaches.

Thomas J. Carew was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.

Best Publications

  • A cellular mechanism of classical conditioning in Aplysia: activity-dependent amplification of presynaptic facilitation.

    R. D. Hawkins;T. W. Abrams;T. J. Carew;E. R. Kandel

  • Long-Term Habituation of a Defensive Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia

    Thomas J. Carew;Harold M. Pinsker;Eric R. Kandel

  • Invertebrate learning and memory: from behavior to molecules.

    T J Carew;C L Sahley

  • Differential classical conditioning of a defensive withdrawal reflex in Aplysia californica

    TJ Carew;RD Hawkins;ER Kandel

  • Multiple overlapping processes underlying short-term synaptic enhancement

    Stephen A. Fisher;Thomas M. Fischer;Thomas J. Carew

  • Classical conditioning in a simple withdrawal reflex in Aplysia californica

    TJ Carew;ET Walters;ER Kandel

  • Long-term synaptic facilitation in the absence of short-term facilitation in Aplysia neurons.

    Nigel J. Emptage;Thomas J. Carew

  • An analysis of dishabituation and sensitization of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia.

    Thomas J. Carew;Vincent F. Castellucci;Vincent F. Castellucci;Eric R. Kandel;Eric R. Kandel

  • Mechanoafferent neurons innervating tail of Aplysia. I. Response properties and synaptic connections.

    Edgar T Walters;John H Byrne;T. J. Carew;E. R. Kandel

  • Mechanoafferent neurons innervating tail of Aplysia. II. Modulation by sensitizing stimulation

    Edgar T Walters;John H Byrne;T. J. Carew;E. R. Kandel

  • Classical conditioning and sensitization share aspects of the same molecular cascade in Aplysia.

    E.R. Kandel;T. Abrams;L. Bernier;T.J. Carew

  • Cellular analysis of long-term habituation of the gill-withdrawal reflex of Aplysia californica

    VF Castellucci;TJ Carew;ER Kandel

  • Molecular Enhancement of Memory Formation

    Thomas J Carew

  • Behavior patterns of Aplysia californica in its natural environment.

    Irving Kupfermann;Irving Kupfermann;Thomas J. Carew;Thomas J. Carew

  • Local, reflex, and central commands controlling gill and siphon movements in Aplysia.

    I Kupfermann;T J Carew;E R Kandel

  • Learning and memory

    Daniel L. Alkon;David G. Amaral;Mark F. Bear;Joel Black

  • Molecular Mechanisms Underlying a Unique Intermediate Phase of Memory in Aplysia

    Michael A. Sutton;Michael A. Sutton;Sarah E. Masters;Martha W. Bagnall;Thomas J. Carew

  • Associative Learning in Aplysia: evidence for conditioned fear in an invertebrate

    Edgar T. Walters;Thomas J. Carew;Eric R. Kandel

  • Behavioral dissociation of dishabituation, sensitization, and inhibition in Aplysia

    Emilie A. Marcus;Thomas G. Nolen;Catharine H. Rankin;Thomas J. Carew

  • Serotonin release evoked by tail nerve stimulation in the CNS of aplysia: characterization and relationship to heterosynaptic plasticity.

    Stéphane Marinesco;Thomas J. Carew

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Michael A. Sutton
Michael A. Sutton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark Stopfer
Mark Stopfer National Institutes of Health
Vincent F. Castellucci
Vincent F. Castellucci University of Montreal
Edgar T. Walters
Edgar T. Walters The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Catharine H. Rankin
Catharine H. Rankin University of British Columbia
Robert D. Hawkins
Robert D. Hawkins Columbia University
René Marois
René Marois Vanderbilt University
John H. Byrne
John H. Byrne The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin

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