Bassam Hamam

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bassam Hamam is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bassam Hamam has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bassam Hamam's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers). Bassam Hamam is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers). Bassam Hamam collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Lebanon and United States. Bassam Hamam's co-authors include Angel A. Alonso, Michael E. Hasselmo, Alexei V. Egorov, Erik Fransén, David G. Amaral, Ángel Alonso, Timothy E. Kennedy, Jacopo Magistretti, Samer Sakr and Ali Ghaddar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

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Bassam Hamam

15 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Graded persistent activity in entorhinal cortex neurons

2002 588 citations Alexei V. Egorov, Bassam Hamam et al. Nature profile →

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15 of 15 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Social media addiction in university students in Lebanon and its effect on student performance 2023 ·Journal of American College Health ·Bassam Hamam, (unknown), Samer Sakr, Ali Ghaddar	5
2	Socio-Demographic Association with Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (Kap) Towards Covid-19 Vaccines: A Young Population Cross Sectional Study in Lebanon 2022 ·The Open Public Health Journal ·Samer Sakr, (unknown), (unknown), Nadine Karaki, (unknown), (unknown), Bassam Hamam	1
3	Inflammatory Basis of Atherosclerosis: Modulation by Sex Hormones 2021 ·Current Pharmaceutical Design ·Suzanne A. Nasser, Elham A. Afify, Firas Kobeissy, Bassam Hamam, Ali H. Eid, Mahmoud M. El‐Mas	19
4	Knowledge, attitude and practices related to COVID-19 among young Lebanese population 2021 ·BMC Public Health ·Samer Sakr, Ali Ghaddar, (unknown), Ali H. Eid, Bassam Hamam	25
5	Cannabinoids and Myocardial Ischemia: Novel insights, UpdatedMechanisms, and Implications for Myocardial Infarction 2021 ·Current Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Suzanne A. Nasser, Bassam Hamam, Firas Kobeissy, Fouad A. Zouein, Ali H. Eid	4
6	Antibiotic use and resistance: an unprecedented assessment of university students’ knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) in Lebanon 2020 ·BMC Public Health ·Samer Sakr, Ali Ghaddar, Bassam Hamam, (unknown)	40
7	Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma regulates synapse structure, function and plasticity 2012 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Katherine E. Horn, Bin Xu, Delphine Gobert, Bassam Hamam, Katherine M. Thompson, Chia‐Lun Wu, Jean‐François Bouchard, Noriko Uetani, Ronald J. Racine, Michel L. Tremblay, Edward S. Ruthazer, C. Andrew Chapman, Timothy E. Kennedy	45
8	Cholinergic suppression of excitatory synaptic responses in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex 2006 ·Hippocampus ·Bassam Hamam, (unknown), Guillaume L. Poirier, C. Andrew Chapman	37
9	Visualization of the dendritic arbor of neurons in intact 500 μm thick brain slices 2003 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Bassam Hamam, Timothy E. Kennedy	23
10	Graded persistent activity in entorhinal cortex neurons breakdown → 2002 ·Nature ·Alexei V. Egorov, Bassam Hamam, Erik Fransén, Michael E. Hasselmo, Angel A. Alonso	588
11	Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of layer V neurons of the rat lateral entorhinal cortex 2002 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Bassam Hamam, David G. Amaral, Angel A. Alonso	80
12	Persistent sodium channel activity mediates subthreshold membrane potential oscillations and low-threshold spikes in rat entorhinal cortex layer V neurons 2001 ·Neuroscience ·(unknown), Bassam Hamam, Jacopo Magistretti, A. Alonso, David S. Ragsdale	70
13	Oscillatory Activity in Entorhinal Neurons and Circuits: Mechanisms and Function 2000 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Clayton T. Dickson, Jacopo Magistretti, Mark H. Shalinsky, Bassam Hamam, Ángel Alonso	75
14	Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of layer V neurons of the rat medial entorhinal cortex 2000 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Bassam Hamam, Timothy E. Kennedy, Ángel Alonso, David G. Amaral	74
15	Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of layer V neurons of the rat medial entorhinal cortex 2000 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Bassam Hamam, Timothy E. Kennedy, Ángel Alonso, David G. Amaral	6

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