Eric R. Kandel

101.0k total citations · 64 hit papers
495 papers, 77.6k citations indexed

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Eric R. Kandel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric R. Kandel has authored 495 papers receiving a total of 77.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 358 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 191 papers in Molecular Biology and 184 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eric R. Kandel's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (231 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (132 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (109 papers). Eric R. Kandel is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (231 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (132 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (109 papers). Eric R. Kandel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Eric R. Kandel's co-authors include Robert D. Hawkins, Craig H. Bailey, Mark Mayford, James H. Schwartz, Ted Abel, Thomas J. O’Dell, Kelsey C. Martin, W. A. Spencer, Steven A. Siegelbaum and Thomas Carew and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Eric R. Kandel

490 papers receiving 74.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Molecular Biology of Memory ... 1961 2026 1982 2004 2001 1996 1982 2006 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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  1. The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses
    2001 2.8k citations Eric R. Kandel Science profile →
  2. Control of Memory Formation Through Regulated Expression of a CaMKII Transgene
    1996 1.3k citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  3. Molecular Biology of Learning: Modulation of Transmitter Release
    1982 1.2k citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  4. Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala
    2006 1.1k citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  5. Recombinant BDNF Rescues Deficits in Basal Synaptic Transmission and Hippocampal LTP in BDNF Knockout Mice
    1996 1.1k citations Kelsey C. Martin, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  6. Subregion- and Cell Type–Restricted Gene Knockout in Mouse Brain
    1996 992 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  7. Genetic Demonstration of a Role for PKA in the Late Phase of LTP and in Hippocampus-Based Long-Term Memory
    1997 990 citations Mark Barad, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  8. Impaired Long-Term Potentiation, Spatial Learning, and Hippocampal Development in fyn Mutant Mice
    1992 958 citations Kevin Karl, Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  9. Tests of the roles of two diffusible substances in long-term potentiation: evidence for nitric oxide as a possible early retrograde messenger.
    1991 890 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Ablation of hippocampal neurogenesis impairs contextual fear conditioning and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus
    2006 824 citations Gaël Malleret, Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. The long and the short of long–term memory—a molecular framework
    1986 816 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  12. The Molecular and Systems Biology of Memory
    2014 732 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  13. Chromatin Acetylation, Memory, and LTP Are Impaired in CBP+/− Mice
    2004 710 citations Juan Marcos Alarcón, Gaël Malleret et al. profile →
  14. Requirement of a Critical Period of Transcription for Induction of a Late Phase of LTP
    1994 702 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  15. MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF IDENTIFIED NEURONS IN THE ABDOMINAL GANGLION OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA
    1967 694 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  16. Structural Changes Accompanying Memory Storage
    1993 679 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  17. The molecular biology of memory: cAMP, PKA, CRE, CREB-1, CREB-2, and CPEB
    2012 659 citations Eric R. Kandel profile →
  18. Loss of Presenilin Function Causes Impairments of Memory and Synaptic Plasticity Followed by Age-Dependent Neurodegeneration
    2004 613 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  19. Synapse-Specific, Long-Term Facilitation of Aplysia Sensory to Motor Synapses: A Function for Local Protein Synthesis in Memory Storage
    1997 588 citations Kelsey C. Martin, Huixiang Zhu et al. profile →
  20. Injection of the cAMP-responsive element into the nucleus of Aplysia sensory neurons blocks long-term facilitation
    1990 587 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  21. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS: II. AFTER-POTENTIALS AND REPETITIVE FIRING
    1961 582 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  22. Identification of a Gene Encoding a Hyperpolarization-Activated Pacemaker Channel of Brain
    1998 582 citations Eric R. Kandel, Steven A. Siegelbaum et al. profile →
  23. Lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid as second messengers for presynaptic inhibition of Aplysia sensory cells
    1987 555 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  24. Toward a molecular definition of long-term memory storage
    1996 547 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  25. Serotonin and cyclic AMP close single K+ channels in Aplysia sensory neurones
    1982 530 citations Steven A. Siegelbaum, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  26. Nitric Oxide And Carbon Monoxide Produce Activity-Dependent Long-Term Synaptic Enhancement in Hippocampus
    1993 488 citations Eric R. Kandel, Robert D. Hawkins et al. Science profile →
  27. Age-related defects in spatial memory are correlated with defects in the late phase of hippocampal long-term potentiation in vitro and are attenuated by drugs that enhance the cAMP signaling pathway
    1999 474 citations Mark Barad, Robert D. Hawkins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  28. Long-term potentiation in the hippocampus is blocked by tyrosine kinase inhibitors
    1991 473 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  29. A Cellular Mechanism of Classical Conditioning in Aplysia : Activity-Dependent Amplification of Presynaptic Facilitation
    1983 470 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  30. Aplysia CREB2 represses long-term facilitation: Relief of repression converts transient facilitation into long-term functional and structural change
    1995 462 citations Kevin Karl, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  31. MAP Kinase Translocates into the Nucleus of the Presynaptic Cell and Is Required for Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia
    1997 461 citations Kelsey C. Martin, Mark Barad et al. profile →
  32. C/EBP is an immediate-early gene required for the consolidation of long-term facilitation in Aplysia
    1994 456 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  33. cAMP response element-binding protein is activated by Ca2+/calmodulin- as well as cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
    1991 453 citations Kevin Karl, Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  34. CaMKII regulates the frequency-response function of hippocampal synapses for the production of both LTD and LTP
    1995 446 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  35. Spatially Resolved Dynamics of cAMP and Protein Kinase A Subunits in Aplysia Sensory Neurons
    1993 433 citations Bong‐Kiun Kaang, Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  36. cAMP contributes to mossy fiber LTP by initiating both a covalently mediated early phase and macromolecular synthesis-dependent late phase
    1994 425 citations Yan-You Huang, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  37. Different Training Procedures Recruit Either One or Two Critical Periods for Contextual Memory Consolidation, Each of Which Requires Protein Synthesis and PKA
    1998 425 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  38. Dopamine release from the locus coeruleus to the dorsal hippocampus promotes spatial learning and memory
    2016 422 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  39. A Transient, Neuron-Wide Form of CREB-Mediated Long-Term Facilitation Can Be Stabilized at Specific Synapses by Local Protein Synthesis
    1999 413 citations Kelsey C. Martin, Huixiang Zhu et al. profile →
  40. Role of guanylyl cyclase and cGMP-dependent protein kinase in long-term potentiation
    1994 393 citations Eric R. Kandel, Robert D. Hawkins et al. profile →
  41. Recruitment of long-lasting and protein kinase A-dependent long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of hippocampus requires repeated tetanization.
    1994 392 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  42. Impairment of spatial but not contextual memory in CaMKII mutant mice with a selective loss of hippocampal ltp in the range of the θ frequency
    1995 391 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  43. Abolition of Long-Term Stability of New Hippocampal Place Cell Maps by NMDA Receptor Blockade
    1998 381 citations Clifford G. Kentros, Eric L. Hargreaves et al. Science profile →
  44. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS: I. SEQUENTIAL INVASION AND SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION
    1961 380 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  45. Cellular basis of behavior
    1976 378 citations Eric R. Kandel profile →
  46. Rolipram, a type IV-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor, facilitates the establishment of long-lasting long-term potentiation and improves memory
    1998 368 citations Mark Barad, Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  47. Long-Term Potentiation Is Reduced in Mice That Are Doubly Mutant in Endothelial and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase
    1996 365 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Kelsey C. Martin et al. profile →
  48. A Possible Role for the Striatum in the Pathogenesis of the Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia
    2010 362 citations Eleanor H. Simpson, Christoph Kellendonk et al. profile →
  49. Endothelial NOS and the Blockade of LTP by NOS Inhibitors in Mice Lacking Neuronal NOS
    1994 359 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  50. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS: IV. FAST PREPOTENTIALS
    1961 354 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  51. Modulation of an NCAM-Related Adhesion Molecule with Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity in Aplysia
    1992 346 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  52. Neuronal Mechanisms of Habituation and Dishabituation of the Gill-Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia
    1970 329 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  53. Synaptic transmission: A bidirectional and self-modifiable form of cell-cell communication
    1993 309 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  54. Serotonin modulates a specific potassium current in the sensory neurons that show presynaptic facilitation in Aplysia.
    1982 290 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  55. Long-Term Sensitization of a Defensive Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia
    1973 288 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  56. Mechanism of calcium current modulation underlying presynaptic facilitation and behavioral sensitization in Aplysia.
    1980 272 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  57. Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior
    1996 257 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. profile →
  58. Neuronal Correlates of Habituation and Dishabituation of the Gill-Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia
    1970 254 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  59. Monosynaptic connections made by the sensory neurons of the gill- and siphon-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia participate in the storage of long-term memory for sensitization
    1985 252 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  60. A Quantal Analysis of the Synaptic Depression Underlying Habituation of the Gill-Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia
    1974 243 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  61. Cellular basis of behavior: An introduction to behavioral neurobiology.
    1976 241 citations Eric R. Kandel profile →
  62. Is there a cell-biological alphabet for simple forms of learning?
    1984 229 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel profile →
  63. Long-Term Habituation of a Defensive Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia
    1972 220 citations Eric R. Kandel et al. Science profile →
  64. Is there a cell-biological alphabet for simple forms of learning?
    1984 212 citations Robert D. Hawkins, Eric R. Kandel profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric R. Kandel United States 156 47.2k 31.6k 24.0k 7.5k 6.9k 495 77.6k
Robert C. Malenka United States 131 49.2k 1.0× 27.6k 0.9× 22.7k 0.9× 5.7k 0.8× 8.2k 1.2× 263 67.8k
Roger A. Nicoll United States 138 46.6k 1.0× 28.4k 0.9× 16.4k 0.7× 5.9k 0.8× 5.4k 0.8× 324 57.9k
Susumu Tonegawa United States 146 25.7k 0.5× 25.7k 0.8× 16.6k 0.7× 3.9k 0.5× 4.9k 0.7× 343 70.2k
Eric J. Nestler United States 157 47.0k 1.0× 35.6k 1.1× 15.0k 0.6× 11.0k 1.5× 5.3k 0.8× 667 92.0k
Gary Lynch United States 110 30.5k 0.6× 15.2k 0.5× 15.7k 0.7× 4.8k 0.6× 5.6k 0.8× 529 43.4k
Karl Deisseroth United States 152 58.8k 1.2× 23.8k 0.8× 36.6k 1.5× 4.0k 0.5× 4.7k 0.7× 419 88.3k
Richard L. Huganir United States 127 37.0k 0.8× 30.8k 1.0× 9.3k 0.4× 5.7k 0.8× 5.2k 0.8× 386 52.4k
Carl W. Cotman United States 145 33.8k 0.7× 28.1k 0.9× 11.0k 0.5× 26.0k 3.5× 11.3k 1.6× 671 77.5k
Kjell Fuxé Sweden 126 52.1k 1.1× 35.8k 1.1× 9.6k 0.4× 9.7k 1.3× 4.1k 0.6× 1.4k 83.2k
Pasko Rakić United States 128 25.3k 0.5× 26.3k 0.8× 13.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.4× 5.6k 0.8× 364 62.7k

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Morishita, Yoshikazu, Ko Zushida, Akinori Nishi, et al.. (2024). Dopamine release and dopamine-related gene expression in the amygdala are modulated by the gastrin-releasing peptide in opposite directions during stress-enhanced fear learning and extinction. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(6). 2381–2394. 1 indexed citations
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Fritzsching, Keith J., et al.. (2020). Micellar TIA1 with folded RNA binding domains as a model for reversible stress granule formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(50). 31832–31837. 15 indexed citations
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Jin, Iksung, Hiroshi Udo, Stefan R. Kassabov, et al.. (2018). Anterograde and retrograde signaling by an Aplysia neurotrophin forms a transsynaptic functional unit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(46). E10951–E10960. 5 indexed citations
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Jin, Iksung, Hiroshi Udo, Russell E. Nicholls, et al.. (2018). Autocrine signaling by an Aplysia neurotrophin forms a presynaptic positive feedback loop. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(47). E11168–E11177. 5 indexed citations
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Kandel, Eric R.. (2016). Reductionism in Art and Brain Science. Columbia University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Puthanveettil, Sathyanarayanan V., Igor Antonov, Sergey Kalachikov, et al.. (2013). A strategy to capture and characterize the synaptic transcriptome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(18). 7464–7469. 39 indexed citations
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Thuault, Sébastien, Gaël Malleret, Christine M. Constantinople, et al.. (2013). Prefrontal Cortex HCN1 Channels Enable Intrinsic Persistent Neural Firing and Executive Memory Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13583–13599. 67 indexed citations
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Ward, Ryan D., Eleanor H. Simpson, Eric R. Kandel, & Peter D. Balsam. (2011). Modeling motivational deficits in mouse models of schizophrenia: Behavior analysis as a guide for neuroscience. Behavioural Processes. 87(1). 149–156. 33 indexed citations
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Malleret, Gaël, Juan Marcos Alarcón, Guillaume Martel, et al.. (2010). Bidirectional Regulation of Hippocampal Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity and Its Influence on Opposing Forms of Memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(10). 3813–3825. 82 indexed citations
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Antonov, Igor, Eric R. Kandel, & Robert D. Hawkins. (2010). Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Metaplasticity during Intermediate-Term Memory Formation inAplysia. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(16). 5781–5791. 42 indexed citations
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Lee, Yong‐Seok, Seung‐Hee Lee, Hyoung Kim, et al.. (2009). Identification of a serotonin receptor coupled to adenylyl cyclase involved in learning-related heterosynaptic facilitation in Aplysia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(34). 14634–14639. 39 indexed citations
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Drew, Michael R., Eleanor H. Simpson, Christoph Kellendonk, et al.. (2007). Transient Overexpression of Striatal D 2 Receptors Impairs Operant Motivation and Interval Timing. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(29). 7731–7739. 179 indexed citations
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Kandel, Eric R.. (2007). In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 239 indexed citations
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Alarcón, Juan Marcos, Ángel Barco, & Eric R. Kandel. (2006). Capture of the Late Phase of Long-Term Potentiation within and across the Apical and Basilar Dendritic Compartments of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons: Synaptic Tagging Is Compartment Restricted. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(1). 256–264. 56 indexed citations
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Stadler, Friedrich & Eric R. Kandel. (2004). Österreichs Umgang mit dem Nationalsozialismus : die Folgen für die naturwissenschaftliche und humanistische Lehre : internationales Symposium 5.-6. Juni 2003, Wien. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Moccia, Robert, E Yaping, Sergey Kalachikov, et al.. (2003). An Unbiased cDNA Library Prepared from IsolatedAplysiaSensory Neuron Processes Is Enriched for Cytoskeletal and Translational mRNAs. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(28). 9409–9417. 138 indexed citations
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Kentros, Clifford G., et al.. (1998). Abolition of Long-Term Stability of New Hippocampal Place Cell Maps by NMDA Receptor Blockade. Science. 280(5372). 2121–2126. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kandel, Eric R.. (1979). Behavioral biology of Aplysia : a contribution to the comparative study of opisthobranch molluscs. 96 indexed citations

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