Leon Avery

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Leon Avery is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Avery has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Aging, 40 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Leon Avery's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (64 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (38 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Leon Avery is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (64 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (38 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Leon Avery collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Leon Avery's co-authors include H. Robert Horvitz, Young‐Jai You, David M. Raizen, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Joseph A. Dent, Chanhee Kang, Raymond Lee, M. Wayne Davis, Shawn R. Lockery and Steven A. Wasserman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leon Avery

78 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effects of starvation and neuroactive drugs on feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans

1990 299 citations Leon Avery, H. Robert Horvitz Journal of Experimental Zoology profile →
A cell that dies during wild-type C. elegans development can function as a neuron in a ced-3 mutant

1987 236 citations Leon Avery, H. Robert Horvitz Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Modelling the ballistic-to-diffusive transition in nematode motility reveals variation in exploratory behaviour across species 2019 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·(unknown), (unknown), Antonio Carlos Costa, Leon Avery, Greg J. Stephens, Thomas Shimizu	8
2	The pharynx of the nematodeC. elegans 2013 ·PubMed ·Bomi Song, Leon Avery	28
3	Serotonin Activates Overall Feeding by Activating Two Separate Neural Pathways inCaenorhabditis elegans 2012 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Bomi Song, Leon Avery	84
4	Laser Microsurgery in Caenorhabditis elegans 2012 ·Methods in cell biology ·Christopher Fang‐Yen, Christopher V. Gabel, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Leon Avery	89
5	Caenorhabditis elegansbehavioral genetics: where are the knobs? 2010 ·BMC Biology ·Leon Avery	11
6	Latrophilin Signaling Links Anterior-Posterior Tissue Polarity and Oriented Cell Divisions in the C. elegans Embryo 2009 ·Developmental Cell ·Tobias Langenhan, Simone Prömel, Lamia Mestek, Behrooz Esmaeili, Helen Waller‐Evans, Christian Hennig, Yuji Kohara, Leon Avery, Ioannis Vakonakis, Ralf Schnabel, Andreas Russ	102
7	To be or not to be, the level of autophagy is the question: Dual roles of autophagy in the survival response to starvation 2008 ·Autophagy ·Chanhee Kang, Leon Avery	99
8	Dietary choice behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans 2005 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·(unknown), Leon Avery	306
9	Isolation and Characterization of pmk-(1–3): Three p38 Homologs in Caenorhabditis elegans 2001 ·PubMed ·Kevin Berman, (unknown), Leon Avery, Melanie H. Cobb	53
10	eat-11 encodes GPB-2, a Gβ5 ortholog that interacts with Goα and Gqα to regulate C. elegans behavior 2001 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Leon Avery, James H. Thomas	63
11	24 Feeding and Defecation 1997 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Leon Avery, James H. Thomas	108
12	Mutations in a C. elegans Gqα Gene Disrupt Movement, Egg Laying, and Viability 1996 ·Neuron ·Lorna Brundage, Leon Avery, Arieh A. Katz, Ung‐Jin Kim, Jane Mendel, Paul W. Sternberg, Melvin I. Simon	159
13	Chapter 10 Laser Killing of Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans 1995 ·Methods in cell biology ·Cornelia I. Bargmann, Leon Avery	251
14	Interacting genes required for pharyngeal excitation by motor neuron MC in Caenorhabditis elegans. 1995 ·Genetics ·David M. Raizen, Raymond Lee, Leon Avery	225
15	Electrical activity and behavior in the pharynx of caenorhabditis elegans 1994 ·Neuron ·David M. Raizen, Leon Avery	182
16	In vitro control of prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone secretion of neonatal rat pituitary glands: Effects of ovine PRL, salmon calcitonin, endothelin-3, angiotensin II, bromocryptine and somatostatin 1993 ·Life Sciences ·Balint Z Kacsoh, Béla Tóth, Leon Avery, C. E. GROSVENOR	9
17	The genetics of feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans. 1993 ·Genetics ·Leon Avery	404
18	Effects of starvation and neuroactive drugs on feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans breakdown → 1990 ·Journal of Experimental Zoology ·Leon Avery, H. Robert Horvitz	299
19	A cell that dies during wild-type C. elegans development can function as a neuron in a ced-3 mutant breakdown → 1987 ·Cell ·Leon Avery, H. Robert Horvitz	236
20	RECOMBINATION IN THE VICINITY OF INSERTIONS OF TRANSPOSON Tn5 IN MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS 1983 ·Genetics ·Erica Sodergren, (unknown), Leon Avery, Dale Kaiser	15

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