Michael A. Cousin

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Cousin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Cousin has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Cell Biology and 64 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Cousin's work include Cellular transport and secretion (91 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (74 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (51 papers). Michael A. Cousin is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (91 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (74 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (51 papers). Michael A. Cousin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Michael A. Cousin's co-authors include Phillip J. Robinson, Gareth J. Evans, Emma L. Clayton, Karen J. Smillie, David G. Nicholls, Sarah L. Gordon, Giselle Cheung, Victor Anggono, Timothy C. Tan and Mark E. Graham and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Cousin

147 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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Presence and Activity of Psychrotrophic Microorganisms in Milk and Dairy Products: A Review

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Cousin United Kingdom	43	3.5k	2.9k	2.0k	622	511	148	6.0k
Trey K. Sato United States	29	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	996 0.5×	874 1.4×	131 0.3×	54	5.5k
Stephan J. Sigrist Germany	57	7.6k 2.1×	3.8k 1.3×	4.8k 2.4×	720 1.2×	156 0.3×	158	12.4k
Joris Winderickx Belgium	53	6.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	675 0.3×	829 1.3×	1.2k 2.3×	158	8.8k
Patrick P. Michel France	51	3.7k 1.1×	687 0.2×	3.7k 1.8×	1.6k 2.5×	204 0.4×	142	10.7k
Charles S. Zuker United States	66	7.3k 2.1×	1.5k 0.5×	7.4k 3.6×	897 1.4×	508 1.0×	96	20.7k
Michael Brunner Germany	48	7.4k 2.1×	3.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	97 0.2×	138	11.0k
Dominique Aunis France	63	7.9k 2.2×	3.6k 1.3×	4.0k 2.0×	1.6k 2.5×	81 0.2×	317	12.9k
Scott W. Rogers United States	33	6.9k 2.0×	816 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	619 1.0×	53 0.1×	84	9.6k
Hanns Hatt Germany	57	3.3k 0.9×	422 0.1×	5.4k 2.7×	741 1.2×	364 0.7×	247	11.0k
Steen Gammeltoft Denmark	47	7.2k 2.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	55 0.1×	166	12.4k

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Cousin, Michael A., et al.. (2025). Synaptic Vesicle Recycling at the Developing Presynapse. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(8). e70206–e70206. 2 indexed citations

Hogg, James & Michael A. Cousin. (2025). Control of Synaptotagmin‐1 Trafficking by SV2A —Mechanism and Consequences for Presynaptic Function and Dysfunction. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(1). e16308–e16308. 1 indexed citations

Clayton, Emma L., et al.. (2024). Synaptopathy: presynaptic convergence in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. 147(7). 2289–2307. 6 indexed citations

Small, Christopher, Callista B. Harper, Anmin Jiang, et al.. (2024). SV2A controls the surface nanoclustering and endocytic recruitment of Syt1 during synaptic vesicle recycling. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(9). 3188–3208. 1 indexed citations

Ivanova, Daniela, Sylvette Chasserot‐Golaz, Frédéric Doussau, et al.. (2024). Phospholipid Scramblase 1 Controls Efficient Neurotransmission and Synaptic Vesicle Retrieval at Cerebellar Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(27). e0042242024–e0042242024. 3 indexed citations

Cousin, Michael A., et al.. (2023). The phospho‐regulated amphiphysin/endophilin interaction is required for synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 166(2). 248–264. 4 indexed citations

Blumrich, Eva‐Maria, Elizabeth C. Davenport, Dominic Kurian, et al.. (2023). Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIα is a glycogen synthase kinase 3-regulated interaction hub for activity-dependent bulk endocytosis. Cell Reports. 42(6). 112633–112633. 6 indexed citations

Blumrich, Eva‐Maria, Akshada Gajbhiye, Elizabeth C. Davenport, et al.. (2023). Reversal of cell, circuit and seizure phenotypes in a mouse model of DNM1 epileptic encephalopathy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5285–5285. 5 indexed citations

Clayton, Emma L., et al.. (2021). A novel synaptopathy‐defective synaptic vesicle protein trafficking in the mutant CHMP2B mouse model of frontotemporal dementia. Journal of Neurochemistry. 160(3). 412–425. 8 indexed citations

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Harper, Callista B., Eva‐Maria Blumrich, & Michael A. Cousin. (2021). Synaptophysin controls synaptobrevin-II retrieval via a cryptic C-terminal interaction site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100266–100266. 11 indexed citations

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Smillie, Karen J., Michael A. Cousin, & Sarah L. Gordon. (2021). Preface to the Special Issue “Presynaptic Dysfunction and Disease”. Journal of Neurochemistry. 157(2). 102–106. 2 indexed citations

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Ivanova, Daniela, Akshada Gajbhiye, Elizabeth C. Davenport, et al.. (2021). Control of synaptic vesicle release probability via VAMP4 targeting to endolysosomes. Science Advances. 7(18). 25 indexed citations

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Cousin, Michael A.. (2021). Synaptophysin‐dependent synaptobrevin‐2 trafficking at the presynapse‐Mechanism and function. Journal of Neurochemistry. 159(1). 78–89. 45 indexed citations

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Harper, Callista B., Christopher Small, Elizabeth C. Davenport, et al.. (2020). An Epilepsy-Associated SV2A Mutation Disrupts Synaptotagmin-1 Expression and Activity-Dependent Trafficking. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(23). 4586–4595. 25 indexed citations

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Chanaday, Natalí L., Michael A. Cousin, Ira Milošević, Shigeki Watanabe, & Jennifer R. Morgan. (2019). The Synaptic Vesicle Cycle Revisited: New Insights into the Modes and Mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(42). 8209–8216. 156 indexed citations

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Cheung, Giselle & Michael A. Cousin. (2019). Synaptic vesicle generation from activity‐dependent bulk endosomes requires a dephosphorylation‐dependent dynamin–syndapin interaction. Journal of Neurochemistry. 151(5). 570–583. 16 indexed citations

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Kokotos, Alexandros C., Callista B. Harper, Jamie R. K. Marland, et al.. (2019). Synaptophysin sustains presynaptic performance by preserving vesicular synaptobrevin‐II levels. Journal of Neurochemistry. 151(1). 28–37. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, Maximilian Fritsch, David G. Campbell, et al.. (2015). Phosphorylation of Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2A at Thr84 by Casein Kinase 1 Family Kinases Controls the Specific Retrieval of Synaptotagmin-1. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(6). 2492–2507. 61 indexed citations

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Kokotos, Alexandros C. & Michael A. Cousin. (2014). Synaptic Vesicle Generation from Central Nerve Terminal Endosomes. Traffic. 16(3). 229–240. 31 indexed citations

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Smillie, Karen J., et al.. (2013). Control of synaptic vesicle endocytosis by an extracellular signalling molecule. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2394–2394. 28 indexed citations

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