Nicholas J. Strausfeld

16.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
163 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Strausfeld is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Strausfeld has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 72 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 53 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Strausfeld's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (137 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (52 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Nicholas J. Strausfeld is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (137 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (52 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Nicholas J. Strausfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Nicholas J. Strausfeld's co-authors include Yongsheng Li, Frank Hirth, U. Bassemir, Makoto Mizunami, Xiaoya Ma, Gregory D. Edgecombe, John K. Douglass, Kei Ito, Sarah M. Farris and Harjit Singh Seyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Strausfeld

163 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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Atlas of an insect brain

1976 833 citations Nicholas J. Strausfeld profile →
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

2014 437 citations Kei Ito, Kazunori Shinomiya et al. Neuron profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cambrian origin of the arachnid brain 2025 ·Current Biology ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld, David R. Andrew, Frank Hirth	1
2	The lobula plate is exclusive to insects 2021 ·Arthropod Structure & Development ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld	8
3	Ancestral regulatory mechanisms specify conserved midbrain circuitry in arthropods and vertebrates 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jéssika Cristina Bridi, (unknown), Benjamin Kottler, Beate Hartmann, Lies Vanden Broeck, (unknown), Markus Göker, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Patrick Callaerts, Frank Hirth	19
4	Fossils and the Evolution of the Arthropod Brain 2016 ·Current Biology ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Xiaoya Ma, Gregory D. Edgecombe	33
5	Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages 2014 ·Nature ·Peiyun Cong, Xiaoya Ma, Xianguang Hou, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	133
6	Genealogical Correspondence of Mushroom Bodies across Invertebrate Phyla 2014 ·Current Biology ·Gabriella H. Wolff, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	61
7	A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain breakdown → 2014 ·Neuron ·Kei Ito, Kazunori Shinomiya, Masayoshi Ito, J. Douglas Armstrong, George Boyan, Volker Hartenstein, Steffen Harzsch, Martin Heisenberg, Uwe Homberg, Arnim Jenett, Haig Keshishian, Linda L. Restifo, Wolfgang Rößler, J. Simpson, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Roland Strauß, Leslie B. Vosshall	437
8	Deep Homology of Arthropod Central Complex and Vertebrate Basal Ganglia 2013 ·Science ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Frank Hirth	235
9	Complex brain and optic lobes in an early Cambrian arthropod 2012 ·Nature ·Xiaoya Ma, Xianguang Hou, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	146
10	Transition from marine to terrestrial ecologies: Changes in olfactory and tritocerebral neuropils in land-living isopods 2011 ·Arthropod Structure & Development ·Steffen Harzsch, Verena Rieger, Jakob Krieger, (unknown), Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Bill S. Hansson	33
11	Johann Flögel (1834–1918) and the birth of comparative insect neuroanatomy and brain nomenclature 2008 ·Arthropod Structure & Development ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Ernst‐August Seyfarth	5
12	Global and local modulatory supply to the mushroom bodies of the moth Spodoptera littoralis 2008 ·Arthropod Structure & Development ·(unknown), (unknown), Bill S. Hansson, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	9
13	The Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science 2006 ·Journal of Insect Science ·Michael E. Adams, (unknown), David L. Denlinger, Tarlochan S. Dhadialla, L. M. Field, John G. Hildebrand, Anthony A. James, Michael R. Kanost, Nancy A. Moran, Alexander S. Raikhel, David B. Sattelle, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Judith H. Willis, Mariana F. Wolfner	3
14	Spatial learning in the restrained American cockroach Periplaneta americana 2003 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Hyung Wook Kwon, David Lent, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	25
15	Conserved and convergent organization in the optic lobes of insects and isopods, with reference to other crustacean taxa 2003 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·(unknown), John K. Douglass, Gerhard Scholtz, Rudi Loesel, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	87
16	Development of laminar organization in the mushroom bodies of the cockroach: Kenyon cell proliferation, outgrowth, and maturation 2001 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Sarah M. Farris, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	55
17	Exploitation of an Ancient Escape Circuit by an Avian Predator: Prey Sensitivity to Model Predator Display in the Field 2000 ·Brain Behavior and Evolution ·Piotr G. Jabłoński, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	44
18	Chapter 24 A Brain Region in Insects That Supervises Walking 1999 ·Progress in brain research ·Nicholas J. Strausfeld	96
19	Oculomotor control in calliphorid flies: Head movements during activation and inhibition of neck motor neurons corroborate neuroanatomical predictions 1995 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Cole Gilbert, Wulfila Gronenberg, Nicholas J. Strausfeld	35
20	Cluster organization and response characteristics of the giant fiber pathway of the blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala 1990 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·(unknown), Nicholas J. Strausfeld	51

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