Susumu Tonegawa

Specialty: Immunology (Molecular Immunology)

Location: Cambridge, Japan

Tier: TITAN

H-Index: 156

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Professor of Biology and Neuroscience
• RIKEN Center for Brain Science - Director

Key Publications

1. "Somatic generation of antibody diversity" - Nature (1983) [3960 citations]
2. "RAG-1-deficient mice have no mature B and T lymphocytes" - Cell (1992) [2903 citations]
3. "The Essential Role of Hippocampal CA1 NMDA Receptor–Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Spatial Memory" - Cell (1996) [1774 citations]
4. "Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall" - Nature (2012) [1727 citations]
5. "Deficient Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in α-Calcium-Calmodulin Kinase II Mutant Mice" - Science (1992) [1479 citations]
6. "A tissue-specific transcription enhancer element is located in the major intron of a rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain gene" - Cell (1983) [1431 citations]
7. "Impaired Spatial Learning in α-Calcium-Calmodulin Kinase II Mutant Mice" - Science (1992) [1353 citations]
8. "Subregion- and Cell Type–Restricted Gene Knockout in Mouse Brain" - Cell (1996) [1324 citations]
9. "Reduced stress defense in heme oxygenase 1-deficient cells" - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1997) [1304 citations]
10. "BDNF Regulates the Maturation of Inhibition and the Critical Period of Plasticity in Mouse Visual Cortex" - Cell (1999) [1195 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

Susumu Tonegawa is a Immunology specialist affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RIKEN Center for Brain Science. Authored 10 scholarly articles.