Kaoutsar Nasrallah

Albert Einstein College of Medicine — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

10h-index511citations18works6.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(17), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(8), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms(4), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(4), Sleep and Wakefulness Research(3)

Publications18 total

Protocol to study adenosine release in the adult mouse hippocampus using a genetically encoded sensor, 2-photon live imaging, and fiber photometry
STAR Protocols·2025Open Access
Retrograde adenosine/A2A receptor signaling facilitates excitatory synaptic transmission and seizures
Cell Reports·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Developmental Disruption of Mef2c in Medial Ganglionic Eminence–Derived Cortical Inhibitory Interneurons Impairs Cellular and Circuit Function
Biological Psychiatry·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Developmental disruption of <i>Mef2c</i> in Medial Ganglionic Eminence-derived cortical inhibitory interneurons impairs cellular and circuit function
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Dopamine D2 receptors in hilar mossy cells regulate excitatory transmission and hippocampal function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Dopamine D2 receptors in mossy cells reduce excitatory transmission and are essential for hippocampal function
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Seizure-induced strengthening of a recurrent excitatory circuit in the dentate gyrus is proconvulsant
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 32 citedOpen Access
Heterosynaptic NMDA Receptor Plasticity in Hippocampal Dentate Granule Cells
2022Open Access
BDNF induces its own release to mediate presynaptic plasticity
2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Retrograde adenosine/A <sub>2A</sub> receptor signaling facilitates excitatory synaptic transmission and seizures
2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Activity-dependent LTP in the dentate gyrus promotes epileptic seizures
2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Multiple cannabinoid signaling cascades powerfully suppress recurrent excitation in the hippocampus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
Routing Hippocampal Information Flow through Parvalbumin Interneuron Plasticity in Area CA2
Cell Reports·2019· 48 citedOpen Access
LTP at Hilar Mossy Cell-Dentate Granule Cell Synapses Modulates Dentate Gyrus Output by Increasing Excitation/Inhibition Balance
Neuron·2017· 107 citedOpen Access
Bi-directional interplay between proximal and distal inputs to CA2 pyramidal neurons
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory·2016· 13 cited
Age-Dependent Specific Changes in Area CA2 of the Hippocampus and Social Memory Deficit in a Mouse Model of the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Neuron·2016· 179 citedOpen Access
Consequences of synaptic plasticity at inhibitory synapses in mouse hippocampal area CA2 under normal and pathological conditions
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)·2015Open Access
Inhibitory Plasticity Permits the Recruitment of CA2 Pyramidal Neurons by CA3
eNeuro·2015· 47 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Pablo E. Castillo(13), Coralie Berthoux(5), Rebecca A. Piskorowski(4), Vivien Chevaleyre(4), Andrés E. Chávez(3), Michelle C. Gulfo(3), Yuki Hashimotodani(2), Kyle R. Jensen(2), M. Agustina Frechou(2), Young J. Yoon(2), Subrina Persaud(2), Claire Ward(2), Duy Tran(2), Ehsan Sabri(2), Arenski Vazquez(2), Lucas Sjulson(2), Renata Batista‐Brito(2), Joseph J. Lebowitz(2), Czarina Ramos(2), Dong-Woo Hwang(2)