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Melina E Hale

Concepts (156)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Animal Fins
21
2022
54
7.500
Why?
Fishes
19
2022
145
6.420
Why?
Swimming
22
2022
64
5.510
Why?
Zebrafish
16
2020
342
3.340
Why?
Touch Perception
5
2021
76
2.640
Why?
Octopodiformes
3
2025
24
2.480
Why?
Behavior, Animal
6
2025
394
2.080
Why?
Extremities
6
2025
179
2.070
Why?
Perciformes
6
2022
38
2.010
Why?
Reflex, Startle
7
2017
32
1.900
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
21
2022
506
1.670
Why?
Biological Evolution
11
2021
1030
1.630
Why?
Locomotion
6
2018
146
1.560
Why?
Spinal Cord
7
2020
252
1.540
Why?
Catfishes
3
2016
7
1.360
Why?
Neurons
8
2025
1653
1.330
Why?
Touch
3
2021
115
1.310
Why?
Motor Neurons
6
2022
178
1.300
Why?
Animals
53
2025
28919
1.290
Why?
Mechanoreceptors
3
2020
36
1.250
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
8
2014
483
1.240
Why?
Gait
4
2014
85
1.110
Why?
Escape Reaction
4
2019
13
1.050
Why?
Neurosciences
2
2019
53
0.990
Why?
Feedback, Sensory
2
2018
31
0.880
Why?
Light
1
2025
297
0.830
Why?
Motor Activity
4
2012
332
0.810
Why?
Proprioception
3
2021
32
0.670
Why?
Larva
10
2016
135
0.670
Why?
Neural Pathways
5
2017
333
0.620
Why?
Nerve Net
4
2012
407
0.610
Why?
Movement
5
2025
325
0.570
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2019
286
0.560
Why?
Interneurons
3
2017
106
0.510
Why?
Sensory Receptor Cells
1
2017
39
0.500
Why?
Adipose Tissue
1
2019
270
0.490
Why?
Rheology
2
2012
42
0.470
Why?
Sensation
1
2015
52
0.460
Why?
Electromyography
6
2020
201
0.440
Why?
Physiology, Comparative
1
2014
4
0.440
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2019
441
0.440
Why?
Models, Biological
2
2012
1810
0.430
Why?
Fossils
3
2014
388
0.430
Why?
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
1
2013
18
0.410
Why?
Brain
5
2022
2482
0.410
Why?
Connectome
1
2014
88
0.410
Why?
Walking
1
2014
106
0.400
Why?
Esocidae
2
2004
3
0.400
Why?
Species Specificity
7
2018
707
0.380
Why?
Pectoralis Muscles
1
2012
9
0.380
Why?
Robotics
2
2018
273
0.380
Why?
Respiration
1
2014
281
0.370
Why?
Predatory Behavior
2
2019
48
0.350
Why?
Hindlimb
1
2011
97
0.350
Why?
Models, Neurological
1
2014
434
0.340
Why?
Rhombencephalon
3
2008
49
0.340
Why?
Axons
2
2009
189
0.330
Why?
Algorithms
1
2018
2015
0.320
Why?
Batrachoidiformes
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Forelimb
1
2007
20
0.270
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2008
113
0.260
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
2
2005
84
0.260
Why?
Adiposity
2
2019
80
0.260
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
1
2008
104
0.260
Why?
Animal Structures
1
2006
27
0.250
Why?
Phylogeny
4
2019
1275
0.250
Why?
Musculoskeletal Development
1
2005
3
0.240
Why?
Video Recording
4
2011
214
0.230
Why?
Femur
2
2014
108
0.200
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2025
514
0.190
Why?
Electrophysiology
2
2020
406
0.170
Why?
Water
1
2022
307
0.170
Why?
Brain Mapping
2
2014
594
0.170
Why?
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
1
2020
89
0.160
Why?
Action Potentials
3
2013
618
0.160
Why?
Fluorescent Dyes
2
2020
262
0.160
Why?
Hand
1
2020
168
0.150
Why?
Analysis of Variance
3
2006
909
0.150
Why?
Physical Stimulation
2
2011
76
0.140
Why?
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
1
2018
89
0.140
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2018
236
0.130
Why?
Hydrodynamics
2
2018
20
0.120
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2004
2061
0.120
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2012
186
0.110
Why?
DNA
1
2020
1333
0.110
Why?
Connective Tissue
1
2014
22
0.110
Why?
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
2020
1323
0.100
Why?
Pelvis
1
2014
103
0.100
Why?
Amphibians
1
2011
20
0.090
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
2
2007
563
0.090
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2022
3581
0.090
Why?
Lateral Line System
1
2011
9
0.090
Why?
Olfactory Receptor Neurons
1
2011
17
0.080
Why?
Olfactory Mucosa
1
2011
33
0.080
Why?
Aging
1
2016
766
0.080
Why?
Solubility
1
2011
190
0.080
Why?
S100 Proteins
1
2011
53
0.080
Why?
Body Patterning
2
2018
217
0.080
Why?
Biomimetic Materials
1
2010
26
0.080
Why?
Elasticity
1
2010
104
0.080
Why?
Electric Stimulation
1
2011
397
0.080
Why?
Motion
1
2010
99
0.080
Why?
Neurogenesis
1
2011
90
0.080
Why?
Stress, Mechanical
1
2010
261
0.080
Why?
Equipment Design
1
2010
427
0.080
Why?
Tail
2
2007
31
0.070
Why?
Computer Simulation
1
2012
1159
0.070
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2018
1010
0.070
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2007
20
0.070
Why?
Micronesia
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Oxygen
1
2011
788
0.060
Why?
Zebrafish Proteins
1
2007
160
0.060
Why?
Morphogenesis
1
2007
211
0.060
Why?
Learning
1
2008
305
0.060
Why?
Silver Staining
1
2004
6
0.060
Why?
Gene Duplication
1
2005
129
0.060
Why?
Cell Differentiation
2
2011
1667
0.050
Why?
Microinjections
1
2004
71
0.050
Why?
Head
1
2004
131
0.050
Why?
Choristoma
1
2004
63
0.050
Why?
Osteogenesis
1
2005
277
0.050
Why?
Microscopy, Fluorescence
2
2020
445
0.050
Why?
Jaw
1
2004
75
0.050
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2004
296
0.050
Why?
Embryo, Nonmammalian
1
2004
203
0.050
Why?
Genome
1
2005
407
0.050
Why?
Laser Therapy
1
2004
151
0.050
Why?
Humans
4
2021
96112
0.040
Why?
Muscle Proteins
1
2002
134
0.040
Why?
Phagosomes
1
2020
40
0.040
Why?
Molecular Probes
1
2020
37
0.040
Why?
Gene Knockout Techniques
1
2020
85
0.040
Why?
Brain Chemistry
1
2020
120
0.040
Why?
Microglia
1
2020
124
0.040
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
1
2005
891
0.040
Why?
Elastic Modulus
1
2018
39
0.040
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2004
2090
0.030
Why?
Male
1
2020
45871
0.030
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
2
2011
1829
0.030
Why?
Evolution, Chemical
1
2014
4
0.030
Why?
Anatomy, Comparative
1
2014
8
0.030
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
126
0.020
Why?
Microscopy, Confocal
1
2011
286
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2014
1320
0.020
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2018
2781
0.020
Why?
Cell Transplantation
1
2007
48
0.020
Why?
Ectoderm
1
2007
31
0.020
Why?
Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2007
4
0.020
Why?
Indicators and Reagents
1
2007
71
0.020
Why?
In Situ Hybridization
1
2007
312
0.020
Why?
DNA Primers
1
2007
548
0.020
Why?
Mice
1
2020
12541
0.020
Why?
Calcium Signaling
1
2007
142
0.020
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
1
2007
402
0.010
Why?
Calcium
1
2007
1205
0.010
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2007
1730
0.010
Why?
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