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Melina E Hale

Concepts (156)

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Concepts are listed by decreasing relevance which is based on many factors, including how many publications the person wrote about that topic, how long ago those publications were written, and how many publications other people have written on that same topic.


Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Animal Fins
21
2022
54
7.430
Why?
Fishes
19
2022
145
6.360
Why?
Swimming
22
2022
64
5.460
Why?
Zebrafish
16
2020
342
3.310
Why?
Touch Perception
5
2021
76
2.620
Why?
Octopodiformes
3
2025
24
2.460
Why?
Behavior, Animal
6
2025
394
2.060
Why?
Extremities
6
2025
179
2.060
Why?
Perciformes
6
2022
41
1.980
Why?
Reflex, Startle
7
2017
32
1.880
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
21
2022
506
1.660
Why?
Biological Evolution
11
2021
1031
1.620
Why?
Locomotion
6
2018
146
1.550
Why?
Spinal Cord
7
2020
253
1.520
Why?
Catfishes
3
2016
7
1.350
Why?
Neurons
8
2025
1654
1.320
Why?
Touch
3
2021
115
1.300
Why?
Motor Neurons
6
2022
178
1.290
Why?
Animals
53
2025
28901
1.280
Why?
Mechanoreceptors
3
2020
36
1.240
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
8
2014
481
1.230
Why?
Gait
4
2014
85
1.100
Why?
Escape Reaction
4
2019
13
1.040
Why?
Neurosciences
2
2019
53
0.980
Why?
Feedback, Sensory
2
2018
31
0.870
Why?
Light
1
2025
297
0.820
Why?
Motor Activity
4
2012
332
0.800
Why?
Proprioception
3
2021
32
0.670
Why?
Larva
10
2016
135
0.660
Why?
Neural Pathways
5
2017
333
0.620
Why?
Nerve Net
4
2012
407
0.610
Why?
Movement
5
2025
324
0.560
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2019
287
0.560
Why?
Interneurons
3
2017
106
0.510
Why?
Sensory Receptor Cells
1
2017
39
0.500
Why?
Adipose Tissue
1
2019
272
0.490
Why?
Rheology
2
2012
42
0.470
Why?
Sensation
1
2015
52
0.450
Why?
Electromyography
6
2020
201
0.440
Why?
Physiology, Comparative
1
2014
4
0.440
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2019
442
0.430
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
2479
0.410
Why?
Connectome
1
2014
88
0.400
Why?
Walking
1
2014
106
0.400
Why?
Esocidae
2
2004
3
0.400
Why?
Species Specificity
7
2018
708
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
435
0.340
Why?
Rhombencephalon
3
2008
49
0.340
Why?
Axons
2
2009
189
0.330
Why?
Algorithms
1
2018
2018
0.320
Why?
Batrachoidiformes
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Forelimb
1
2007
20
0.270
Why?
Adiposity
2
2019
77
0.260
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2008
113
0.260
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
2
2005
84
0.260
Why?
Vocalization, Animal
1
2008
104
0.260
Why?
Phylogeny
4
2019
1277
0.250
Why?
Animal Structures
1
2006
27
0.250
Why?
Musculoskeletal Development
1
2005
3
0.240
Why?
Video Recording
4
2011
215
0.230
Why?
Femur
2
2014
108
0.200
Why?
Photic Stimulation
1
2025
514
0.190
Why?
Electrophysiology
2
2020
408
0.170
Why?
Water
1
2022
307
0.170
Why?
Brain Mapping
2
2014
593
0.170
Why?
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
1
2020
89
0.160
Why?
Action Potentials
3
2013
629
0.160
Why?
Fluorescent Dyes
2
2020
262
0.160
Why?
Hand
1
2020
167
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
0.130
Why?
Statistics as Topic
1
2018
236
0.130
Why?
Hydrodynamics
2
2018
20
0.120
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
2004
2059
0.110
Why?
DNA
1
2020
1329
0.110
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2012
186
0.110
Why?
Connective Tissue
1
2014
22
0.110
Why?
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
1
2020
1319
0.100
Why?
Pelvis
1
2014
103
0.100
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
2
2007
563
0.090
Why?
Amphibians
1
2011
20
0.090
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2022
3581
0.090
Why?
Lateral Line System
1
2011
9
0.080
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
398
0.080
Why?
Motion
1
2010
100
0.080
Why?
Neurogenesis
1
2011
90
0.080
Why?
Stress, Mechanical
1
2010
261
0.080
Why?
Equipment Design
1
2010
435
0.070
Why?
Tail
2
2007
31
0.070
Why?
Computer Simulation
1
2012
1158
0.070
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2018
1018
0.070
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2007
20
0.070
Why?
Micronesia
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Oxygen
1
2011
781
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
0.050
Why?
Cell Differentiation
2
2011
1662
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
443
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
95992
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
0.030
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2004
2088
0.030
Why?
Male
1
2020
45792
0.030
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
2
2011
1827
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
1319
0.020
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
1
2018
2777
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
12525
0.010
Why?
Calcium Signaling
1
2007
142
0.010
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
1
2007
402
0.010
Why?
Calcium
1
2007
1205
0.010
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2007
1729
0.010
Why?
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