Photo of Paul BenjaminPaul Benjamin
Emeritus Professor (Neuroscience)

Selected publications

Article

Wooller, Sarah, Anagnostopoulou, Aikaterini, Kuropka, Benno, Crossley, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R, Pearl, Frances, Kemenes, Ildiko, Kemenes, György and Eravci, Murat (2022) A combined bioinformatics and LC-MS-based approach for the development and benchmarking of a comprehensive database of Lymnaea CNS proteins. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (7). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0022-0949

Pirger, Zsolt, László, Zita, Naskar, Souvik, Crossley, Michael, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R, Kemenes, György and Kemenes, Ildikó (2021) Interneuronal mechanisms for learning-induced switch in a sensory response that anticipates changes in behavioural outcomes. Current Biology. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0960-9822

Crossley, Michael, Lorenzetti, Frederick D, Naskar, Souvik, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2019) Proactive and retroactive interference with associative memory consolidation in the snail Lymnaea is time and circuit dependent. Communications Biology, 2 (242). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2399-3642

Crossley, Michael, Lorenzetti, Frederick D, Naskar, Souvik, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2019) Proactive and retroactive interference with associative memory consolidation in the snail Lymnaea is time and circuit dependent. Communications Biology, 2 (242). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2399-3642

Pirger, Zsolt, Crossley, Michael, Laszlo, Zita, Naskar, Souvik, Kemenes, George, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, Ildiko (2014) Erratum: Interneuronal mechanism for Tinbergen's hierarchical model of behavioral choice. Current Biology, 24 (18). pp. 2018-2024. ISSN 0960-9822

Pirger, Zsolt, Crossley, Michael, Zita, László, Naskar, Souvik, Kemenes, György, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, Ildikó (2014) Interneuronal mechanism for Tinbergen's hierarchical model of behavioral choice. Current Biology, 24 (17). pp. 2018-2024. ISSN 0960-9822

Marra, Vincenzo, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, Ildiko (2013) Susceptibility of memory consolidation during lapses in recall. Nature Communications, 4. p. 1578. ISSN 2041-1723

Korneev, Sergei A, Kemenes, Ildiko, Bettini, Natalia L, Kemenes, George, Staras, Kevin, Benjamin, Paul and O'Shea, Michael (2013) Axonal trafficking of an antisense RNA transcribed from a pseudogene is regulated by classical conditioning. Scientific Reports, 3. pp. 1-5. ISSN 2045-2322

Benjamin, P R (2012) Distributed network organization underlying feeding behavior in the mollusk Lymnaea. Neural Systems and Circuits, 2 (4). ISSN 2042-1001

Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2011) Different circuit and monoamine mechanisms consolidate long-term memory in aversive and reward classical conditioning. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (1). pp. 143-152. ISSN 0953-816X

Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Nikitin, Eugeny S, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Feng, Jianfeng, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2010) Balanced plasticity and stability of the electrical properties of a molluscan modulatory interneuron after classical conditioning: a computational study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4. a19 1-13. ISSN 1662-5153

Ribeiro, M, Schofield, M, Kemenes, I, Benjamin, P R, O'Shea, M and Korneev, S A (2010) Atypical guanylyl cyclase form the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: cloning, sequence analysis and characterization of expression. Neuroscience, 165 (3). pp. 794-800. ISSN 0306-4522

Marra, Vincenzo, Kemenes, Ildikó, Vavoulis, Dimitris, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2010) Role of tonic inhibition in associative reward condiitoning in Lymnaea. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 (161). ISSN 1662-5153

Benjamin, Paul R, Staras, Kevin and Kemenes, György (2010) What roles do tonic inhibition and disinhibition play in the control of motor programs. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4. pp. 1-6.

Kemenes, Ildiko, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2009) Comparison of aversive and reward one-trial classical conditioning in the Lymnaea feeding system. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 153A (2). S152-S152. ISSN 1095-6433

Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2009) Lymnaea. Current Biology, 19 (1). pp. 9-11. ISSN 0960-9822

Nikitin, Eugeny S, Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Pirger, Zsolt, Michel, Maximilian, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2008) Persistent sodium current is a nonsynaptic substrate for long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 18 (16). pp. 1221-1226. ISSN 0960-9822

Nikitin, Eugeny S, Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Kemenes, Ildikó, Marra, Vincenzo, Pirger, Zsolt, Michel, Maximillian, Feng, Jianfeng, O'Shea, Michael, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2008) Persistent sodium current is a non-synaptic substate for long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 18 (16). pp. 1221-1226. ISSN 0960-9822

Benjamin, Paul R, Kemenes, Ildikó and Kemenes, György (2008) Non-synaptic neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory in gastropod molluscs. Frontiers in Biosciences, 13. pp. 4051-4057. ISSN 1093-4715

Ribeiro, Maria, Straub, Volko A, Schofield, Michael, Picot, Jo, Benjamin, Paul R, O'Shea, Michael and Korneev, Sergei A. (2008) Characterization of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase:expression in an identified interneuron involved in No-cGMP-dependent memory formation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (6). pp. 1157-1165. ISSN 0953-816X

Fulton, D, Kemenes, I, Andrew, R J and Benjamin, P R (2008) Time-window for sensitivity to cooling distinguishes the effects of hypothermia and protein synthesis inhibition on the consolidation of long-term memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 90 (4). pp. 651-654. ISSN 1074-7427

Vavoulis, Dimitris V., Nikitin, Eugeny S., Feng, Jianfeng, Benjamin, Paul and Kemenes, György (2007) Computational model of a modulatory cell type in the feeding network of the snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. BMC Neuroscience, 8 (Supp 2). p. 113. ISSN 1471-2202

Vavoulis, Dimitris V, Straub, Volko A, Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György, Feng, Jianfeng and Benjamin, Paul R (2007) Dynamic control of a central pattern generator circuit: a computational model of the snail feeding network. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (9). pp. 2805-2818. ISSN 0953-816X

Straub, Volko A, Grant, James, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2007) Modulation of serotononergic neurotransmission by nitric oxide. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97 (2). pp. 1088-1099. ISSN 0022-3077

Kemenes, Ildikó, Straub, Volko A, Nikitin, Eugeny S, Staras, Kevin, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2006) Role of delayed nonsynaptic neuronal plasticity in long-term associative memory. Current Biology, 16 (13). pp. 1269-1279. ISSN 0960-9822

Straub, Volko A, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael and Benjamin, Paul R (2006) Associative memory stored by functional novel pathway rather than modifications of preexisting neuronal pathways. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (15). pp. 4139-4146. ISSN 0270-6474

Ribeiro, Maria J, Schofield, Michael G, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2005) Activation of MAPK is necessary for long-term memory consolidation following food-reward conditioning. Learning and Memory, 12 (5). pp. 538-545. ISSN 1072-0502

Korneev, Sergei A, Straub, Volko, Kemenes, Ildikó, Korneeva, Elena I, Ott, Swidbert R, Benjamin, Paul R and O'Shea, Michael (2005) Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation. Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (5). pp. 1188-1192. ISSN 0270-6474

Serfőző, Zoltán, Ribeiro, Maria J, Papp, Andrea, Kemenes, Ildikó, O'Shea, Michael, Yin, Jerry C P, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2003) Cyclic AMP response element binding (CREB)-like proteins in a molluscan brain: cellular localization and learning-induced phosphorylation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 18 (5). pp. 1223-1234. ISSN 1460-9568

Jones, Nicholas G, Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György and Benjamin, Paul R (2003) A persistent cellular change in a single modulatory neuron contributes to associative long-term memory. Current Biology, 13 (12). pp. 1064-1069. ISSN 0960-9822

Staras, Kevin, Kemenes, Ildikó, Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2003) Loss of self-inhibition is a cellular mechanism for episodic rhythmic behavior. Current Biology, 13 (2). pp. 116-124. ISSN 0960-9822

Korneev, Sergei A, Kemenes, Ildikó, Straub, Volko, Staras, Kevin, Korneeva, Elena I, Kemenes, György, Benjamin, Paul R and O’Shea, Michael (2002) Suppression of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent behavior by double-stranded RNA-mediated silencing of a neuronal NO synthase gene. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (11). RC227. ISSN 0270-6474

Kemenes, Ildikó, Kemenes, György, Andrew, Richard J, Benjamin, Paul R and O'Shea, Michael (2002) Critical time window for NO-cGMP-dependent long-term memory formation after one-trial appetitive conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (4). pp. 1414-1425. ISSN 0270-6474

Book Section

Benjamin, Paul R and Kemenes, György (2017) Behavioral and circuit analysis of learning and memory in mollusks. In: Byrne, John H (ed.) Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition). Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 427-440. ISBN 9780128051597

Spencer, Gaynor E, Rothwell, Cailin M and Benjamin, Paul R (2017) Associative memory mechanisms in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. In: Salleuddin, Saber and Mukai, Spencer (eds.) Physiology of molluscs: a collection of selected reviews. Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, pp. 1-42. ISBN 9781771885737

Nowotny, Thomas and Benjamin, Paul (2013) Gap junctions in small networks. In: Jaeger, Dieter and Jung, Ranu (eds.) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9781461466741

Edited Book

Menzel, Randolf and Benjamin, Paul, eds. (2013) Invertebrate learning and memory. Handbooks of behavioral neuroscience, 22 . Academic Press, London. ISBN 9780124158238