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Karen Zito

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Publications

27

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2.5K

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Active since

1992

Affiliations

University of California, Davis(Current)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

University of California, Berkeley

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

University of California System

Karen Zito is an author at University of California, Davis specializing in medicine, cell biology, and developmental biology.

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MedicineCell BiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeuroscienceSocial SciencesDendritic SpinesMolecular BiologySynaptic PlasticityMolecular NeuroscienceNeurology

Publications per year

1992–2024

27

Publications

27

Rapid Functional Maturation of Nascent Dendritic Spines

Karen Zito, Graham Knott, Travis C. Hill et al. · Neuron · 2009 · 264 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Molecular Neuroscience, Dendritic Spines +8

Watching a Synapse Grow

Karen Zito, Dorit Parnas, Richard D. Fetter et al. · Neuron · 1999 · 226 citations · Full text

Synaptogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, Neurodynamics +6

Synaptic Clustering of Fasciclin II and Shaker: Essential Targeting Sequences and Role of Dlg

Karen Zito, Richard D. Fetter, Corey S. Goodman et al. · Neuron · 1997 · 210 citations · Full text

Protein Function, Signal Transduction, Synaptic Clustering +12

Induction of Spine Growth and Synapse Formation by Regulation of the Spine Actin Cytoskeleton

Karen Zito, Graham Knott, Gordon M. Shepherd et al. · Neuron · 2004 · 194 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Neuroregeneration, Developmental Biology +11

Synapse-specific and size-dependent mechanisms of spine structural plasticity accompanying synaptic weakening

Won Chan Oh, Travis C. Hill, Karen Zito · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 167 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmission, Structural Plasticity +22

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