Ege T. Kavalali

18.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
156 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Ege T. Kavalali is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ege T. Kavalali has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 92 papers in Molecular Biology and 69 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ege T. Kavalali's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (105 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (68 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers). Ege T. Kavalali is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (105 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (68 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers). Ege T. Kavalali collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Ege T. Kavalali's co-authors include Lisa M. Monteggia, Thomas C. Südhof, Yıldırım Sara, E. D. Nosyreva, Richard W. Tsien, Megumi Adachi, Marina G. Mozhayeva, Anita E. Autry, Elisa S. Na and F. Deák and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ege T. Kavalali

151 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

NMDA receptor blockade at rest triggers rapid behavioural antidepressant responses

2011 1.5k citations Anita E. Autry, Megumi Adachi et al. profile →
SynCAM, a Synaptic Adhesion Molecule That Drives Synapse Assembly

2002 612 citations Yıldırım Sara, Marina G. Mozhayeva et al. Science profile →
A peptide encoded by a transcript annotated as long noncoding RNA enhances SERCA activity in muscle

2016 584 citations Ege T. Kavalali et al. Science profile →
SNARE Function Analyzed in Synaptobrevin/VAMP Knockout Mice

2001 503 citations Susanne Schoch, F. Deák et al. Science profile →
Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2

2007 455 citations Ege T. Kavalali, Thomas C. Südhof et al. profile →
BDNF signaling in context: From synaptic regulation to psychiatric disorders

2021 362 citations Camille S. Wang, Ege T. Kavalali et al. Cell profile →
Ketamine and rapid antidepressant action: new treatments and novel synaptic signaling mechanisms

2023 106 citations Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Regulation of spontaneous neurotransmission and homeostatic synaptic plasticity by synaptotagmin-1 disease variants at the SNARE primary interface 2026 ·bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Qiangjun Zhou, Ege T. Kavalali	0
2	Synaptobrevin-2 disease variants reveal spatial constraints within the presynaptic active zone 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Ok‐Ho Shin, Yousuf A. Khan, Luis Esquivies, (unknown), Axel T. Brünger, Ege T. Kavalali	1
3	Small cell lung cancer induces synaptic scaling to alter neuronal excitability 2025 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lisa M. Monteggia, Vito Quaranta, Amanda Linkous, Ege T. Kavalali	0
4	Spontaneous glutamate release activates mGluR signaling to drive rapid antidepressant responses 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Zhenzhong Ma, Lisa M. Monteggia, Ege T. Kavalali	1
5	Functional specificity of liquid-liquid phase separation at the synapse 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ege T. Kavalali	7
6	CRISPR-Cas9 editing of synaptic genes in human embryonic stem cells for functional analysis in induced human neurons 2024 ·STAR Protocols ·(unknown), Zhenzhong Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Lisa M. Monteggia, Ege T. Kavalali	2
7	Chronic modulation of cAMP signaling elicits synaptic scaling irrespective of activity 2024 ·iScience ·(unknown), Ege T. Kavalali	2
8	Genetic disorders of neurotransmitter release machinery 2023 ·Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience ·(unknown), Ege T. Kavalali	9
9	Super-resolution imaging of synaptic scaffold proteins in rat hippocampal neurons 2023 ·STAR Protocols ·(unknown), Ege T. Kavalali	3
10	Spatially non-overlapping Ca2+ signals drive distinct forms of neurotransmission 2023 ·Cell Reports ·Camille S. Wang, Lisa M. Monteggia, Ege T. Kavalali	13
11	Bridging rapid and sustained antidepressant effects of ketamine 2023 ·Trends in Molecular Medicine ·Ji‐Woon Kim, Kanzo Suzuki, Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia	38
12	Optical analysis of AMPAR-mediated synaptic scaling in mouse hippocampus 2022 ·STAR Protocols ·Kanzo Suzuki, Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia	2
13	MeCP2 loss‐of‐function dysregulates microRNAs regionally and disrupts excitatory/inhibitory synaptic transmission balance 2022 ·Hippocampus ·(unknown), (unknown), Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia	4
14	Presynaptic mechanisms underlying GABAB-receptor-mediated inhibition of spontaneous neurotransmitter release 2022 ·Cell Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Zack Zurawski, Heidi E. Hamm, Ege T. Kavalali	17
15	Sustained effects of rapidly acting antidepressants require BDNF-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation 2021 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Ji‐Woon Kim, Anita E. Autry, Elisa S. Na, Megumi Adachi, Carl Björkholm, Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia	81
16	BDNF signaling in context: From synaptic regulation to psychiatric disorders breakdown → 2021 ·Cell ·Camille S. Wang, Ege T. Kavalali, Lisa M. Monteggia	362
17	VAMP4 Maintains a Ca²⁺-Sensitive Pool of Spontaneously Recycling Synaptic Vesicles 2020 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Pei-Yi Lin, Natalí L. Chanaday, (unknown), Denise M. O. Ramirez, Lisa M. Monteggia, Ege T. Kavalali	17
18	Neuronal Ca²⁺ signalling at rest and during spontaneous neurotransmission 2019 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Ege T. Kavalali	27
19	Synaptic vesicle pool‐specific modification of neurotransmitter release by intravesicular free radical generation 2016 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), Catherine R. Wasser, Thomas Schikorski, Ege T. Kavalali	13
20	SNARE Function Analyzed in Synaptobrevin/VAMP Knockout Mice breakdown → 2001 ·Science ·Susanne Schoch, F. Deák, Andreas Königstorfer, Marina G. Mozhayeva, Yıldırım Sara, Thomas C. Südhof, Ege T. Kavalali	503

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