Shira Knafo

2.0k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Shira Knafo is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shira Knafo has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shira Knafo's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (5 papers). Shira Knafo is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (5 papers). Shira Knafo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Israel and Switzerland. Shira Knafo's co-authors include José A. Esteban, Tara L. Spires‐Jones, Edi Barkai, Javier DeFelipe, Paula Merino‐Serrais, Frédéric Libersat, Lidia Alonso‐Nanclares, Juncal González‐Soriano, César Venero and Isabel Fernaud-Espinosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Shira Knafo

34 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shira Knafo Spain 21 646 544 341 240 198 35 1.3k
Bo-Eun Yoon South Korea 10 858 1.3× 485 0.9× 212 0.6× 168 0.7× 357 1.8× 11 1.2k
Myoung‐Goo Kang United States 18 1.1k 1.8× 899 1.7× 210 0.6× 387 1.6× 167 0.8× 23 1.7k
Kohtarou Konno Japan 21 739 1.1× 556 1.0× 140 0.4× 304 1.3× 144 0.7× 55 1.4k
Fekrije Selimi France 17 504 0.8× 533 1.0× 122 0.4× 171 0.7× 289 1.5× 27 1.2k
Nicole Mons France 14 802 1.2× 631 1.2× 225 0.7× 450 1.9× 193 1.0× 16 1.4k
Neil R. Hardingham United Kingdom 18 976 1.5× 544 1.0× 225 0.7× 443 1.8× 162 0.8× 20 1.4k
Joerg Neddens Germany 19 742 1.1× 603 1.1× 327 1.0× 273 1.1× 177 0.9× 46 1.4k
Shu‐Ling Chiu United States 14 614 1.0× 594 1.1× 280 0.8× 131 0.5× 117 0.6× 18 1.4k
Shoji Komai Japan 17 1.1k 1.7× 846 1.6× 214 0.6× 366 1.5× 179 0.9× 29 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Shira Knafo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shira Knafo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shira Knafo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shira Knafo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shira Knafo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shira Knafo. Shira Knafo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wojtas, Magdalena N., Poonam Verma, Alberto Ouro, et al.. (2023). Interplay between hippocampal TACR3 and systemic testosterone in regulating anxiety-associated synaptic plasticity. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(3). 686–703. 6 indexed citations
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Wojtas, Magdalena N., et al.. (2023). INTERPLAY BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL TACR3 AND SYSTEMIC TESTOSTERONE IN REGULATING ANXIETY-ASSOCIATED SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY. IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 15. S658–S658. 3 indexed citations
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Verma, Ankit, Anna Shteinfer‐Kuzmine, Srinivas Pittala, et al.. (2022). Targeting the overexpressed mitochondrial protein VDAC1 in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease protects against mitochondrial dysfunction and mitigates brain pathology. Translational Neurodegeneration. 11(1). 58–58. 58 indexed citations
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Fernández, Marta, et al.. (2021). Altered Cerebellar Response to Somatosensory Stimuli in the Cntnap2 Mouse Model of Autism. eNeuro. 8(5). ENEURO.0333–21.2021. 8 indexed citations
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Morales, Miguel, et al.. (2021). Aberrant Synaptic PTEN in Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Patients May Link Synaptic Depression to Network Failure. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 13. 683290–683290. 6 indexed citations
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Malaina, Iker, Marı́a Fedetz, Luis Martínez, et al.. (2021). Associative Conditioning Is a Robust Systemic Behavior in Unicellular Organisms: An Interspecies Comparison. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 707086–707086. 15 indexed citations
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Flores‐Romero, Hector, Kushal Kumar Das, Sebastian Fischer, et al.. (2019). MERLIN: a novel BRET-based proximity biosensor for studying mitochondria–ER contact sites. Life Science Alliance. 3(1). e201900600–e201900600. 34 indexed citations
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Fuente, Ildefonso M. De la, Iker Malaina, Marı́a Fedetz, et al.. (2019). Evidence of conditioned behavior in amoebae. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3690–3690. 32 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira & José A. Esteban. (2017). PTEN: Local and Global Modulation of Neuronal Function in Health and Disease. Trends in Neurosciences. 40(2). 83–91. 52 indexed citations
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Morales, Miguel, et al.. (2017). Peptides Acting as Cognitive Enhancers. Neuroscience. 370. 81–87. 11 indexed citations
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Mellström, Britt, Asta Kastanauskaite, Shira Knafo, et al.. (2016). Specific cytoarchitectureal changes in hippocampal subareas in daDREAM mice. Molecular Brain. 9(1). 22–22. 10 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira & César Venero. (2015). Cognitive Enhancement: Pharmacologic, Environmental and Genetic Factors. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Mellström, Britt, Ignasi Sahún, Ana Ruíz‐Nuño, et al.. (2013). DREAM Controls the On/Off Switch of Specific Activity-Dependent Transcription Pathways. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(5). 877–887. 29 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira, César Venero, Cristina Sánchez‐Puelles, et al.. (2012). Facilitation of AMPA Receptor Synaptic Delivery as a Molecular Mechanism for Cognitive Enhancement. PLoS Biology. 10(2). e1001262–e1001262. 167 indexed citations
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Franco‐Villanueva, Ana, Shira Knafo, Paula Merino‐Serrais, et al.. (2011). WIP Is a Negative Regulator of Neuronal Maturation and Synaptic Activity. Cerebral Cortex. 22(5). 1191–1202. 13 indexed citations
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Merino‐Serrais, Paula, Shira Knafo, Lidia Alonso‐Nanclares, Isabel Fernaud-Espinosa, & Javier DeFelipe. (2010). Layer‐specific alterations to CA1 dendritic spines in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Hippocampus. 21(10). 1037–1044. 44 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira, César Venero, Paula Merino‐Serrais, et al.. (2009). Morphological alterations to neurons of the amygdala and impaired fear conditioning in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The Journal of Pathology. 219(1). 41–51. 56 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira, Frédéric Libersat, & Edi Barkai. (2005). Olfactory learning‐induced morphological modifications in single dendritic spines of young rats. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(8). 2217–2226. 20 indexed citations
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Knafo, Shira, Edi Barkai, Frédéric Libersat, Carmen Sandi, & César Venero. (2005). Dynamics of olfactory learning‐induced up‐regulation of L1 in the piriform cortex and hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(2). 581–586. 6 indexed citations

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