Keith Murai, PhD

Primary Axis: 
Neurosciences
Research Focus: 

Research in focused on: mechanisms involved in nervous system development, plasticity, and disease, and molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of synapses and the processes of learning and memory.Brain, synapse, plasticity, glia, cell morphology, mental disease, signaling

Keywords: 
Brain, synapse, plasticity, glia, cell morphology, mental disease, signaling
Location: 
Montreal General Hospital
Publications:
Zhou L, Martinez SJ, Haber M, Jones EV, Bouvier D, Doucet G, Corera AT, Fon EA, Zisch AH, Murai KK. EphA4 signaling regulates phospholipase C gamma1 activation, cofilin membrane association, and dendritic spine morphology. J Neuroscience 27(19): 5127-5138; 2007.
Haber M, Zhou L, Murai KK. Cooperative astrocyte and dendritic spine dynamics at hippocampal excitatory synapses. Journal of Neuroscience 26: 8881-8891, 2006.
Haber M, Murai KK. Reshaping neuron-glial communication at hippocampal synapses. Neuron Glia Biology 2: 59-66; 2006.