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Akos Kulik is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple topics related to neural function, molecular mechanisms, and cellular processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these disciplines, their work focuses on subfields such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nephrology
  • Cell Biology

The scientist's investigations cover several specific research topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Akos Kulik has published research in a range of journals and venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Cell Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications include studies on synaptic function, receptor modulation, and cellular protein networks:

  • A slit-diaphragm-associated protein network for dynamic control of renal filtration, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Presynaptic GABAB receptors functionally uncouple somatostatin interneurons from the active hippocampal network, 2020, eLife
  • GABAB receptor auxiliary subunits modulate Cav2.3-mediated release from medial habenula terminals, 2021, eLife
  • A Noelin-organized extracellular network of proteins required for constitutive and context-dependent anchoring of AMPA-receptors, 2023, Neuron
  • Synaptic plasticity at the dentate gyrus granule cell to somatostatin-expressing interneuron synapses supports object location memory, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Harumi Harada
  • Uwe Schulte
  • Bernd Fakler
  • Marlene Bartos
  • Botond Gaál

Best Publications

  • GABAB-RECEPTOR SUBTYPES ASSEMBLE INTO FUNCTIONAL HETEROMERIC COMPLEXES

    Klemens Kaupmann;Barbara Malitschek;Valerie Schuler;Jakob Heid

  • High-Resolution Proteomics Unravel Architecture and Molecular Diversity of Native AMPA Receptor Complexes

    Jochen Schwenk;Nadine Harmel;Aline Brechet;Gerd Zolles

  • Target-cell-specific concentration of a metabotropic glutamate receptor in the presynaptic active zone

    R. Shigemoto;A. Kulik;J. D. B. Roberts;H. Ohishi

  • Release probability of hippocampal glutamatergic terminals scales with the size of the active zone

    Noemi Holderith;Andrea Lorincz;Gergely Katona;Balázs Rózsa

  • Functional proteomics identify cornichon proteins as auxiliary subunits of AMPA receptors

    J. Schwenk;N. Harmel;G. Zolles;W. Bildl

  • Native GABA B receptors are heteromultimers with a family of auxiliary subunits

    Jochen Schwenk;Michaela Metz;Gerd Zolles;Rostislav Turecek;Rostislav Turecek

  • Subcellular localization of metabotropic GABA(B) receptor subunits GABA(B1a/b) and GABA(B2) in the rat hippocampus.

    Ákos Kulik;Imre Vida;Rafael Luján;Carola A. Haas

  • Nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ sensors promotes fast and efficient transmitter release at a cortical GABAergic synapse.

    Iancu Bucurenciu;Akos Kulik;Beat Schwaller;Michael Frotscher

  • Neurogliaform Neurons Form a Novel Inhibitory Network in the Hippocampal CA1 Area

    Christopher J. Price;Bruno Cauli;Endre R. Kovacs;Akos Kulik

  • Distinct localization of GABAB receptors relative to synaptic sites in the rat cerebellum and ventrobasal thalamus

    Ákos Kulik;Kazuhiko Nakadate;Gábor Nyíri;Takuya Notomi

  • Compartment-dependent colocalization of Kir3.2-containing K+ channels and GABAB receptors in hippocampal pyramidal cells.

    Ákos Kulik;Ákos Kulik;Imre Vida;Yugo Fukazawa;Yugo Fukazawa;Nicole Guetg;Nicole Guetg

  • Mutant α-Synuclein Enhances Firing Frequencies in Dopamine Substantia Nigra Neurons by Oxidative Impairment of A-Type Potassium Channels

    Mahalakshmi Subramaniam;Daniel Althof;Suzana Gispert;Jochen Schwenk

  • Expression and distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subtypes GABABR1 and GABABR2 during rat neocortical development.

    G. López-Bendito;R. Shigemoto;A. Kulik;O. Paulsen

  • Changes in neural network homeostasis trigger neuropsychiatric symptoms

    Aline Winkelmann;Aline Winkelmann;Nicola Maggio;Joanna Eller;Gürsel Caliskan

  • Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein 1 (LRP1) Modulates N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor-dependent Intracellular Signaling and NMDA-induced Regulation of Postsynaptic Protein Complexes

    Chikako Nakajima;Chikako Nakajima;Akos Kulik;Michael Frotscher;Michael Frotscher;Joachim Herz;Joachim Herz

  • Distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subunits GABAB1a/b and GABAB2 in the rat hippocampus during prenatal and postnatal development.

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Guillermina López-Bendito;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Akos Kulik;Imre Vida

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the α1A subunit of the P/Q‐type calcium channel in the rat cerebellum

    Akos Kulik;Kazuhiko Nakadate;Akari Hagiwara;Yugo Fukazawa

  • GABAergic Regulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis.

    Mirjam Sibbe;Akos Kulik

  • AMPA-Receptor Specific Biogenesis Complexes Control Synaptic Transmission and Intellectual Ability

    Aline Brechet;Rebecca Buchert;Rebecca Buchert;Jochen Schwenk;Sami Boudkkazi

  • Neuroplastin and Basigin Are Essential Auxiliary Subunits of Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPases and Key Regulators of Ca2+ Clearance

    Nadine Schmidt;Astrid Kollewe;Cristina E. Constantin;Sebastian Henrich

  • Quantitative regional and ultrastructural localization of the Ca(v)2.3 subunit of R-type calcium channel in mouse brain.

    Laxmi Kumar Parajuli;Chikako Nakajima;Akos Kulik;Ko Matsui;Ko Matsui

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Imre Vida
Imre Vida Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Peter Jonas
Peter Jonas Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Martin Gassmann
Martin Gassmann University of Basel
Yugo Fukazawa
Yugo Fukazawa University of Fukui
Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Marlene Bartos
Marlene Bartos University of Freiburg
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Guillermina López-Bendito
Guillermina López-Bendito Miguel Hernandez University

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