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Ege T. Kavalali is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, pharmacology, and biological psychiatry.

The main research topics covered by Kavalali's publications include neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, cellular transport and secretion, treatment of major depression, tryptophan and brain disorders, lipid membrane structure and behavior, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kavalali include:

  • Targeting Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity for Treatment of Mood Disorders, 2020, Neuron
  • BDNF signaling in context: From synaptic regulation to psychiatric disorders, 2021, Cell
  • Sustained effects of rapidly acting antidepressants require BDNF-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Ketamine and rapid antidepressant action: new treatments and novel synaptic signaling mechanisms, 2023, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Ketamine: Mechanisms and Relevance to Treatment of Depression, 2023, Annual Review of Medicine

Kavalali frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include Lisa M. Monteggia, Natalí L. Chanaday, Natalie J. Guzikowski, Ji-Woon Kim, and Barış Alten.

The scholar's work has been published extensively in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in Cell Reports, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • NMDA receptor blockade at rest triggers rapid behavioural antidepressant responses

    Anita E. Autry;Megumi Adachi;Elena D Nosyreva;Elisa S. Na

  • SynCAM, a Synaptic Adhesion Molecule That Drives Synapse Assembly

    Thomas Biederer;Yildirim Sara;Marina Mozhayeva;Deniz Atasoy

  • SNARE function analyzed in synaptobrevin/VAMP knockout mice

    Susanne Schoch;Ferenc Deák;Andreas Königstorfer;Marina Mozhayeva

  • Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2

    Alexander A. Chubykin;Deniz Atasoy;Mark R. Etherton;Nils Brose

  • BDNF signaling in context: From synaptic regulation to psychiatric disorders

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  • The mechanisms and functions of spontaneous neurotransmitter release

    Ege T. Kavalali

  • Kinetics and regulation of fast endocytosis at hippocampal synapses

    Jürgen Klingauf;Ege T. Kavalali;Richard W. Tsien

  • An Isolated Pool of Vesicles Recycles at Rest and Drives Spontaneous Neurotransmission

    Yildirim Sara;Tuhin Virmani;Ferenc Deák;Xinran Liu

  • Rapid Reuse of Readily Releasable Pool Vesicles at Hippocampal Synapses

    Jason L. Pyle;Ege T. Kavalali;Erika S. Piedras-Rentería;Richard W. Tsien

  • Reelin Modulates NMDA Receptor Activity in Cortical Neurons

    Ying Chen;Uwe Beffert;Mert Ertunc;Tie Shan Tang

  • MEF2C, a transcription factor that facilitates learning and memory by negative regulation of synapse numbers and function

    Ana C. Barbosa;Mi Sung Kim;Mert Ertunc;Megumi Adachi

  • Synaptobrevin is essential for fast synaptic-vesicle endocytosis.

    Ferenc Deák;Susanne Schoch;Susanne Schoch;Xinran Liu;Xinran Liu;Thomas C. Südhof;Thomas C. Südhof

  • Acute Suppression of Spontaneous Neurotransmission Drives Synaptic Potentiation

    Elena Nosyreva;Kristen Szabla;Anita E. Autry;Alexey G. Ryazanov

  • Synaptic mechanisms underlying rapid antidepressant action of ketamine.

    Ege T. Kavalali;Lisa M. Monteggia

  • Activity-Dependent Suppression of Miniature Neurotransmission through the Regulation of DNA Methylation

    Erika D. Nelson;Ege T. Kavalali;Lisa M. Monteggia

  • An Essential Role for Histone Deacetylase 4 in Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Formation

    Mi Sung Kim;M. Waseem Akhtar;Megumi Adachi;Melissa Mahgoub

  • Selective Capability of SynCAM and Neuroligin for Functional Synapse Assembly

    Yildirim Sara;Thomas Biederer;Thomas Biederer;Deniz Atasoy;Alexander Chubykin

  • MeCP2-dependent transcriptional repression regulates excitatory neurotransmission.

    Erika D. Nelson;Ege T. Kavalali;Lisa M. Monteggia

  • Limited numbers of recycling vesicles in small CNS nerve terminals: implications for neural signaling and vesicular cycling

    Nobutoshi Harata;Jason L Pyle;Alexander M Aravanis;Marina Mozhayeva

  • Development of Vesicle Pools during Maturation of Hippocampal Synapses

    Marina G. Mozhayeva;Yildirim Sara;Xinran Liu;Ege T. Kavalali

  • Spontaneous and Evoked Glutamate Release Activates Two Populations of NMDA Receptors with Limited Overlap

    Deniz Atasoy;Mert Ertunc;Krista L. Moulder;Justin Blackwell

  • Mechanisms underlying differential effectiveness of memantine and ketamine in rapid antidepressant responses.

    Erinn S. Gideons;Ege T. Kavalali;Lisa M. Monteggia

  • The role of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase in rapid antidepressant action of ketamine.

    Lisa M. Monteggia;Erinn Gideons;Ege T. Kavalali

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Monteggia
Lisa M. Monteggia Vanderbilt University
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Ilya Bezprozvanny
Ilya Bezprozvanny The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Min Zhuo
Min Zhuo University of Toronto
Rashid Giniatullin
Rashid Giniatullin University of Eastern Finland
Krista L. Moulder
Krista L. Moulder Washington University in St. Louis
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Wendy K. Chung
Wendy K. Chung Columbia University

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