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Kwangwook Cho is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary fields of study encompass Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The research focus extends into specialized subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work mainly addresses significant topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration mechanisms, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia applications, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment research, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

Recent publications by Kwangwook Cho include:

  • "Beta amyloid aggregates induce sensitised TLR4 signalling causing long-term potentiation deficit and rat neuronal cell death" (2020, Communications Biology)
  • "Emerging insights into synapse dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease" (2022, Brain Communications)
  • "M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction in moderate Alzheimer's disease pathology" (2020, Brain Communications)
  • "Regulation of Synapse Weakening through Interactions of the Microtubule Associated Protein Tau with PACSIN1" (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "The Anti-diabetic Drug Gliquidone Modulates Lipopolysaccharide-Mediated Microglial Neuroinflammatory Responses by Inhibiting the NLRP3 Inflammasome" (2021, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience)

Kwangwook Cho has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Brain Communications
  • Communications Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

The researcher collaborates regularly with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple studies together. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Scott J. Mitchell
  • Jee Hyun Yi
  • Seung Chan Kim
  • Daniel J. Whitcomb
  • Saviana Antonella Barbati

Best Publications

  • Caspase-3 Activation via Mitochondria Is Required for Long-Term Depression and AMPA Receptor Internalization

    Zheng Li;Jihoon Jo;Jie-Min Jia;Shih-Ching Lo

  • Chronic 'jet lag' produces temporal lobe atrophy and spatial cognitive deficits.

    Kwangwook Cho

  • Aβ 1–42 inhibition of LTP is mediated by a signaling pathway involving caspase-3, Akt1 and GSK-3β

    Jihoon Jo;Daniel J Whitcomb;Kimberly Moore Olsen;Talitha L Kerrigan

  • Microtubule-associated protein tau is essential for long-term depression in the hippocampus

    Tetsuya Kimura;Daniel J. Whitcomb;Jihoon Jo;Philip Regan

  • Synaptic Accumulation of PSD-95 and Synaptic Function Regulated by Phosphorylation of Serine-295 of PSD-95

    Myung Jong Kim;Kensuke Futai;Jihoon Jo;Yasunori Hayashi

  • The JAK/STAT Pathway Is Involved in Synaptic Plasticity

    Céline S. Nicolas;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Mascia Amici;Zsolt Csaba;Zsolt Csaba

  • Cholinergic Neurotransmission Is Essential for Perirhinal Cortical Plasticity and Recognition Memory

    E.Clea Warburton;Timothy Koder;Kwangwook Cho;Peter V Massey

  • Chronic Jet Lag Produces Cognitive Deficits

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  • Altered Hippocampal Synaptic Potentiation in P2X4 Knock-Out Mice

    Joan A. Sim;Severine Chaumont;Jihoon Jo;Lauriane Ulmann

  • Tau phosphorylation at serine 396 residue is required for hippocampal LTD

    Philip Regan;Thomas Piers;Jee-Hyun Yi;Dong-Hyun Kim

  • A pivotal role of GSK-3 in synaptic plasticity

    Clarrisa A. Bradley;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Changiz Taghibiglou;Celine S. Nicolas

  • An experimental test of the role of postsynaptic calcium levels in determining synaptic strength using perirhinal cortex of rat

    K. Cho;John Patrick Aggleton;M. W. Brown;Z. I. Bashir

  • A new form of long-term depression in the perirhinal cortex

    K. Cho;N. Kemp;J. Noel;J. Noel;John Patrick Aggleton

  • Activation of muscarinic receptors induces protein synthesis‐dependent long‐lasting depression in the perirhinal cortex

    Peter V Massey;G Bhabra;K Cho;M W Brown

  • Regulation of Synaptic Rac1 Activity, Long-Term Potentiation Maintenance, and Learning and Memory by BCR and ABR Rac GTPase-Activating Proteins

    Daeyoung Oh;Seungnam Han;Jinsoo Seo;Jae Ran Lee

  • An Activity-Regulated microRNA, miR-188, Controls Dendritic Plasticity and Synaptic Transmission by Downregulating Neuropilin-2

    Kihwan Lee;Joung Hun Kim;Oh Bin Kwon;Kyongman An

  • Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated LTD Involves Two Interacting Ca2+ Sensors, NCS-1 and PICK1

    Jihoon Jo;Seok Heon;Myung Jong Kim;Gi Hoon Son

  • Intracellular oligomeric amyloid-beta rapidly regulates GluA1 subunit of AMPA receptor in the hippocampus

    Daniel J. Whitcomb;Ellen L. Hogg;Philip Regan;Thomas Piers

  • Muscarinic receptors induce LTD of NMDAR EPSCs via a mechanism involving hippocalcin, AP2 and PSD-95

    Jihoon Jo;Gi Hoon Son;Bryony Laura Winters;Myung Jong Kim

  • Ultradian corticosterone secretion is maintained in the absence of circadian cues.

    Eleanor J. Waite;Mervyn McKenna;Yvonne Kershaw;Jamie J. Walker

  • Acute stress causes rapid synaptic insertion of Ca2+ -permeable AMPA receptors to facilitate long-term potentiation in the hippocampus.

    Garry Whitehead;Jihoon Jo;Jihoon Jo;Ellen L. Hogg;Thomas Piers;Thomas Piers

  • Human ProNGF: biological effects and binding profiles at TrkA, P75NTR and sortilin.

    Oliver Clewes;Mark S Fahey;Sue J Tyler;Judy J Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Zafar I. Bashir
Zafar I. Bashir University of Bristol
Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University
John Patrick Aggleton
John Patrick Aggleton Cardiff University
Zuner A. Bortolotto
Zuner A. Bortolotto University of Bristol
Elek Molnar
Elek Molnar University of Bristol
Malcolm W. Brown
Malcolm W. Brown University of Bristol
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University

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