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Peter Penzes is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on molecular biology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cell biology. They have also contributed to research in surgery.

Their work covers a range of topics including genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, congenital heart defects research, cellular transport and secretion, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and pancreatic function and diabetes.

Frequent publication venues for Peter Penzes include Biological Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, and Neuron.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter Penzes are:

  • Exploring the mechanisms underlying excitation/inhibition imbalance in human iPSC-derived models of ASD (2020, Molecular Autism)
  • Homer1 promotes dendritic spine growth through ankyrin-G and its loss reshapes the synaptic proteome (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Dyshomeostatic modulation of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in a human neuronal model of KCNQ2 encephalopathy (2021, eLife)
  • KALRN: A central regulator of synaptic function and synaptopathies (2020, Gene)
  • Shed CNTNAP2 ectodomain is detectable in CSF and regulates Ca2+ homeostasis and network synchrony via PMCA2/ATP2B2 (2021, Neuron)

Peter Penzes frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Sehyoun Yoon
  • Marc P. Forrest
  • Marc Dos Santos
  • Nicolas H. Piguel
  • Euan Parnell

Best Publications

  • Dendritic spine pathology in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Peter Penzes;Michael E. Cahill;Kelly A. Jones;Jon Eric Vanleeuwen

  • Rapid induction of dendritic spine morphogenesis by trans-synaptic ephrinB-EphB receptor activation of the Rho-GEF kalirin.

    Peter Penzes;Alexander Beeser;Jonathan Chernoff;Martin R. Schiller

  • Common mechanisms of excitatory and inhibitory imbalance in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders.

    R. Gao;P. Penzes

  • Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) regulates spines of the glutamate synapse via Rac1

    Akiko Hayashi-Takagi;Manabu Takaki;Nick Graziane;Saurav Seshadri

  • The neuronal Rho-GEF Kalirin-7 interacts with PDZ domain-containing proteins and regulates dendritic morphogenesis.

    Peter Penzes;Richard C. Johnson;Rita Sattler;Xiaoqun Zhang

  • Dendritic Structural Plasticity and Neuropsychiatric Disease

    Marc P. Forrest;Euan Parnell;Peter Penzes

  • Kalirin-7 controls activity-dependent structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines

    Zhong Xie;Deepak P. Srivastava;Huzefa Photowala;Li Kai

  • Cloning of a cDNA encoding an aldehyde dehydrogenase and its expression in Escherichia coli. Recognition of retinal as substrate.

    Xianshu Wang;Peter Penzes;Joseph L. Napoli

  • Rapid modulation of spine morphology by the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor through kalirin-7 signaling

    Kelly A. Jones;Deepak P. Srivastava;John A. Allen;Ryan T. Strachan

  • Psychiatric risk factor ANK3/ankyrin-G nanodomains regulate the structure and function of glutamatergic synapses.

    Katharine R. Smith;Katherine J. Kopeikina;Jessica M. Fawcett-Patel;Katherine Leaderbrand

  • Kalirin regulates cortical spine morphogenesis and disease-related behavioral phenotypes.

    Michael E. Cahill;Zhong Xie;Michelle Day;Huzefa Photowala

  • An Isoform of Kalirin, a Brain-specific GDP/GTP Exchange Factor, Is Enriched in the Postsynaptic Density Fraction

    Peter Penzes;Richard C. Johnson;M.Rashid Alam;Vikram Kambampati

  • Dendritic spine dynamics : a key role for kalirin-7

    Peter Penzes;Kelly A. Jones

  • Rapid enhancement of two-step wiring plasticity by estrogen and NMDA receptor activity

    Deepak P. Srivastava;Kevin M. Woolfrey;Kelly A. Jones;Cassandra Y. Shum

  • Epac2 induces synapse remodeling and depression and its disease-associated forms alter spines.

    Kevin M. Woolfrey;Deepak P. Srivastava;Huzefa Photowala;Megumi Yamashita

  • Segregated Populations of Hippocampal Principal CA1 Neurons Mediating Conditioning and Extinction of Contextual Fear

    Natalie C. Tronson;Christina Schrick;Yomayra F. Guzman;Kyu Hwan Huh

  • Open Chromatin Profiling in hiPSC-Derived Neurons Prioritizes Functional Noncoding Psychiatric Risk Variants and Highlights Neurodevelopmental Loci

    Marc P. Forrest;Hanwen Zhang;Winton Moy;Heather McGowan

  • Synaptic abnormalities and cytoplasmic glutamate receptor aggregates in contactin associated protein-like 2/Caspr2 knockout neurons

    Olga Varea;Maria Dolores Martin-de-Saavedra;Katherine J. Kopeikina;Britta Schürmann

  • Insights into Rapid Modulation of Neuroplasticity by Brain Estrogens

    Deepak P. Srivastava;Kevin M. Woolfrey;Kevin M. Woolfrey;Peter Penzes

  • Developmental Vulnerability of Synapses and Circuits Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders

    Peter Penzes;Andres Buonanno;Maria Passafaro;Carlo Sala

  • Correction for Kalirin regulates cortical spine morphogenesis and disease-related behavioral phenotypes

    Michael E. Cahill;Zhong Xie;Michelle Day;Maria V. Barbolina

Frequent Co-Authors

Jubao Duan
Jubao Duan University of Chicago
Pablo V. Gejman
Pablo V. Gejman NorthShore University HealthSystem
Jelena Radulovic
Jelena Radulovic Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nicholas J. Brandon
Nicholas J. Brandon Neumora Therapeutics Inc
David A. Lewis
David A. Lewis University of Pittsburgh
Geoffrey T. Swanson
Geoffrey T. Swanson Northwestern University
D. James Surmeier
D. James Surmeier Northwestern University
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
J. David Sweatt
J. David Sweatt University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alan R. Sanders
Alan R. Sanders NorthShore University HealthSystem

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