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Viktor Kharazia is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience

Within this broader field, Viktor Kharazia has explored several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Structural Biology
  • Radiation
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Their research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Viktor Kharazia has co-authored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Rhino Nevers, Loren M. Frank, Richard J. Weinberg, Laura Gwilliams, and Maximilian E. Dougherty.

They have published extensively in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Neuron
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cell Reports Methods

Recent papers authored by Viktor Kharazia include:

  • High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe, 2022, Neuron
  • A versatile toolbox for studying cortical physiology in primates, 2022, Cell Reports Methods
  • High density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scalable method for micro-CT analysis enables large scale quantitative characterization of brain lesions and implants, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Differential Regional Expression and Ultrastructural Localization of α-Actinin-2, a Putative NMDA Receptor-Anchoring Protein, in Rat Brain, 2021, UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Direct Interaction of CASK/LIN-2 and Syndecan Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan and Their Overlapping Distribution in Neuronal Synapses

    Yi Ping Hsueh;Fu Chia Yang;Viktor Kharazia;Scott Naisbitt

  • A Developmental Switch of AMPA Receptor Subunits in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

    Sanjay S. Kumar;Alberto Bacci;Viktor Kharazia;John R. Huguenard

  • RACK1 and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor: A Homeostatic Pathway That Regulates Alcohol Addiction

    Nancy N H McGough;Dao-Yao He;Marian L Logrip;Jerome Jeanblanc

  • Neurons in rat cerebral cortex that synthesize nitric oxide: NADPH diaphorase histochemistry, NOS immunocytochemistry, and colocalization with GABA

    Juli G. Valtschanoff;Richard J. Weinberg;Viktor N. Kharazia;Harald H.H.W. Schmidt

  • Neurons in rat hippocampus that synthesize nitric oxide

    Juli G. Valtschanoff;Richard J. Weinberg;Viktor N. Kharazia;Masaki Nakane

  • Differential Regional Expression and Ultrastructural Localization of α-Actinin-2, a Putative NMDA Receptor-Anchoring Protein, in Rat Brain

    Michael Wyszynski;Viktor Kharazia;Roopal Shanghvi;Anuradha Rao

  • Dopamine responsiveness is regulated by targeted sorting of D2 receptors

    Selena E. Bartlett;Johan Enquist;Johan Enquist;Frederic W. Hopf;Josephine H. Lee

  • Endogenous BDNF in the Dorsolateral Striatum Gates Alcohol Drinking

    Jerome Jeanblanc;Dao-Yao He;Sebastien Carnicella;Viktor Kharazia

  • Neutrophil protein kinase Cδ as a mediator of stroke-reperfusion injury

    Wen Hai Chou;Doo Sup Choi;Hong Zhang;Dezhi Mu

  • Mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis in cortical malformations

    K.M Jacobs;V.N Kharazia;D.A Prince

  • Disruption of alcohol-related memories by mTORC1 inhibition prevents relapse

    Segev Barak;Segev Barak;Feng Liu;Sami Ben Hamida;Quinn V Yowell

  • Ligand-induced down-regulation of the cannabinoid 1 receptor is mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor-associated sorting protein GASP1

    Lene Martini;Maria Waldhoer;Margareta Pusch;Viktor Kharazia

  • Immunogold localization of AMPA and NMDA receptors in somatic sensory cortex of albino rat

    V. N. Kharazia;Richard J. Weinberg

  • Glutamate in thalamic fibers terminating in layer IV of primary sensory cortex

    Viktor N. Kharazia;Richard J. Weinberg

  • GDNF is a fast-acting potent inhibitor of alcohol consumption and relapse

    Sebastien Carnicella;Viktor Kharazia;Jerome Jeanblanc;Patricia H. Janak

  • A Transgenic Rat for Investigating the Anatomy and Function of Corticotrophin Releasing Factor Circuits

    Matthew B. Pomrenze;E. Zayra Millan;F. Woodward Hopf;Ronald Keiflin

  • Tangential synaptic distribution of NMDA and AMPA receptors in rat neocortex

    V.N Kharazia;R.J Weinberg

  • PKCε increases endothelin converting enzyme activity and reduces amyloid plaque pathology in transgenic mice

    Doo Sup Choi;Doo Sup Choi;Dan Wang;Gui Qui Yu;Guofen Zhu

  • EM colocalization of AMPA and NMDA receptor subunits at synapses in rat cerebral cortex

    Viktor N. Kharazia;Kristen D. Phend;Aldo Rustioni;Richard J. Weinberg

  • A Large-Scale Interface for Optogenetic Stimulation and Recording in Nonhuman Primates

    Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad;Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad;Camilo Diaz-Botia;Timothy L. Hanson;Timothy L. Hanson;Viktor Kharazia

  • Type I nitric oxide synthase fully accounts for nadph-diaphorase in rat striatum, but not cortex

    V.N. Kharazia;H.H.H.W Schmidt;R.J. Weinberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dorit Ron
Dorit Ron University of California, San Francisco
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer L. Whistler
Jennifer L. Whistler University of California, San Francisco
Patricia H. Janak
Patricia H. Janak Johns Hopkins University
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Aldo Rustioni
Aldo Rustioni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Selena E. Bartlett
Selena E. Bartlett Queensland University of Technology
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Juli G. Valtschanoff
Juli G. Valtschanoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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