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Overview

Zafar I. Bashir is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. The primary focus of their research lies in neuroscience and related molecular biology fields. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics within neuroscience, including neuropharmacology, memory and neural mechanisms, and neural dynamics.

The main fields of study for Bashir include Neuroscience with 31 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 16 publications. Subfields include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

Main topics of their research are:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Frequent coauthors working alongside Bashir include:

  • Paul J. Banks
  • Jeremy M. Henley
  • Kevin A. Wilkinson
  • Elizabeth C. Warburton
  • Kirsty J. McMillan

Bashir's publication record reflects contributions to various academic venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • iScience
  • Journal of Applied Biomedicine
  • The Cerebellum
  • Hippocampus

Highlighted recent papers include:

  • "Epileptic seizure prediction using scalp electroencephalogram signals," 2021, Journal of Applied Biomedicine
  • "Cerebellar Prediction and Feeding Behaviour," 2022, The Cerebellum
  • "Sorting nexin-27 regulates AMPA receptor trafficking through the synaptic adhesion protein LRFN2," 2021, eLife
  • "Plasticity in Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Coordinated Synaptic Transmission Arising from Reuniens/Rhomboid Nuclei and Hippocampus," 2021, Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • "Mechanisms of mGluR-dependent plasticity in hippocampal area CA2," 2023, Hippocampus

Best Publications

  • Induction of LTP in the hippocampus needs synaptic activation of glutamate metabotropic receptors

    Zafar I. Bashir;Zuner A. Bortolotto;Ceri H. Davies;Nicola Berretta

  • Differential Roles of NR2A and NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in Cortical Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression

    Peter V. Massey;Benjamin E. Johnson;Peter R. Moult;Yves P. Auberson

  • Motor deficit and impairment of synaptic plasticity in mice lacking mGluR1

    François Conquet;Zafar I. Bashir;Zafar I. Bashir;Ceri H. Davies;Ceri H. Davies;Hervé Daniel

  • A molecular switch activated by metabotropic glutamate receptors regulates induction of long-term potentiation.

    Z. A. Bortolotto;Z. I. Bashir;C. H. Davies;G. L. Collingridge

  • Long-term potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampus.

    Zafar I. Bashir;Simon T. Alford;Stephen N. Davies;Stephen N. Davies;Andrew D. Randall;Andrew D. Randall

  • Long-term depression: multiple forms and implications for brain function

    Peter V. Massey;Zafar I. Bashir

  • Differential roles of NR2A and NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in LTP and LTD in the CA1 region of two-week old rat hippocampus

    Thomas E. Bartlett;Neil J. Bannister;Valerie J. Collett;Sheila L. Dargan

  • Long-term depression: a cascade of induction and expression mechanisms.

    Nicola Kemp;Zafar I Bashir

  • Different forms of LTD in the CA1 region of the hippocampus: role of age and stimulus protocol

    Nicola Kemp;Jane McQueen;Suzanna Faulkes;Zafar I. Bashir

  • An investigation of depotentiation of long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.

    Zafar I. Bashir;Graham L. Collingridge

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

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

  • Tyrosine Phosphatases Regulate AMPA Receptor Trafficking during Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Long-Term Depression

    Peter R. Moult;Clare M. Gladding;Thomas M. Sanderson;Stephen M. Fitzjohn

  • 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

  • Induction of LTD in the adult hippocampus by the synaptic activation of AMPA/kainate and metabotropic glutamate receptors.

    Nicola Kemp;Zafar I. Bashir

  • Expression of long-term depression underlies visual recognition memory

    Sarah Griffiths;Helen Scott;Colin Glover;Colin Glover;Alison Bienemann

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors contribute to the induction of long-term depression in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.

    Zafar I. Bashir;David E. Jane;David C. Sunter;Jeffery C. Watkins

  • Effects of memantine and MK-801 on NMDA-induced currents in cultured neurones and on synaptic transmission and LTP in area CA1 of rat hippocampal slices.

    Tadeusz Frankiewicz;Brigitte Potier;Zafar I. Bashir;Graham L. Collingridge

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

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

  • A temporally distinct role for group I and group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in object recognition memory

    Gareth Robert Isaac Barker;Zafar Iqbal Bashir;Malcolm Watson Brown;Elizabeth Clea Warburton

  • Co‐activation of p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase and protein tyrosine phosphatase underlies metabotropic glutamate receptor‐dependent long‐term depression

    Peter R. Moult;Sônia A. L. Corrêa;Graham L. Collingridge;Stephen M. Fitzjohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm W. Brown
Malcolm W. Brown University of Bristol
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Zuner A. Bortolotto
Zuner A. Bortolotto University of Bristol
Kwangwook Cho
Kwangwook Cho King's College London
John Patrick Aggleton
John Patrick Aggleton Cardiff University
Elek Molnar
Elek Molnar University of Bristol
Jeremy M. Henley
Jeremy M. Henley University of Bristol
James B. Uney
James B. Uney University of Bristol
Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Jack R. Mellor
Jack R. Mellor University of Bristol

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