Shanker Karunanithi

University of Queensland — Australia

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

20h-index1.8kcitations33works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(18), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(13), Cellular transport and secretion(10), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(8), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering(5)

Publications33 total

Activity-Dependent Global Downscaling of Evoked Neurotransmitter Release across Glutamatergic Inputs in<i>Drosophila</i>
Journal of Neuroscience·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
Proportional Downscaling of Glutamatergic Release Sites by the General Anesthetic Propofol at<i>Drosophila</i>Motor Nerve Terminals
eNeuro·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
Syntaxin1A Neomorphic Mutations Promote Rapid Recovery from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Drosophila melanogaster
Anesthesiology·2019· 20 cited
Trapping of Syntaxin1a in Presynaptic Nanoclusters by a Clinically Relevant General Anesthetic
Cell Reports·2018· 59 citedOpen Access
Using Drosophila to Understand General Anesthesia: From Synapses to Behavior
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology·2018· 9 cited
Correction: Corrigendum: Flux of signalling endosomes undergoing axonal retrograde transport is encoded by presynaptic activity and TrkB
Nature Communications·2016· 315 citedOpen Access
Flux of signalling endosomes undergoing axonal retrograde transport is encoded by presynaptic activity and TrkB
Nature Communications·2016· 74 citedOpen Access
Heat shock response and homeostatic plasticity
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2015· 31 citedOpen Access
Syntaxin1A-mediated Resistance and Hypersensitivity to Isoflurane in Drosophila melanogaster
Anesthesiology·2015· 32 cited
Behavioral and electrophysiological analysis of general anesthesia in 3 background strains of<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
Fly·2015· 17 citedOpen Access
<i>Slamdance</i>: seizing a fly model for epilepsy
Journal of Neurophysiology·2011Open Access
Fos and Jun potentiate individual release sites and mobilize the reserve synaptic-vesicle pool at the <i>Drosophila</i> larval motor synapse
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009· 32 citedOpen Access
Morphological and functional effects of altered cysteine string protein at the <i>Drosophila</i> larval neuromuscular junction
Synapse·2006· 35 cited
The<i>Drosophila cac</i><sup><i>ts2</i></sup>mutation reduces presynaptic Ca<sup>2+</sup>entry and defines an important element in Ca<sub>v</sub>2.1 channel inactivation
European Journal of Neuroscience·2006· 36 cited
Thermoprotection of synaptic transmission in a<i>Drosophila</i>heat shock factor mutant is accompanied by increased expression of Hsp83 and DnaJ-1
Physiological Genomics·2006· 38 cited
Regional differences in sympathetic purinergic transmission along the length of the mouse vas deferens
Synapse·2002· 1 cited
Quantal Size and Variation Determined by Vesicle Size in Normal and Mutant<i>Drosophila</i>Glutamatergic Synapses
Journal of Neuroscience·2002· 180 citedOpen Access
Diversification of synaptic strength: presynaptic elements
Nature reviews. Neuroscience·2002· 361 cited
Enhancement of presynaptic performance in transgenic <i>Drosophila</i> overexpressing heat shock protein Hsp70
Synapse·2002· 54 cited
Effect of chronic morphine treatment on α<sub>2</sub>‐adrenoceptor mediated autoinhibition of transmitter release from sympathetic varicosities of the mouse vas deferens
British Journal of Pharmacology·2001· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Bruno van Swinderen(10), Harold L. Atwood(8), Nickolas A. Lavidis(6), H. L. Atwood(5), Oressia Zalucki(5), Max R. Bennett(4), Rachel S. Gormal(3), Frédéric A. Meunier(3), Leo Marin(3), Ian R. Brown(3), Maxwell R. Bennett(3), Milton P. Charlton(3), Benjamin Kottler(3), Sally Martin(2), Tam Nguyen(2), Callista B. Harper(2), Ramón Martínez‐Mármol(2), Elizabeth J. Coulson(2), Nick R. Glass(2), Justin J. Cooper‐White(2)