Karen D. Parfitt

Morrissey, J.M., Bigus, E. ‘19^#, Necarsulmer, J.C., ’15^#, Srinivasan, V. ’16^# , Peppercorn, K.,  Mockett, B.G.,  Tate, W.P.,  Hughes, S.M., Parfitt, K.D. and  Abraham, W.C.  (2019) The Tripeptide RER Mimics Secreted Amyloid Precursor Protein-Alpha in Upregulating LTP. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 13:459-471. (#: undergraduate, Pomona College).

Mockett, B.G., Guévremont, D., Elder, M., Parfitt, K.D., Peppercorn, K., Morrissey, J., Singh, A., Hintz,T.J., Kochen, L., Tom Dieck, S, Schuman, E.M, Tate, W.P., Williams, J.M., and Abraham, W.C. (2019) Glutamate receptor trafficking and protein synthesis mediate the facilitation of LTP by secreted amyloid precursor protein–alpha; Journal of Neuroscience, 39: 3188-3203. 

Wiertelak, E.P., Hardwick, J., Kerchner, M., Parfitt, K.D., & Ramirez, J.J.  ^“The New Blueprints: Undergraduate Neuroscience Education in the Twenty-First Century,” (2018) Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 

Tan, V.T.Y., Mockett, B.G., Ohline, S., Parfitt, K.D., Wickie, H.E., Peppercorn, K., Schoderboeck, L., Yahaya, M.F., Tate, W.P., Hughes, S.M. and Abraham, W.C. “Lentivirus-mediated expression of human secreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha prevents development of memory and plasticity deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease,”  (2018) Molecular Brain 11:7.

Aby, E.S.’11, Gumps, K. ^#, Roth, A.J.’11, Sigmon, S.^#, Kim, J.J. ’08, Kramer, N.J.’11, Parfitt, K.D., and Korey, C.A.  (2013) “Mutations in palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 alter exocytosis and endocytosis at synapses in Drosophila larvae,”  Fly, 7(4):267-279.

Krans, J.L., Parfitt, K.D., Gawera, K.D., Rivlin, P.K. and Hoy, R.R. (2009) “The resting membrane potential of Drosophila melanogaster larval muscle depends strongly on external calcium concentration,” Journal of Insect Physiology, 2009

Bisel, B.E*., Henkins, K.* and Parfitt, K.D. The Alzheimer amyloid ß-peptide Aß25-35 blocks adenylate cyclase-mediated forms of hippocampal long term potentiation (LTP). (2007) Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 1097: 58-63.

Johnson, K.G., Tenney, A.P., Duckworth, A., Parfitt, K.D., Marcu, O., Heslip, T.R., Marsh, J.L., Flanagan, J.G., and van Vactor, D. (2006) The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike bind the receptor phosphatase LAR and exert distinct effects on synaptic development. Neuron, 49:517-531.

With G.F. Reis, M.B. Lee, and A.S. Huang, "Adenylate Cyclase-mediated Forms of Synaptic Potentiation in Hippocampal Area CA1 are Reduced with Aging," Journal of Neurophysiology, 93:3381-3389, 2005

With N. Reist, J. Li, R. Burgess, D. Deitcher, A. DiAntonio, and T.L. Schwarz, "Drosophila Genetics and the Functions of Synaptic Proteins," Cold Spring Harbor Symposia in Quantitative Biology, 60, 371-377, 1995

With P. Bickford, A.M.-Y. Lin, and M.R. Palmer, "The Effects of Aging on the Interaction of Ethanol with Chemical Neurotransmission in the Brain," in Alcohol and Aging (T. Beresford and E.S.L. Gomberg, eds., Oxford University Press, 150-165, 1995)

With D.V. Madison, "Phorbol Esters Enhance Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus by a presynaptic, Calcium-dependent Mechanism," Journal of Physiology, 471, 245-268, 1993