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  1. The Protein Arginine Methyltransferase PRMT8 and Substrate G3BP1 Control Rac1-PAK1 Signaling and Actin Cytoskeleton for Dendritic Spine Maturation

    Article • Cell Reports, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  2. Dysregulation of protein synthesis and dendritic spine morphogenesis in ASD: studies in human pluripotent stem cells

    Article • Molecular Autism, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  3. The epilepsy and intellectual disability-associated protein TBC1D24 regulates the maintenance of excitatory synapses and animal behaviors

    Article • PLoS Genetics, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  4. Specific depletion of the motor protein KIF5B leads to deficits in dendritic transport, synaptic plasticity and memory

    Article • eLife, January 2020, eLife

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  5. Application of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) to Study Synaptopathy of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Article • Developmental Neurobiology, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  6. Determination of dendritic spine morphology by the striatin scaffold protein STRN4 through interaction with the phosphatase PP2A

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2017, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  7. Molecular Mechanisms of Dendritic Spine Development and Plasticity

    Article • Neural Plasticity, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  8. Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5)-dependent Phosphorylation of p70 Ribosomal S6 Kinase 1 (S6K) Is Required for Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2015, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  9. Cdk5: A Key Player at Neuronal Synapse with Diverse Functions

    Article • Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  10. TrkB phosphorylation by Cdk5 is required for activity-dependent structural plasticity and spatial memory

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  11. Importin-mediated retrograde transport of CREB2 from distal processes to the nucleus in neurons

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Kwok-On Lai

  12. Cdk5 regulates EphA4-mediated dendritic spine retraction through an ephexin1-dependent mechanism

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, December 2006, Nature

    Dr Mustafa Sahin, Dr Kwok-On Lai