PUBLICATIONS

9- Vargas KJ, Colosi PL*, Girardi E*, and SS Chandra. (2020) α‐Synuclein facilitates clathrin assembly in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. BioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.29.069344. *Dr. Vargas’ undergraduate mentees. 

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8- Soll LG, Eisen J, Vargas KJ, Medeiros AT, Hammar KM, and JR Morgan. (2020) -Synuclein-112 impairs synaptic vesicle recycling consistent with its enhanced membrane binding properties. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, section Molecular Medicine. 8:405. 2 

7- Vargas KJ. (2019) Kinetic measurements of endocytosis and exocytosis in cultured neurons. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1948:23-33. 

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6- Vargas KJ, Schrod N, Davis T*, Fernandez-Busnadiego R, Taguchi YV*, Laugks U, Lucic V and SS Chandra. (2017) Synucleins have multiple effects on presynaptic architecture. Cell Reports. 18:161-173. *Dr. Vargas’ undergraduate and graduate mentees.

5- Vargas KJ, Makhani S, Davis T*, Whestphal C, Castillo PE and SS Chandra. (2014) Synucleins regulate the kinetics of synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 34:9364-76. Featured on the journal’s cover. *Dr. Vargas’ undergraduate mentees. 

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4- Vargas KJ, Terenuma M, Wilkins ME, Ramirez OA, Jarauguiberry-Bravo M*, Pangalos MN, Smart TG, Moss SJ and A Couve. (2010) Prolonged activation of NMDA receptors promotes dephosphorylation and alters post-endocytic sorting of GABAB receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107:13918-23. *Dr. Vargas’ undergraduate mentees. 

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3- Ramirez OA, Vidal RL, Tello JA, Vargas KJ, Kindler S, Hartel S and A Couve. (2009) Dendritic assembly of heterotrimeric GABAB receptor subunits in hippocampal neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284:13077-13085. 

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2- Vargas KJ, Sarmiento JM, Ehrenfeld P, Añazco CC, Villanueva CI, Carmona PL, Brenet M, Navarro J, Muller-Esterl W and CB Gonzalez. (2009) Postnatal expression of V2 vasopressin receptor splice variants in the rat cerebellum. Differentiation. 77:377-385. 

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1- Vargas KJ, Terenuma M, Tello JA, Pangalos MN, Moss SJ and A Couve. (2008) The availability of surface GABAB receptors is independent of -aminobutyric acid but controlled by glutamate in central neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283:24641-24648.