Kevin Michael Franks
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Overview
Keller, Daniel X., et al. “Calmodulin activation by calcium transients in the postsynaptic density of dendritic spines.” Plos One, vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 2008, p. e2045. Pubmed, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002045. Full Text
Franks, Kevin M., and Jeffry S. Isaacson. “Strong single-fiber sensory inputs to olfactory cortex: implications for olfactory coding.” Neuron, vol. 49, no. 3, Feb. 2006, pp. 357–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.026. Full Text
Franks, Kevin M., and Jeffry S. Isaacson. “Synapse-specific downregulation of NMDA receptors by early experience: a critical period for plasticity of sensory input to olfactory cortex.” Neuron, vol. 47, no. 1, July 2005, pp. 101–14. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.05.024. Full Text
Franks, Kevin M., et al. “Independent sources of quantal variability at single glutamatergic synapses.” J Neurosci, vol. 23, no. 8, Apr. 2003, pp. 3186–95.
Franks, Kevin M., and Terrence J. Sejnowski. “Complexity of calcium signaling in synaptic spines.” Bioessays, vol. 24, no. 12, Dec. 2002, pp. 1130–44. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/bies.10193. Full Text
Franks, Kevin M., et al. “A Monte Carlo model reveals independent signaling at central glutamatergic synapses.” Biophys J, vol. 83, no. 5, Nov. 2002, pp. 2333–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75248-X. Full Text
Franks, K. M., et al. “An MCell model of calcium dynamics and frequency-dependence of calmodulin activation in dendritic spines.” Neurocomputing, vol. 38–40, June 2001, pp. 9–16. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0925-2312(01)00415-5. Full Text
Christie, B. R., et al. “Synaptic plasticity in morphologically identified CA1 stratum radiatum interneurons and giant projection cells.” Hippocampus, vol. 10, no. 6, 2000, pp. 673–83. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/1098-1063(2000)10:6<673::AID-HIPO1005>3.0.CO;2-O. Full Text