PhD, State University of New York, 1981

Phone: (732) 235-5383
Fax: (732) 235-4990

email: wuku@umdnj.edu

Research interests:
The mechanisms that govern regulation of synaptic molecular architecture in the developing and adult brains.

Selected Publications 1

Wu, K., Xu, J.L., Suen, P.C., Levine, E.S., Huang, Y., Mount, H. T. J., Lin, S. Y. and Black, I.B. 1996 Functional trkB neurotrophin receptors are intrinsic components of adult brain postsynaptic density. Mol. Brain Res., 43, 286-290.

Wu, K., Aoki, C., Elste, A., Rogalski-Walk, A.A. and Siekevitz, P. 1997 The synthesis of ATP by glycolytic enzymes in the postsynaptic density and the effect of endogenously-generated nitric oxide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94, 8191-8195.

Suen, P. C., Wu K., Levine E. S., Mount, H. T. J., Xu, J. L., Lin, S. Y. and Black, I.B. 1997 Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rapidly enhances phosphorylation of the postsynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94, 8191-8195.

Lin, S. Y., Wu K., Levine, E. S., Mount, H. T. J., Suen, P. C. and Black, I. B. 1998 BDNF acutely increases tyrosine phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor subunit 2B in cortical and hippocampal postsynaptic densities, Mol. Brain Res., 55 , 20-27.

Wu, K., Len, G. W., Ma, C., Xu, F., Lin, S. Y. and Black, I. B. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acutely enhances tyrosine phosphorylation of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 via NMDA receptor-dependent mechanisms. Submitted.