Thomas Schikorski

Associate Professor

Ph.D., 1993; Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt

1993 - 2003  Research Associate, Howard Hughes

Medical Institute, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA

Academic Department(s)

Neuroscience

Research Area

Neuroscience

Research Interest

Morphology and function of brain synapses and their role in

mental disorders and epilepsy

Publications

Synapse-to-synapse variation in mean synaptic vesicle size and its relationship with synaptic morphology and function. Qu L, Akbergenova Y, Hu Y, Schikorski T. J Comp Neurol. 2009 Jun 1;514(4):343-52. PMID: 19330815

Mean synaptic vesicle size varies among individual excitatory hippocampal synapses. Hu Y, Qu L, Schikorski T. Synapse. 2008 Dec;62(12):953-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18798270

Dissection of a QTL hotspot on mouse distal chromosome 1 that modulates neurobehavioral phenotypes and gene expression.  Mozhui K, Ciobanu DC, Schikorski T, Wang X, Lu L, Williams RW. PLoS Genet. 2008 Nov 4(11):e1000260. Epub 2008 Nov 14. PMID: 19008955

Horseradish peroxidase cDNA as a marker for electron microscopy in neurons.

Schikorski T, Young SM Jr, Hu Y. J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Sep 30;165(2):210-5. Epub 2007 Jun 12. PMID: 17631969

Wiring optimization in cortical circuits. Chklovskii DB, Schikorski T, Stevens CF. Neuron. 2002 Apr 25;34(3):341-7. PMID: 11988166

Contact Information

Universidad Central del Caribe

P.O. Box 60327

Bayamón, PR 00960-6032

Tel.: (787) 798-3001 x 2165

e-mail: ts.ucdelcaribe@gmail.com