Selected publications
Intersectionality is the only way to nurture academics of colour. 2023. timeshighereducation.com/campus/intersectionality-only-way-nurture-academics-colour.
Synaptic Dysfunction by Mutations in GRIN2B:Influence of Triheteromeric NMDA Receptors on Gain-of-Function and Loss-of-Function Mutant Classification. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12060789. Elmasri, M.; Lotti, J.S.; Aziz, W.; Steele, O.G.; Karachaliou, E.; Sakimura, K.; Hansen, K.B.; Penn, A.C.
Common synaptic phenotypes arising from diverse mutations in the human NMDA receptor subunit GluN2A. M. Elmasri, D. Hunter, G. Winchester, W. Aziz, E. Bates, D. Moolenaar Van Der Does, E. Karachaliou, K. Sakimura, A.C. Penn bioRxiv 2020.08.06.240010; doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2020. 08.06.240010
Multi-input Synapses, but Not LTP-Strengthened Synapses, Correlate with Hippocampal Memory Storage in Aged Mice. Current Biology .2019 Oct 10. pii: S0960-9822(19)31114-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.064. Wajeeha Aziz, Igor Kraev, Keiko Mizuno, Alastair Kirby, Ton Fang, Huzefa Rupawala, Kamillia Kasbi, Stephanie Rothe, Felix Jozsa, Kobi Rosenblum, Michael G. Stewart, and K. Peter Giese.
Age-dependent changes in autophosphorylation of alpha calcium/calmodulin dependent kinase II in hippocampus and amygdala after contextual fear conditioning 2017,Ton Fang, Kamillia Kasbi, Stephanie Rothe, Wajeeha Aziz*, Karl Peter Giese* (*Corresponding authors). Brain research bulletin 134; 18-23
Alzheimer-related decrease in CYFIP2 links amyloid production to tau hyperphosphorylation and memory loss. 2016, Sachin Tiwari, Keiko Mizuno, Anshua Gosh, Wajeeha Aziz, Troakes C, Daoud J, Golash V, Noble W, Hortobágyi T, Karl Peter Giese. Brain. 139: 2751-2765
Generation of multi-innervated dendritic spines as a novel mechanism of long-term memory formation. 2015, Wajeeha Aziz, Igor Kraev, Mike Stewart, Karl Peter Giese. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 124: 48-51
Distinct cerebellar engrams in short-term and long-term motor learning. 2014Wen Wang*, Kazuhiko, Nakadate*,Miwako, Masugi-Tokita*,Fumihiro Shutoh*,Wajeeha Aziz, Etsuko Tarusawa, Andrea Lorincz,Elek Molnár, Sebnem Kesaf,Yun-Qing Li, Yugo Fukazawa, Soichi Nagao and Ryuichi Shigemoto (2014)(*,equal contribution) Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA, 111: E188-E193
Distinct kinetics of synaptic structural plasticity, memory formation and memory decay in massed and spaced learning. 2013, Wajeeha Aziz, Wen Wang, Sebnem Kesaf, Alsayed Abdelhamid Mohamed,Yugo Fukazawa and Ryuichi Shigemoto. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA, 111: E194–E202.
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