- Maro GS, Shen K, Cheng HJ. (2009) Deal breaker: semaphorin and specificity in the spinal stretch reflex circuit. Neuron. 16;63(1):8-11.
- Patel MR, Shen K. (2009) Neurite extension: starting at the finish line. Cell. 17;137(2):207-9.
- Chao DL, Ma L, Shen K. (2009) Transient cell-cell interactions in neural circuit formation. Nat Rev Neurosci. 10(4):262-71. Review.
- Patel MR, Shen K. (2009) RSY-1 is a local inhibitor of presynaptic assembly in C. elegans. Science.13;323(5920):1500-3.
- Maro GS, Klassen MP, Shen K. (2009) A beta-catenin-dependent Wnt pathway mediates anteroposterior axon guidance in C. elegans motor neurons. PLoS One. 4(3):e4690.
- Klassen MP, Shen K. (2009) The curious case of a wandering kinase: CaMKII spreads the wealth? Neuron. 12;61(3):331-2.
- Margeta MA, Wang GJ, Shen K. (2009) Clathrin adaptor AP-1 complex excludes multiple postsynaptic receptors from axons in C. elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 3;106(5):1632-7.
- Ding M, Shen K. (2008) The role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in synapse remodeling and neurodegenerative diseases. Bioessays. 30(11-12):1075-83. Review.
- Poon VY, Klassen MP, Shen K. (2008) UNC-6/netrin and its receptor UNC-5 locally exclude presynaptic components from dendrites. Nature. 455(7213):669-73.
- Chao DL, Shen K. (2008) Functional dissection of SYG-1 and SYG-2, cell adhesion molecules required for selective synaptogenesis in C. elegans. Mol Cell Neurosci. 39(2):248-57.
- Allen PB, Sgro AE, Chao DL, Doepker BE, Scott Edgar J, Shen K, Chiu DT. (2008) Single-synapse ablation and long-term imaging in live C. elegans. J Neurosci Methods. 173(1):20-6.
- Margeta MA, Shen K, Grill B. (2008) Building a synapse: lessons on synaptic specificity and presynaptic assembly from the nematode C. elegans. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 18(1):69-76.
- Colón-Ramos DA, Shen K. (2008) Cellular conductors: glial cells as guideposts during neural circuit development. PLoS Biol. 6:e112.
- Feinberg EH, Vanhoven MK, Bendesky A, Wang G, Fetter RD, Shen K, Bargmann CI. (2008). GFP Reconstitution Across Synaptic Partners (GRASP) defines cell contacts and synapses in living nervous systems. Neuron 57:353-63.
- Klassen MP and Shen, K. (2007). A Wnt signaling pathway inhibits synapse formation in C. elegans. Cell 130:704-716.
- Ding M, Chao DL, Wang G, Shen, K. (2007). Spatial Regulation of an E3 Ubiqitin Ligase Specifies Neuronal Connectivity Through Synapse Elimination. Science 317:947-951.
- Colón-Ramos DA, Margeta M and Shen, K. (2007). UNC-6/netrin patterns synapse formation through UNC-40/DCC in C. elegans interneuron AIY. Science 318:103-106.
- Patel MR, Lerhman EK, Poon V, Crump JG, Zhen M, Bargmann CI and Shen, K. (2006) Hierarchical assembly of presynaptic components in defined C. elegans synapses. Nature Neuroscience 9:1488-1499.
- Shen, K. (2006) Think globally, act locally: local translation and synapse formation in cultured Aplysia neurons. Neuron 49:323-5.
- Shen, K, Fetter RD and Bargmann CI (2004) Synaptic specificity is generated by the synaptic guidepost protein SYG-2 and its receptor, SYG-1. Cell 116:869-881.
- Shen, K. (2004) Molecular Mechanisms of Target Specificity during Synapse Formation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 14:83-88.
- Shen, K and Bargmann, CI (2003) The Immunoglobulin Superfamily protein SYG-1 Determines the Location of Specific Synapses in C. elegans. Cell 112:619-630.
- Shen, K, Teruel MN, Connor JH, Shenolikar S, Meyer T. (2000) Molecular memory by reversible translocation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. Nature Neuroscience 3:881-6.
- Meyer T, Shen, K. (2000) In and out of the postsynaptic region: signalling proteins on the move. Trends in Cell Biology 10:238-44.
- Raucher, D., Stauffer,T., Chen, W, Shen, K, York, J., Sheetz , M. and Meyer, T. (2000) Cytoskeletal-plasma membrane adhesion energy regulated by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Cell 100:221-8.
- Shen, K and Meyer, T. (1999). Dynamic control of CaMKII translocation and localization in hippocampal neurons by NMDA receptor stimulation. Science. 284:162-6.
- Teruel, M.N., Blanpied, T. A., Shen, K, Augustin, G. J. and Meyer, T. (1999) Quantitative, rapid and high-yield transfection of cultured hippocampla neurons by microporation of RNA. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 93:37-48.
- Shen, K, Teruel, M. N., Subramanian, K. and Meyer, T. (1998) CaMKIIbeta functions as and F-actin targeting module that localizes CaMKIIalpha/beta hetero-oligomers to dendritic spines. Neuron 21: 593-606.
- Shen, K, and Meyer, T. (1998). Identification of the Minimal Oligomerization Domain of Ca2+/Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase IIa. Journal of Neurochemistry 70:96-104.