List of Publications via PubMed
(NIH National Library of Medicine)

Highlighted Publications
Shapiro, L.A., Upadhyaya, P. and Ribak, C.E.,
Spatio-temporal profile of dendritic outgrowth from newly born granule cells in the adult rat dentate gyrus. Brain Res. 1149: 30-37 (2007).

Shapiro, L.A., Ng, K.L, Zhou, Q.-Y. and Ribak, C.E.,
Olfactory enrichment enhances the survival of newly born cortical neurons in adult mice. NeuroReport, 18: 981-985 (2007).

Ribak, C.E. and Shapiro, L.A.,
Dendritic development of newly generated neurons in the adult brain. Brain Res. Rev., 55: 390-394 (2007).

Shapiro, L.A., Figueroa-Aragon, S. and Ribak, C.E.
Newly generated granule cells show rapid neuroplastic changes in the adult rat dentate gyrus during the first five days following pilocarpine-induced seizures. Eur. J. Neurosci. 26: 583-592 (2007).

Shapiro, L.A., Ng, K.L., Kinyamu, R., Whitaker-Azmitia, P., Geisert, E.E., Blurton-Jones, M., Zhou, Q.-Y. and Ribak, C.E.
Origin, migration and fate of newly generated neurons in the adult rodent piriform cortex. Brain Structure & Function, 212: 133-148 (2007).

Shapiro, L.A. and Ribak, C.E.,
Newly born dentate granule neurons after pilocarpine-induced epilepsy have hilar basal dendrites with immature synapses. Epilepsy Res., 69: 53-66 (2006).

Shapiro, L.A., Korn, M.J., and Ribak, C.E.,
Newly generated dentate granule cells from epileptic rats exhibit elongated hilar basal dendrites that align along GFAP-immunolabeled processes. Neuroscience, 136:823-831 (2005).

Shapiro, L.A and Ribak, C.E.
Integration of newly born granule cells into
adult brains: Hypotheses based on normal and epileptic rodents. Brain Res. Reviews, 48:43-56 (2005).

Shapiro, L.A., Korn, M.J., Shan, Z. and Ribak, C.E.
GFAP-expressing radial glia-like cell bodies are involved in a one-to-one relationship with doublecortin-immunolabeled newborn neurons in the adult dentate gyrus. Brain Res., 1,040:81-91 (2005).

Ribak, C.E. and Shapiro, L.A.
The role of neurogenesis in forming hilar
basal dendrites on rat dentate granule cells after seizures. Epileptic Disorders, 7:165-167 (2005).

Diaz-Cintra, S., Yong, A., Aguilar, A., Bi, X., Lynch, G. and Ribak, C. E.
Ultrastructural analysis of hippocampal pyramidal neurons from apolipoprotein E-deficient mice treated with a cathepsin inhibitor. J. Neurocytol. 33:37-48 (2004).

Ribak, C.E., Korn, M.J., Shan, Z. and Obenaus, A.
Dendritic growth cones and recurrent basal dendrites are typical features of newly generated dentate granule cells in the adult hippocampus. Brain Res.,1,000: 195-199 (2004).

Liu, H., Kaur, J., Dashtipour, K., Kinyamu, R., Ribak, C.E. and Friedman, L.K.
Suppression of hippocampal neurogenesis is associated with developmental stage, number of perinatal seizure episodes, and glucocorticosteroid level. Exp. Neurol., 184:196-213 (2003).

Dashtipour, K., Wong, A. M., Obenaus, A., Spigelman, I. and Ribak, C.E.,
Temporal profile of hilar basal dendrite formation on dentate granule cells after status epilepticus. Epilepsy Research,(2003) 54:141-151.

Dashtipour, K., Yan, X.-X., Dinh, T.T., Okazaki, M.M., Nadler, J.V. and Ribak, C.E.
Quantitative and morphological analysis of dentate granule cells with recurrent basal dendrites from normal and epileptic rats. Hippocampus, (2002).12:235-244.

Ribak, C.E. And Dashtipour, K.
Neuroplasticity in the damaged dentate gyrus of the epileptic brain. In: Changing Views of Cajal's Neuron, edited by E.C. Azmitia, J. DeFelipe, E.G. Jones, P. Rakic and C.E.
Ribak, Elsevier, Amsterdam, (2002). pp. 319-328.

Azmitia, E.C., DeFelipe, J., Jones, E.G., Rakic P. and Ribak, C.E.
Edited book: Changing Views of Cajal's Neuron, Progress in Brain Research, (2002). Vol. 136, Elsevier, Amsterdam