McEwen, J. M., Madison, J. M., Dybbs, M. and Kaplan, J. M.(2006). "Antagonistic regulation of synaptic vesicle priming by Tomosyn and UNC-13." Neuron 51(3): 303-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dittman, J. S. and Kaplan, J. M.(2006). "Factors regulating the abundance and localization of synaptobrevin in the plasma membrane." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(30): 11399-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Madison, J. M., Nurrish, S. and Kaplan, J. M.(2005). "UNC-13 interaction with syntaxin is required for synaptic transmission." Curr Biol 15(24): 2236-42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sieburth D, Ch'ng Q, Dybbs M, Tavazoie M, Kennedy S, Wang D, Dupuy D, Rual JF, Hill DE, Vidal M, Ruvkun G, Kaplan JM., "Systematic analysis of genes required for synapse structure and function." Nature, 2005 Jul 28;436(7050): p. 510-7 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dybbs M, Ngai J, Kaplan JM.,  "Using microarrays to facilitate positional cloning: identification of tomosyn as an inhibitor of neurosecretion." PLoS Genet. 2005 Jul;1(1): p. 6-16. Epub 2005 Jul 25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dreier L, Burbea M, Kaplan JM. "LIN-23-mediated degradation of beta-catenin regulates the abundance of GLR-1 glutamate receptors in the ventral nerve cord of C. elegans." Neuron. 2005 Apr 7;46(1): p. 51-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Juo, P. and Kaplan, J.M., "The anaphase-promoting complex regulates the abundance of GLR-1 glutamate receptors in the ventral nerve cord of C. elegans." Curr Biol, 2004. 14(22): p. 2057-62. [Abstract] [PDF]

Grunwald, M.E., Mellem, J.E., Strutz, N., Maricq, A.V., and Kaplan, J.M., "Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is required for compensatory regulation of GLR-1 glutamate receptors after activity blockade." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2004. 101(9): p. 3190-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Grunwald, M.E. and Kaplan, J.M., "Mutations in the ligand-binding and pore domains control exit of glutamate receptors from the endoplasmic reticulum in C. elegans." Neuropharmacology, 2003. 45(6): p. 768-76. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jacob, T. C. and Kaplan, J. M. (2003). "The EGL-21 carboxypeptidase E facilitates acetylcholine release at Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions." J Neurosci 23(6): 2122-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Burbea, M., Dreier, L., Dittman, J. S., Grunwald, M. E. and Kaplan, J. M. (2002). "Ubiquitin and AP180 regulate the abundance of GLR-1 glutamate receptors at postsynaptic elements in C. elegans." Neuron 35(1): 107-20. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kass, J., Jacob, T. C., Kim, P. and Kaplan, J. M. (2001). "The EGL-3 proprotein convertase regulates mechanosensory responses of Caenorhabditis elegans." J Neurosci 21(23): 9265-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rongo, C. and Kaplan, J. M. (1999). "CaMKII regulates the density of central glutamatergic synapses in vivo." Nature 402(6758): 195-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nurrish, S., Segalat, L. and Kaplan, J. M. (1999). "Serotonin inhibition of synaptic transmission: Galpha(0) decreases the abundance of UNC-13 at release sites." Neuron 24(1): 231-42. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lackner, M. R., Nurrish, S. J. and Kaplan, J. M. (1999). "Facilitation of synaptic transmission by EGL-30 Gqalpha and EGL-8 PLCbeta: DAG binding to UNC-13 is required to stimulate acetylcholine release." Neuron 24(2): 335-46. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hart, A. C., Kass, J., Shapiro, J. E. and Kaplan, J. M. (1999). "Distinct signaling pathways mediate touch and osmosensory responses in a polymodal sensory neuron." J Neurosci 19(6): 1952-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rongo, C., Whitfield, C. W., Rodal, A., Kim, S. K. and Kaplan, J. M. (1998). "LIN-10 is a shared component of the polarized protein localization pathways in neurons and epithelia." Cell 94(6): 751-9. [Abstract] [PDF]

Berger, A. J., Hart, A. C. and Kaplan, J. M. (1998). "G alphas-induced neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans." J Neurosci 18(8): 2871-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bargmann, C. I. and Kaplan, J. M. (1998). "Signal transduction in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system." Annu Rev Neurosci 21: 279-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elkes, D. A., Cardozo, D. L., Madison, J. and Kaplan, J. M. (1997). "EGL-36 Shaw channels regulate C. elegans egg-laying muscle activity." Neuron 19(1): 165-74. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kaplan, J. M. (1996). "Sensory signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans." Curr Opin Neurobiol 6(4): 494-9. [Abstract] [PDF]

Segalat, L., Elkes, D. A. and Kaplan, J. M. (1995). "Modulation of serotonin-controlled behaviors by Go in Caenorhabditis elegans." Science 267(5204): 1648-51. [Abstract]

Hart, A. C., Sims, S. and Kaplan, J. M. (1995). "Synaptic code for sensory modalities revealed by C. elegans GLR-1 glutamate receptor." Nature 378(6552): 82-5. [Abstract] [PDF]