Dr Refik Kanjhan
Senior Scientific Officer/Scientist
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Book Chapter
Kanjhan, Refik and Bellingham, Mark C. (2013). Neurobiotin electroporation for combined structural and functional analysis of neurons in developing mouse brain slices. Stimulation and inhibition of neurons. (pp. 151-165) edited by Pilowsky, Paul M., Farnham, Melissa M. J. and Fong, Angelina Y.. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-233-9_9
Journal Articles
Nayler, Sam P., Powell, Joseph E., Vanichkina, Darya P., Korn, Othmar, Wells, Christine A., Kanjhan, Refik, Sun, Jian, Taft, Ryan J., Lavin, Martin F. and Wolvetang, Ernst J. (2017). Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Neurons from a Patient with Ataxia-Telangiectasia Reveal Disrupted Gene Regulatory Networks. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 11 321, 321. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00321
Fogarty, Matthew J., Kanjhan, Refik, Yanagawa, Yuchio, Noakes, Peter G. and Bellingham, Mark C. (2017). Alterations in hypoglossal motor neurons due to GAD67 and VGAT deficiency in mice. Experimental Neurology, 289, 117-127. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.12.004
Fogarty, Matthew J., Kanjhan, Refik, Bellingham, Mark C. and Noakes, Peter G. (2016). Glycinergic neurotransmission: A potent regulator of embryonic motor neuron dendritic morphology and synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience, 36 (1), 80-87. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1576-15.2016
Kanjhan, Refik, Noakes, Peter G. and Bellingham, Mark C. (2016). Emerging roles of filopodia and dendritic spines in motoneuron plasticity during development and disease. Neural Plasticity, 2016 3423267, 3423267.1-3423267.31. doi: 10.1155/2016/3423267
Kanjhan, Refik, Fogarty, Matthew J., Noakes, Peter G. and Bellingham, Mark C. (2015). Developmental changes in the morphology of mouse hypoglossal motor neurons. Brain Structure and Function, 221 (7), 1-32. doi: 10.1007/s00429-015-1130-8
Fogarty, Matthew J., Hammond, Luke A., Kanjhan, Refik, Bellingham, Mark C. and Noakes, Peter G. (2013). A method for the three-dimensional reconstruction of Neurobiotin(TM)-filled neurons and the location of their synaptic inputs. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 7 (OCT) 153, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00153
Kanjhan, Refik and Bellingham, Mark C. (2011). Penetratin peptide potentiates endogenous calcium-activated chloride currents in Xenopus oocytes. Journal of Membrane Biology, 241 (1), 21-29. doi: 10.1007/s00232-011-9359-5
Kanjhan, Refik, Pow, David V., Noakes, Peter G. and Bellingham, Mark C. (2010). The two-pore domain K+ channel TASK-1 is closely associated with brain barriers and meninges. Journal of Molecular Histology, 41 (6), 315-323. doi: 10.1007/s10735-010-9293-3
Kanjhan, Refik and Sivyer, Benjamin (2010). Two types of ON direction-selective ganglion cells in rabbit retina. Neuroscience Letters, 483 (2), 105-109. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.071
Kanjhan, Refik and Vaney, David I. (2008). Semi-loose seal Neurobiotin electroporation for combined structural and functional analysis of neurons. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 457 (2), 561-568. doi: 10.1007/s00424-008-0539-9
Raybould, Nicholas P., Jagger, Daniel J., Kanjhan, Refik, Greenwood, Denise, Laslo, Peter, Hoya, Noriyuki, Soeller, Christian, Cannell, Mark B. and Housley, Gary D. (2007). TRPC-like conductance mediates restoration of intracellular Ca2+ in cochlear outer hair cells in the guinea pig and rat. Journal of Physiology, 579 (1), 101-113. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.122929
Noakes, P. G., Smallcombe, K. L., Kanjhan, R., Arata, A., Banks, G., Obata, K., Betz, H. and Bellingham, M. C. (2006). Developmental regulation of the neuromotor circuit: peripheral and central synaptic influences in motoneuron numbers and innervation of muscle. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 38, SYM-57-03-SYM-57-03.
Kanjhan, Refik, Hryciw, Deanne H., Yun, C. Chris, Bellingham, Mark C. and Poronnik, Philip (2006). Postnatal developmental expression of the PDZ scaffolds Na+-H+ exchanger regulatory factors 1 and 2 in the rat cochlea. Cell And Tissue Research, 323 (1), 53-70. doi: 10.1007/s00441-005-0051-x
Kanjhan, R., Coulson, E. J., Adams, D. J. and Bellingham, M. C. (2005). Tertiapin-Q blocks recombinant and native large conductance K+ channels in a use-dependent manner. Journal of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics, 314 (3), 1353-1361. doi: 10.1124/jpet.105.085928
Banks, GB, Kanjhan, R, Wiese, S, Kneussel, M, Wong, LM, O'Sullivan, G, Sendtner, M, Bellingham, MC, Betz, H and Noakes, PG (2005). Glycinergic and GABAergic synaptic activity differentially regulate motoneuron survival and skeletal muscle innervation. Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (5), 1249-1259. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1786-04.2005
Kanjhan, Refik, Anselme, Amy, Noakes, Peter and Bellingham, Mark (2004). Postnatal changes in TASK-1 and TREK-1 expression in rat brain stem and cerebellum. Neuroreport, 15 (8), 1321-1324. doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000127462.15985.dc
Kanjhan, Refik, Balke, Caroline, Housley, Gary, Bellingham, Mark and Noakes, Peter (2004). Developmental expression of two-pore domain K+ channels, TASK-1 and TREK-1, in the rat cochlea. Neuroreport, 15 (3), 437-441. doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000114978.66165.39
Kanjhan, Refik, Raybould N. P., Jagger D. J., Greenwood D. and Housley G. D. (2003). Allosteric modulation of native cochlear P2X receptors: Insights from comparison with recombinant P2X2 receptors. Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 8 (3), 115-128. doi: 10.1159/000069478
Kanjhan, R., Osborne, P. B., Ouyang, M. and Keast, J. R. (2003). Postnatal maturational changes in rat pelvic autonomic ganglion cells: A mixture of steroid-dependent and -independent effects. Journal of Neurophysiology, 89 (1), 315-323. doi: 10.1152/jn.00479.2002
Housley, G. D., Jagger, D. J., Greenwood, D., Raybould, N. P., Salih, S. G., Järlebark, L. E., Vlajkovic, S. M., Kanjhan, R., Nikolic, P., Muñoz, D. J.M. and Thorne, P. R. (2002). Purinergic regulation of sound transduction and auditory neurotransmission. Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 7 (1), 55-61. doi: 10.1159/000046865
Housley, Gary D., Kanjhan, Refik, Raybould, Nicholas P., Greenwood, Denise, Salih, Salam G., Järlebark, Leif, Burton, Lucille D., Setz, Vera C. M., Cannell, Mark B., Soeller, Christian, Christie, David L., Usami, Shin-Ichi, Matsubara, Atsushi, Yoshie, Haruhide, Ryan, Allen F. and Thorne, Peter R. (1999). Expression of the P2X2 receptor subunit of the ATP-gated ion channel in the cochlea: Implications for sound transduction and auditory neurotransmission. Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (19), 8377-8388. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08377.1999
Kanjhan, Refik, Housley, Gary D., Burton, Lucille D., Christie, David L., Kippenberger, Andree, Thorne, Peter R., Luo, Lin and Ryan, Allen F. (1999). Distribution of the P2X2 receptor subunit of the ATP-gated ion channels in the rat central nervous system. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 407 (1), 11-32. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990428)407:1<11::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-R
Funk, Gregory D., Kanjhan, Refik, Walsh, Carmen, Lipski, Janusz, Comer, Alison M., Parkis, Marjorie A. and Housley, Gary D. (1997). P2 receptor excitation of rodent hypoglossal motoneuron activity in vitro and in vivo: A molecular physiological analysis. Journal of Neuroscience, 17 (16), 6325-6337. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06325.1997
Lipski, Janusz, Kanjhan, Refik, Kruszewska, Barbara and Rong, Weifang (1996). Properties of presympathetic neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the rat: An intracellular study 'in vivo'. Journal of Physiology, 490 (3), 729-744. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021181
Kanjhan, Refik, Housley, Gary D., Thorne, Peter R., Christie, David L., Palmer, David J., Luo, Lin and Ryan, Allen F. (1996). Localization of ATP-gated ion channels in cerebellum using P2x2R subunit-specific antisera. NeuroReport, 7 (15-17), 2665-2669. doi: 10.1097/00001756-199611040-00051
Kanjhan, Refik, Lipski, Janusz, Kruszewska, Barbara and Rong, Weifang (1995). A comparative study of pre-sympathetic and Bötzinger neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of the rat. Brain Research, 699 (1), 19-32. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00814-7
Lipski, J., Kanjhan, R., Kruszewska, B. and Smith, M. (1995). Barosensitive neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat in vivo: Morphological properties and relationship to C1 adrenergic neurons. Neuroscience, 69 (2), 601-618. doi: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)92652-Z
Lipski, J., Kanjhan, R., Kruszewska, B. and Rong, W. F. (1995). Criteria for intracellular identification of pre-sympathetic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the rat. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 17 (1-2), 51-65. doi: 10.3109/10641969509087054
Kanjhan, Refik (1995). OPIOIDS AND PAIN. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 22 (6-7), 397-403. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02029.x
Lipski, J., Zhang, X., Kruszewska, B. and Kanjhan, R. (1994). Morphological study of long axonal projections of ventral medullary inspiratory neurons in the rat. Brain Research, 640 (1-2), 171-184. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91871-6
de Castro, Denis, Lipski, Janusz and Kanjhan, Refik (1994). Electrophysiological study of dorsal respiratory neurons in the medulla oblongata of the rat. Brain Research, 639 (1), 49-56. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91763-9
Kruszewska, B., Lipski, J. and Kanjhan, R. (1994). An electrophysiological and morphological study of esophageal motoneurons in rats. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 266 (2 35-2). doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.1994.266.2.r622
Conference Papers
Fogarty, M. J., Hammond, L. A., Kanjhan, R., Bellingham, M. C. and Noakes, P. G. (2013). A method for the three-dimensional reconstruction and quantification of dendrites and synaptic inputs in Neurobiotin(TM)-filled glycine- and GABAA receptor clustering deficient neurons post functional assessment. Neuroscience 2013: 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diago, CA, United States, 9-13 November, 2012.
Noakes, Peter G., Kanjhan, Refik, Balke, Caroline L., Nguyen, Thanh T., Housley, G. and Bellingham, Mark C. (2004). Expression of two pore domain K channels TASK1 and TREK1, in the rat cochlea: implications for Tinnitus. Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting 24th Annual Meeting, Melbourne, 27-30 January, 2004. Melbourne: Australian Neuroscience Society.
Bellingham, M. C., Kanjhan, R., Huang, L. C., Housley, G. D., Lipski, J., Funk, G. D. and Noakes, P. G. (2004). Locaization of TASK1 and TREK1 Two Pore Domain K Channels and P2Y2 and P2Y4 Receptors in Rat Hypoglossal Motoneurons. 24th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Melbourne, Australia, 27-30 January, 2004. Melbourne: Australian Neuroscience Inc.
Wong, L. M., Kanjhan, R., Bellingham, M. C. and Noakes, P. G. (2004). Hypoglossal and spinal motor neural activity in gephyrin-deficient versus wild-type mice. Australian Neuroscience Society, 24th Annual Meeeting, Melbourne, Australia, 27-30 January, 2004. Australia: Australian Neuroscience Society.
Kanjhan, R., Pow, D.V., Birt, J.B., Noakes, P.G. and Bellingham, M.C. (2004). A new marker for the meningeo-glial network: a two pore domain K channel TASK1. Australian Neuroscience Society - 24th Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 27-30 January, 2004. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.
Lipski, Janusz, Kanjhan, Refik, Kruszewska, Barbara, Rong, Weifang F. and Smith, Mark (1996). Pre-sympathetic neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat: Electrophysiology, morphology and relationship to adjacent neuronal groups. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology. doi: 10.55782/ane-1996-1141