Complete List of Publications:

• Harris KM (1980) Relationships between dendrite and spine neck diameters in freeze-fractured rat hippocampal formation. Biol. Bull. 159:470-471. (1,777Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Cruce WLR, Greenough WT, Teyler TJ (1980) A Golgi impregnation technique for thin brain slices maintained in vitro. J. Neurosci. Methods.2:363-371. (2,536Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Teyler TJ (1983) Evidence for late development of inhibition in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. Brain Res. 268:339-343. (638Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Teyler TJ (1983) Age differences in a circadian influence on hippocampal LTP. Brain Res. 261:69-73. (593Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Teyler TJ (1984) Developmental onset of long-term potentiation in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 346:27-48. (3,195Kb PDF), PMCID: PMC1199482
• Harris KM, Marshall PE, Landis DM (1985) Ultrastructural study of cholecystokinin-immunoreactive cells and processes in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. J. Comp. Neurol. 233:147-158. (4,169Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Landis DM (1986) Membrane structure at synaptic junctions in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. Neurosci. 19:857-872. (3,789Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Stevens JK (1988) Dendritic spines of rat cerebellar Purkinje cells: Serial electron microscopy with reference to their biophysical characteristics. J. Neurosci. 8:4455-4469. (2,235Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Stevens JK (1988) Study of dendritic spines by serial electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstructions. In: Intrinsic determinants of neuronal form and function. Neurology and Neurobiology Volume 37 (Lasek RJ, Black MM eds), pp 179-199. New York: Alan R. Liss. (2,692Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Jensen FE, Tsao B (1989) Ultrastructure, development, and plasticity of dendritic spine synapses in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus: Extending our vision with serial electron microscopy and three-dimensional analyses. In: The Hippocampus-New Vistas, Neurology and Neurobiology Volume 52 (Chan-Palay V, Kohler C eds), pp 33-52. New York: Alan R. Liss. (3,103Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Stevens JK (1989) Dendritic spines of CA1 pyramidal cells in the rat hippocampus: serial electron microscopy with reference to their biophysical characteristics. J.Neurosci. 9:2982-2997. (1,922Kb PDF)
• Jensen FE, Harris KM (1989) Preservation of neuronal ultrastructure in hippocampal slices using rapid microwave-enhanced fixation. J. Neurosci. Methods. 29:217-230. (4,222Kb PDF)
• Teyler TJ, Perkins AT4, Harris KM (1989) The development of long-term potentiation in hippocampus and neocortex. Neuropsychologia.27:31-39.  (6Mb PDF)
• Carlbom I, Terzopoulos D. and Harris KM. (1991) Reconstructing and visualizing models of neuronal dendrites. In: Patrikalakis, NM (Ed.) Scientific Visualization of Physical Phenomena. Springer-Verlag, New York. (4,248Kb PDF)
• Chicurel ME, Harris KM (1992) Three-dimensional analysis of the structure and composition of CA3 branched dendritic spines and their synaptic relationships with mossy fiber boutons in the rat hippocampus. J. Comp. Neurol. 325:169-182. (4,248Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Jensen FE, Tsao B (1992) Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines and synapses in rat hippocampus (CA1) at postnatal day 15 and adult ages: Implications for the maturation of synaptic physiology and long-term potentiation. J.Neurosci. 12:2685-2705. (6,880Kb PDF)(ERRATA PDF)
• Harris KM, Rosenberg PA (1993) Localization of synapses in rat cortical cultures. Neuroscience 53(2):495-508. (4,444Kb PDF)
• Jackson PS, Suppes T, Harris KM (1993) Stereotypical changes in the pattern and duration of long-term potentiation at postnatal days 11 and 15 in the rat hippocampus. J.Neurophysiol. 70:1412-1419.  (1,633Kb PDF)
• Lisman J, Harris KM (1993) Quantal analysis and synaptic anatomy - integrating two views of hippocampal plasticity. Trends Neurosci.16:141-147. (1,842Kb PDF)
• Sorra KE, Harris KM (1993) Occurrence and three-dimensional structure of multiple synapses between individual radiatum axons and their target pyramidal cells in hippocampal area CA1. J. Neurosci. 13:3736-3748.  (4,812Kb PDF)
• Carlbom I, Terzopoulos D, Harris KM (1994) Computer-assisted registration, segmentation, and 3D reconstruction from images of neuronal tissue sections. IEEE Transaction of Medical Imaging 13(2):351. (11,121Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Kater SB (1994) Dendritic spines: Cellular specializations imparting both stability and flexibility to synaptic function. Annu. Rev. Neurosci.17:341-371.  (2,095Kb PDF)
• Harris KM (1994) Serial electron microscopy as an alternative or complement to confocal microscopy for the study of synapses and dendritic spines in the central nervous system. In: Three-dimensional confocal microscopy: volume investigation of biological specimens (Stevens JK, Mills LR, Trogadis JE eds), pp 421-445. New York: Academic Press, Inc.  (4,926Kb PDF)
• Lisman J, Harris KM (1994) Who's been nibbling on my PSD: Is it LTD? J. Physiol. (Paris) 88:193-195. (3,746Kb PDF)
• Harris KM (1995) How multiple-synapse boutons could preserve input specificity during an interneuronal spread of LTP. Trends. Neurosci.18:365-369. (2,589Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Sultan P (1995) Variation in number, location, and size of synaptic vesicles provides an anatomical basis for the non-uniform probability of release at hippocampal CA1 synapses. J. Neuropharmacology 34:1387-1395.  (3,305Kb PDF)
• Harris KM (1996) Dendritic Spines. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2nd Edition. G. Adelman and B. Smith Editors. (2,844Kb PDF)
• Finkbeiner S, Tavazoie SF, Maloratsky A, Jacobs KM, Harris KM, Greenberg ME (1997) CREB: a major mediator of neuronal neurotrophin responses. Neuron 19:1031-1047.   (547Kb PDF)
• Ouyang Y, Kantor D, Harris KM, Schuman EM, Kennedy MB (1997) Visualization of the distribution of autophosphorylated Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II after tetanic stimulation in the CA1 area of the hippocampus. J. Neurosci. 17:5416-5427. (1,566Kb PDF)
• Spacek J, Harris KM (1997) Three-dimensional organization of smooth endoplasmic reticulum in hippocampal CA1 dendrites and dendritic spines of the immature and mature rat. J. Neurosci. 17:190-203.  (2,567Kb PDF)
• Lieberman AR, Spacek J (1997) Filamentous contacts: the ultrastructure and three-dimensional organization of specialized non-synaptic interneuronal appositions in thalamic relay nuclei. Cell Tiss. Res. 288:43-57.  (4,690Kb PDF)
• Spacek J, Harris KM (1998) Three-dimensional organization of cell adhesion junctions at synapses and dendritic spines in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. J.Comp.Neurol. 393:58-68.  (947Kb PDF)
• Harris KM (1998) Dendritic Spines. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillian Reference Ltd, London.
• Fiala JC, Feinberg M, Popov V, Harris KM (1998) Synaptogenesis via dendritic filopodia in developing hippocampal area CA1. J. Neurosci.18:8900-8911. (1,183Kb PDF)
• Shepherd GMG, Harris KM (1998) Three-dimensional structure and composition of CA3-->CA1 axons in rat hippocampal slices: implications for presynaptic connectivity and compartmentalization. J. Neurosci. 18:8300-8310. (964Kb PDF)
• Sorra KE, Fiala JC, Harris KM (1998) Critical assessmentof the involvement of perforations, spinules, and spine branching in hippocampal synapse formation. J. Comp. Neurol. 398:225-240. (1,643Kb PDF)
• Sorra KE, Harris KM (1998) Stability in synapse number andsize at 2 hr after long-term potentiation in hippocampal area CA1. J. Neurosci. 18:658-671. (1,407Kb PDF)
• Kirov SA, Sorra KE, Harris KM (1999) Slices have more synapses than perfusion-fixed hippocampus from both young and mature rats. J Neuroscience 19(8):2876-2886. (1,426K PDF)
• Harris KM (1999) Structure, development, and plasticity of dendritic spines. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 9:343-348. (1,342Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Harris KM (1999) Dendrite Structure. In: G Stuart, N Spruston, M Häusser, (eds.) Dendrites. Oxford University Press: Oxford UK. (2,674Kb PDF)
• Ventura R, Harris KM (1999) Three-dimensional relationships between hippocampal synapses and astrocytes. J Neuroscience 19(16):6897-6906. (888Kb PDF)
• Kirov SA, Harris KM (1999) Dendrites are more spiny on mature hippocampal neurons when synapses are inactivated. Nature Neuroscience 2(10):878-883. (643Kb PDF)
• Harris, KM (1999) Calcium from internal stores modifies dendritic spine shape. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. Vol. 96:12213-12215. (432Kb PDF) PMCID: PMC34250.
• Sorra KE, Harris KM (2000) Overview on the structure, composition, function, development, and plasticity of hippocampal dendritic spines. Hippocampus 10(5):501-511.   (592Kb PDF)
• Howard Eichenbaum and Kristen Harris(2000) Toying with memory in the hippocampus News and Views, Nature Neuroscience 3:205-206. (127Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Harris KM (2001) Extending unbiased stereology of brain ultrastructure to three-dimensional volumes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 8(1):1-16. (1,437Kb PDF) PMCID: PMC134588
• Fiala JC, Harris KM (2001) Cylindrical diameters method for calibrating section thickness in serial electron microscopy. J Microscopy 202(3):468-472. (247Kb PDF)
• Feinberg, MD, Szumowski KM, Harris KM (2001) Microwave fixation of rat hippocampal slices. In: RT Giberson, RS DeMaree Jr. (eds.) Microwave Techniques and Protocols. Humana Press: Totowa, New Jersey. pp. 75-88. (2,028Kb PDF)
• Xu-Friedman MA, Harris KM, Regehr WG (2001) Three-dimensional comparison of ultrastructural characteristics at depressing and facilitating synapses onto cerebellar Purkinje cells. J Neuroscience 21(17):6666-6672. (2,076Kb PDF)
• Henze DA, McMahon DB, Harris KM, Barrionuevo G (2002) Giant miniature EPSCs at the hippocampal mossy fiber to CA3 pyramidal cell synapse are monoquantal.  J Neurophysiol. 2002 Jan;87(1):15-29. (488Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Harris KM (2002) Computer-based alignment and reconstruction of serial sections. Microscopy and Analysis. USA Edition. 52:5-7. (3,542Kb PDF)
• Cooney JR, Hurlburt JL, Selig DK, Harris KM, Fiala JC (2002) Endosomal compartments serve multiple hippocampal dendritic spines from a widespread rather than a local store of recycling membrane. J Neurosci 22:2215-2224. (763Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Allwardt B, Harris KM (2002) Dendritic spines do not split during hippocampus LTP or maturation. Nat Neurosci 5:297-298. (311Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Spacek J, Harris KM (2002) Dendritic spine pathology: Cause or consequence of neurological disorders? Brain Research Reviews 39:29-54. (2,076Kb PDF)
• Ostroff LE, Fiala JC, Allwardt B, Harris KM (2002) Polyribosomes redistribute from dendritic shafts into spines with enlarged synapses during LTP in developing rat hippocampal slices. Neuron 35:535-545.  (552Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC, Kirov SA, Feinberg MD, Petrak LJ, Goddard CA, George P and Harris KM (2003) Timing of Neuronal and Glial Ultrastructure Disruption During Brain Slice Preparation and Recovery During Incubation In Vitro.   J Comp Neurol. Oct 6;465(1):90-103.  (1,004Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Fiala JC, Ostroff L. (2003) Structural changes at dendritic spine synapses during long-term potentiation; Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci; 358:745-8. (2,834Kb PDF) PMCID: PMC1693146
• Harris, KM. (2003) Dendritic Spines. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd Edition. Ed. G. Adelman and B. Smith. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier. (155Kb PDF)
• Harris KM (2004) Dendritic Spines. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd Edition. G. Adelman and B. Smith Editors. 375Kb PDF.
• Spacek, J and Harris, KM (2004) Trans-endocytosis via Spinules in Adult Rat Hippocampus. J Neuroscience 24(17):4233-41; and featured in This week in the journal. (1,228Kb PDF)
• Kirov SA, Petrak LJ, Fiala JC, and Harris KM (2004) Dendritic spines disappear with chilling but proliferate excessively upon rewarming of mature hippocampus.  Neuroscience 127(1):69-80. (803Kb PDF)
• Kirov SA, Goddard CA, and Harris KM (2004) Age-dependence in the homeostatic upregulation of hippocampal dendritic spine number during blocked synaptic transmission.  Neuropharmacology. Oct;47(5):640-8. (375Kb PDF)
• Petrak LJ, Harris KM and Kirov SA,(2005) Synaptogenesis on Mature Hippocampal Dendrites occurs via Filopodia and Immature Spines during Blocked Synaptic Transmission. J. Comp. Neurology 484:183-190.  ( 448Kb PDF)
• Fiala JC.  (2005) Reconstruct:  A free editor for serial section microscopy. J Microscopy 218:52-61 ( 314Kb PDF)
• Seid MA, Harris KM and Traniello JFA (2005) Age-related changes in the number and structure of synapses in the lip region of the mushroom bodies in the ant Pheidole dentata.  J Comp Neurol  488:269-277.  (572Kb PDF)
• Harris KM, Perry E, Bourne J, Feinberg M, Ostroff L, and Hurlburt J (2006) Uniform serial sectioning for transmission electron microscopy. J Neurosci 26(47):12101-12103. (188 KB PDF)
• Park M, Salgado JM, Ostroff L, Helton TD, Robinson CG, Harris KM, and Ehlers M (2006) Plasticity-induced growth of dendritic spines by Exocytic trafficking from recycling endosomes. Neuron 52:817-830.(2.27 MB PDF) PMCID: PMC1899130
• Sorra KE, Mishra A, Kirov SA, and Harris KM (2006) Dense core vesicles resemble active-zone transport vesicles and are diminished following synaptogenesis in mature hippocampal slices. Neuroscience 141:2097-2106. (832 KB PDF)
• Bourne J and Harris KM (2007) Do thin spines learn to be mushroom spines that remember? Curr Opin Neurobiol 17:381-386. (1,534 KB PDF)
• Witcher MR, Kirov SA, and Harris KM (2007) Plasticity of perisynaptic astroglia during synaptogenesis in the mature rat hippocampus. Glia 55:13-23. (735 KB PDF)
• Bourne JN, Sorra KE, Hurlburt J, and Harris KM (2007) Polyribosomes are increased in spines of CA1 dendrites 2 h after the induction of LTP in mature rat hippocampal slices. Hippocampus 17:1-4. (381 KB PDF)
• Bourne JN, Kirov SA, Sorra KE, and Harris KM (2007) Warmer preparation of hippocampal slices prevents synapse proliferation that might obscure LTP-related structural plasticity. Neuropharmacol 52:55-59. (397 KB PDF)
• Fiala, JC, Spacek, J and Harris, KM (2008) Dendrite Structure. In: Stuart et al., (Eds) Dendrites. 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.(12MB PDF)
• Harris, KM (2008) Diversity in synapse structure and composition. In: Hell & Ehlers, (Eds) Structural and Functional Organization of the Synapse. Springer.(7MB PDF)
• Bourne JN, Harris KM. (2008) Balancing structure and function at hippocampal dendritic spines. Annu Rev Neurosci. 31:47-67(399 KB PDF)NIHMSID: NIHMS70212; PMCID: PMC2561948