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Maolei Xiao

Washington University in St. Louis

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Persistence of vestibular function in the absence of glutamatergic transmission from hair cells

Mohona Mukhopadhyay, Ruchi Modgekar, Aizhen Yang-Hood, Kevin K. Ohlemiller, Valentin Militchin, Maolei Xiao, Zhijun Shen, Nicholas R. Rensing, Michael Wong, Suh Jin Lee, Rebecca P. Seal, Joseph C. Holt, Mark E. Warchol, Susan E. Maloney, Carla M. Yuede, , Tina Pangršič

This study shows that vestibular function remains normal in Vglut3-/- mice despite severe reduction in glutamatergic synaptic transmission, suggesting non-quantal transmission compensates for the loss.

Scientific Reports · Mar 23, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

In Vivo Expression of an SCA27A-linked FGF14 Mutation Results in Haploinsufficiency and Impaired Firing of Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons

Joseph L. Ransdell, Samuel P. Brown, Maolei Xiao, David M. Ornitz, Jeanne M. Nerbonne

This study shows that a mutation in FGF14 causes haploinsufficiency and impairs Purkinje neuron firing, leading to motor and cognitive deficits in mice.

Journal of Neuroscience · Jan 20, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Female GluA3-KO mice show early onset hearing loss and afferent swellings in ambient sound levels

Indra Pal, Atri Bhattacharyya, Babak V-Ghaffari, Essence Devine Williams, Maolei Xiao, Mark Allen Rutherford, Maria Eulalia Rubio

This study shows that female GluA3-KO mice develop early hearing loss and afferent swellings when exposed to ambient sound, suggesting sex-dependent vulnerability to AMPAR-mediated excitotoxicity.

bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Postsynaptic GluA3 subunits are required for the appropriate assembly of AMPA receptor GluA2 and GluA4 subunits on mammalian cochlear afferent synapses and for presynaptic ribbon modiolar-pillar morphological distinctions

Mark Allen Rutherford, Atri Bhattacharyya, Maolei Xiao, Hou-Ming Cai, Indra Pal, Maria Eulalia Rubio

This study shows that GluA3 is essential for the proper assembly of AMPAR subunits and presynaptic ribbon morphology in cochlear synapses, leading to hearing loss in mice.

eLife · Jan 17, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience