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Liduo Yin, Xiguang Xu, Benjamin Conacher, Lin Yu, Gabriela L. Carrillo, Yupeng Cun, Michael A. Fox, Xuemei Lu, Hehuang Xie
The paper identifies EGR1 binding at enhancers in excitatory neurons and shows its correlation with subtype-specific epigenetic regulation and gene pathways.
BMC Biology · Aug 10, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Katelyn Stebbins, Rachana Deven Somaiya, Ubadah Sabbagh, Parsa Khaksar, Yanping Liang, Jianmin Su, Michael A. Fox
The paper shows that retinal inputs are necessary for maintaining laminar organization in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN) but not for its initial formation.
eNeuro · Aug 19, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Gabriela L. Carrillo, Jianmin Su, Mikel L. Cawley, Derek Wei, Simran K. Gill, Ira J. Blader, Michael A. Fox
This study shows that Toxoplasma gondii infection causes complement-dependent loss of inhibitory synapses on excitatory pyramidal neurons in the neocortex.
Journal of Neurochemistry · Jan 23, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Rachana Deven Somaiya, Katelyn Stebbins, Ellen C. Gingrich, Hehuang Xie, John N. Campbell, A. Denise R. Garcia, Michael A. Fox
The paper identifies SHH signaling from retinal ganglion cells to thalamic astrocytes as essential for GABAergic interneuron migration into the visual thalamus.
eLife · Oct 11, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Jianmin Su, Ubadah Sabbagh, Yanping Liang, Lucie Olejníková, Karen G. Dixon, Ashley L. Russell, Jiang Chen, Y. Albert Pan, Jason W. Triplett, Michael A. Fox
The paper identifies a cell-ECM recognition mechanism that directs ipsilateral retinal ganglion cell axons to a specific sublamina of the superior colliculus, enabling eye-specific visual pathways.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Oct 15, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Paras A Patel, Julia V Hegert, Ingrid Cristian, Alicia Kerr, Leslie E. W. LaConte, Michael A. Fox, Sarika Srivastava, Konark Mukherjee
This study shows that complete loss of CASK causes cerebellar degeneration in humans and mice, leading to severe ataxia and encephalopathy, while heterozygous loss results in less severe, non-progressive pathology due to X-chromosome inactivation.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience
Ubadah Sabbagh, Gubbi Govindaiah, Rachana Deven Somaiya, Ryan V. Ha, Jessica Wei, William Guido, Michael A. Fox
The paper identifies subtype-specific sublaminae in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN) that receive retinal input and are composed of distinct GABAergic neurons.
Journal of Neurochemistry · Jun 4, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Gabriela L. Carrillo, Valerie A. Ballard, Taylor G. Glausen, Zack Boone, Joseph Teamer, Cyrus L. Hinkson, Elizabeth A. Wohlfert, Ira J. Blader, Michael A. Fox
This study shows that Toxoplasma gondii infection causes loss of perisomatic inhibitory synapses through microglia-mediated synaptic stripping.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience
Aboozar Monavarfeshani, Gail Stanton, Jonathan Van Name, Kaiwen Su, William A. Mills, Kenya Swilling, Alicia Kerr, Natalie A. Huebschman, Jianmin Su, Michael A. Fox
The paper identifies LRRTM1 as a key molecule for retinothalamic convergence in the visual system and shows its role in visual behavior.
eLife · Feb 9, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience