Liming Tan

This study identifies CDKL5-mediated phosphorylation of nELAVL as critical for regulating RNA metabolism and condensate communication, essential for visual cortex maturation.

The paper shows that the L2/3 continuum in the mouse visual cortex develops through two phases: a genetically programmed initial phase and a visually experience-driven second phase.

The paper identifies two distinct visual escape behaviors and their neural pathways, revealing how the mediodorsal thalamus modulates arousal and defensive responses to repeated threats.

This paper shows that osteocalcin primes rapid visual escape via GPR37 in VTA GABAergic neurons by reducing K+ currents through cAMP and THIK-1 suppression.

This study measures the development of monocular and binocular receptive field tuning in mouse V1 from eye-opening to critical period closure, revealing new features of binocular response maturation.

The paper shows that vision selectively drives the specification of upper-layer glutamatergic cell types in the mouse visual cortex through gene expression regulation.

This study shows that vision is required for forming binocular neurons and improving their tuning before the classical critical period.

The paper shows vision transforms unstable binocular circuitry into a network of highly tuned complex feature detectors in layer 2/3 of the cortex.

The paper shows that DIP-α and Dpr10 IgSF proteins mediate stereotyped terminal axon branching of leg motor neurons in Drosophila through interactions between axon filopodia and muscles.

The paper shows that DIP proteins prevent ectopic synapse formation, suggesting that synaptic specificity is achieved by limiting promiscuous connections rather than promoting specific ones.