Papers
2025
General Anesthesia in Early Infancy Accelerates Visual Cortical Development
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Neurodevelopment at 10 months and 2-3 years old after early and prolonged anaesthesia in infancy: General Anaesthesia & Brain Activity study (GABA) secondary analysis
BJA Open . 2025 Mar 10:14:100383. doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2025.100383. eCollection 2025 Jun. PubMed
Rapid and cumulative adult plasticity in the mouse visual cortex
Front Neural Circuits . 2025 Feb 28:19:1537305. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2025.1537305. eCollection 2025 PubMed
2024
Sleep-sensitive dopamine receptor expression in male mice underlies attention deficits after a critical period of early adversity.
Science Transl Med. 2024 Oct 9;16(768):eadh9763. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adh9763. PubMed
An increased copy number of glycine decarboxylase (GLDC) associated with psychosis reduces extracellular glycine and impairs NMDA receptor function.
Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 30. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02711-5. PubMed
Neurodevelopment of children exposed to prolonged anesthesia in infancy: GABA study interim analysis of resting-state brain networks at 2, 4, and 10-months old.
Neuroimage Clin. 2024;42:103614. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2024.103614. PubMed
2023
Durable recovery from amblyopia with donepezil
Sci Rep. 2023; 13(1):10161. PubMed
Maximal Memory Capacity Near the Edge of Chaos in Balanced Cortical E-I Networks.
Neural Comput. 2023; 20 (1-33). PubMed
N-acetylcysteine treatment mitigates loss of cortical parvalbumin-positive interneuron and perineuronal net integrity resulting from persistent oxidative stress in a rat TBI model.
Cereb Cortex. 2023: 33(7):4070-4084. PubMed
Rapid synaptic and gamma rhythm signature of mouse critical period plasticity.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023; 120(2):e2123182120. PubMed
2022
Tactile sensitivity and motor coordination in infancy: Effect of age, prior surgery, anaesthesia & critical illness.
PLoS One. 2022; 17(12):e0279705. PubMed
Translating the Biology of Adversity and Resilience Into New Measures for Pediatric Practice.
Pediatrics. 2022; 149(6):e2021054493. PubMed
Sensitive period-regulating genetic pathways and exposure to adversity shape risk for depression.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2022; 47(2):497-506. PubMed
2021
Dynamical Characteristics of Wild-Type Mouse Spontaneous Pupillary Fluctuations.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021:853-856. IEEE
α2-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors promote stress resiliency in male mice
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021; 46(12):2197-2206. PubMed
Distributional learning of speech sound categories is gated by sensitive periods.
Cognition. 2021; 213:104653. PubMed
“Scrap & build” functional circuits: Molecular and cellular basis of neural remodeling.
Neurosci Res. 2021;167:1-2 PubMed
Kv3.1 channels regulate the rate of critical period plasticity.
Neurosci Res. 2021;167:3-10. PubMed
2020
Increase in Seizure Susceptibility After Repetitive Concussion Results from Oxidative Stress, Parvalbumin-Positive Interneuron Dysfunction and Biphasic Increases in Glutamate/GABA Ratio.
Cereb Cortex. 2020; 30(12):6108-6120. PubMed
Critical period regulation across multiple timescales.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020, 22;117(38):23242-23251. PubMed
Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of mouse auditory cortex reveals critical period triggers and brakes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020, 117(21):11744-11752. PubMed
CRISPR/dCas9-based Scn1a gene activation in inhibitory neurons ameliorates epileptic and behavioral phenotypes of Dravet syndrome model mice.
Neurobiol Dis. 2020 May 21;141:104954 PubMed
Reduced perceptual narrowing in synesthesia.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;117(18):10089-10096 PubMed
2019
Ceftriaxone Treatment Preserves Cortical Inhibitory Interneuron Function via Transient Salvage of GLT-1 in a Rat Traumatic Brain Injury Model.
Cereb Cortex. 2019, 29(11):4506-4518. PubMed
Deep learning of spontaneous arousal fluctuations detects early cholinergic defects across neurodevelopmental mouse models and patients.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jul 22. PubMed
Deletion of Neuronal GLT-1 in Mice Reveals Its Role in Synaptic Glutamate Homeostasis and Mitochondrial Function.
J Neurosci. 2019;39(25):4847-4863. PubMed
Impaired cortico-striatal excitatory transmission triggers epilepsy.
Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):1917. PubMed
Critical Period Regulation by Thyroid Hormones: Potential Mechanisms and Sex-Specific Aspects.
Front. Mol. Neurosci., 05 April 2019. PubMed
Structural maturation of cortical perineuronal nets and their perforating synapses revealed by superresolution imaging.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(14):7071-7076. PubMed
NMDA 2A receptors in parvalbumin cells mediate sex-specific rapid ketamine response on cortical activity
Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0341-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
2018
Early Seizures Prematurely Unsilence Auditory Synapses to Disrupt Thalamocortical Critical Period Plasticity.
Cell Reports 2018 23(9): 2533-2540. PubMed
Nav1.2 haplodeficiency in excitatory neurons causes absence-like seizures in mice.
Communications Biology. 2018;(96)2018 Nature
Inhibitory circuit gating of auditory critical-period plasticity.
Nature Neuroscience. 2018 21(2): 218-227 PubMed
Critical periods in amblyopia.
Vis Neurosci. 2018;Jan; 35: E014 PubMed
2017
Social Origins of Developmental Risk for Mental and Physical Illness.
J. Neurosci. 2017 37(45): 10783-10791. PubMed
Chondroitin Sulfate is Required For Onset and Offset of Critical Period Plasticity in Visual Cortex.
Sci Rep, 2016; 7(1):12646 PubMed
Oxidative stress-driven parvalbumin interneuron impairment as a common mechanism in models of schizophrenia.
Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Mar 21 doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.47 PubMed
Genetic Otx2 Mis-localization delays critical period plasticity across brain regions.
Mol Psychiatry, 2017; 1-9 PubMed
2016
Trajectory of Parvalbumin Cell Impairment and Loss of Cortical Inhibition in Traumatic Brain Injury
Cerebral Cortex, 2016; 1-16 PubMed
The Power of the Infant Brain
Scientific American. February 2016; 64-69. Audio
Restoration of Visual Function by Enhancing Conduction in Regenerated Axons.
Cell. 2016 Jan 14; 164: 219-232. Journal Link
2015
Remodeling of retrotransposon elements during epigenetic induction of adult visual cortical plasticity by HDAC inhibitors.
Epigenetics Chromatin. 2015; Dec 14;8:55. PubMed
Defects in Synaptic Plasticity, Reduced NMDA-Receptor Transport, and Instability of Postsynaptic Density Proteins in Mice Lacking Microtubule-Associated Protein 1A.
J Neurosci. 2015 Nov 25;35(47):15539-54. PubMed
Instructing Perisomatic Inhibition by Direct Lineage Reprogramming of Neocortical Projection Neurons.
Neuron. 2015 Nov 4; 88(3):475-483. Journal Link
Cell-specific regulation of NMDA receptor maturation by MECP2 in cortical circuits.
Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 5. pii: S0006-3223(15)00467-9. PubMed
Targeting Oxidative Stress and Aberrant Critical Period Plasticity in the Developmental Trajectory to Schizophrenia.
Schizophr Bull. 2015 Jun 1. pii: sbv065. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Prenatal antidepressant exposure associated with CYP2E1 DNA methylation change in neonates.
Epigenetics. 2015 Apr 18:1-12. PubMed
Clock Genes Control Cortical Critical Period Timing.
Neuron. 2015 Apr 8;86(1):264-75. PubMed
Prolonged Period of Cortical Plasticity upon Redox Dysregulation in Fast-Spiking Interneurons.
Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Jan 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Critical periods in speech perception: new directions.
Annu Rev Psychol. 2015 Jan 3;66:173-96. PubMed
2014
Sensory Integration in Mouse Insular Cortex Reflects GABA Circuit Maturation.
Neuron. 2014 Aug 20;83(4):894-905. Neuron
Bistable parvalbumin circuits pivotal for brain plasticity.
Cell. 2014 Jan 16;156(1-2):17-9. PubMed
2013
Valproate reopens critical-period learning of absolute pitch.
Front. Syst. Neurosci., 2013 Dec 3 Frontiers
Nav1.1 haploinsufficiency in excitatory neurons ameliorates seizure-associated sudden death in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.
Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Dec 1;22(23):4784-804. PubMed
Balancing plasticity/stability across brain development.
Prog Brain Res. 2013;207:3-34. PubMed
Visual acuity development and plasticity in the absence of sensory experience.
J Neurosci. 2013 Nov 6;33(45):17789-96. PubMed
Germline recombination by conditional gene targeting with Parvalbumin-Cre lines
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2013 October. PubMed
IP3R1 deficiency in the cerebellum/brainstem causes basal ganglia-independent dystonia by triggering tonic Purkinje cell firings in mice
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2013 October. PubMed
A Theory of the Transition to Critical Period Plasticity: Inhibition Selectively Suppresses Spontaneous Activity.
Neuron. 2013 Oct 2; 80(1):51-63. PubMed
DNA methylation map of mouse and human brain identifies target genes in Alzheimer’s disease.
Brain. 2013 Oct;136(Pt 10):3018-27. PubMed
Choroid-Plexus-Derived Otx2 Homeoprotein Constrains Adult Cortical Plasticity.
Cell Reports. 2013 Jun 27;3(6):1815-23. PubMed
Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 28;110(22):9130-5. PubMed
2012
NMDA Receptor Regulation Prevents Regression of Visual Cortical Function in the Absence of Mecp2.
Neuron. 2012 Dec 20;76(6):1078-90. PubMed
A mouse model for too much TV?
Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Nov;16(11):529-31. PubMed
Serotonergic Integration of Circadian Clock and Ultradian Sleep-Wake Cycles.
J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 17;32(42):14794-14803. PubMed
Critical period for acoustic preference in mice.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 16;109 Suppl 2:17213-20. PubMed
Prenatal exposure to antidepressants and depressed maternal mood alter trajectory of infant speech perception.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 16;109 Suppl 2:17221-7. PubMed
Mouse with Na(v)1.1 haploinsufficiency, a model for Dravet syndrome, exhibits lowered sociability and learning impairment.
Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Aug 16;49C:29-40. PubMed
Otx2 binding to perineuronal nets persistently regulates plasticity in the mature visual cortex.
J Neurosci. 2012 Jul 4;32(27):9429-37. PubMed
Trehalose-enhanced isolation of neuronal sub-types from adult mouse brain.
Biotechniques. 2012 Jun;52(6):381-5. PubMed
Amblyopia: background to the special issue on stroke recovery.
Dev Psychobiol. 2012 Apr;54(3):224-38. PubMed
2011
A critical period for auditory thalamocortical connectivity.
Nat Neurosci. 2011 Jul 31;14(9):1189-94. PubMed
Excitatory projection neuron subtypes control the distribution of local inhibitory interneurons in the cerebral cortex.
Neuron. 2011 Feb 24;69(4):763-79. PubMed
Linking topography to tonotopy in the mouse auditory thalamocortical circuit.
J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 23;31(8):2983-95. PubMed
2010
Lynx1, a cholinergic brake, limits plasticity in adult visual cortex.
Science. 2010 Nov 26;330(6008):1238-40. PubMed
Removing brakes on adult brain plasticity: from molecular to behavioral interventions.
J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 10;30(45):14964-71. PubMed
2009
Bidirectional plasticity in fast-spiking GABA circuits by visual experience.
Nature. 2009 Nov 12;462(7270):218-21. PubMed
Common circuit defect of excitatory-inhibitory balance in mouse models of autism.
J Neurodev Disord. 2009 Jun;1(2):172-81. PubMed
Development. Editorial overview.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009 Apr;19(2):109-11. PubMed
From brain formation to plasticity: insights on Otx2 homeoprotein.
Dev Growth Differ. 2009 Apr;51(3):369-77. PubMed
Efhc1 deficiency causes spontaneous myoclonus and increased seizure susceptibility.
Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Mar 15;18(6):1099-109. PubMed
2008
A resource for transcriptomic analysis in the mouse brain.
PLoS One. 2008 Aug 20;3(8):e3012. PubMed
Experience-dependent transfer of Otx2 homeoprotein into the visual cortex activates postnatal plasticity.
Cell. 2008 Aug 8;134(3):508-20. PubMed
Critical period revisited: impact on vision.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2008 Feb;18(1):101-7. PubMed
2007
Nav1.1 localizes to axons of parvalbumin-positive inhibitory interneurons: a circuit basis for epileptic seizures in mice carrying an Scn1a gene mutation.
J Neurosci. 2007 May 30;27(22):5903-14. PubMed
Optimization of somatic inhibition at critical period onset in mouse visual cortex.
Neuron. 2007 Mar 15;53(6):805-12. PubMed
2005
Excitatory-inhibitory balance and critical period plasticity in developing visual cortex.
Prog Brain Res. 2005;147:115-24. PubMed
International perspectives on engaging the public in neuroethics.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Dec;6(12):977-82. PubMed
Critical period plasticity in local cortical circuits.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Nov;6(11):877-88. PubMed
Critical period mechanisms in developing visual cortex.
Curr Top Dev Biol. 2005;69:215-37. PubMed
Recovery in the blink of an eye.
Neuron. 2005 Oct 20;48(2):166-8. PubMed
The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome.
Science. 2005 Sep 2;309(5740):1559-63. PubMed
2004
Experience-dependent pruning of dendritic spines in visual cortex by tissue plasminogen activator.
Neuron. 2004 Dec 16;44(6):1031-41. PubMed
Critical period regulation.
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004;27:549-79. PubMed
Specific GABAA circuits for visual cortical plasticity.
Science. 2004 Mar 12;303(5664):1681-3. PubMed
2003
Reciprocal interaction of sleep and synaptic plasticity.
Mol Interv. 2003 Oct;3(7):404-17. PubMed
Subtraction of cap-trapped full-length cDNA libraries to select rare transcripts.
Biotechniques. 2003 Sep;35(3):510-6, 518. PubMed
Controlling the critical period.
Neurosci Res. 2003 Sep;47(1):17-22. PubMed
Rapid critical period induction by tonic inhibition in visual cortex.
J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 30;23(17):6695-702. PubMed
Targeting a complex transcriptome: the construction of the mouse full-length cDNA encyclopedia.
Genome Res. 2003 Jun;13(6B):1273-89. PubMed
Experience-dependent slow-wave sleep development.
Nat Neurosci. 2003 Jun;6(6):553-4. PubMed
Separable features of visual cortical plasticity revealed by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2A signaling.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 4;100(5):2854-9. PubMed
2002
Permissive proteolytic activity for visual cortical plasticity.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 28;99(11):7717-21. PubMed
Experience-dependent plasticity without long-term depression by type 2 metabotropic glutamate receptors in developing visual cortex.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jan 22;99(2):1041-6. PubMed
2001
Experience-dependent plasticity of mouse visual cortex in the absence of the neuronal activity-dependent marker egr1/zif268.
J Neurosci. 2001 Dec 15;21(24):9724-32. PubMed
2000
Inhibitory threshold for critical-period activation in primary visual cortex.
Nature. 2000 Mar 9;404(6774):183-6. PubMed
1999
Whisking away space in the brain.
Neuron. 1999 Nov;24(3):492-3. PubMed
1998
Local GABA circuit control of experience-dependent plasticity in developing visual cortex.
Science. 1998 Nov 20;282(5393):1504-8. PubMed
Comparison of plasticity in vivo and in vitro in the developing visual cortex of normal and protein kinase A RIbeta-deficient mice.
J Neurosci. 1998 Mar 15;18(6):2108-17. PubMed
1996
Ocular dominance plasticity under metabotropic glutamate receptor blockade.
Science. 1996 Apr 26;272(5261):554-7. PubMed
Ocular dominance plasticity under metabotropic glutamate receptor blockade.
Science. 1996 Apr 26;272(5261):554-7. PubMed
Differential effects of the Rac GTPase on Purkinje cell axons and dendritic trunks and spines.
Nature. 1996 Feb 29;379(6568):837-40. PubMed
Differential effects of the Rac GTPase on Purkinje cell axons and dendritic trunks and spines.
Nature. 1996 Feb 29;379(6568):837-40. PubMed