Papers
2026
Schizophrenia-associated glycoprotein Adamtsl3 regulates perineuronal net formation, maintenance, and adult cortical plasticity
Mol Psychiatry PubMed
Longitudinal tracking of dyadic body temperature synchrony in social pairs across species
Sci Rep PubMed
Frequency-specific electromagnetic modulation of brain redox state precedes cortical activity in stroke recovery
iScience. 2026 Jan 19;29(4):114731. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.114731 PubMed
2025
Targeted Intracellular Delivery via Precision Programming of ARRDC1-Mediated Microvesicles
J Extracell Vesicles. 2025 Dec;14(12):e70199. doi: 10.1002/jev2.70199. PMID: 41392542 PubMed
Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome
Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2025 Nov 19. doi: 10.1002/acn3.70197. Epub ahead of print PubMed
General Anesthesia in Early Infancy Accelerates Visual Cortical Development
PNAS PNAS
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