2017
An ALS-Associated Mutant SOD1 Rapidly Suppresses KCNT1 (Slack) Na+-Activated K+ Channels in Aplysia Neurons
Zhang Y, Ni W, Horwich AL, Kaczmarek LK. An ALS-Associated Mutant SOD1 Rapidly Suppresses KCNT1 (Slack) Na+-Activated K+ Channels in Aplysia Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 2258-2265. PMID: 28119399, PMCID: PMC5338764, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3102-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAplysiaBiophysicsCells, CulturedElectric StimulationEnzyme InhibitorsGanglia, InvertebrateHumansLuminescent ProteinsMembrane PotentialsMicroinjectionsMorpholinosMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Sodium-ActivatedRNA, Small InterferingSodiumSuperoxide Dismutase-1ConceptsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisSuperoxide dismutase 1Mutant superoxide dismutase 1Potassium currentC-Jun N-terminal kinaseNeuronal excitabilityLateral sclerosisFatal adult-onset neurodegenerative diseaseN-terminal kinaseMutant human Cu/ZnNeuronal developmentDismutase 1Adult-onset neurodegenerative diseaseCurrent-clamp recordingsMotor neuron toxicityOutward potassium currentHuman Cu/ZnWild-type superoxide dismutase 1Neuron toxicityActivity of NaBag cell neuronsClamp recordingsNeuronal functionCell neuronsAction potentials
2001
The Birth and Death of a Neuron
B.Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. The Birth and Death of a Neuron. 2001, 375-394. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195145236.003.0015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNervous systemNeuronal developmentProfound plastic changesAdult nerve cellsGrowth of axonsConnections of neuronsImmature neuronsSynaptic contactsNew neuronsNeuronal plasticityDendritic processesNeuronal formPlastic changesSynaptic connectionsNerve cellsNeuronal structuresNeuronsAdult animalsSelect groupDeathAdultsNormal courseCellsEarly stepsAxons
1999
Shaw‐like potassium currents in the auditory rhombencephalon throughout embryogenesis
Hendriks R, Morest D, Kaczmarek L. Shaw‐like potassium currents in the auditory rhombencephalon throughout embryogenesis. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 1999, 58: 791-804. PMID: 10583910, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19991215)58:6<791::aid-jnr6>3.0.co;2-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotassium currentNucleus magnocellularisOutward currentsWhole-cell patch recordingsInitial transient componentTransient outward currentsEarly neuronal developmentEarly neuronal differentiationHigh activation thresholdFirst synapsesAuditory nucleiPatch recordingsPotassium channel genesSynaptic functionCharacteristic response propertiesSynapses formNeuronal developmentNeuronal differentiationActivation thresholdDevelopmental appearanceTetraethylammoniumMagnocellularisEarly ageChannel genesNeuroblasts