2020
Neural Stem Cells Direct Axon Guidance via Their Radial Fiber Scaffold
Kaur N, Han W, Li Z, Madrigal MP, Shim S, Pochareddy S, Gulden FO, Li M, Xu X, Xing X, Takeo Y, Li Z, Lu K, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Ballester-Lurbe B, Moreno-Bravo JA, Chédotal A, Terrado J, Pérez-Roger I, Koleske AJ, Sestan N. Neural Stem Cells Direct Axon Guidance via Their Radial Fiber Scaffold. Neuron 2020, 107: 1197-1211.e9. PMID: 32707082, PMCID: PMC7529949, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural stem cellsDendritic spine formationNeural circuit formationRadial glia-like neural stem cellsMedial ganglionic eminenceRadial fibersAxon guidanceStem cellsCorticospinal neuronsGlobus pallidusMacroglial cellsGanglionic eminenceCircuit formationVentricular zoneSpine formationRnd3/RhoENeuronsMidline crossingExpression of Rnd3Rho GTPaseCellsExpressionUnexpected roleAtypical Rho GTPaseRnd3
2017
CNS Neurons Deposit Laminin α5 to Stabilize Synapses
Omar MH, Campbell M, Xiao X, Zhong Q, Brunken WJ, Miner JH, Greer CA, Koleske AJ. CNS Neurons Deposit Laminin α5 to Stabilize Synapses. Cell Reports 2017, 21: 1281-1292. PMID: 29091766, PMCID: PMC5776391, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic spine head sizeLaminin α5Larger postsynaptic densitiesDendritic spine densitySpine head sizeAge-dependent lossDendritic spine sizeEnhanced neurotransmissionSpine densityHippocampal neuronsDendritic spinesConditional deletionLaminin β2Postsynaptic densitySynapsesSpine sizeEarly adulthoodBehavioral defectsNeuronsBrainHead sizeMolecular mechanismsΑ5LamininNeurotransmission
2014
Chapter 5 ECM receptors in neuronal structure, synaptic plasticity, and behavior
Kerrisk ME, Cingolani LA, Koleske AJ. Chapter 5 ECM receptors in neuronal structure, synaptic plasticity, and behavior. Progress In Brain Research 2014, 214: 101-131. PMID: 25410355, PMCID: PMC4640673, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63486-3.00005-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic plasticityNeuronal structuresCentral nervous system developmentForm synapsesNervous system developmentDendritic projectionsSynaptic activityPostsynaptic partnersPostsynaptic cellECM receptorsReceptor activationGuidance moleculesSynapse structureReceptorsStable synapsesExtracellular matrix receptorsNeuronsSynapsesCell adhesion receptorsMatrix receptorsAdhesion receptorsReceptor transitionPreECM compositionECM ligands
2010
Increased Dendrite Branching in AβPP/PS1 Mice and Elongation of Dendrite Arbors by Fasudil Administration
Couch BA, DeMarco GJ, Gourley SL, Koleske AJ. Increased Dendrite Branching in AβPP/PS1 Mice and Elongation of Dendrite Arbors by Fasudil Administration. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010, 20: 1003-1008. PMID: 20413901, PMCID: PMC3077946, DOI: 10.3233/jad-2010-091114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendrite arborsPS1 miceAβPP/PS1 miceAmyloid-beta overproductionPS1 transgenic miceCA1 pyramidal neuronsROCK inhibitor fasudilROCK signalingPyramidal neuronsDendritic regressionFasudil administrationPharmacological reductionInhibitor fasudilTransgenic miceAlzheimer's diseaseMiceDendrite branchingRho-kinaseArborsDiseaseNeuronsSignalingAtrophyFasudilAbeta