2018
Peptide-Mediated Neurotransmission Takes Center Stage
Gonzalez-Suarez AD, Nitabach MN. Peptide-Mediated Neurotransmission Takes Center Stage. Trends In Neurosciences 2018, 41: 325-327. PMID: 29801523, PMCID: PMC5975383, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Multisensory integration in C. elegans
Ghosh DD, Nitabach MN, Zhang Y, Harris G. Multisensory integration in C. elegans. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2017, 43: 110-118. PMID: 28273525, PMCID: PMC5501174, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Miniature Neurotransmission Regulates Drosophila Synaptic Structural Maturation
Choi BJ, Imlach WL, Jiao W, Wolfram V, Wu Y, Grbic M, Cela C, Baines RA, Nitabach MN, McCabe BD. Miniature Neurotransmission Regulates Drosophila Synaptic Structural Maturation. Neuron 2014, 82: 618-634. PMID: 24811381, PMCID: PMC4022839, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedDrosophilaMiniature Postsynaptic PotentialsNeuromuscular JunctionPresynaptic TerminalsSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionConceptsSynaptic terminal growthMiniature neurotransmissionStructural maturationSingle synaptic vesiclesExchange factorDevelopmental roleRac1 GTPaseEssential functionsMiniature eventsSynaptic vesiclesSynapse maturationMiniature postsynaptic potentialsTerminal growthMaturationTranssynaptic processSmall amplitude eventsPostsynaptic potentialsGlutamatergic synapsesPresynaptic neuronsChemical synapseNeurotransmissionGTPaseVesiclesGuanineSynapses
2012
Autoreceptor Control of Peptide/Neurotransmitter Corelease from PDF Neurons Determines Allocation of Circadian Activity in Drosophila
Choi C, Cao G, Tanenhaus AK, McCarthy EV, Jung M, Schleyer W, Shang Y, Rosbash M, Yin JC, Nitabach MN. Autoreceptor Control of Peptide/Neurotransmitter Corelease from PDF Neurons Determines Allocation of Circadian Activity in Drosophila. Cell Reports 2012, 2: 332-344. PMID: 22938867, PMCID: PMC3432947, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.06.021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Synchronized Bilateral Synaptic Inputs to Drosophila melanogaster Neuropeptidergic Rest/Arousal Neurons
McCarthy EV, Wu Y, deCarvalho T, Brandt C, Cao G, Nitabach MN. Synchronized Bilateral Synaptic Inputs to Drosophila melanogaster Neuropeptidergic Rest/Arousal Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 8181-8193. PMID: 21632940, PMCID: PMC3125135, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2017-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic inputsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsNicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonistDual whole-cell patch-clamp recordingsAcetylcholine receptor antagonistNicotinic ACh receptorsSynchronous synaptic inputPatch-clamp recordingsWake-promoting neuronsLarge ventrolateral neuronsArousal neuronsSodium blockersGABAergic inputsCholinergic inputReceptor antagonistSynaptic circuitryACh receptorsNeurotransmitter receptorsBilateral inputSynaptic connectionsΑ-bungarotoxinVentrolateral neuronsContralateral pairsFiring patternsNeurons