Publications

2009

Yaguchi Y, Yu T, Ahmed MU, Berry M, Mason I, Basson MA (2009) Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) gene expression in the developing cerebellum suggests multiple roles for FGF signaling during cerebellar morphogenesis and development. Dev Dyn
Scales TM, Lin S, Kraus M, Goold RG, Gordon-Weeks PR (2009) Nonprimed and DYRK1A-primed GSK3{beta}-phosphorylation sites on MAP1B regulate microtubule dynamics in growing axons. J Cell Sci
Nikolic K, Grossman N, Grubb MS, Burrone J, Toumazou C, Degenaar P (2009) Photocycles of channelrhodopsin-2. Photochem Photobiol 85: 400-11
Fredj NB, Burrone J (2009) A resting pool of vesicles is responsible for spontaneous vesicle fusion at the synapse. Nat Neurosci
Degenaar P, Grossman N, Memon MA, Burrone J, Dawson M, Drakakis E, Neil M, Nikolic K (2009) Optobionic vision--a new genetically enhanced light on retinal prosthesis. J Neural Eng 6: 035007
Clarke J (2009) Role of polarized cell divisions in zebrafish neural tube formation. Curr Opin Neurobiol
Tawk M, Bianco IH, Clarke JD (2009) Focal electroporation in zebrafish embryos and larvae. Methods Mol Biol 546: 145-51
Paridaen JT, Danesin C, Elas AT, van de Water S, Houart C, Zivkovic D (2009) Apc1-mediated antagonism of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is required for retino-tectal pathfinding in the zebrafish. Zebrafish 6: 41-7
Danesin C, Peres JN, Johansson M, Snowden V, Cording A, Papalopulu N, Houart C (2009) Integration of telencephalic Wnt and hedgehog signaling center activities by Foxg1. Dev Cell 16: 576-87
Paridaen JT, Danesin C, Elas AT, van de Water S, Houart C, Zivkovic D (2009) Apc1 is required for maintenance of local brain organizers and dorsal midbrain survival. Dev Biol
Robles E, Smith SJ, Meyer MP (2009) Synaptic Precursors: Filopodia. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Elsevier. : 779-786
Vivancos V, Chen P, Spassky N, Qian D, Dabdoub A, Kelley M, Studer M, Guthrie S (2009) Wnt activity guides facial branchiomotor neuron migration, and involves the PCP pathway and JNK and ROCK kinases. Neural Dev 4: 7
Chambers D, Wilson LJ, Alfonsi F, Hunter E, Saxena U, Blanc E, Lumsden A (2009) Rhombomere-specific analysis reveals the repertoire of genetic cues expressed across the developing hindbrain. Neural Dev 4: 6
Tolhurst DJ, Smyth D, Thompson ID (2009) The sparseness of neuronal responses in ferret primary visual cortex. J Neurosci 29: 2355-70
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, Mitsiadis TA (2009) Dental lamina as source of odontogenic stem cells: evolutionary origins and developmental control of tooth generation in gnathostomes. J Exp Zoolog B Mol Dev Evol
Smith MM, Fraser GJ, Chaplin N, Hobbs C, Graham A (2009) Reiterative pattern of sonic hedgehog expression in the catshark dentition reveals a phylogenetic template for jawed vertebrates. Proc Biol Sci
Sharpe, P. and Mason, I. (2009) Molecular Embryology ­ Methods and Protocols". Series: Methods in Molecular Biology Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. 2nd Edition. Approx 400pp 461: 400

2008

Brill MS, Snapyan M, Wohlfrom H, Ninkovic J, Jawerka M, Mastick GS, Ashery-Padan R, Saghatelyan A, Berninger B, Götz M (2008) A dlx2- and pax6-dependent transcriptional code for periglomerular neuron specification in the adult olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 28: 6439-52
Bergami M, Santi S, Formaggio E, Cagnoli C, Verderio C, Blum R, Berninger B, Matteoli M, Canossa M (2008) Uptake and recycling of pro-BDNF for transmitter-induced secretion by cortical astrocytes. J Cell Biol 183: 213-21
Khan AG, Thattai M, Bhalla US (2008) Odor representations in the rat olfactory bulb change smoothly with morphing stimuli. Neuron 57: 571-85
López-Bendito G, Sánchez-Alcañiz JA, Pla R, Borrell V, Picó E, Valdeolmillos M, Marín O (2008) Chemokine signaling controls intracortical migration and final distribution of GABAergic interneurons. J Neurosci 28: 1613-24

Ascoli GA, Alonso-Nanclares L, Anderson SA, Barrionuevo G, Benavides-Piccione R, Burkhalter A, Buzsáki G, Cauli B, Defelipe J, Fairén A, Feldmeyer D, Fishell G, Fregnac Y, Freund TF, Gardner D, Gardner EP, Goldberg JH, Helmstaedter M, Hestrin S, Karube F, Kisvárday ZF, Lambolez B, Lewis DA, Marin O, Markram H, Muñoz A, Packer A, Petersen CC, Rockland KS, Rossier J, Rudy B, Somogyi P, Staiger JF, Tamas G, Thomson AM, Toledo-Rodriguez M, Wang Y, West DC, Yuste R (2008) Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex. Nat Rev Neurosci 9: 557-68

Nóbrega-Pereira S, Kessaris N, Du T, Kimura S, Anderson SA, Marín O (2008) Postmitotic Nkx2-1 controls the migration of telencephalic interneurons by direct repression of guidance receptors. Neuron 59: 733-45

Makeyev EV, Maniatis T (2008) Multilevel regulation of gene expression by microRNAs. Science 319: 1789-90
Plachez C, Andrews W, Liapi A, Knoell B, Drescher U, Mankoo B, Zhe L, Mambetisaeva E, Annan A, Bannister L, Parnavelas JG, Richards LJ, Sundaresan V (2008) Robos are required for the correct targeting of retinal ganglion cell axons in the visual pathway of the brain. Mol Cell Neurosci 37: 719-30
Williams RH, Alexopoulos H, Jensen LT, Fugger L, Burdakov D (2008) Adaptive sugar sensors in hypothalamic feeding circuits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 11975-80
O'Leary DD, Sahara S (2008) Genetic regulation of arealization of the neocortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol 18: 90-100
Morice E, Andreae LC, Cooke SF, Vanes L, Fisher EM, Tybulewicz VL, Bliss TV (2008) Preservation of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity despite short-term impairments in the Tc1 mouse model of Down syndrome. Learn Mem 15: 492-500
Buckley CE, Goldsmith P, Franklin RJ (2008) Zebrafish myelination: a transparent model for remyelination? Dis Model Mech 1: 221-8
Tear G (2008) Dynein branches out. Nat Cell Biol 10: 1131-2
Miyake N, Chilton J, Psatha M, Cheng L, Andrews C, Chan WM, Law K, Crosier M, Lindsay S, Cheung M, Allen J, Gutowski NJ, Ellard S, Young E, Iannaccone A, Appukuttan B, Stout JT, Christiansen S, Ciccarelli ML, Baldi A, Campioni M, Zenteno JC, Davenport D, (2008) Human CHN1 mutations hyperactivate alpha2-chimaerin and cause Duane's retraction syndrome. Science 321: 839-43
Larsen C, Bardet PL, Vincent JP, Alexandre C (2008) Specification and positioning of parasegment grooves in Drosophila. Dev Biol 321: 310-8
Bianco IH, Carl M, Russell C, Clarke JD, Wilson SW (2008) Brain asymmetry is encoded at the level of axon terminal morphology. Neural Dev 3: 9
Clarke JD, Jayasinghe SN (2008) Bio-electrosprayed multicellular zebrafish embryos are viable and develop normally. Biomed Mater 3: 11001
Kosodo Y, Toida K, Dubreuil V, Alexandre P, Schenk J, Kiyokage E, Attardo A, Mora-Bermúdez F, Arii T, Clarke JD, Huttner WB (2008) Cytokinesis of neuroepithelial cells can divide their basal process before anaphase. EMBO J 27: 3151-63
Eickholt BJ (2008) Functional diversity and mechanisms of action of the semaphorins. Development 135: 2689-94
Ch'ng Q, Sieburth D, Kaplan JM (2008) Profiling synaptic proteins identifies regulators of insulin secretion and lifespan. PLoS Genet 4: e1000283
Kundrát M, Joss JM, Smith MM (2008) Fate mapping in embryos of Neoceratodus forsteri reveals cranial neural crest participation in tooth development is conserved from lungfish to tetrapods. Evol Dev 10: 531-6
Smith MM, Okabe M, Joss J (2008) Spatial and temporal pattern for the dentition in the Australian lungfish revealed with sonic hedgehog expression profile. Proc Biol Sci
Donoghue PC, Graham A, Kelsh RN (2008) The origin and evolution of the neural crest. Bioessays 30: 530-41
Canning CA, Lee L, Luo SX, Graham A, Jones CM (2008) Neural tube derived Wnt signals cooperate with FGF signaling in the formation and differentiation of the trigeminal placodes. Neural Develop 3: 35
Ng J (2008) TGF{beta} signals regulate axonal development through distinct Smad-independent mechanisms. Development 135: 4025-35
Mason I (2008) The avian embryo: an overview. Methods Mol Biol 461: 223-30
Chambers D, Lumsden A (2008) Profiling gene transcription in the developing embryo: microarray analysis on gene chips. Methods Mol Biol 461: 631-55
Mason I (2008) Chick embryos: incubation and isolation. Methods Mol Biol 461: 231-4
Mahmood R, Mason I (2008) In-situ hybridization of radioactive riboprobes to RNA in tissue sections. Methods Mol Biol 461: 675-86
Mason I (2008) Immunohistochemistry on whole embryos. Methods Mol Biol 461: 725-8
Graham A (2008) Whole embryo assays for programmed cell death. Methods Mol Biol 461: 729-34
Graham A (2008) RT-PCR on embryos using degenerate oligonucleotide primers. Methods Mol Biol 461: 657-66
Guthrie S (2008) Transplantation of avian neural tissue. Methods Mol Biol 461: 305-11
Clarke JD (2008) Using fluorescent dyes for fate mapping, lineage analysis, and axon tracing in the chick embryo. Methods Mol Biol 461: 351-61
Wingate RJ (2008) Microscopy and photomicrography techniques. Methods Mol Biol 461: 747-71
Marler KJ, Becker-Barroso E, Martínez A, Llovera M, Wentzel C, Poopalasundaram S, Hindges R, Soriano E, Comella J, Drescher U (2008) A TrkB/EphrinA interaction controls retinal axon branching and synaptogenesis. J Neurosci 28: 12700-12
Lowe AS, Barker GJ, Beech JS, Ireland MD, Williams SC (2008) A method for removing global effects in small-animal functional MRI. NMR Biomed 21: 53-8
Maggs AM, Huxley C, Hughes SM (2008) Nerve-dependent changes in skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain after experimental denervation and cross-reinnervation and in a demyelinating mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Muscle Nerve 38: 1572-1584
Minchin JE, Hughes SM (2008) Sequential actions of Pax3 and Pax7 drive xanthophore development in zebrafish neural crest. Dev Biol 317: 508-22
Alonso Bde C, Lowe AS, Dear JP, Lee KC, Williams SC, Finnerty GT (2008) Sensory inputs from whisking movements modify cortical whisker maps visualized with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Cereb Cortex 18: 1314-25
Lowe AS, Thompson ID, Sibson NR (2008) Quantitative manganese tract tracing: dose-dependent and activity-independent terminal labelling in the mouse visual system. NMR Biomed 21: 859-67
Russek-Blum N, Gutnick A, Nabel-Rosen H, Blechman J, Staudt N, Dorsky RI, Houart C, Levkowitz G (2008) Dopaminergic neuronal cluster size is determined during early forebrain patterning. Development 135: 3401-13
Alonso M, Ortega-Pérez I, Grubb MS, Bourgeois JP, Charneau P, Lledo PM (2008) Turning astrocytes from the rostral migratory stream into neurons: a role for the olfactory sensory organ. J Neurosci 28: 11089-102
Geraldo S, Khanzada UK, Parsons M, Chilton JK, Gordon-Weeks PR (2008) Targeting of the F-actin-binding protein drebrin by the microtubule plus-tip protein EB3 is required for neuritogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 10: 1181-9
Vashlishan AB, Madison JM, Dybbs M, Bai J, Sieburth D, Ch'ng Q, Tavazoie M, Kaplan JM (2008) An RNAi screen identifies genes that regulate GABA synapses. Neuron 58: 346-61
Selman C, Lingard S, Choudhury AI, Batterham RL, Claret M, Clements M, Ramadani F, Okkenhaug K, Schuster E, Blanc E, Piper MD, Al-Qassab H, Speakman JR, Carmignac D, Robinson IC, Thornton JM, Gems D, Partridge L, Withers DJ (2008) Evidence for lifespan extension and delayed age-related biomarkers in insulin receptor substrate 1 null mice. FASEB J 22: 807-18
Wong R, Piper MD, Blanc E, Partridge L (2008) Pitfalls of measuring feeding rate in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Methods 5: 214-5; author reply 215
Trevelyan AJ, Upton AL, Cordery PM, Thompson ID (2008) An experimentally induced duplication of retinotopic mapping within the hamster primary visual cortex. Eur J Neurosci 26: 3277-90
Harrison B, Kraus M, Burch L, Stevens C, Craig A, Gordon-Weeks P, Hupp TR (2008) DAPK-1 Binding to a Linear Peptide Motif in MAP1B Stimulates Autophagy and Membrane Blebbing. J Biol Chem 283: 9999-10014
Watson S, Chambers D, Hobbs C, Doherty P, Graham A (2008) The endocannabinoid receptor, CB1, is required for normal axonal growth and fasciculation. Mol Cell Neurosci 75
Knight RD, Mebus K, Roehl HH (2008) Mandibular arch muscle identity is regulated by a conserved molecular process during vertebrate development. J Exp Zoolog B Mol Dev Evol
Alfonsi F, Filippi P, Salaun D, deLapeyrière O, Durbec P (2008) LIFR beta plays a major role in neuronal identity determination and glial differentiation in the mouse facial nucleus. Dev Biol 313: 267-78
Virard I, Gubkina O, Alfonsi F, Durbec P (2008) Characterization of heterogeneous glial cell populations involved in dehydration-induced proliferation in the adult rat neurohypophysis. Neuroscience 151: 82-91
Schwarz Q, Vieira JM, Howard B, Eickholt BJ, Ruhrberg C (2008) Neuropilin 1 and 2 control cranial gangliogenesis and axon guidance through neural crest cells. Development
Grubb MS, Nissant A, Murray K, Lledo PM (2008) Functional maturation of the first synapse in olfaction: development and adult neurogenesis. J Neurosci 28: 2919-32
Blentic A, Tandon P, Payton S, Walshe J, Carney T, Kelsh RN, Mason I, Graham A (2008) The emergence of ectomesenchyme. Dev Dyn 237: 592-601
Bannister R, McGonnell IM, Graham A, Thorndyke MC, Beesley PW (2008) Coelomic expression of a novel bone morphogenetic protein in regenerating arms of the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Dev Genes Evol 218: 33-8
van Diepen MT, Eickholt BJ (2008) Function of PTEN during the formation and maintenance of neuronal circuits in the brain. Dev Neurosci 30: 59-64
Cosker KE, Shadan S, van Diepen M, Morgan C, Li M, Allen-Baume V, Hobbs C, Doherty P, Cockcroft S, Eickholt BJ (2008) Regulation of PI3K signalling by the phosphatidylinositol transfer protein PITP{alpha} during axonal extension in hippocampal neurons. J Cell Sci
Hedge TA, Mason I (2008) Expression of Shisa2, a modulator of both Wnt and Fgf signaling, in the chick embryo. Int J Dev Biol 52: 81-5
Johanson Z, Tanaka M, Chaplin N, Smith M (2008) Early Palaeozoic dentine and patterned scales in the embryonic catshark tail. Biol Lett 4: 87-90

2007

Henn IH, Bouman L, Schlehe JS, Schlierf A, Schramm JE, Wegener E, Nakaso K, Culmsee C, Berninger B, Krappmann D, Tatzelt J, Winklhofer KF (2007) Parkin mediates neuroprotection through activation of IkappaB kinase/nuclear factor-kappaB signaling. J Neurosci 27: 1868-78
Berninger B, Guillemot F, Götz M (2007) Directing neurotransmitter identity of neurones derived from expanded adult neural stem cells. Eur J Neurosci 25: 2581-90
Berninger B, Costa MR, Koch U, Schroeder T, Sutor B, Grothe B, Götz M (2007) Functional properties of neurons derived from in vitro reprogrammed postnatal astroglia. J Neurosci 27: 8654-64
Yabut O, Renfro A, Niu S, Swann JW, Marín O, D'Arcangelo G (2007) Abnormal laminar position and dendrite development of interneurons in the reeler forebrain. Brain Res 1140: 75-83

López-Bendito G, Flames N, Ma L, Fouquet C, Di Meglio T, Chedotal A, Tessier-Lavigne M, Marín O (2007) Robo1 and Robo2 cooperate to control the guidance of major axonal tracts in the mammalian forebrain. J Neurosci 27: 3395-407
Flames N, Pla R, Gelman DM, Rubenstein JL, Puelles L, Marín O (2007) Delineation of multiple subpallial progenitor domains by the combinatorial expression of transcriptional codes. J Neurosci 27: 9682-95