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“Building on NeuroNEXT: “Next Generation”

Ratan, R. R.
Ann Neurol
, 2017.

“Ependymal cell contribution to scar formation after spinal cord injury is minimal, local and dependent on direct ependymal injury.”

Ren, Y., Y. Ao, T. M. O'Shea, J. E. Burda, A. M. Bernstein, A. J. Brumm, N. Muthusamy, H. T. Ghashghaei, S. T. Carmichael, L. Cheng and M. V. Sofroniev
Sci Rep
, 2017.

“An alphaII spectrin based cytoskeleton protects large diameter Myelinated axons from degeneration.”

Huang, C. Y., C. Zhang, D. R. Zollinger, C. Leterrier and M. N. Rasband
J Neurosci
, 2017.

“Expanding Axonal Transcriptome Brings New Functions for Axonally Synthesized Proteins in Health and Disease.”

Kar, A. N., S. J. Lee and J. L. Twiss
Neuroscientist
, 2017.

“A Molecular Cascade Modulates MAP1B and Confers Resistance to mTOR Inhibition in Human Glioblastoma.”

Laks, D. R., J. A. Oses-Prieto, A. G. Alvarado, J. Nakashima, S. Chand, D. B. Azzam, A. A. Gholkar, J. Sperry, K. Ludwig, M. C. Condro, S. Nazarian, A. Cardenas, M. Y. S. Shih, R. Damoiseaux, B. France, N. Orozco, K. Visnyei, T. J. Crisman, F. Gao, J. Z. Torres, G. Coppola, A. L. Burlingame and H. I. Kornblum
Neuro Oncol
, 2017.

“Mobile zinc increases rapidly in the retina after optic nerve injury and regulates ganglion cell survival and optic nerve regeneration.”

Li, Y., L. Andereggen, K. Yuki, K. Omura, Y. Yin, H. Y. Gilbert, B. Erdogan, M. S. Asdourian, C. Shrock, S. de Lima, U. P. Apfel, Y. Zhuo, M. Hershfinkel, S. J. Lippard, P. A. Rosenberg and L. Benowitz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
, 2017.

“Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia.”

Liddelow, S. A., K. A. Guttenplan, L. E. Clarke, F. C. Bennett, C. J. Bohlen, L. Schirmer, M. L. Bennett, A. E. Munch, W. S. Chung, T. C. Peterson, D. K. Wilton, A. Frouin, B. A. Napier, N. Panicker, M. Kumar, M. S. Buckwalter, D. H. Rowitch, V. L. Dawson, T. M. Dawson, B. Stevens and B. A. Barres
Nature
, 2017.

“LRP1 regulates peroxisome biogenesis and cholesterol homeostasis in oligodendrocytes and is required for proper CNS myelin development and repair.”

Lin, J. P., Y. A. Mironova, P. Shrager and R. J. Giger
Elife
, 2017.

“DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells.”

Harterink, M., M. E. da Silva, L. Will, J. Turan, A. Ibrahim, A. E. Lang, E. Y. van Battum, R. J. Pasterkamp, L. C. Kapitein, D. Kudryashov, B. A. Barres, C. C. Hoogenraad and J. B. Zuchero
Nat Methods
, 2017.

“The Role of Chromatin Density in Cell Population Heterogeneity during Stem Cell Differentiation.”

Golkaram, M., J. Jang, S. Hellander, K. S. Kosik and L. R. Petzold
Sci Rep
, 2017.

“DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells.”

Harterink, M., M. E. da Silva, L. Will, J. Turan, A. Ibrahim, A. E. Lang, E. Y. van Battum, R. J. Pasterkamp, L. C. Kapitein, D. Kudryashov, B. A. Barres, C. C. Hoogenraad and J. B. Zuchero
Nat Methods
, 2017.

“Dynein/dynactin is necessary for anterograde transport of Mbp mRNA in oligodendrocytes and for myelination in vivo.”

Herbert, A. L., M. M. Fu, C. M. Drerup, R. S. Gray, B. L. Harty, S. D. Ackerman, T. O'Reilly-Pol, S. L. Johnson, A. V. Nechiporuk, B. A. Barres and K. R. Monk
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
, 2017.

“alphaII spectrin forms a periodic cytoskeleton at the axon initial segment and is required for nervous system function.”

Huang, C. Y., C. Zhang, T. S. Ho, J. Oses-Prieto, A. L. Burlingame, J. Lalonde, J. L. Noebels, C. Leterrier and M. N. Rasband
J Neurosci
, 2017.

“A Spontaneous Missense Mutation in Branched Chain Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase in the Rat Affects Both the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems.”

Zigler, J. S., Jr., C. A. Hodgkinson, M. Wright, A. Klise, O. Sundin, K. W. Broman, F. Hejtmancik, H. Huang, B. Patek, Y. Sergeev, S. Hose, C. Brayton, J. Xaiodong, D. Vasquez, N. Maragakis, S. Mori, D. Goldman, A. Hoke and D. Sinha
PLoS One
, 2016.

“Comprehensive Monosynaptic Rabies Virus Mapping of Host Connectivity with Neural Progenitor Grafts after Spinal Cord Injury.”

Adler, A. F., C. Lee-Kubli, H. Kumamaru, K. Kadoya and M. H. Tuszynski
Stem Cell Reports
, 2016.

“The paranodal cytoskeleton clusters Na+ channels at nodes of Ranvier.”

Amor, V., C. Zhang, A. Vainshtein, A. Zhang, D. R. Zollinger, Y. Eshed-Eisenbach, P. J. Brophy, M. N. Rasband and E. Peles
Elife
, 2016.