Cellular Neurobiology Journal Club

Summer 2004

Below is a list of the dates people are presenting articles for the club meetings:

Date	Presenter	Paper
July 13	Sho Fujisawa	Actin has a molecular scaffolding, not propulsive, role in presynaptic function. S. Sankaranarayanan et al. Nat. Neuro. (2003) 6(2): 127-135. Disruption of actin impedes transmitter release in snake motor terminals. Cole et al. J. Phys. (2000) 525(3): 579-586.
July 27	Eric Chang	Glutamate receptors regulat actin-based plasticity in dendritic spines, Maria Fischer, Stefanie Kaech, Uta Wagner Heike Brinkhaus, and Andrew Matus Nature 2000 September 3;9: 887-894
August 3	Robert Levy	Persistent decrease in synaptic efficacy induced by nicotine at Schaffer collateral CA1 synapses in the immature rat hippocampus, Maggi, Sola Menneci, Magueresse, Pierre, Changeux, and Cherubini Phsiology in Press 2004 July 22
August 17	Dan Sanes	Specific GABAA Circuits for Visual Cortical Plasticity, Fagiolini, Fritschy, Low, Mohler, Rudolph, and Hensch Science 2004 March 12;303: 1681-1683
August 31	Maria Ter-Mikaelian	Kim J., Li S., GrandPre T., Qiu D., and Strittmatter S. Axon regeneration in young adult mice lacking Nogo-A/B. Neuron 38: 187-199, 2003. Simonen M., Pedersen V., Weinmann O., Schnell L, Buss A., Ledermann B., Christ F., Sansig G., van der Putten H., and Schwab M. Systemic deletion of the myelin-associated outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A improves regenerative and plastic responses after spinal cord injury. Neuron 38: 201-211, 2003. Zheng B., Ho C., Li S., Keirstead H., Steward O., and Tessier- Lavigne M. Lack of enhanced spinal regeneration in Nogo-deficient mice. Neuron 38: 213-224, 2003.