Brain Star Award
Huge congratulations to Dr. Jordan Shimell for winning a prestigious CAN Brain Star Award! Brain Star Award winner: Jordan James Shimell
News
The X-Linked Intellectual Disability Gene Zdhhc9 Is Essential for Dendrite Outgrowth and Inhibitory Synapse Formation.
The X-Linked Intellectual Disability Gene Zdhhc9 Is Essential for Dendrite Outgrowth and Inhibitory Synapse Formation. Shimell JJ, Shah BS, Cain SM, Thouta S, Kuhlmann N, Tatarnikov I, Jovellar DB, Brigidi GS, Kass J, Milnerwood AJ, Snutch TP, Bamji SX. (2019) Cell Reports. Nov 19;29(8):2422-2437. PMID: 31747610
Microscope Instructions
Zeiss LSM 880 with Airyscan Instructions for use of the Zeiss fluorescent microscope Download Zeiss LSM 880 manual Download instructions for spine and puncta imaging
Welcome Angie Wild
A huge welcome to Angie Wild who officially joined our lab as an RA from the Dell’Acqua lab!
Cadherins mediate cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity and behavioral conditioning.
Cadherins mediate cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity and behavioral conditioning. Mills F*, Globa AK*, Liu S, Cowan CM, Mobasser M, Philips AG, Borgland SL, Bamji SX. (2017) Nature Neuroscience. Apr;20(4):540-549.PMID: 28192395
Consumption of palatable food primes food approach behavior by rapidly increasing synaptic density in the VTA.
Consumption of palatable food primes food approach behavior by rapidly increasing synaptic density in the VTA. Liu S, Globa AK, Mills F, Naef L, Qiao M, Bamji SX, Borgland SL. (2016) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. March 1:113(9):2520-2525.PMID: 26884159
Use-dependent activation of neuronal Kv1.2 channel complexes.
Use-dependent activation of neuronal Kv1.2 channel complexes. Baronas VA, McGuinness BR Vilin YY, Brigidi SG, Bamji SX, Yang R, Kurata T. (2015) Journal of Neuroscience. Feb 25;35(8):4518-13.PMID: 25716850
Activity-Regulated Trafficking of the Palmitoyl-Acyl Transferase DHHC5.
Activity-Regulated Trafficking of the Palmitoyl-Acyl Transferase DHHC5. Brigidi S, Santyr B, Shimell J, Jovellar B, Bamji SX. (2015) Nature Communications. Sep 3;6:8200.PMID: 26334723
Cognitive flexibility and long-term depression (LTD) are impaired following β-catenin stabilization in vivo.
Cognitive flexibility and long-term depression (LTD) are impaired following β-catenin stabilization in vivo. Mills F, Bartlett TE, Dissing-Olesen L, Wisniewska MB, Kuznicki J, Macvicar BA, Wang YT, Bamji SX. (2014) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. U.S.A. Jun 10;111(23):8631-6.PMID: 24912177
