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Bialecki J, Werner A, Weilinger NL, Tucker CM, Vecchiarelli HA, Egaña J, Mendizabal-Zubiaga J, Grandes P, Hill MN, Thompson RJ. J Neurosci. 2020;40(4):729‐742. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0257-19.2019
J Physiol. 2020 Jan;598(2):361-379. doi: 10.1113/JP278759.
Stress gates an astrocytic energy reservoir to impair synaptic plasticity.
Murphy-Royal C, Johnston AD, Boyce AKJ, Diaz-Castro B, Institoris A, Peringod G, Zhang O, Stout RF, Spray DC, Thompson RJ, Khakh BS, Bains JS, Gordon GR. Nature Communications. 2020;11(2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15778-9
Optogenetic control with a photocleavable protein, PhoCl.
Wei Zhang, Alexander W Lohman, Yevgeniya Zhuravlova, Xiaocen Lu, Matthew D Wiens, Hiofan Hoi, Sine Yaganoglu, Manuel A Mohr, Elena N Kitova, John S Klassen, Periklis Pantazis, Roger J Thompson & Robert E Campbell. Nature Methods (2017).
Metabotropic NMDA receptor signaling couples Src family kinases to pannexin-1 during excitotoxicity.
Weilinger NL, Lohman AW, Rakai BD, Ma EM, Bialecki J, Maslieieva V, Rilea T, Bandet MV, Ikuta NT, Scott L, Colicos MA, Teskey GC, Winship IR, Thompson RJ. Nat Neurosci. 2016 Feb 8. doi: 10.1038/nn.4236.
A critical role for pannexin-1 in activation of innate immune cells of the choroid plexus.
Maslieieva V, Thompson RJ. Channels (Austin). 2014;8(2):131-41. doi: 10.4161/chan.27653. Epub 2014 Jan 13.
Anoxia-induced NMDA receptor activation opens pannexin channels via Src family kinases.
Weilinger NL, Tang PL, Thompson RJ. J Neurosci. 2012 Sep 5;32(36):12579-88. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1267-12.2012.
Activation of pannexin-1 hemichannels augments aberrant bursting in the hippocampus.
Thompson RJ, Jackson MF, Olah ME, Rungta RL, Hines DJ, Beazely MA, MacDonald JF, MacVicar BA. Science. 2008 Dec 5;322(5907):1555-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1165209.
Ischemia opens neuronal gap junction hemichannels.
Thompson RJ, Zhou N, MacVicar BA. Science. 2006 May 12;312(5775):924-7.
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