Publications

 

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Craig S. Walker, Penelope J. Brockie, David M. Madsen, Michael M. Francis, Yi Zheng, Sri Koduri, Jerry E. MellemNathalie Strutz-Seebohm, and Andres V. Maricq
Reconstitution of invertebrate glutamate receptor function depends on stargazin-like proteins.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 11;103(28):10781-6. Epub 2006 Jul 3.

Craig S. Walker, Michael M. Francis, Penelope J. Brockie, David M. Madsen, Yi Zheng, and Andres V. MaricqConserved SOL-1 proteins regulate ionotropic glutamate receptor desensitization.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 11;103(28):10787-92. Epub 2006 Jul 3.

Zheng, Y., Brockie, P.J., Mellem, J.E., Madsen, D.M., Walker, C.S., and Maricq, A.V.
SOL-1 is an auxiliary subunit that modulates the gating of GLR-1 glutamate receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 24;103(4):1100-5. Epub 2006 Jan 17.

Norman, K.R., Fazzio, R.T., Mellem, J.E., Espelt, M.V., Strange, K., Beckerle, M., and Maricq, A.V.  (2005) The Rho/Rac family guanine nucleotide exchange factor VAV-1 regulates rhythmic behaviors in C. elegans. Cell 123: 119-132.

  Press Releases:

The Scientist, UK:
New control over worm rhythms

UU news release on News-Medical.Net:
Researchers find gene that is important for the control of fundamental rhythms in nematode worms

HealthDay News story on Forbes.com:
Wrigglers Yield Clues to Human Body Rhythms

United Press International Story:
Gene found that controls rhythmic events

Francis, M.M., Evans, S.P., Jensen, M., Madsen, D.M., Mancusco, J., Norman, K., and Maricq, A. V. (2005) The Ror Receptor Tyrosine Kinase CAM-1 is Required for ACR-16 Mediated Synaptic Transmission at the C. elegans Neuromuscular Junction. Neuron 46: 581-594.

de Bono, M., and Maricq, A.V. (2005)  Neuronal Substrates of Complex Behaviors in C. elegans. Annual Review of Neuroscience 28: 451-501.

Brockie, P.J. and Maricq, A.V. (2005)  Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors: Genetics, Behavior and Electrophysiology. In, WormBook. M. Chalfie, and L. Girard, eds. (Invited Review, in press).

Francis, M.M. and Maricq, A.V. (2005) Electrophysiological analysis of muscles and neuronal function in C. elegans. In, C. elegans: Methods and Applications. Humana Press. (Invited Review, submitted).

Aronoff, R., Sprengel, R., Mellem, J., Maricq, A.V., and Seeburg, P. (2004) Neuronal toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans from an editing site mutant in glutamate receptor channels.  J. Neuroscience 24: 8135-40.

Zheng, Y., Mellem, J.E., Brockie, P.J., Madsen, D.M., and Maricq, A.V. (2004)  SOL-1 is a CUB-Domain Protein Required for GLR-1 Glutamate Receptor Function in C. elegans. Nature 427: 451-457.

Grunwald, M.E., Mellem, J., Strutz, N., Maricq, A.V., and Kaplan, J.M. (2004)  Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is required for homeostatic regulation of GLR-1 glutamate receptors in C. elegans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), 101:3190-5.

Hills, T., Brockie, P.J., and Maricq, A.V. (2004)  Dopamine and glutamate control area-restricted search behavior in C. elegansJ. Neuroscience 24: 1217-1225.

Strutz-Seebohm, N., Werner, M, Madsen, D.M., Seebohm, G., Zheng, Y., Walker, C.S., Maricq, A.V., and Hollmann, M. (2003)  Functional analysis of C. elegans glutamate receptor subunits by domain transplantation. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 44691–44701.

Francis, M.M., Mellem, J.E., and Maricq, A.V. (2003)  Bridging the gap between genes and behavior: recent advances in the electrophysiological analysis of neural function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Trends in Neurosciences 26: 90-99.

Brockie, P.J. and Maricq, A.V. (2003)  Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans. NeuroSignals. 12: 108-125.

Mellem, J.E., Brockie, P.J., Zheng, Y., Madsen, D.M., and Maricq, A.V. (2002)  Decoding of Polymodal Sensory Stimuli by Postsynaptic Glutamate Receptors in C. elegans. Neuron 36: 933-944.

Tobin, D.M., Madsen, D.M., Moulder, G., Peckol, E.L., Barstead, R., Maricq, A.V., and Bargmann, C.I. (2002)  Combinatorial expression of TRPV channel proteins defines their specific sensory functions and subcellular localization in C. elegans neurons. Neuron 35: 307-318.

Brockie, P.J. and A.V. Maricq (2002)  C. elegans neural development.  In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: Nature Publishing Group.

Brockie, P.J., Mellem, J.E., Hills, T., Madsen, D.M., and Maricq, A.V. (2001)  The C. elegans glutamate receptor subunit NMR-1 is required for slow NMDA-activated currents that regulate reversal frequency during locomotion. Neuron 31: 617-630.

Brockie, P.J., Madsen, D.M., Zheng, Y., Mellem, J.E., and Maricq, A.V. (2001)  Differential expression of glutamate receptor subunits in the nervous system of C. elegans and their regulation by the homeodomain protein UNC-42. J. Neuroscience 21: 1510-1522.

Zheng, Y., Brockie, P.J., Mellem, J.E., Madsen, D.M. and Maricq, A.V. (1999)  Neuronal control of locomotion in C. elegans is modified by a dominant mutation in the GLR-1 ionotropic glutamate receptor. Neuron 24: 347-361.

 

 
 

 

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