Neuroscience Department

SPRING BREAK

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"AIP limits neurotransmitter release by inhibiting calcium bursts from the ryanodine receptor."

Presenter:
Zhao-Wen Wang, PhD, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health, Farmington, CT

Citation:
Chen B, Hujber EJ, Li Y, Jorgensen EM, and Wang ZW. AIP limits neurotransmitter release by inhibiting calcium bursts from the ryanodine receptor. Nat Commun 2017
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01704-z

Neuroscience Journal Club

Jian Xing
Graduate Assistant

Paper to be presented: Levin, E., Leibinger, M., Gobrecht, P., Hilla, A., Andreadaki, A., and Fischer, D. (2019) Muscle LIM Protein Is Expressed in the Injured Adult CNS and Promotes Axon Regeneration Cell Rep. 26, 1021–1032.e6

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718319569?via%3Dihub

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Manipulating peptidergic pathways by tissue-specific elimination of an essential biosynthetic enzyme"

Presenter:
Richard E. Mains, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience,
UConn Health Farmington, CT

Citation:
Changes in Corticotrope Gene Expression Upon Increased Expression of Peptidylglycine α-Amidating Monooxygenase.
Mains RE, Blaby-Haas C, Rheaume BA, Eipper BA.
Endocrinology. 2018 Jul 1;159(7):2621-2639.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29788427