Selected Recent Publications
Breunig Joshua J., Arellano Jon I., Macklis Jeffery D., Rakic P. Everything that Glitters Isn't Gold: A Critical Review of Postnatal Neural Precursor Analyses. Cell Stem Cell 2007 Dec 13;1:612-627
Mouse lines using this technology in the public domain
Sarkisian MR, Bartley CM, Chi H, Nakamura F, Hashimoto-Torii K, Torii M, Flavell RA, Rakic P. MEKK4 Signaling Regulates Filamin Expression and Neuronal Migration. Neuron. 2006 Dec 7;52(5):789-801.
Paspalas CD, Rakic P, Goldman-Rakic PS. Internalization of D2 dopamine receptors is clathrin-dependent and select to dendro-axonic appositions in primate prefrontal cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Sep;24(5):1395-403.
Janusonis S, Anderson GM, Shifrovich I, Rakic P. Ontogeny of brain and blood serotonin levels in 5-HT receptor knockout mice: potential relevance to the neurobiology of autism.J Neurochem. 2006 Nov;99(3):1019-31. Epub 2006 Sep 18.
Rakic P. Neuroscience. No more cortical neurons for you. Science. 2006 Aug 18;313(5789):928-9.
Ang ES Jr, Gluncic V, Duque A, Schafer ME, Rakic P. Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves impacts neuronal migration in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 22;103(34):12903-10.
Rakic P.A century of progress in corticoneurogenesis: from silver impregnation to genetic engineering. Cereb Cortex. 2006 Jul;16 Suppl 1:i3-17.
Bystron I, Rakic P, Molnar Z, Blakemore C.The first neurons of the human cerebral cortex.Nat Neurosci. 2006 Jul;9(7):880-6.
Morozov YM, Ayoub AE, Rakic P.Translocation of synaptically connected interneurons across the dentate gyrus of the early postnatal rat hippocampus. J Neurosci. 2006 May 10;26(19):5017-27.
Gal JS, Morozov YM, Ayoub AE, Chatterjee M, Rakic P, Haydar TF. Molecular and morphological heterogeneity of neural precursors in the mouse neocortical proliferative zones. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 18;26(3):1045-56.
Rakic P.Vive la difference! Neuron. 2005 Aug 4;47(3):323-5.
Rakic P. Less is more: progenitor death and cortical size. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Aug;8(8):981-2.
Chi H, Sarkisian MR, Rakic P, Flavell RA.
Loss of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4 (MEKK4) results in enhanced apoptosis and defective neural tube development.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 8;102(10):3846-51. Epub 2005 Feb 24.
Silva RM, Kuan CY, Rakic P, Burke RE. Mixed lineage kinase-c-jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway: a new therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease.Mov Disord. 2005 Jun;20(6):653-64. Review.
Kuan CY, Schloemer AJ, Lu A, Burns KA, Weng WL, Williams MT, Strauss KI, Vorhees CV, Flavell RA, Davis RJ, Sharp FR, Rakic P. Hypoxia-ischemia induces DNA synthesis without cell proliferation in dying neurons in adult rodent brain. J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 24;24(47):10763-72.
Miska EA, Alvarez-Saavedra E, Townsend M, Yoshii A, Sestan N, Rakic P, Constantine-Paton M, Horvitz HR.
Microarray analysis of microRNA expression in the developing mammalian brain.
Genome Biol. 2004;5(9):R68. Epub 2004 Aug 31.
Rakic P.Neuroscience. Genetic control of cortical convolutions.Science. 2004 Mar 26;303(5666):1983-4.
Markakis EA, Palmer TD, Randolph-Moore L, Rakic P, Gage FH. Novel neuronal phenotypes from neural progenitor cells. J Neurosci. 2004 Mar 24;24(12):2886-97.
Rakic P.Neuroscience: immigration denied. Nature. 2004 Feb 19;427(6976):685-6.
Janusonis S, Gluncic V, Rakic P.Early serotonergic projections to Cajal-Retzius cells: relevance for cortical development. J Neurosci. 2004 Feb 18;24(7):1652-9.
Gongidi V, Ring C, Moody M, Brekken R, Sage EH, Rakic P, Anton ES.SPARC-like 1 regulates the terminal phase of radial glia-guided migration in the cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2004 Jan 8;41(1):57-69.
Hunot S, Vila M, Teismann P, Davis RJ, Hirsch EC, Przedborski S, Rakic P, Flavell RA. JNK-mediated induction of cyclooxygenase 2 is required for neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jan 13;101(2):665-70. Epub 2004 Jan 2.
Kuan CY, Whitmarsh AJ, Yang DD, Liao G, Schloemer AJ, Dong C, Bao J,Banasiak KJ, Haddad GG, Flavell RA, Davis RJ, Rakic P. A critical role of neural-specific JNK3 for ischemic apoptosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Dec 9;100(25):15184-9. Epub 2003 Dec 1.
Li MO, Sarkisian MR, Mehal WZ, Rakic P, Flavell RA.Phosphatidylserine receptor is required for clearance of apoptotic cells. Science. 2003 Nov 28;302(5650):1560-3.
Ang ES Jr, Haydar TF, Gluncic V, Rakic P. Four-dimensional migratory coordinates of GABAergic interneurons in the developing mouse cortex. J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 2;23(13):5805-15.
Rakic P.Developmental and evolutionary adaptations of cortical radial glia. Cereb Cortex.> 2003 Jun;13(6):541-9. Review.
Haydar TF, Ang E Jr, Rakic P. Mitotic spindle rotation and mode of cell division in the developing telencephalon. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 4;100(5):2890-5. Epub 2003 Feb 14.
Rakic P.Elusive radial glial cells: historical and evolutionary perspective. Glia. 2003 Jul;43(1):19-32. Review.
Letinic K, Zoncu R, Rakic P.Origin of GABAergic neurons in the human neocortex. Nature. 2002 Jun 6;417(6889):645-9.
Rakic P.Neurogenesis in adult primates. Prog Brain Res. 2002;138:3-14. Review.