Cohen-Cory Lab Publications

Stage 45 tadpole with labeled RGC axon branching in the optic tectum

• Sanchez AL, Matthews BJ, Meynard MM, Hu B, Javed S, Cohen-Cory SC (2006) BDNF increases synaptic density in dendrites of developing tectal neurons in vivo. Development, 133:2477-86

• Hu B, Nikolakopoulou AM, Cohen-Cory S (2005) BDNF stabilizes synapses and maintains the structural complexity of optic axons in vivo. Development, 132:4285-98

• Tran TS, Cohen-Cory S, Phelps PE (2004) Embryonic GABAergic spinal commissural neurons project rostrally to mesencephalic targets. J Comp Neurol, 475:327-39

• Cohen-Cory S, Lom B (2004) Neurotrophic regulation of retinal ganglion cell synaptic connectivity: from axons and dendrites to synapses. Int J Dev Biol.(2004) 48:947-56

• Prakash N, Cohen-Cory S, Penschuck S, Frostic RD (2004) Basal forebrain cholinergic system is involved in rapid nerve growth factor (NGF)-inuced plasticity in the barrel cortex of adult rats. J Neurophysiol, 1:424-37

• Cohen-Cory S (2002) The developing synapse: construction and modulation of synaptic structures and circuits. Science, 298:770-6. Review.

• Cohen-Cory S (2002) The double life of netrin. Nat Neurosci, 5:926-8.
  

• Lom B, Cogen J, Sanchez AL, Vu T, Cohen-Cory S (2002) Local and target-derived brain-derived neurotrophic factor exert opposing effects on the dendritic arborization of retinal ganglion cells in vivo. J Neurosci, 22:7639-49.
  

• Alsina B, Vu T and Cohen-Cory S (2001) Visualizing synapse formation in arborizing optic axons in vivo: dynamics and modulation by BDNF. Nat Neurosci, 4:1093-101.
  

• Cogen J and Cohen-Cory S (2000) Nitric oxide modulates retinal ganglion cell axon arbor remodeling in vivo. J Neurobiol, 45:120-33.
  

• Prakash N, Vanderhaeghen P, Cohen-Cory S, Frise´n J , Flanagan JG and Frostig RD (2000) Malformation of the functional organization of somatosensory cortex in adult Ephrin-A5 knock-out mice revealed by in vivo functional imaging. J Neurosci, 20:5841–5847.
  

• Cohen-Cory S (1999) BDNF modulates, but does not mediate, activity-dependent branching and remodeling of optic axon arbors in vivo. J Neurosci, 19:9996-10003.
  

• Lom B, Cohen-Cory S. (1999) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor differentially regulates retinal ganglion cell dendritic and axonal arborization in vivo. J Neurosci, 19:9928-38.
  

• Cohen-Cory S, Escandon E, Fraser SE. (1996) The cellular patterns of BDNF and trkB expression suggest multiple roles for BDNF during Xenopus visual system development. Dev Biol, 179:102-15.
  

• Cohen-Cory S, Fraser SE. (1995) Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on optic axon branching and remodelling in vivo. Nature, 378:192-6.
  

• Cohen-Cory S, Fraser SE. (1994) BDNF in the development of the visual system of Xenopus. Neuron, 12:747-61

Synapse development -- review

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