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Adolescent seizure impacts oligodendrocyte maturation, neuronal-glial circuit Formation, and myelination in the mammalian forebrain

Foutch, K.*, Tilton, I.*, Cooney, A*., Bender, C.*, Licharz, C.*, Baldemor, M.*, Rock, C.*, Sahagun, A. A*. Brock, R.*, Gupta, R*., Franzia, C.*, Garcia, M.F*, Arellano-Reyes, C.*, Lohhandwala, M.*, Moura, D., Noguchi, H., and Cocas, L.** Adolescent Seizure Impacts Oligodendrocyte Development, Neuronal-Glial Circuit Formation, and Myelination. Neuroscience, Neuroscience, 2024, ISSN 0306-4522, doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.11.050.*

Shh from mossy cells contributes to preventing NSC pool depletion after seizure-induced neurogenesis and in aging

Noguchi H, Arela JC, Ngo T, Cocas L, Pleasure S. Elife. 2023 Dec 11;12:RP91263. doi: 10.7554/eLife.91263. PMID: 38079471; PMCID: PMC10712957.

Neuronal Activity Changes the Number of Neurons That Are Synaptically Connected to OPCs

Moura D, Parvathaneni A, Sahagun A, Noguchi H, Garcia J, Brennan E, Brock R, Tilton I, Halladay L, Pleasure S, Cocas L. eNeuro. 2023 Oct 23;10(10):ENEURO.0126-23.2023. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0126-23.2023. PMID: 37813563; PMCID: PMC10598642.

Neuron to Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Synapses: Protagonists in Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination, and Targets for Therapeutics

Moura DMS, Brennan EJ, Brock R, Cocas LA. Neuron to Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Synapses: Protagonists in Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination, and Targets for Therapeutics. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15: 779125. PMID 35115904 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.779125 

Cell Type-Specific Monosynaptic Viral Circuit Tracing in the Developing Brain

Cocas, L., and Fernandez-Garcia, G. (2017). Cell Type Specific Monosynaptic Viral Circuit Tracing in the Developing Brain. In A. Poulopoulos, (Ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology: Synapse Development, vol. 1538. ISBN 978-1-4939-6688-2.

Cell Type-Specific Viral Circuit Tracing Reveals Novel Insights into the Presynaptic Connectivity of Developing Cortical Circuits 

Cocas, L. A., Fernandez-Garcia, G., Doll, J., Zamora-Diaz, I., and Pleasure, S.J. (2016). Cell Type Specific Viral Circuit Tracing Reveals Novel Insights into the Presynaptic Connectivity of Developing Cortical Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience, 36 (11), 3378-90.

Wrong place, wrong time: ectopic progenitors cause cortical heterotopias

Cocas, L., & Pleasure, S.J. Wrong place, wrong time: ectopic progenitors cause cortical heterotopias. Nature Neuroscience, 2014 Jun 25; 17(7): 894-5

Pax6 Is Required at the Telencephalic Pallial–Subpallial Boundary for the Generation of Neuronal Diversity in the Postnatal Limbic System

Cocas, L. A., Georgala, P. A., Mangin, J.-M., Clegg, J. M., Kessaris, N., Haydar, T., Gallo, V. Price, D. J., and Corbin, J. G. (2011). Pax6 is required at the telencephalic pallial-subpallial boundary for the generation of neuronal diversity in the post-natal limbic system. Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (14), 5313-24.

Emx1-Lineage Progenitors Differentially Contribute to Neural Diversity in the Striatum and Amygdala

Cocas, L. A., Miyoshi, G., Carney, R.S., Sousa, V. M., Hirata, T., Jones, K., Fishell, G., Huntsman, M., and Corbin, J. G. (2009). Early-born Emx1-lineage progenitors differentially contribute to neural diversity in the mature striatum and amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 15933-46.

Identification of distinct telencephalic progenitor pools for neuronal diversity in the amygdala

Hirata, T., Li, P., Lanuza, G. M., Cocas, L. A., Hunstman, M., and Corbin, J. G. (2009). Identification of distinct telencephalic progenitor pools for neuronal cell diversity in the amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, 12, 141-9.

Differential Regulation of Telencephalic Pallial–Subpallial Boundary Patterning by Pax6 and Gsh2

Carney, R.S., Cocas, L.A., Hirata, T., Mansfield, K., and Corbin, J.G. (2008). Differential Regulation of Telencephalic Pallial-Subpallial Boundary Patterning by Pax6 and Gsh2. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 745-59.

Perception precedes computation: can familiarity preferences explain apparent calculation by human babies? 

Moore DS, Cocas LA. Perception precedes computation: can familiarity preferences explain apparent calculation by human babies? Developmental Psychology. 42: 666-78. PMID 16802899 DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.666 

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