Recent Publications
Welch*, JM., Lu*, J., Rodriguiz, RM., Trotta, NC., Peca, J., Ding, J-D., Feliciano, C., Chen, M., Adams, JP., Luo, J., Dudek, SM., Weinberg, RJ., Calakos, N., Wetsel, WC., and Feng, G. (2007) Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviors in SAPAP3 mutant mice. Nature 448:894-900. News & Views, 448: 871-872. *co-first authors.
Arenkiel, B.A., Peca, J., Davison, I.G., Feliciano, C., Deisseroth, K., Augustine, G.J., Ehlers, M.D., and Feng, G. (2007) Light-Induced Activation of Neural Circuitry in Transgenic Mice Expressing Channelrhodopsin-2. Neuron 54:205-218.
Lu, Z, Je, H-S., Young, P., Gross, J., Lu, B., and Feng, G. (2007) Regulation of Synaptic Growth and Maturation by a Synapse-Associated E3 Ubiquitin Ligase at the Neuromuscular Junction. J. Cell Biol. 177:1077-1089.
Wang*, H., Peca*, J., Matsusaki, M., Matsusaki, K., Noguchi, J., Qiu, L., Wang, D., Zhang, F., Boyden, E., Deisseroth, K., Kasai, H., Hall, WC., Feng**, G., and Augustine**, GJ (2007) High-speed mapping of synaptic connectivity using photostimulation in Channelrhodopsin-2 transgenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.104:8143-8148. *co-first authors, **co-corresponding authors
Wang*, D., Kelly*, B.B., Albrecht, D.E., Adams, M.E., Froehner, S.C., and Feng, G. (2007) Complete deletion of all a-dystrobrevin isoforms does not reveal new synaptic phenotypes. Gene Expression. In press. *co-first authors.
Mizrahi A, Lu J, Irving R, Feng G, Katz LC. (2006) In vivo imaging of juxtaglomerular neuron turnover in the mouse olfactory bulb. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103:1912-7
Li CY, Zhang XL, Matthews EA, Li KW, Kurwa A, Boroujerdi A, Gross J, Gold MS, Dickenson AH, Feng G, Luo ZD. (2006) Calcium channel alpha(2)delta(1) subunit mediates spinal hyperexcitability in pain modulation. Pain 125:20-34.
Kelly BB, Hedlund E, Kim C, Ishiguro H, Isacson O, Chikaraishi DM, Kim KS, Feng G. (2006) A tyrosine hydroxylase-yellow fluorescent protein knock-in reporter system labeling dopaminergic neurons reveals potential regulatory role for the first intron of the rodent tyrosine hydroxylase gene. Neurosci. 142:343-54.
Ficklin, MB., Zhao, S., and Feng, G. (2005) Ubiquilin-1 regulates nicotine-induced upregulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. J. Biol. Chem. 280:34088-34095.
Haverkamp S, Wassle H, Duebel J, Kuner T, Augustine GJ, Feng G, Euler T. (2005) The primordial, blue-cone color system of the mouse retina. J Neurosci. 25:5438-45.
Young, P., Nie, J., Wang, X., McGlade, CJ, Rich, MM, and Feng, G. (2005) Interaction of ErbB2 with LNX1 E3 ubiquitin ligase: potential role in the development of perisynaptic Schwann cells at the neuromuscular junction. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 30:238-48.
Parker, M.J., Zhao, S., Bredt, D.S., Sanes, J.R., and Feng, G. (2004) PSD93 regulates synaptic stability at neuronal cholinergic synapses. J. Neurosci. 24:378-88.
Young P, Feng G. (2004) Labeling neurons in vivo for morphological and functional studies. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 14:642-6.
Welch, J.W. Wang, D., and Feng, G. (2004) Differential mRNA expression and protein localization of the SAP90/PSD-95-associated proteins (SAPAPs) in the nervous system of the mouse. J. Comp. Neurol. 472:24-39.
Finn, A.J., Feng**, G., and Pendergast**, A.M. (2003) Postsynaptic requirement for Abl kinases in assembly of the neuromuscular junction. Nat. Neurosci. 6:717-23. News & Views, 6:653-654. **co-corresponding authors.
Feng, G., Hood, R., Bernstein, M., Keller-Peck, C., Nguyen, Q., Wallace, M., Nerbonne, J.M., Litchman, J.W. and Sanes, J.R (2000). Imaging neuronal subsets in transgenic mice expressing multiple spectral variants of GFP. Neuron 28:41-51.
Feng, G., Laskowski, M.B., Feldheim, D.A., Wang, H., Lewis, R., Frisen, J., Flanagan, J.G. and Sanes, J.R. (2000) Roles for ephrins in positionally selective synaptogenesis between motor neurons and muscle fibers. Neuron 25:295-306.
Feng*, G., Tintrup*, H., Kirsch, J., Nichol, M., Kuhse, J., Betz, H. and Sanes, J.R. (1998) Dual requirement for gephyrin in glycine receptor clustering and molybdoenzyme activity. Science 282:1321-1324. Perspectives, 282: 1277-1279. *co-first authors.
Feng, G., Deak, P., Chopra, M. and Hall, L.M. (1995) Cloning and functional analysis of tipE: A novel membrane protein which enhances Drosophila para sodium channel function. Cell 82:1001-1011.