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Renping Zhou , PhD

Professor
Chemical Biology

BA 19

Ph D 19

Postdoctoral Training 19

 



Rutgers University
Dept. of Chemical Biology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
164 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, N.J. 08854-0789

(732) 445-3400, Ext 26
FAX: (732) 445- -0687
rzhou@rci.rutgers.edu

 

 
Research Interests Research Techniques
Regulation of axonal guidance and synapse formation by growth factors and receptors, specifically by ephrins and Eph receptors. Molecular mechanisms underlying effects of ephrins..
 

Research Summary

 

 

Key References

For complete list: PubMed

Du, Y., Lercher, L.D., Zhou, R. and Dreyfus, C.F. (2006)
Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway mediates effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on differentiation of basal forebrain oligodendrocytes. J Neurosci Res 84(8): 1692-702.

Chen, Z.Y., Sun, C., Reuhl, K., Bergemann, A., Henkemeyer, M. and Zhou, R.. (2004) Abnormal hippocampal axon bundling in EphB receptor mutant mice. J. Neurosci. 10:2366-2374.

Hu, Z., Yue, X., Shi, G., Yue, Y., Crockett, D.P., Blair-Flynn, J., Reuhl, K., Tessarollo, L. and Zhou, R. (2003)
Corpus Callosum Deficiency in Transgenic Mice Expressing A Truncated EphA5 Receptor. J Neurosci 23:10963-10970.

Mann, F., Peuckert, C., Dehner, F., Zhou, R. and Bolz, J.. (2002)
Ephrins regulate the formation of terminal axonal arbors during the development of thalamocortical projections. Development 129:3945-3955.

Yue, Y., Chen, Z.Y., Gale, N.W., Blair-Flynn, J.., Hu, T.J., Yue, X., Cooper, M., Crockett, D.P., Yancopoulos, G.D., Tessarollo, L. and Zhou, R. (2002)
Mistargeting hippocampal axons by expression of a truncated Eph receptor. PNAS 99:10777-10782.

Gao, P.-.P., Sun, C.-H., Zhou, X.-.F., DiCicco-Bloom, E., and Zhou, R. (2000) Ephrins stimulate or inhibit neurite outgrowth and survival as a function of neuronal cell type. J. Neurosci. Res. 60:427-436.

Zhou, R. and Black, I.B. (2000) Development of Neural Maps: Molecular Mechanisms. The New Cognitive Neuroscience. Michael Gazzaniga (ed).