PUBLICATIONS

  1.  Zheng JQ and Poo MM (2007).  Calcium Signaling in Neuronal Motility.  Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology.  Vol.23: 375-404 (Nov).
           

     

  2.  We did not get the cover this time Wen Z*, Han L*, Bamburg JR, Shim S, Ming GL, and Zheng JQ (2007).  BMP Gradients Steer Nerve Growth Cones by a Balancing Act of LIM Kinase and Slingshot Phosphatase on ADF/Cofilin.  Journal of Cell Biology.  178(1):107-119.
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        We wish we had got the cover.

    SCIENCE STKE Editor's Choice. E.M. Adler, Converting Attraction to Repulsion, Science STKE, tw241 (2007).

  3.  Alder J and Zheng JQ (2007).  Surfing on Calcium Waves.  Neuron, the Cell Press 54(4): 502-505.
           

  4.  JCB Cover! Han J, Han L, Tiwari P, Wen Z, and Zheng JQ (2007).  Spatial Targeting of Type II Protein Kinase A to Filopodia Mediates the Regulation of Growth Cone Guidance by cAMP.  Journal of Cell Biology.  176(1): 101-111.
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        featured on the cover of this JCB issue.

  5.  Rui Y, Tiwari P, Xie ZP, and Zheng JQ (2006).  Acute Impairment of Mitochondrial Trafficking by ß-amyloid Peptides in Hippocampal Neurons.  Journal of Neuroscience. 26(41):10480-10487.
           

  6.  Charych EI, Akum BF, Goldberg JS, Jörnsten RJ, Rongo C, Zheng JQ, and Firestein BL (2006).  Activity-Independent Regulation of Dendrite Patterning by Postsynaptic Density Protein PSD-95.  Journal of Neuroscience 26(40): 10164-10176.
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  7.  Yao J, Sasaki Y, Bassell G, and Zheng JQ (2006).  An Essential Role for ß-actin mRNA Localization and Translation in Ca2+-dependent Growth Cone Guidance.  Nature Neuroscience 9(10): 1265-1273. Published online Sept.17, 2006.
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    SCIENCE STKE Editor's Choice. E.M. Adler, Translating Cues into Action, Science STKE, tw339 (2006).

    Nature Signaling Gateway.  Axon guidance: The asymmetry of attraction.   October featured articles.

  8.  Gomez TM and Zheng JQ (2006).  Molecular Basis for Calcium-Dependent Axon Pathfinding.  Nature Review Neuroscience. 7(2):115-125 (featured review article, peer reviewed).
           

  9.  Wen Z and Zheng JQ (2006).  Directional Guidance of Nerve Growth Cones.   Current Opinion In Neurobiology 16(1):52-58.
           

  10.  Guirland C and Zheng JQ (2005). Lipid Rafts and Their Role in Axon Guidance,  in Axon Growth and Guidance (ed. Dominique Bagnard). Landes Bioscience. In Press
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  11.  Wen Z, Guirland C, Ming G-L, and Zheng JQ (2004).    A CaMKII/Calcineurin Switch Controls the Direction of Ca2+-dependent Growth Cone Guidance.  Neuron, the Cell Press 43(6):835-846.
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  12.  Guirland C, Suzuki S, Kojima M, Lu B, and Zheng JQ (2004).    Lipid Rafts Mediate Chemotropic Guidance of Nerve Growth Cones.  Neuron, the Cell Press 42(1):51-62.  
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  13.  Spikes in color!Liu ZJ*, Geng L*, Li RX, He XP, Zheng JQ, and Xie ZP (2003).   Frequency Modulation of Synchronized Ca2+ Spikes in Cultured Hippocampal Networks Through G Protein-Coupled Receptors.   Journal of Neuroscience 23(10):4156-4163.   This work was performed in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.   JQZ and ZPX are co-corresponding authors.
           

  14.  Guirland C*, Buck KB*, Gibney JA, Dicicco-Bloom E, and Zheng JQ (2003).   Direct cAMP Signaling Through G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mediates Growth Cone Attraction Induced by Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide.   Journal of Neuroscience  23(6):2274-2283.  
           

  15.  Journal cover of the issue!Gibney JA and Zheng JQ (2003).   Cytoskeletal Dynamics Underlying Collateral Membrane Protrusions Induced by Neurotrophins in Cultured Xenopus Spinal Neurons. Journal of Neurobiology 54(2):393-405.
           

     

  16.  Buck KB and Zheng JQ (2002).    Growth Cone Turning Induced by Direct Local Modification of Microtubule Dynamics.  Journal of Neuroscience 22(21):9358-9367.
           
    Supplementary video clips (Microsoft avi files):
    20 nM Cytochalasin D inhibted growth cone motility
    100 pg/ml Toxin B did not affect growth cone motility
    Both drugs, however, effectively blocked the attractive and repulsive turning of growth cones induced by different cues.   For details, please see the article.

  17.  Zheng JQ (2000).   Turning of Nerve Growth Cones Induced by Localized Increases in Intracellular Calcium Ions. Nature Magzine 403:89-93 (Jan. 6).
           

  18.  DiCicco-Bloom E, Deutsch PJ, Maltzman J, Zhang JW, Pintar JE, Zheng JQ, Friedman WF, and Zaremba T (2000): Autocrine Expression and Ontogenetic Functions of the PACAP Ligand/Receptor System during Sympathetic Development. Develop. Biology 219:197-213.

  19.  Wang Q. and Zheng JQ (1998).  cAMP-Mediated Regulation of Neurotrophin-Induced Collapse of Nerve Growth Cones. Journal of Neuroscience 18(13):4973-4984.        

  20.  Ming GL, Lohof AM,and Zheng JQ (1997):  Acute Morphogenic and Chemotropic Effects of Neurotrophins on Cultured Embryonic Xenopus Spinal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 17(20):7860-7871.        

  21.  Zheng JQ , Poo MM, and Connor JA (1996). Calcium and chemotropic turning of nerve growth cones. Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology 4(2/3):205. Review article, click here to request a reprint with color figures.

  22.  Journal cover of the issue! Zheng JQ, Wan, JJ, and Poo MM (1996):  Essential role of filopodia in chemotropic turning of nerve growth cone induced by a glutamate gradient . Journal of Neuroscience 16, 1140-1149. Read the abstract online or request a reprint from us.   Our color image of growth cone turning in a chemical gradient was featured on the cover of this issue. Click here to view the picture used for the cover.

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  23.  Wang XH, Zheng JQ, Poo MM (1996). Effects of cytochalasin treatment on short-term synaptic plasticity at developing neuromuscular junctions in frogs. Journal of Physiology 491, 187-195.

  24.  Girod R, Popov SV, Alder JE, Zheng JQ, Lohof AM, and Poo MM (1995): Spontaneous quantal transmitter secretion from myocytes and fibroblasts: comparison with neuronal secretion. Journal of Neuroscience 15(4): 2826-2838.

  25.  Zheng JQ, Felder M, Connor JA, and Poo MM (1994): Turning of nerve growth cones induced by neurotransmitters. Nature Magzine 368, 140-144 (Click here to view a pseudocolor Ca2+ imaging sequence showing the rise of Ca2+ at the growth cone upon transmitter application).          

  26.  Journal cover of the issue!Zheng JQ, Zheng ZW, and Poo MM (1994): Long-range signaling in growing neurons after local elevation of cAMP activity. Journal of Cell Biology 127, 1693-1701. (Click here to view the picture used for the cover of this issue of JCB). You can download the PDF file from the JCB website

 

 

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