Publications - The Wang Lab at MIT

2014

The Brainstem Oscillator for Whisking and the Case for Breathing as the Master Clock for Orofacial Motor Actions.

Kleinfeld David, Moore Jeffrey D, Wang Fan, Deschênes Martin. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. 79 pp. 29-39, Jan 2014.

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2013

New modules are added to vibrissal premotor circuitry with the emergence of exploratory whisking.

Takatoh Jun, Nelson Anders, Zhou Xiang, Bolton M McLean, Ehlers Michael D, Arenkiel Benjamin R, Mooney Richard, Wang Fan. Neuron, vol. 77 pp. 346-360, Jan 2013.

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Regulation of mammalian autophagy by class II and III PI 3-kinases through PI3P synthesis.

Devereaux Kelly, Dall'Armi Claudia, Alcazar-Roman Abel, Ogasawara Yuta, Zhou Xiang, Wang Fan, Yamamoto Akitsugu, De Camilli Pietro, Di Paolo Gilbert. Plos One, vol. 8 pp. e76405, Oct 2013.

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The organization of submodality-specific touch afferent inputs in the vibrissa column.

Sakurai Katsuyasu, Akiyama Masahiro, Cai Bin, Scott Alexandra, Han Bao-Xia, Takatoh Jun, Sigrist Markus, Arber Silvia, Wang Fan. Cell reports, vol. 5 pp. 87-98, Oct 2013.

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A circuit for motor cortical modulation of auditory cortical activity.

Nelson Anders, Schneider David M, Takatoh Jun, Sakurai Katsuyasu, Wang Fan, Mooney Richard. The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 33 pp. 14342-14353, Sep 2013.

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Loss of NR1 subunit of NMDARs in primary sensory neurons leads to hyperexcitability and pain hypersensitivity: involvement of Ca(2+)-activated small conductance potassium channels.

Pagadala Promila, Park Chul-Kyu, Bang Sangsu, Xu Zheng-Zhong, Xie Rou-Gang, Liu Tong, Han Bao-Xia, Tracey W Daniel, Wang Fan, Ji Ru-Rong. The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 33 pp. 13425-13430, Aug 2013.

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Temporomandibular joint pain: a critical role for Trpv4 in the trigeminal ganglion.

Chen Yong, Williams Susan H, McNulty Amy L, Hong Ji Hee, Lee Suk Hee, Rothfusz Nicole E, Parekh Puja K, Moore Carlene, Gereau Robert W, Taylor Andrea B, Wang Fan, Guilak Farshid, Liedtke Wolfgang. Pain, vol. 154 pp. 1295-1304, Aug 2013.

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2012

Sexually dimorphic BDNF signaling directs sensory innervation of the mammary gland.

Liu Yin, Rutlin Michael, Huang Siyi, Barrick Colleen A, Wang Fan, Jones Kevin R, Tessarollo Lino, Ginty David D. Science, vol. 338 pp. 1357-1360, Dec 2012.

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Generation and characterization of Tmeff2 mutant mice.

Chen Tian Rui, Wang Ping, Carroll Liberty K, Zhang Ying-jiu, Han Bao-Xia, Wang Fan. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 425 pp. 189-194, Aug 2012.

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Intersectional Cre driver lines generated using split-intein mediated split-Cre reconstitution.

Wang Ping, Chen Tianrui, Sakurai Katsuyasu, Han Bao-Xia, He Zhigang, Feng Guoping, Wang Fan. Scientific Reports, vol. 2 pp. 497, Jul 2012.

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