Publications - The Wang Lab at MIT

2014

State-dependent architecture of thalamic reticular subnetworks.

Halassa Michael M, Chen Zhe, Wimmer Ralf D, Brunetti Philip M, Zhao Shengli, Zikopoulos Basilis, Wang Fan, Brown Emery N, Wilson Matthew A. Cell, vol. 158 pp. 808-821, Aug 2014.

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How the brainstem controls orofacial behaviors comprised of rhythmic actions.

Moore Jeffrey D, Kleinfeld David, Wang Fan. Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 37 pp. 370-380, Jul 2014.

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More than a rhythm of life: breathing as a binder of orofacial sensation.

Kleinfeld David, Deschênes Martin, Wang Fan, Moore Jeffrey D. Nature Neuroscience, vol. 17 pp. 647-651, May 2014.

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Monosynaptic premotor circuit tracing reveals neural substrates for oro-motor coordination.

Stanek Edward, Cheng Steven, Takatoh Jun, Han Bao-Xia, Wang Fan. eLife, vol. 3 pp. e02511, Apr 2014.

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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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