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Laboratory of Michael D. Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D. MainLab PersonnelRecent Papers
B. R. Arenkiel, M. E. Klein, I. G. Davison, L. C. Katz, and M. D. Ehlers (2008).  Targeted genetic control of neuronal activity in mice conditionally expressing TRPV1.  Nature Methods (in press).
J. Lu, T. D. Helton, T. A. Blanpied, B. Racz, T. M. Newpher, R. J. Weinberg, and M. D. Ehlers (2007).  Postsynaptic positioning of endocytic zones and AMPA receptor cycling by physical coupling of dynamin-3 to homer.  Neuron 55:874-889.
**M. D. Ehlers, M. Heine, L. Groc, M.-C. Lee, and D. Choquet (2007).  Diffusional trapping of GluR1 AMPA receptors by input-specific synaptic activity.  Neuron 54:447-460.
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B. R. Arenkiel, J. Peca, I. G. Davison, C. Feliciano, K. Deisseroth, G. J. Augustine, **M. D. Ehlers, and G. Feng (2007).  In vivo light-induced activation of neural circuitry in transgenic mice expressing channelrhodopsin-2.  Neuron 54:205-218.
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M. Park, J. M Salgado, L. Ostroff, T. D. Helton, C. G. Robinson, K. M. Harris, and M. D. Ehlers (2006).  Plasticity-induced growth of dendritic spines by exocytic trafficking from recycling endosomes.  Neuron  52:817-830.
I. Pérez-Otaño, R. Lujan, S. J. Tavalin, M. Plomann, J. Modregger, X.-B. Liu, E. G. Jones, S. F. Heinemann, D. C. Lo, and M. D. Ehlers (2006).  Endocytosis and synaptic removal of NR3A-containing NMDA receptors by PACSIN1/Syndapin1.  Nature Neurosci. 9:611-621.
A. C. Horton, B. Racz, E. E. Monson, A. L. Lin, R. J. Weinberg, and M. D. Ehlers (2005).  Polarized secretory trafficking directs cargo for asymmetric dendrite growth and morphogenesis.  Neuron 48:757-771.
Park, M., E. C. Penick, J. G. Edwards, J. A. Kauer, and M. D. Ehlers (2004). Recycling endosomes supply AMPA receptors for LTP. Science 305:1972-1975.
Racz, B., T. A. Blanpied, **M.D. Ehlers, and R. J. Weinberg (2004). Lateral organization of endocytic machinery in dendritic spines. Nature Neurosci. 7:917-918. (** Corresponding author)
Y. Mu, T. Otsuka, A. C. Horton, D. B. Scott, and M. D. Ehlers (2003). Activity-dependent mRNA splicing controls ER export and synaptic delivery of NMDA receptors. Neuron 40:581-594.