Publications from Primary Faculty members - January 2019:

Andzelm MM, Vanness D, Greenberg ME, Linden DJ.  A Late Phase of Long-Term Synaptic Depression in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Requires Activation of MEF2. Cell Rep. 2019 Jan 29;26(5):1089-1097.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.01.004.

Green DP, Limjunyawong N, Gour N, Pundir P, Dong X. A Mast-Cell-Specific Receptor Mediates Neurogenic Inflammation and Pain. Neuron. 2019 Feb 6;101(3):412-420.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.012. Epub 2019 Jan 24. 

Keiflin R, Pribut HJ, Shah NB, Janak PH. Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons Participate in Reward Identity Predictions. Curr Biol. 2019 Jan 7;29(1):93-103.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.050. Epub 2018 Dec 20. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jan 7. pii: 201811259. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811259115. [Epub ahead of print]

Meixiong J, Vasavda C, Green D, Zheng Q, Qi L, Kwatra SG, Hamilton JP, Snyder SH, Dong X. Identification of a bilirubin receptor that may mediate a component of cholestatic itch. Elife. 2019 Jan 18;8. pii: e44116. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44116. [Epub ahead of print]

Sacré P, Kerr MSD, Subramanian S, Fitzgerald Z, Kahn K, Johnson MA, Niebur E, Eden UT, González-Martínez JA, Gale JT, Sarma SV. Risk-taking bias in human decision-making is encoded via a right-left brain push-pull system.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jan 7. pii: 201811259. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811259115. [Epub ahead of print]

Sedlak TW, Paul BD, Parker GM, Hester LD, Snowman AM, Taniguchi Y, Kamiya A, Snyder SH, Sawa A. The glutathione cycle shapes synaptic glutamate activity.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Feb 12;116(7):2701-2706. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817885116. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Shah AP, Johnson MD, Fu X, Boersma GJ, Shah M, Wolfgang MJ, Tamashiro KL, Baraban JM. Deletion of translin (Tsn) induces robust adiposity and hepatic steatosis without impairing glucose tolerance. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Jan 15. doi: 10.1038/s41366-018-0315-7. [Epub ahead of print]

Why do people make high-risk decisions, even against the odds? Johns Hopkins researchers say bias that develops over time may make people view risk differently. (Image Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman, CMI, FAMI. © 2019, Johns Hopkins University, AAM)