Laboratory of Neural Development and Plasticity
at University of Virginia

 

 

 

Publications
Corson J, Aldridge A, Wilmoth K, Erisir A. A survey of oral cavity afferents to the rat nucleus tractus solitarii. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Feb 15;520(3):495-527. doi: 10.1002/cne.22715. PMID: 21800298
Li J, Erisir A, Cline H.In vivo time-lapse imaging and serial section electron microscopy reveal developmental synaptic rearrangements. Neuron. 2011 Jan 27;69(2):273-86. PMID: 21262466
Coleman JE, Nahmani M, Gavornik JP, Haslinger R, Heynen AJ, Erisir A, Bear MF. Rapid structural remodeling of thalamocortical synapses parallels experience-dependent functional plasticity in mouse primary visual cortex. J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 21;30(29):9670-82.
Corson J, Nahmani M, Lubarsky K, Badr N, Wright C, Erisir A. Sensory activity differentially modulates N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits 2A and 2B in cortical layers.Neuroscience. 2009 Oct 20;163(3):920-32.
Goldberg EM, Clark BD, Zagha E, Nahmani M, Erisir A, Rudy B.  K+ channels at the axon initial segment dampen near-threshold excitability of neocortical fast-spiking GABAergic interneurons. Neuron. 2008 May 8;58(3):387-400.
May OL, Erisir A, Hill DL. Modifications of gustatory nerve synapses onto nucleus of the solitary tract neurons induced by dietary sodium-restriction during development. J Comp Neurol. 2008 Jun 1;508(4):529-41.
Corlew R, Wang Y, Ghermazien H, Erisir A, Philpot BD. 2007 Developmental switch in the contribution of presynaptic and postsynaptic NMDA receptors to long-term depression. J Neurosci., 27(37):9835-45.
May OL, Erisir A, Hill DL.  2007 Ultrastructure of primary afferent terminals and synapses in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract: Comparison among the greater superficial petrosal, chorda tympani, and glossopharyngeal nerves. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 20;502(6):1066-78.
Sun C, Mtchedlishvili Z, Bertram EH, Erisir A, Kapur J. 2007 Time course of loss of hilar interneurons and reduction of inhibitory synaptic inputs on hippocampal dentate granule cells in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Comparative Neurology, Feb 10;500(5):876-93.
King ME, Kan H-M, Baas PW, Erisir A, Glabe CG, and Bloom GS. 2006. Tau-dependent microtubule disassembly initiated by pre-fibrillar ß-amyloid. Journal of Cell Biology. Nov 20;175(4):541-6.
Kielland A, Erisir A, Walaas SI, Heggelund P. 2006. Synapsin utilization differs among functional classes of synapses on thalamocortical cells. Journal of Neuroscience. May 24;26(21):5786-93.
Goehler LE, Erisir A, Gaykema RP. 2006. Neural-immune interface in the rat area postrema. Neuroscience. 140(4):1415-34
Erisir A and Dreusicke M. 2005 Quantitative morphology and postsynaptic targets of thalamocortical axons in critical period and adult ferret visual cortex. J Comparative Neurology 485:11-31
Nahmani M and Erisir A. 2005 VGLUT2 immunochemistry identifies thalamocortical terminals in layer 4 of adult and developing visual cortex. J Comparative Neurology 484:458-473.
Alev Erisir and Janna L. Harris. 2003.  Decline of the critical period of visual plasticity is concurrent with the reduction of NR2B subunit of synaptic NMDA receptor in layer 4. J Neuroscience. 15;23(12):5208-18
Chiye Aoki, Sho Fujisawa, Veera Mahadomrongkul, Priti J. Shah, Karim Nader and Alev Erisir. 2003 NMDA receptor blockade in intact adult cortex increases trafficking of NR2A subunits into spines, postsynaptic densities, and axon terminals. Brain Research, 963:139-149.
Erisir A, Levey AI, Aoki C. 2001 Muscarinic receptor M2 in cat visual cortex: Laminar distribution, relationship to g-aminobutyric acidergic neurons, and effect of cingulate lesions. J Comparative Neurology 441: 168-185.
Wang S, Bickford ME, van Horn SC, Erisir A,  Godwin DW, Sherman SM. 2001 Synaptic targets of thalamic reticular nucleus terminals in the visual thalamus of the cat. J Comparative Neurology 440: 321-341.
 
Bickford ME, Ramcharan E, Godwin DW, Erisir A, Gnadt J and Sherman SM. 2000.  Neurotransmitters Contained in the Subcortical Extraretinal Inputs to the Monkey Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. J Comparative Neurology 424:704-717.
VanHorn S, Erisir A, Sherman SM 2000.  The relative distribution of synapses in the A-laminae of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. J Comparative Neurology 416:509-520.
Erisir A, D Lau, B Rudy and C S Leonard. 1999. Specific K+ channels are required to sustain high frequency firing in fast-spiking neocortical interneurons. J. Neurophysiology 82:2476-2489.
Chow A, Erisir A, Farb C, Nadal MS, Ozaita A, Lau D Welker E and Rudy B. 1999. Kv3.1 and Kv3.2 proteins distinguish three subpopulations of GABAergic interneurons in the mouse cortex.  J Neuroscience 19(21):9932-9345.
Rudy B, Chow A, Lau D, Amarillo Y, Ozaita A, Saganich M, Moreno H, Hernandez-Pineda R, Hernandez-Cruz A, MacIntosh P, Erisir A, Leonard CS and Vega-Saenz de Miera E. 1999. Contributions of Kv3 channels to neuronal excitability. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 868:304-43.
Lubin M, Erisir A and Aoki C, 1999. Ultrastructural Immunolocalization of the a7 nAChR subunit in Guinea Pig Prefrontal Cortex. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 868: 628-632
Erisir A and Aoki C. 1998. A method of combining biocytin tract-tracing with avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex immunocytochemistry.  J Neuroscience Methods.  18:189-197.
Erisir A, Van Horn S C, and Sherman S M. 1998. Distribution of synapses in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat: differences between laminae A and A1and between relay cells and interneurons.  J Comparative Neurology, 390:24-255.
Erisir A, Van Horn S C, and Sherman S M. 1997 Relative numbers of cortical and brainstem inputs to the LGN. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 94(4):1517-1520.
Erisir A, Van Horn S C, Bickford M E and Sherman S M,  1997. Immunocytochemistry and distribution of parabrachial terminals in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat; A comparison with corticogeniculate terminals. J.Comp.Neurol. 377(4):535-549.
Godwin D W, Van Horn S C, Erisir A, Sesma M, Carmelo R and Sherman S M. 1997 Ultrastructural localization suggests that retinal and cortical inputs access different metabotropic glutamate receptors in the lateral geniculate nucleus. J.Neuroscience 16(24):8181-8192.
Gunluk (Erisir) A E, Bickford M E and Sherman S M, 1994. Rearing with monocular lid suture induces abnormal NADPH-diaphorase staining in the lateral geniculate nucleus of cats. J. Comparative Neurology, 350:215-228.
Bickford M E, Gunluk (Erisir) A E, Van Horn S C and Sherman S M, 1994. A GABAergic projection from the basal forebrain to the visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the cat. J. Comparative Neurology, 348:481-510.
Bickford M E, Gunluk (Erisir) A E, Guido W and Sherman S M, 1993. Evidence that cholinergic axons from the parabrachial region of the brainstem are the exclusive source of nitric oxide in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. J. Comparative Neurology, 334:410-430.
Agarwala S, Gunluk (Erisir) A E, May GM III and Petry HM, 1992. Immunohistochemical Organization of the Ventral Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in the Tree Shrew. J. Comp. Neurology, 318:267-276.