Laboratory of Nicole Calakos, M.D., Ph.D.MainLab Personnel
Shuen, J.A., Chen, M., Gloss, B., and N. Calakos. Drd1a-tdTomato transgenicmice for simultaneous visualization of MSNs in the direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia. 2008. The Journal of Neuroscience, in press.
Welch, J.M., Lu, J., Rodriguiz, R.M., Trotta, N.C., Peca, J., Ding, J-D., Feliciano, C., Adams, J.P., Dudek, S.M., Weinberg, R.J., Calakos, N., Wetsel, W.C., and Feng, G., 2007. Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviors in SAPAP3 mutant mice. Nature, 448(7156): 894-900.
Marie, H., Morishita, W., Yu, X., Calakos, N., and R.C. Malenka. 2005. Generation of Silent Synapses by Acute In Vivo Expression of CaMKIV and CREB. Neuron 45(5):741-752.
Calakos, N., Schoch, S., Sudhof, T.C., and R.C. Malenka. 2004. Multiple Roles for the Active Zone Protein RIM1α in Late Stages of Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron 42(6):889-896 [Highlighted in Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 5(8):601, 2004]
Calakos, N., N. Fischbein, J.R. Baringer and C.A. Jay. 2000. Cortical MRI Findings Associated with Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia. Neurology 55(7):1048-51.
Calakos, N. and R.H. Scheller. 1996. Synaptic Vesicle Biogenesis, Docking and Fusion: A Molecular Description. Physiological Reviews 76(1):1-29.
Meffert, M.K., N. Calakos, R.H. Scheller and H. Schulman. 1996. Nitric Oxide Modulates Synaptic Vesicle Docking Fusion Reactions. Neuron 16(6):1229-1236.
Calakos, N., M.K. Bennett, K.E. Peterson and R.H. Scheller. 1994. Protein-Protein Interactions Contributing to the Specificity of Intracellular Vesicular Trafficking. Science 263:1146-1149.
Calakos, N. and R.H. Scheller. 1994. Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein (VAMP) and Synaptophysin are Associated on the Synaptic Vesicle. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 269(40): 24534-24537.
Pevsner, J., S-C. Hsu, J.E.A. Braun, N. Calakos, A.E. Ting, M.K. Bennett and R.H. Scheller. 1994. Specificity and Regulation of a Synaptic Vesicle Docking Complex. Neuron 13:353-361.
Bennett, M.K., N. Calakos and R.H. Scheller. 1992. Syntaxin: A Synaptic Protein Implicated in Docking of Synaptic Vesicles at Presynaptic Active Zones. Science 257:255-259.
Bennett, M.K., N. Calakos, T. Kreiner and R.H. Scheller. 1991. Synaptic Vesicle Membrane Proteins Interact to Form a Multimeric Commplex. The Journal of Cell Biology 116:761-775.

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