List of Publications via PubMed
(NIH National Library of Medicine)

Highlighted Publications
Chen, K., A. Neu, A. L. Howard, C. Foldy, J. Echegoyen, L. Hilgenberg, M. Smith, K. Mackie, and I. Soltesz. 2007.
Prevention of plasticity of endocannabinoid signaling inhibits persistent limbic hyperexcitability caused by developmental seizures. J Neurosci. 27:46-58.

Tan, Z., X. Sun, F. S. Hou, H. W. Oh, L. G. Hilgenberg, E. M. Hol, F. W. van Leeuwen, M. A. Smith, D. K. O'Dowd, and S. S. Schreiber.
2007. Mutant ubiquitin found in Alzheimer's disease causes neuritic beading of mitochondria in association with neuronal degeneration. Cell Death Differ. 14:1721-1732.

Hilgenberg, L.G., Su, H., Gu, H., O'Dowd D. K., and Smith, M.A.
(2006). α3Na+/K+-ATPase is a neuronal receptor for agrin. Cell 125, 359-369.

Hilgenberg, L.G. and M.A. Smith
Agrin signaling in cortical neurons is mediated by a tyrosine kinase-dependent increase in intracellular Ca(2+) that engages both CaMKII and MAPK signal pathways. J. Neurobiol. (2004), 61: 289-300.

Hoover, C. L., L. G. W. Hilgenberg, et al.
The COOH-terminal domain of agrin signals via a synaptic receptor in CNS neurons. J. Cell Biol. (2003), 161: 923-932.

Hilgenberg, L.G.W., K.D. Ho, D. Lee, D.K. O'Dowd, and M.A. Smith.
Agrin regulates neuronal responses to excitatory neurotransmitters in vitro and in vivo. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. (2002) 19:97-110.

Hilgenberg, L.G.W., C.L. Hoover, M.A. Smith
Evidence of an agrin receptor in cortical neurons. Journal of Neuroscience,1999, 19, 7384-7393.

Li, Z, L.G.W. Hilgenberg, D.K. O'Dowd, M.A. Smith
Formation of functional synaptic connections between cultured cortical neurons from agrin-deficient mice. Journal of Neurobiology,1999, 39, 547-557.

Smith, M.A., L.T. O'Connor, P. Bridle, G.R. Fanger and R.A. Maue
Selective regulation of agrin mRNA induction and alternative splicing in PC12 cells by ras-dependent action of NGF. Journal of Biological Chemistry,1997, 272, 15675-15681.

Li, Z., J.L. Massengill, D.K. O'Dowd, and M.A. Smith
Agrin gene expression in mouse somatosensory coritcal neurons during development in vivo and in cell culture. Neuroscience,1997, 79, 191-201.

O'Dowd, D.K., and M.A. Smith
Single cell analysis of gene expression in the nervous system: measurements at the edge of chaos. Molecular Neurobiology,1996, 13, 199-211.

O'Connor, L. T., J.C. Lauterborn, M.A. Smith, and C.M. Gall
Expression of agrin mRNA is altered following seizures in adult rat brain. Molecular Brain Research,1995, 33, 277-287.

Thomas, W. S., M.H. Jacob, D.K. O'Dowd, and M.A. Smith
Agrin gene expression in ciliary ganglion neurons following preganglionic denervation and postganglionic axotomy. Developmental Biology,1995, 168, 662-669.

Connor, E.A., and M.A. Smith
Retrograde signaling in the formation and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neurobiology,1994, 25, 722-739.

Smith, M.A., and D.K. O'Dowd
Cell-specific regulation of agrin RNA splicing in the chick ciliary ganglion. Neuron,1994, 12, 795-804.

O'Connor, L.T., J.C. Lauterborn, C.M. Gall and M.A. Smith
Localization and alternative splicing of agrin mRNA in adult rat brain: Transcripts encoding isoforms that aggregate acetylcholine receptors are not restricted to cholinergic regions. Journal of Neuroscience,1994, 14, 1141-1152.

Thomas, W.S., D.K. O'Dowd and M.A. Smith
Developmental expression and alternative splicing of chick agrin RNA. Developmental Biology,1993, 158: 523-535.