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Publications

2026

Imrie, G., Mar, J., Gray, M.B. et al. Astrocyte store released calcium modulates structural synapse development and circuit output in the visual system. Commun Biol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10579-0

2025

Imrie G, Mar J, Gray M, Farhy-Tselnicker I. Astrocyte Store-Released Calcium Modulates Visual Cortex Synapse Development and Circuit Function. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 22:2025.07.20.665758. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.20.665758. PMID: 40777341; PMCID: PMC12330507.

 

Perry LJ, Ratcliff GE, Mayo A 3rd, Perez BE, Rays Wahba L, Nikhil KL, Lenzen WC, Li Y, Mar J, Farhy-Tselnicker I, Li W, Jones JR. A circadian behavioral analysis suite for real-time classification of daily rhythms in complex behaviors. Cell Rep Methods. 2025 May 19;5(5):101050. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2025.101050. PMID: 40393389; PMCID: PMC12146638.

 

Imrie G, Farhy-Tselnicker I. Astrocyte regulation of behavioral outputs: the versatile roles of calcium. Front Cell Neurosci. 2025 May 15;19:1606265. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2025.1606265. PMID: 40443710; PMCID: PMC12119555.

 

Zhang J, Brown EB, Lloyd E, Farhy-Tselnicker I, Keene AC. Sleep rescues age- associated loss of glial engulfment. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Apr 3:2025.04.02.646667. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.02.646667. PMID: 40236052; PMCID: PMC11996563.

2024

 

Faust TE, Devlin BA, Farhy-Tselnicker I, Ferro A, Postolache M, Xin W. Glial Control of Cortical Neuronal Circuit Maturation and Plasticity. J Neurosci. 2024 Oct 2;44(40):e1208242024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1208-24.2024. PMID: 39358028; PMCID: PMC11450532.

 

Imrie G, Gray MB, Raghuraman V, Farhy-Tselnicker I. Gene Expression at the Tripartite Synapse: Bridging the Gap Between Neurons and Astrocytes. Adv Neurobiol. 2024;39:95-136. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-64839-7_5. PMID: 39190073; PMCID: PMC12289143.

2021

 

Farhy-Tselnicker I, Boisvert MM, Liu H, Dowling C, Erikson GA, Blanco-Suarez E, Farhy C, Shokhirev MN, Ecker JR, Allen NJ. Activity-dependent modulation of synapse-regulating genes in astrocytes. Elife. 2021 Sep 8;10:e70514. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70514. PMID: 34494546; PMCID: PMC8497060.

2018

 

Farhy-Tselnicker I, Allen NJ. Astrocytes, neurons, synapses: a tripartite view on cortical circuit development. Neural Dev. 2018 May 1;13(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13064-018-0104-y. PMID: 29712572; PMCID: PMC5928581.

2017

 

Condomitti G, de Wit J. Astrocytes Supply Presynaptic Terminals with a Sweet Incentive to Make Connections. Dev Cell. 2017 Nov 6;43(3):261-263. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.018. PMID: 29112849.

 

Farhy-Tselnicker I, van Casteren ACM, Lee A, Chang VT, Aricescu AR, Allen NJ. Astrocyte-Secreted Glypican 4 Regulates Release of Neuronal Pentraxin 1 from Axons to Induce Functional Synapse Formation. Neuron. 2017 Oct 11;96(2):428-445.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.053. PMID: 29024665; PMCID: PMC5663462.

2015

 

Yakubovich D, Berlin S, Kahanovitch U, Rubinstein M, Farhy-Tselnicker I, Styr B, Keren-Raifman T, Dessauer CW, Dascal N. A Quantitative Model of the GIRK1/2 Channel Reveals That Its Basal and Evoked Activities Are Controlled by Unequal Stoichiometry of Gα and Gβγ. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Nov 6;11(11):e1004598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004598. PMID: 26544551; PMCID: PMC4636287.

2014

 

Farhy Tselnicker I, Boisvert MM, Allen NJ. The role of neuronal versus astrocyte-derived heparan sulfate proteoglycans in brain development and injury. Biochem Soc Trans. 2014 Oct;42(5):1263-9. doi: 10.1042/BST20140166. PMID: 25233401.

 

Farhy Tselnicker I, Tsemakhovich V, Rishal I, Kahanovitch U, Dessauer CW, Dascal N. Dual regulation of G proteins and the G-protein-activated K+ channels by lithium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 1;111(13):5018-23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1316425111. Epub 2014 Mar 17. PMID: 24639496; PMCID: PMC3977261.

2010

 

Tselnicker I, Dascal N. Further characterization of regulation of Ca(V)2.2 by stargazin. Channels (Austin). 2010 Sep-Oct;4(5):351-4. doi: 10.4161/chan.4.5.13504. PMID: 21139418.

 

Tselnicker I, Tsemakhovich VA, Dessauer CW, Dascal N. Stargazin modulates neuronal voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel Ca(v)2.2 by a Gbetagamma-dependent mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jul 2;285(27):20462-71. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.121277. Epub 2010 Apr 30. PMID: 20435886; PMCID: PMC2898357.

2007

 

Tselnicker I, Keren O, Hefetz A, Pick CG, Sarne Y. A single low dose of tetrahydrocannabinol induces long-term cognitive deficits. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Jan 10;411(2):108-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.10.033. Epub 2006 Nov 7. PMID: 17092651.

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