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Wagle M, Mathur P, Guo S (2011) Corticotropin-releasing factor critical for zebrafish camouflage behavior is regulated by light and sensitive to ethanol. J Neurosci 31(1):214-224. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3339-10.2011 PMID: 21209207

Objective: To explore neural circuit assembly and function using the hardwired camouflage response of zebrafish.

Summary: Both light exposure and ethanol affect the camouflage response. Understanding this system could provide a tool to further investigate the effect of alcohol on neural circuits.

Usage: Immunostaining (1:500)

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Marshall RS, D’Avila F, Di Cola A, Traini R, Spano L, Fabbrini MS, Ceriotti A (2011) Signal peptide-regulated toxicity of a plant ribosome-inactivating protein during cell stress. Plant J 65(2):218-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04413.x PMID: 21223387

Summary: Type I ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs) are thought to have a role in defending plants against viral or fungal infections. Most type I RIPs have signal peptides for insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum, followed by transportation to a vacuole or the cell wall. The authors examined signal peptide regulation under stress in tobacco plants transfected with saporin. One method of analysis was western blots using anti-saporin (Cat. #AB-15).

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Girard BM, Malley SE, Vizzard MA (2011) Neurotrophin/receptor expression in urinary bladder of mice with overexpression of NGF in urothelium. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 300(2):F345-55. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00515.2010 PMID: 21048026

Summary: Chronic overexpression of nerve growth factor (NGF) in the urinary bladder results in neuronal sprouting, increased voiding frequency, and referred somatic hypersensitivity. The authors investigated several growth factor and receptor responses to chronic overexpression of NGF. A p75 antibody (Cat. #AB-N01) was used to obtain the immunohistochemistry data. The data suggest that changes due to NGF overexpression may be a compensatory attempt to reduce voiding frequency.

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Gray PA, Hayes JA, Ling GY, Llona I, Tupal S, Picardo MCD, Ross SE, Hirata T, Corbin JG, Eugenin J, Del Negro CA (2010) Developmental origin of preBotzinger Complex respiratory neurons. J Neurosci 30(44):14883-14895. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4031-10.2010 PMID: 21048147

Summary: Breathing in adult rats requires a subset of neurons in the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) that express the neurokinin-1 receptor and the peptide somatostatin. In this work the authors investigate the developmental origins of these cells. Using various techniques, including immunohistochemistry with an anti-neurokinin-1 receptor antibody (Cat. #AB-N04), it is demonstrated that neurons derived from Dbx-1 expressing progenitor cells are important in the generation of respiratory behavior.

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Ariyama H, Kono N, Matsuda S, Inoue T, Arai H (2010) Decrease in membrane phospholipid unsaturation induces unfolded protein response. J Biol Chem 285(29):22027-22035. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.126870 PMID: 20489212

Summary: Properties of the cell membrane can be influenced by the degree of fatty acid unsaturation in membrane phospholipids. Alteration of this unsaturation has been implicated in many disease states. Using an anti-SCD1 antibody (Cat. #AB-259) to visualize SCD-1 levels by western blot, the authors determined that there are several genetic factors that affect the level of saturated fatty acid in systems modulating insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

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Lappi DA, Ancheta LR, Nowak RA (2010) Featured Article: Internalization of basigin-2, a poor prognosis marker, by a monoclonal antibody. Targeting Trends 11(3) PMID: 0

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Berson DM, Castrucci AM, Provencio I (2010) Morphology and mosaics of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell types in mice. J Comp Neurol 518(13):2405-2422. doi: 10.1002/cne.22381 PMID: 20503419

Objective: To provide a fuller description of murine cell types expressing melanopsin, their contribution to the plexuses of melanopsin dendrites, and mosaics formed by each type.

Summary: M1 cells, corresponding to the originally described ganglion-cell photoreceptors, occupy the ganglion cell or inner nuclear layers. M2 cells ramify in the inner third of the IPL. Rare bistratified cells deploy terminal dendrites within both melanopsin-immunoreactive plexuses within the ON sublayer.

Usage: Immunohistochemistry: The tissue was incubated for 24 hr at 4°C in unpurified primary antiserum diluted 1:2500. Immunoperoxidase labeling of flat mount tissue was incubated for 3 days in the unpurified primary antiserum diluted 1:2500.

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Schnitzler AC, Mellott TJ, Lopez-Coviella I, Tallini YN, Kotlikoff MI, Follettie MT, Blusztajn JK (2010) BMP9 (bone morphogenetic protein 9) induces NGF as an autocrine/paracrine cholinergic trophic factor in developing basal forebrain neurons. J Neurosci 30(24):8221-8228. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5611-09.2010 PMID: 20554873

Summary: Bone morphogentic protein (BMP) 9 is a cholinergic differentiation factor that increases acetylcholine synthesis and choline acetyltransferase gene expression. The authors investigated whether BMP9 could induce cholinergic trophic factors in murine septal cells. One experiment involved the sorting of E18 septal cells using anti-p75 (Cat. #AB-N01AP, 5µg/2×106 cells). The increased Ngf gene expression in response to BMP9 in p75-positive basal forebrain cholinergic neurons indicates an autocrine/paracrine role for NGF in the development and maintenance of these cells.

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Adachi T, Huxtable AG, Fang X, Funk GD (2010) Substance P modulation of hypoglossal motoneuron excitability during development: changing balance between conductances. J Neurophysiol 104(2):854-872. doi: 10.1152/jn.00016.2010 PMID: 20538779

Summary: This work examined how neuromuscular networks that are immature, but functional, at birth move through development while remaining operational. The authors focused on hypoglossal motoneurons involved in behaviors such as swallowing, suckling, and breathing. Immunohistochemistry was performed using an anti-NK-1 receptor antibody (Cat. #AB-N04). The data show that although NK-1 receptor density decreases as the animal matures, substance P (the NK-1 receptor ligand) remains an important part of these networks.

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Spano AJ, Frankfurter A (2010) Characterization of anti-beta-tubulin antibodies. Methods Cell Biol 95:33-46. doi: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)95003-6 PMID: 20466128

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