Diane K. O'Dowd

Functional GABAergic synaptic connection in neonatal mouse barrel cortex.

Differential expression of K4-AP currents and Kv3.1 potassium channel transcripts in cortical neurons that develop distinct firing phenotypes.

Fast excitatory synaptic transmission mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Drosophila neurons.

cAMP-dependent plasticity at excitatory cholinergic synapses in Drosophila neurons: alterations in the memory mutant dunce.

Agrin regulates neuronal responses to excitatory neurotransmitters in vitro and in vivo.

tipE regulates Na+-dependent repetitive firing in Drosophila neurons.

Cellular bases of behavioral plasticity: establishing and modifying synaptic circuits in the Drosophila genetic system.

GABA receptors containing Rdl subunits mediate fast inhibitory synaptic transmission in Drosophila neurons.

Fast synaptic currents in Drosophila mushroom body Kenyon cells are mediated by alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and picrotoxin-sensitive GABA receptors.

Isolation and characterization of neural progenitor cells from post-mortem human cortex.

Drosophila mushroom body Kenyon cells generate spontaneous calcium transients mediated by PLTX-sensitive calcium channels.

Cholinergic synaptic transmission in adult Drosophila Kenyon cells in situ.

Alpha3Na+/K+-ATPase is a neuronal receptor for agrin.

nAChR-mediated calcium responses and plasticity in Drosophila Kenyon cells.

Ultrastructural analysis of chemical synapses and gap junctions between Drosophila brain neurons in culture.

Circadian- and light-dependent regulation of resting membrane potential and spontaneous action potential firing of Drosophila circadian pacemaker neurons.

Pigment dispersing factor-dependent and -independent circadian locomotor behavioral rhythms.

Cav2-type calcium channels encoded by cac regulate AP-independent neurotransmitter release at cholinergic synapses in adult Drosophila brain.

Agrin regulation of alpha3 sodium-potassium ATPase activity modulates cardiac myocyte contraction.

Garage demos: using physical models to illustrate dynamic aspects of microscopic biological processes.

Learn before lecture: A strategy that improves learning outcomes in a large introductory biology class.

Prokineticin 2 regulates the electrical activity of rat suprachiasmatic nuclei neurons.

Competencies: a cure for pre-med curriculum.

Assessment of learning gains associated with independent exam analysis in introductory biology.

A knock-in model of human epilepsy in Drosophila reveals a novel cellular mechanism associated with heat-induced seizure.

Cav3-type α1T calcium channels mediate transient calcium currents that regulate repetitive firing in Drosophila antennal lobe PNs.

Process-based expansion and neural differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells for transplantation and disease modeling.

A biophysical analysis of mitochondrial movement: differences between transport in neuronal cell bodies versus processes.

Knock-in model of Dravet syndrome reveals a constitutive and conditional reduction in sodium current.

The Autism Spectrum Disorders Stem Cell Resource at Children's Hospital of Orange County: Implications for Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery.

Model systems for studying cellular mechanisms of SCN1A-related epilepsy.

MiR-980 Is a Memory Suppressor MicroRNA that Regulates the Autism-Susceptibility Gene A2bp1.

Astrocyte-enriched feeder layers from cryopreserved cells support differentiation of spontaneously active networks of human iPSC-derived neurons.

Aligning Practice to Policies: Changing the Culture to Recognize and Reward Teaching at Research Universities.

Reproducible and efficient generation of functionally active neurons from human hiPSCs for preclinical disease modeling.

Whole-cell Recordings in Adult Brain.

When it comes to teaching and tenure it is time to walk the walk.

Comparisons of dual isogenic human iPSC pairs identify functional alterations directly caused by an epilepsy associated SCN1A mutation.

Seven practical strategies to add active learning to a science lecture.

Interneuron Dysfunction in a New Mouse Model of SCN1A GEFS.