Anne E. West

Biological functions of activity-dependent transcription revealed.

BDNF-mediated cerebellar granule cell development is impaired in mice null for CaMKK2 or CaMKIV.

Reduced cortical BDNF expression and aberrant memory in Carf knock-out mice.

Genome-wide identification of calcium-response factor (CaRF) binding sites predicts a role in regulation of neuronal signaling pathways.

MeCP2 in the nucleus accumbens contributes to neural and behavioral responses to psychostimulants.

Neuronal activity-regulated gene transcription in synapse development and cognitive function.

Biological functions and transcriptional targets of CaRF in neurons.

Mechanisms of specificity in neuronal activity-regulated gene transcription.

Differential regulation of MeCP2 phosphorylation in the CNS by dopamine and serotonin.

Genome-wide activity-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation regulates nervous system development and function.

Regulated shuttling of the histone deacetylase HDAC5 to the nucleus may put a brake on cocaine addiction.

Mutation of MeCP2 alters transcriptional regulation of select immediate-early genes.

Members of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 transcription factor family differentially regulate Bdnf transcription in response to neuronal depolarization.

Improved survival and reduced phenotypic severity following AAV9/MECP2 gene transfer to neonatal and juvenile male Mecp2 knockout mice.

Phosphorylation of MeCP2 at Ser421 contributes to chronic antidepressant action.

Epigenetics and psychostimulant addiction.

Epigenetics and the regulation of stress vulnerability and resilience.

Rem2 is an activity-dependent negative regulator of dendritic complexity in vivo.

BDNF mediates neuroprotection against oxygen-glucose deprivation by the cardiac glycoside oleandrin.

Epigenetics in brain function.

Neurotrophins: transcription and translation.

MeCP2 phosphorylation limits psychostimulant-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity.

The histone lysine demethylase Kdm6b is required for activity-dependent preconditioning of hippocampal neuronal survival.

Core and region-enriched networks of behaviorally regulated genes and the singing genome.

Cocaine shapes chromatin landscapes via Tet1.

Regulation of chromatin accessibility and Zic binding at enhancers in the developing cerebellum.

Genomic Views of Transcriptional Enhancers: Essential Determinants of Cellular Identity and Activity-Dependent Responses in the CNS.

The transcription factor calcium-response factor limits NMDA receptor-dependent transcription in the developing brain.

Regulation and function of MeCP2 Ser421 phosphorylation in U50488-induced conditioned place aversion in mice.

Transcribing the connectome: roles for transcription factors and chromatin regulators in activity-dependent synapse development.

Parvalbumin Interneurons of the Mouse Nucleus Accumbens are Required For Amphetamine-Induced Locomotor Sensitization and Conditioned Place Preference.

BayFish: Bayesian inference of transcription dynamics from population snapshots of single-molecule RNA FISH in single cells.

The histone demethylase Kdm6b regulates a mature gene expression program in differentiating cerebellar granule neurons.

Chromatin Regulation of Neuronal Maturation and Plasticity.

Enhancer Histone Acetylation Modulates Transcriptional Bursting Dynamics of Neuronal Activity-Inducible Genes.

Histone demethylases in neuronal differentiation, plasticity, and disease.

Transcribing Memories in Genome Architecture.

Neurobiological functions of transcriptional enhancers.

Activity-Dependent Transcription Collaborates with Local Dendritic Translation to Encode Stimulus-Specificity in the Genome Binding of NPAS4.

The NMDA receptor subunit GluN3A regulates synaptic activity-induced and myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C)-dependent transcription.

TRPing into excitotoxic neuronal death.