Megan C. Wright

Ciliary neurotrophic factor is not required for terminal sprouting and compensatory reinnervation of neuromuscular synapses: re-evaluation of CNTF null mice.

Distinct patterns of motor nerve terminal sprouting induced by ciliary neurotrophic factor vs. botulinum toxin.

Distinct muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes contribute to stability and growth, but not compensatory plasticity, of neuromuscular synapses.

Peripheral hyperstimulation alters site of disease onset and course in SOD1 rats.

Phrenic motor neuron degeneration compromises phrenic axonal circuitry and diaphragm activity in a unilateral cervical contusion model of spinal cord injury.

Degeneration of phrenic motor neurons induces long-term diaphragm deficits following mid-cervical spinal contusion in mice.

Early phrenic motor neuron loss and transient respiratory abnormalities after unilateral cervical spinal cord contusion.

Novel roles for osteopontin and clusterin in peripheral motor and sensory axon regeneration.

Overexpression of the astrocyte glutamate transporter GLT1 exacerbates phrenic motor neuron degeneration, diaphragm compromise, and forelimb motor dysfunction following cervical contusion spinal cord injury.

Transplantation of glial progenitors that overexpress glutamate transporter GLT1 preserves diaphragm function following cervical SCI.

GLT1 overexpression in SOD1(G93A) mouse cervical spinal cord does not preserve diaphragm function or extend disease.