Bonnie L. Firestein

Identification of a host protein essential for assembly of immature HIV-1 capsids.

Exocyst complex subunit sec8 binds to postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95): a novel interaction regulated by cypin (cytosolic PSD-95 interactor).

Cypin regulates dendrite patterning in hippocampal neurons by promoting microtubule assembly.

A novel role for snapin in dendrite patterning: interaction with cypin.

Increased expression in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of CAPON in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Development and plasticity-related changes in protein expression patterns in cat visual cortex: a fluorescent two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis approach.

Activity-independent regulation of dendrite patterning by postsynaptic density protein PSD-95.

Astroglia-mediated effects of uric acid to protect spinal cord neurons from glutamate toxicity.

RhoA regulates dendrite branching in hippocampal neurons by decreasing cypin protein levels.

Structural characterization of the zinc binding domain in cytosolic PSD-95 interactor (cypin): Role of zinc binding in guanine deamination and dendrite branching.

Altered uric acid levels and disease states.

Acetaminophen-mediated cardioprotection via inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore-induced apoptotic pathway.

Neurite outgrowth on a DNA crosslinked hydrogel with tunable stiffnesses.

Neuronal polarization: old cells can learn new tricks.

Neurite growth in 3D collagen gels with gradients of mechanical properties.

The yin-yang of dendrite morphology: unity of actin and microtubules.

Microtubules in dendritic spine development.

Phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution of guanine deaminases: from guanine to dendrites.

MicroRNA-mediated regulation of synaptic palmitoylation: shrinking fat spines.

NOS1AP regulates dendrite patterning of hippocampal neurons through a carboxypeptidase E-mediated pathway.

Modulation of neuritogenesis by a protein implicated in X-linked mental retardation.

The relationship between fibroblast growth and the dynamic stiffnesses of a DNA crosslinked hydrogel.

Effect of dynamic stiffness of the substrates on neurite outgrowth by using a DNA-crosslinked hydrogel.

Identification and quantification of skeletal myotube contraction and association in vitro by video microscopy.

Effects of substrate stiffness and cell density on primary hippocampal cultures.

NOS1AP protein levels are altered in BA46 and cerebellum of patients with schizophrenia.

Regulation of dendrite arborization by substrate stiffness is mediated by glutamate receptors.

Automated Sholl analysis of digitized neuronal morphology at multiple scales: Whole cell Sholl analysis versus Sholl analysis of arbor subregions.

Identification of small molecule compounds with higher binding affinity to guanine deaminase (cypin) than guanine.

Neuroprotective drug riluzole amplifies the heat shock factor 1 (HSF1)- and glutamate transporter 1 (GLT1)-dependent cytoprotective mechanisms for neuronal survival.

UEV-1 is an ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme variant that regulates glutamate receptor trafficking in C. elegans neurons.

PSD-95 alters microtubule dynamics via an association with EB3.

Measurement of synchronous activity by microelectrode arrays uncovers differential effects of sublethal and lethal glutamate concentrations on cortical neurons.

Skeletal myotube integration with planar microelectrode arrays in vitro for spatially selective recording and stimulation: a comparison of neuronal and myotube extracellular action potentials.

BDNF-promoted increases in proximal dendrites occur via CREB-dependent transcriptional regulation of cypin.

To branch or not to branch: How PSD-95 regulates dendrites and spines.

The role of PSD-95 and cypin in morphological changes in dendrites following sublethal NMDA exposure.

Protection from Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity by Memantine.