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List of works by Robert W Burgess

A MusD retrotransposon insertion in the mouse Slc6a5 gene causes alterations in neuromuscular junction maturation and behavioral phenotypes

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A brief review of recent Charcot-Marie-Tooth research and priorities

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A mouse model of heritable cerebrovascular disease

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A novel mouse Dscam mutation inhibits localization and shedding of DSCAM.

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A novel mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C disease carrying a D1005G-Npc1 mutation comparable to commonly observed human mutations.

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A novel null allele of mouse DSCAM survives to adulthood on an inbred C3H background with reduced phenotypic variability.

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A single point mutation in the LN domain of LAMA2 causes muscular dystrophy and peripheral amyelination

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

A spontaneous mutation in contactin 1 in the mouse

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A valid mouse model of AGRIN-associated congenital myasthenic syndrome.

scientific article published on September 2011

Aberrant GlyRS-HDAC6 interaction linked to axonal transport deficits in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Accumulating Evidence for Axonal Translation in Neuronal Homeostasis

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Adhesion molecules in establishing retinal circuitry.

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Allele-specific RNA interference prevents neuropathy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D mouse models

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Alternatively spliced isoforms of nerve- and muscle-derived agrin: their roles at the neuromuscular junction

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Analysis of Expression Pattern and Genetic Deletion of Netrin5 in the Developing Mouse

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CRISPR/Cas9 interrogation of the mouse Pcdhg gene cluster reveals a crucial isoform-specific role for Pcdhgc4

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

Candidate molecular mechanisms for establishing cell identity in the developing retina

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Cell adhesion to agrin presented as a nanopatterned substrate is consistent with an interaction with the extracellular matrix and not transmembrane adhesion molecules

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Cell autonomy of DSCAM function in retinal development

scientific article published on 29 October 2011

Changes in brain β-amyloid deposition and aquaporin 4 levels in response to altered agrin expression in mice

scientific article published on December 2011

Charcot-Marie-Tooth-linked mutant GARS is toxic to peripheral neurons independent of wild-type GARS levels

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Contact is repulsive, but please note the "enclosed"

scientific article published on January 2012

Corrigendum: CMT2D neuropathy is linked to the neomorphic binding activity of glycyl-tRNA synthetase

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Corrigendum: Impaired protein translation in Drosophila models for Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy caused by mutant tRNA synthetases

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

DSCAM and DSCAML1 function in self-avoidance in multiple cell types in the developing mouse retina

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DSCAM promotes self-avoidance in the developing mouse retina by masking the functions of cadherin superfamily members

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DSCAMs: restoring balance to developmental forces

scientific article published in 2012

Defects in eye development in transgenic mice overexpressing the heparan sulfate proteoglycan agrin.

scientific article published on 2 December 2006

Development of the neuromuscular junction: genetic analysis in mice

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Differential expression of transcripts from syb, a Drosophila melanogaster gene encoding VAMP (synaptobrevin) that is abundant in non-neuronal cells

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Disruption and recovery of patterned retinal activity in the absence of acetylcholine.

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Distinct requirements for evoked and spontaneous release of neurotransmitter are revealed by mutations in the Drosophila gene neuronal-synaptobrevin.

scientific article published on March 1998

Distinct roles of nerve and muscle in postsynaptic differentiation of the neuromuscular synapse

scientific article (publication date: 26 April 2001)

Dominant, toxic gain-of-function mutations in gars lead to non-cell autonomous neuropathology.

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Drosophila genetics and the functions of synaptic proteins.

scientific article published on January 1995

Editorial: Axonopathy in Neurodegenerative Disease

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Evidence for a conserved function in synapse formation reveals Phr1 as a candidate gene for respiratory failure in newborn mice.

scientific article published on February 2004

Exome sequencing reveals pathogenic mutations in 91 strains of mice with Mendelian disorders

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Genetic evidence that relative synaptic efficacy biases the outcome of synaptic competition

scientific article published in July 2003

HSP90 Inhibitor, NVP-AUY922, Improves Myelination in Vitro and Supports the Maintenance of Myelinated Axons in Neuropathic Mice

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Identification and characterization of Drosophila genes for synaptic vesicle proteins.

scientific article published on November 1993

Imaging axonal transport of mitochondria in vivo

scientific article published on 10 June 2007

Impaired protein translation in Drosophila models for Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy caused by mutant tRNA synthetases

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Introduction to mechanisms of neural circuit formation.

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Lack of neuropathy-related phenotypes in hint1 knockout mice.

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Mapping sites responsible for interactions of agrin with neurons

scientific article published in October 2002

Metabolite profile of a mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2D neuropathy: implications for disease mechanisms and interventions

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Model validity for preclinical studies in precision medicine: precisely how precise do we need to be?

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Morphological analysis of neuromuscular junction development and degeneration in rodent lumbrical muscles.

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Motoneuron survival is enhanced in the absence of neuromuscular junction formation in embryos

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Motor Axon Guidance of the Mammalian Trochlear and Phrenic Nerves: Dependence on the Netrin Receptor Unc5c and Modifier Loci

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Neurite arborization and mosaic spacing in the mouse retina require DSCAM.

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Neuromuscular disease models and analysis

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Neuromuscular junction maturation defects precede impaired lower motor neuron connectivity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2D mice

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Neuronal clustering and fasciculation phenotype in Dscam- and Bax-deficient mouse retinas

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Novel axon projection after stress and degeneration in the Dscam mutant retina

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Rab3 dynamically controls protein composition at active zones.

scientific article published on December 2009

Replacing the PDZ-interacting C-termini of DSCAM and DSCAML1 with epitope tags causes different phenotypic severity in different cell populations.

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Roles of neurotransmitter in synapse formation: development of neuromuscular junctions lacking choline acetyltransferase

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Self-awareness in the retina

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Sensory neuron fate is developmentally perturbed by Gars mutations causing human neuropathy

Severity of Demyelinating and Axonal Neuropathy Mouse Models Is Modified by Genes Affecting Structure and Function of Peripheral Nodes

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Synaptic Deficits at Neuromuscular Junctions in Two Mouse Models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2d.

scientific article published in March 2016

T Cells from NOD-PerIg Mice Target Both Pancreatic and Neuronal Tissue

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

The Down syndrome critical region regulates retinogeniculate refinement

scientific article published on April 2011

The MuSK activator agrin has a separate role essential for postnatal maintenance of neuromuscular synapses

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The synaptic protein syntaxin1 is required for cellularization of Drosophila embryos

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Trk receptor signaling and sensory neuron fate are perturbed in human neuropathy caused by Gars mutations.

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Two-photon NADH imaging exposes boundaries of oxygen diffusion in cortical vascular supply regions

scientific article published on 22 September 2010

p53-mediated neurodegeneration in the absence of the nuclear protein Akirin2

scientific article published on 25 January 2022

tRNA overexpression rescues peripheral neuropathy caused by mutations in tRNA synthetase

scientific article published on 3 September 2021