Selected Publications

Selected Recent Research Articles:

Wang DO, Kim SM, Zhao Y, Hwang HG, Miura SK, Sossin WS, and Martin KC. Synapse- and stimulus-specific local translation during long-term neuronal plasticity. 2009, in press, Science. link

Shobe, J.L., Zhao, Y., Stough, S., Ye, X., Hsuan, V., Martin, K.C. and Carew, T., Temporal phases of activity-dependent plasticity and memory are mediated by compartmentalized routing of MAPK signaling in Aplysia sensory neurons, Neuron, 61, 113-125, 2009. link

Lai, K.O., Zhao, Y., Ch’ng, T.H, and Martin, K.C., Importin-mediated retrograde transport of CREB2/ATF4 from distal processes to the nucleus in neurons, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 17175-17180, 2008. link

Delgado, J.Y., Coba, M., Anderson, C.N.G., Thompson, K.R., Gray, E.E., Heusner, C. L., Martin, K.C., Grant, S.G.N., and O’Dell, T.J., NMDA receptor activation dephosphorylates AMPA receptor GluR1 subunits at threonine 840. J. Neuroscience, 27, 13210-21, 2007. link

Poon, M., Seong, H.Y., Geschwind, D.G., Jamieson, C. and Martin, K.C., Identification of process localized mRNAs in rodent hippocampal neurons, J. Neuroscience, 26, 13390-13399, 2006. link

Zhao, Y., Leal, K., Abi-Farah, C., Martin, K.C., Sossin, W.S., and Klein, M. Isoform specificity of PKC translocation in living Aplysia sensory neurons and a role for calcium-dependent PKC Apl I in the induction of intermediate-term facilitation, J. Neurosci 26, 8847-56, 2006. link

Lyles, V., Zhao, Y. and Martin, K.C., Synapse formation and mRNA localization in Aplysia sensory-motor neurons, Neuron, 49, 349-356, 2006. link

Thompson, K.R., Olofsdotter Otis, K., Chen, D.Y., Zhao, Y. O’Dell, T.J. and Martin, K.C. Signaling from synapse to nucleus during long-term synaptic plasticity: a role for the classical active nuclear import pathway, Neuron, 44, 997-1009, 2004. link

Ormand, J.O., Hislop, J., Zhao, Y., Webb, N., Villaincourt, F., Dyer, J.R., Ferraro, G., Barker, P.A., Martin, K.C. and Sossin, W.S., ApTrk1, a Trk-like receptor, mediates serotonin-dependent ERK activation and long-term facilitation in Aplysia sensory neurons, Neuron 44, 715-728, 2004. link

Moccia, R.*, Chen, D.*, Lyles, V., Kapuya, E., E., Y., Kalachikov, S., Spahn, C.M.T., Frank, J., Kandel, E.R., Barad, M. and Martin, K.C., An unbiased cDNA library prepared from isolated Aplysia sensory neuron processes is enriched for cytoskeletal and translational mRNAs. J. Neuroscience 23, 9409-9417, 2003. link

Zhao, Y., Hedge, A.N. and Martin, K.C., The ubiquitin proteasome functions as an inhibitory constraint on synaptic strengthening, Current Biology 13, 887-898, 2003. link

 

Selected Review Articles:

Martin, K.C. and Ephrussi, A., mRNA localization: Gene Expression in the Spatial Dimension. Cell, 136, 719-730, 2009. link

Martin, K.C., Synaptic capture and tagging, pp. 719-723 in The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Larry Squire et al.(eds.), Oxford: Academic Press, 2009.

Poon, M. and Martin, K.C., Synaptic structure: translational regulation at the synapse, pp 1135-1139 in The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Larry Squire et al. (eds.), Oxford: Academic Press, 2009.

Heusner, C. and Martin, K.C., Signaling from the Synapse to the Nucleus, pp. 601-620 in Structural and Functional Organization of the Synapse, Michael Ehlers and Johannes Hell (eds), Springer, New York, 2008.

Martin, K.C. and Peles, E., Neuronal and glial cell biology, Curr Opin Neurobiol 16, 489-491, 2006.

Martin, K.C. and Zukin, R.S., RNA Trafficking and Local Protein Synthesis in Dendrites: An Overview, J. Neurosci, 26, 7131-7134, 2006. link

Olofsdotter-Otis, K., Thompson, K.R., and Martin K.C., Importin-mediated nuclear transport in neurons, Curr Opin Neurobiol, 16, 329-335, 2006. link

Martin, K.C. and Sun, Y.I., To Learn Better, Keep the HAT On.  Neuron, 42, 879-881, 2004. link

Martin, K.C., Local Protein Synthesis during Axon Guidance and Synaptic Plasticity, Curr Opin Neurobiol 14, 305-310, 2004. link

Martin, K.C., Synaptic Tagging during Synapse-Specific Long-Term Facilitation of Aplysia Sensory-Motor Neurons, Neurobiol. Learning Mem, 78, 489-497, 2002. link

Martin, K.C. and Kosik, K.S., Synaptic Tagging—Who’s It? Nature Neurosci. Rev. 10, 813-820, 2002. link

Martin, K.C., Arc mRNA dynamics: Return to sender - the NMDA receptor provides the targeting address for Arc mRNA. Trends Neurosci. 24, 621-622, 2001. link

Martin, K.C., Barad, M. and Kandel, E.R., Local protein synthesis and its role in synapse-specific plasticity.  Curr. Opin. Neurobiol., 10, 587-592, 2000. link

Martin, K.C., Bartsch, D., Bailey, C.H. and Kandel, E.R., Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Learning-Related Long-lasting Synaptic Plasticity, pp. 121-137 in The New Cognitive Neurosciences, Gazzaniga, M.S. (ed.), MIT, Cambridge, 2000.

Abel, T., Martin, K.C., Bartsch, D. and Kandel, E.R.  Memory suppressor genes:  inhibitory constraints on the storage of long-term memory.  Science, 279, 338-341, 1998. link

Martin, K.C. and Kandel, E.R., Cell adhesion molecules, CREB, and the formation of new synaptic connections.  Neuron, 17, 567-570, 1996. link