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Pro-neural miR-128 is a glioma tumor suppressor that targets mitogenic kinases by Papagiannakopoulos, T, Friedmann-Morvinski, D, Neveu, P, Dugas, J C, Gill, R M, Huillard, E, Liu, C, Zong, H, Rowitch, D H, Barres, B A, Verma, I M, Kosik, K S

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) carry out post-transcriptional control of a multitude of cellular processes. Aberrant expression of miRNA can lead to diseases, including…”
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Control of Synapse Number by Glia by Ullian, Erik M., Sapperstein, Stephanie K., Christopherson, Karen S., Barres, Ben A.

“…Although astrocytes constitute nearly half of the cells in our brain, their function is a long-standing neurobiological mystery. Here we show by quantal…”
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Induction of sodium channel clustering by oligodendrocytes by Kaplan, M. R, Meyer-Franke, A, Lambert, S, Bennett, V, Duncan, I. D, Levinson, S. R, Barres, B. A

“…As oligodendrocytes wrap axons of the central nervous system (CNS) with insulating myelin sheaths, sodium channels that are initially continuously distributed…”
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New roles for glia by BARRES, B. A

“…Recent findings suggest that glial cells, though lacking the excitability usually associated with most neurons, may be more actively involved in brain function…”
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Multiple extracellular signals are required for long-term oligodendrocyte survival by BARRES, B. A, SCHMID, R, SENDNTER, M, RAFF, M. C

“…We showed previously that oligodendrocytes and their precursors require continuous signalling by protein trophic factors to avoid programmed cell death in…”
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Synaptic Efficacy Enhanced by Glial Cells in Vitro by Pfrieger, Frank W., Barres, Barbara A.

“…In the developing nervous system, glial cells guide axons to their target areas, but it is unknown whether they help neurons to establish functional synaptic…”
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The relationship between neuronal survival and regeneration by GOLDBERG, J. L, BARRES, B. A

“…The ability of peripheral nervous system (PNS) but not central nervous system (CNS) neurons to regenerate their axons is a striking peculiarity of higher…”
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A novel role for thyroid hormone, glucocorticoids and retinoic acid in timing oligodendrocyte development by BARRES, B. A, LAZAR, M. A, RAFF, M. C

“…The timing of oligodendrocyte differentiation is thought to depend on an intrinsic clock in oligodendrocyte precursor cells that counts time or cell divisions…”
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Schwann cells and astrocytes induce synapse formation by spinal motor neurons in culture by Ullian, E M, Harris, B T, Wu, A, Chan, J R, Barres, B A

“…Glia constitute 90% of cells in the human nervous system, but relatively little is known about their functions. We have been focusing on the potential synaptic…”
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Invulnerability of retinal ganglion cells to NMDA excitotoxicity by Ullian, E.M, Barkis, W.B, Chen, S, Diamond, J.S, Barres, B.A

“…NMDA excitotoxicity has been proposed to mediate the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in glaucoma and ischemia. Here, we reexamine the effects of…”
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Cell death and control of cell survival in the oligodendrocyte lineage by Barres, B A, Hart, I K, Coles, H S, Burne, J F, Voyvodic, J T, Richardson, W D, Raff, M C

“…Dead cells are observed in many developing animal tissues, but the causes of these normal cell deaths are mostly unknown. We show that about 50% of…”
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A crucial role for neurotrophin-3 in oligodendrocyte development by Barres, B. A, Raff, M. C, Gaese, F, Bartke, I, Dechant, G, Barde, Y.-A

“…The neurotrophins nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4/5 promote the survival of subpopulations of…”
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A New Role for Glia: Generation of Neurons by Barres, Ben A

“…Our abilities to move, feel, and think all depend on the permanence of our neural circuitry. Thus, it is not surprising that the adult brain has little…”
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Transgenic mice reveal unexpected diversity of on-off direction-selective retinal ganglion cell subtypes and brain structures involved in motion processing by Rivlin-Etzion, Michal, Zhou, Kaili, Wei, Wei, Elstrott, Justin, Nguyen, Phong L, Barres, Ben A, Huberman, Andrew D, Feller, Marla B

“…On-Off direction-selective retinal ganglion cells (DSGCs) encode the axis of visual motion. They respond strongly to an object moving in a preferred direction…”
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Programmed Cell Death and the Control of Cell Survival: Lessons from the Nervous System by Raff, Martin C., Barres, Barbara A., Burne, Julia F., Coles, Harriet S., Ishizaki, Yasuki, Jacobson, Michael D.

“…During the development of the vertebrate nervous system, up to 50 percent or more of many types of neurons normally die soon after they form synaptic…”
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Nogo in nerve regeneration by Goldberg, J L, Barres, B A

“…A protein long thought to inhibit the growth of regenerating nerve axons has at last been identified and cloned. This discovery could be an important step…”
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Control of oligodendrocyte number in the developing rat optic nerve by Barres, B A, Raff, M C

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Proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells depends on electrical activity in axons by Barres, B. A, Raff, M. C

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Programmed Cell Death and the Control of Cell Survival by Raff, M. C., Barres, B. A., Burne, J. F., Coles, H. S. R., Ishizaki, Y., Jacobson, M. D.

“…We draw the following tentative conclusions from our studies on programmed cell death (PCD): (i) the amount of normal cell death in mammalian development is…”
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Calcium current in cortical astrocytes: induction by cAMP and neurotransmitters and permissive effect of serum factors by Barres, BA, Chun, LL, Corey, DP

“…Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels were induced in highly purified, cultured, cortical astrocytes by exposure to substances known to increase their…”
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