Stephen J Smith and Smith Lab Publications 1976-2006

  1. Thompson, S.H. and Smith, S.J. (1976) Depolarizing afterpotentials and burst production in molluscan pacemaker neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 39: 153-161. [PDF] [Pubmed]

  2. Patridge, L.D., Thompson, S.H., Smith, S.J. and Connor, J.A. (1979) Current-voltage relationships of repetitively firing neurons. Brain Res. 164: 69-79. [Pubmed]

  3. Zucker, R.S. and Smith, S.J. (1979) Effect of TEA on light emission from aequorin-injected Aplysia in neurone soma. Brain Res. 164: 91-102. [Pubmed]

  4. Smith, S.J. and Zucker, R.S. (1980) Aequorin response facilitation and intracellular calcium accumulation in molluscan neurones. J. Physiol. (Lond) 300: 167-196. [Pubmed]

  5. Adams, D.J., Smith, S.J. and Thompson, S.H. (1980) Ionic currents in molluscan soma. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 3:141-167. [PDF]

  6. Smith, S.J. (1981) Excitability of gastropod neurons. Neurosci. Res. Prog. Bull. 119: 286-291.

  7. Smith, S.J. (1981) Calcium regulation in gastropod nerve cell bodies. In: Molluscan Nerve Cells (eds. J. Koester and J.H. Byrne) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pp. 81-91.

  8. Charlton, M.P., Smith, S.J. and Zucker, R.S. (1982) Role of presynaptic calcium ions and channels in synaptic facilitation and depression at the squid giant synapse. J. Physiol. (Lond) 323: 173-193.

  9. Smith, S.J., MacDermott, A.B. and Weight, F.F. (1983) Detection of intracellular calcium transients in sympathetic neurones using arsenazo III. Nature 304: 350-352.

  10. Hoshi, T., Rothlein, J. and Smith, S.J. (1984) Facilitation of Ca channel currents in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 5871-5875. [PDF]

  11. Boyle, M.B., Klein, M., Smith, S.J. and Kandel, E.R. (1984) Serotonin increases intracellular Ca transients in voltage-clamped sensory neurons of Aplysia californica. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 7642-7646. [PDF]

  12. Smith, S.J., Augustine, G.A. and Charlton, M.P. (1985) Transmission at voltage-clamped giant synapse of the squid: evidence for cooperative calcium action in secretion of synaptic transmitter. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 622-625. [PDF]

  13. Augustine, G.J., Charlton, M.P. and Smith, S.J. (1985) Calcium entry into voltage-clamped presynaptic terminals of squid. J. Physiol. (Lond) 367: 143-162.

  14. Augustine, G.J., Charlton, M.P. and Smith, S.J. (1985) Calcium entry and transmitter release at voltage-clamped nerve terminals of squid. J. Physiol. (Lond) 367: 163-181.

  15. Smith, S.J. (1985) Polychromator for recording optical absorbance changes from single cells. In: Optical Methods in Cell Physiology (eds. P. DeWeer and B. Salzberg) New York: John Wiley.

  16. MacDermott, A.B., Mayer, M.L., Westbrook, G.L., Smith, S.J., and Barker, J.L. (1986) NMDA-receptor activation increases cytoplasmic calcium concentration in cultured spinal cord neurones. Nature 321: 519-522.

  17. Thompson, S., Smith, S.J. and Johnson, J.W. (1986) Slow outward tail currents in molluscan bursting pacemaker neurons: two components differing in temperature sensitivity. J. Neurosci. 6: 3169-3176. [PDF]

  18. Smith, S.J., Charlton, M.P., and Augustine, G.J. (1986) The voltage-dependence of transmitter release. J. Physiol. ( Paris) 81(4): 332-339.

  19. Smith, S.J. and Thompson, S.H. (1987) Slow membrane currents in bursting pace-maker neurones of Tritonia. J. Physiol. (Lond) 382: 425-448.

  20. Hoshi, T. and Smith, S.J. (1987) Large depolarization induces long openings of voltage-dependent calcium channels in adrenal chromaffin cells. J. Neurosci. 7: 571-580. [PDF]

  21. Mayer, M.L., MacDermott, A.B., Westbrook, G.L., Smith, S.J. and Barker, J.L. (1987) Agonist- and voltage-gated calcium entry in mouse spinal cord neurons under voltage clamp measured using arsenazo III. J. Neurosci. 7: 3230-3244. [PDF]

  22. Forscher, P., Kaczmarek, L.K., Buchanan, J. and Smith, S.J. (1987) Cyclic AMP induces changes in distribution and transport of organelles within growth cones of Aplysia bag cell neurons. J. Neurosci. 7: 3600-3611. [PDF]

  23. Augustine, G.J., Charlton, M.P. and Smith, S.J. (1987) Ca action in synaptic transmitter release. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 10: 633-693. [PDF]

  24. Smith, S.J. (1987) Progress on LTP at hippocampal synapses: A post-synaptic Ca trigger for memory storage? Trends Neurosci. 10: 142-44.

  25. Smith, S.J., Osses, L.R. and Augustine, G.J. (1988) Fura-2 imaging of localized calcium accumulation within squid 'giant' presynaptic terminal. In: Ion Channel Modulation (Grinnel, A.D., Armstrong, D.L. and Jackson, M.B., eds.), Plenum: New York. pp. 147-155.

  26. Augustine, G.J., Charlton, M.P. and Smith, S.J. (1988) Toward a molecular understanding of synaptic transmitter release: Physiological clues from the squid giant synapse. In: Ion Channel Modulation (Grinnel, A.D., Armstrong, D.L. and Jackson, M.B., eds.), Plenum: New York. pp. 157-168.

  27. Forscher, P. and Smith, S.J. (1988) Actions of cytochalasins on the organization of actin filaments and microtubules in a neuronal growth cone. J. Cell Biol. 107: 1505-1516. [PDF]

  28. Smith, S.J. and Augustine, G.J. (1988) Calcium ions, active zones and neurotransmitter release. Trends Neurosci. 11:458-464.

  29. Smith, S.J. (1988) Neuronal Cytomechanics: The actin-based motility of growth cones. Science 242: 708-715.

  30. Augustine, G.J., Buchanan, J., Charlton, M.P., Osses, L.R. and Smith, S.J (1989). Fingering the trigger for neurotransmitter secretion: Studies on the calcium channels of squid giant presynaptic terminals. In: Secretion and Its Control ( Oxford, G. and Armstrong, C., Eds.), New York: The Rockefeller University Press, pp. 204-223.

  31. Brehm, P., Lechleiter, J., Smith, S.J and Dunlap, K. (1989) Intercellular signalling as visualized by endogenous calcium-dependent bioluminescence. Neuron3: 191-198. [PDF]

  32. Forscher, P. and Smith, S.J (1989) Cytoplasmic actin filaments move particles on the surface of a neuronal growth cone. In: Optical Microscopy for Biology (K. Jacobson and Brian Hermann, Eds.), Wiley-Liss, N.Y. pp. 459-471.

  33. Cornell-Bell, A.H., Finkbeiner, S.M., Cooper, M.S. and Smith, S.J (1990) Glutamate induces calcium waves in cultured astrocytes: Long-range glial signalling. Science 247: 470-473. [PDF]

  34. Cooper, M.S., Cornell-Bell, A.H., Chernjavsky, A., J.W. Dani and Smith, S.J (1990). Tubulovesicular processes emerge from trans-Golgi cisternae, extend along microtubules, and interlink adjacent trans-Golgi elements into a reticulum. Cell 61: 135-145. [PDF]

  35. Cornell-Bell, A.H., Thomas, P.G. and Smith, S.J. (1990). The excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate causes filopodia formation in cultured hippocampal astrocytes. Glia 3:322-334. [PDF]

  36. Smith, S.J, Cooper, M.W. and Waxman, A. (1990). Laser microscopy of subcellular structure in living Neocortex: can one see dendritic spines twitch? In:The Biology of Memory, XXIII Symposium Medicum Hoechst, (L.R.Squire and E. Lindenlaub, Eds), F.K. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart. pp. 49-71.

  37. Goldman, R.S., Finkbeiner, S.M. and Smith, S.J (1991) Endothelin induces a sustained rise in intracellular calcium in hippocampal astrocytes. Neurosci. Lett. 123: 4-8.

  38. Cornell-Bell, A.H., Finkbeiner, S.M., Cooper, M.S. and Smith, S.J (1991) Extraneuronal communication, in Neurosciences Year, Suppl. 2 to Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, G. Adelman and B. Smith, eds., Birkhauser, Boston. pp. 65-68.

  39. Smith, S.J and Jahr, C.E. (1992) Rapid induction of filopodial sprouting by applications of glutamate to hippocampal neurons. In: The Nerve Growth Cone, (P.C. Letourneau, S.B. Kater and E.R. Macagno, Eds.), Raven Press, New York. pp. 19-26. [PDF]

  40. Dani, J.W., Chernjavsky, A, and Smith, S.J. (1992) Neuronal activity triggers Ca waves in hippocampal astrocyte networks. Neuron 8: 429-440. [PDF]

  41. Cooper, M.W. and Smith, S.J. (1992) A real-time analysis of growth cone - target cell interactions during the formation of stable contacts between hippocampal neurons in culture. J. Neurobiology, 23, 814-828.

  42. Smith, S.J., Do astrocytes process neural information? (1992) Prog. in Brain Res. 94, 119-136. [PDF]

  43. Reist, N.E. and Smith, S.J. (1992) Neurally-evoked calcium transients in terminal Schwann cells at the neuromuscular junction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 89, 7625-7629. [PDF]

  44. O'Rourke, N.A., Dailey, M.E., Smith, S.J. and McConnell, S.K. (1992) Diverse migratory pathways in the developing cerebral cortex. Science 258, 299-302. [PDF]

  45. McNeill, H., Ryan, T.A., Smith, S.J, and Nelson, W.J. (1993) Spatial and temporal dissection of immediate and early events following cadherin-mediated epithelial cell adhesion. J. Cell Biol, 120, 1217-1226. [PDF]

  46. Francis , C.L., Ryan, T.A., B.D. Jones, Smith, S.J and Falkow, S. (1993) Ruffles induced by Salmonella and other stimuli direct macropinocytocis of bacteria. Nature 364, 639-642. [PDF]

  47. Dailey, M. E. and Smith, S.J. (1993) Confocal imaging of mossy fiber growth in live hippocampal slices. Jap. J. Physiol. 43 (Suppl. 1), 183-192.

  48. Ryan, T.A., Reuter, H., Wendland, B., Schweizer, F.E., Tsien, R.W. and Smith, S.J. (1993) The kinetics of synaptic vesicle recycling measured at single presynaptic boutons. Neuron 11 713-724. [PDF]

  49. Smith, S.J, Buchanan, J., Osses, L.R., Charlton, M.P. and Augustine, G.J. (1993) The spatial distribution of calcium signals in squid presynaptic terminals. J. Physiol. ( Cambridge),472, 573-593.

  50. Dailey , M.E. , Buchanan, J., Bergles, D.E. and Smith, S.J (1994) Mossy fiber growth and synaptogenesis in rat hippocampal slices in vitro. J. Neurosci. 14: 1060-1078. [PDF]

  51. Dailey , M.E. and Smith, S.J (1994) Spontaneous Ca2+ transients in developing hippocampal pyramidal cells. J. Neurobiol. 25: 243-251. [PDF]

  52. Smith, S.J (1994) Just a Chemical Attraction (News and Views). Nature 368: 101-102. [PDF]

  53. Smith, S.J (1994) Neuromodulatory Astrocytes. Current Biology 4: 807-810. [PDF]

  54. Dani, J.W. and Smith, S.J (1995) The triggering of astrocytic calcium waves by NMDA-induced neuronal activation. Ciba Foundation Symposium 188: 195-209.

  55. Ryan, T.A., and Smith, S.J. (1995) Vesicle pool mobilization during action potential firing at hippocampal synapses. Neuron 14: 983-989. [PDF]

  56. Wong, R. O. L., Chernjavsky, A., Smith, S.J and Shatz, C.J. (1995) Early functional neural networks in the developing retina. Nature 374: 716-718. [PDF]

  57. Bergles, D.E., Doze, V.A., Madison, D.V. and Smith, S.J. (1996) Excitatory actions of norepinephrine on multiple classes of hippocampal CA1 interneurons. J. Neurosci. 16: 572-585. [PDF]

  58. Dailey , M.E. and Smith, S.J (1996) The dynamics of dendritic structure in developing hippocampal slices. J. Neurosci. 16: 2983-2994. [PDF]

  59. Ryan, T.A., Smith, S.J and Reuter, H. (1996) The timing of synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 93: 5567-5571. [PDF]

  60. Shalon, D., Smith, S. J and Brown, P.O. (1996) A DNA micro-array system for analyzing complex DNA samples using two-color fluorescent probe hybridization. Genome Research 6:639-645.

  61. Ryan, T.A., Ziv, N.E. and Smith, S.J (1996) Potentiation of evoked vesicle turnover at individually resolved synaptic boutons. Neuron 17: 125-134. [PDF]

  62. Ziv. N.E. and Smith, S.J (1996) Evidence for a role of dendritic filopodia in synaptogenesis and spine formation. Neuron 17: 91-102. [PDF]

  63. Ryan, T.A., Li, L., Chin, L.-S., Greengard, P. and Smith, S.J (1996) Synaptic vesicle recycling in synapsin I knock-out mice. J. Cell Biol. 134: 1219-1227. [PDF]

  64. Adams , C.L., Nelson, W.J. and Smith, S.J (1996) Quantitative analysis of cadherin-catenin-actin reorganization during development of cell-cell adhesion. J Cell Biol. 135: 1899-1911 . [PDF]

  65. Ryan, T.A., Reuter, H. and Smith, S. J (1997) Optical detection of quantal presynaptic membrane turnover. Nature 388: 478-482. [PDF]

  66. Smith, S.J (1998) Glia help synapses form and function. Current Biology 8: R158-160.

  67. Adams, C.L., Chen, Y.T., Smith, S.J and Nelson, W.J. (1998) Mechanisms of epithelial cell-cell adhesion and cell compaction revealed by high-resolution tracking of E-Cadherin-green fluorescent protein. J. Cell Biol. 142: 1105-1119. [PDF]

  68. Smith, S.J (1999) Dissecting dendrite dynamics. Science 19: 1860-1861.

  69. Jontes, J.D., Buchanan, J. and Smith, S.J (2000) Growth cone and dendrite dynamics in zebrafish embryos: in vivo imaging of early events in synaptogenesis. Nature Neuroscience 3: 231-237. [PDF]

  70. Ahmari, S.E., Buchanan, J. and Smith, S.J (2000) Assembly of presynaptic active zones from cytoplasmic transport packets. Nature Neuroscience 3: 445-451. [PDF]

  71. Jontes, J.D. and Smith, S.J (2000) Filopodia, spines and the generation of synaptic diversity. Neuron 27, 11-14. [PDF]

  72. Waters, J.D. and Smith, S.J (2000) Phorbol esters potentiate evoked and spontaneous release by different presynaptic mechanisms. J. Neurosci. 20, 7863-7870. [PDF]

  73. Micheva, K.D., Holz, R.W. and Smith, S.J (2001) Regulation of presynaptic phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate by neuronal activity. J. Cell Biol. 154: 355-68. [PDF]

  74. Harata, N., Ryan, T.A., Smith, S.J., Buchanan, J. and Tsien, R.W. (2001) Visualizing recycling synaptic vesicles in hippocampal neurons by FM 1-43 photoconversion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 98(22): 12748-53. [PDF]

  75. Barres, B.A. and Smith, S.J (2001) Cholesterol--making or breaking the synapse. Science 294(5545): 1296-7. [PDF]

  76. Hopf, F.W., Waters, J., Mehta, S. and Smith, S.J (2002) Stability and plasticity of developing synapses in hippocampal neuronal cultures. J. Neurosci. 22(3): 775-781. [PDF]

  77. Ahmari, S.E. and Smith, S.J (2002) Minireview: Knowing a nascent synapse when you see it. Neuron 34: 333-336. [PDF]

  78. Waters, J. and Smith, S.J (2002) Vesicle pool partitioning influences presynaptic diversity and weighting in rat hippocampal synapses. J. Physiol. 541(Pt 3):811-23. [PDF]

  79. Thrush E, Levi O, Wang K, Wistey M, Harris JS, Smith SJ.  (2002) Integrated semiconductor fluorescent detection system for biochip and biomedical applications.  Proc. SPIE 4626: 289-297. [PDF]

  80. Meyer, M.P., Niell, C.M, and Smith, S.J (2003) Brain Imaging: How stable are synaptic connections? Curr. Biol. 13(5):R180-2. [PDF]

  81. Micheva, K.D., Buchanan, J., Holz, R.W. and Smith. S.J (2003) Evidence for retrograde regulation of synaptic vesicle endocytosis and recycling. Nature Neurosci. 6, 925-932. [PDF]

  82. Thrush E, Levi O, Wang K, Wistey MA, Harris JS, Smith SJ. (2003) High throughput integration of optoeletronics devices for biochip fluorescent detection. Proc. SPIE, 4982: 162-169. [PDF]

  83. Thrush E, Levi O, Ha W, Wang K, Smith SJ and Harris JS, Jr. (2003) Integrated bio-fluorescence sensor.  J. Chromatography A, 1013: 103-110. [PDF]

  84. Waters, J. and Smith, S.J (2003) Mitochondria and release at hippocampal synapses. Pflügers Archiv 447(3): 363-70. [PDF]

  85. Niell, C.M., Meyer, M.P and Smith, S.J (2004) In vivo imaging of synapse formation on a growing dendritic arbor. Nature Neurosci. 7: 254-260. [PDF]

  86. Niell, C.M. and Smith, S.J (2004) Live optical imaging of nervous system development. Ann. Rev. Physiol., 66 : 771-798. [PDF]

  87. Hua, Y and Smith, S.J (2004) Neural activity and the dynamics of central nervous system development. Nature Neurosci. 7: 327-32. [PDF]

  88. Jontes, J.D., Emond, M.R., Smith, S.J (2004) In vivo trafficking and targeting of N-cadherin to nascent presynaptic terminals. J. Neurosci. 24(41): 9027-34. [PDF]

  89. Thrush, E., Levi, O., Ha, W., Carey, G., Cook, L.J., Deich, J., Smith, S.J, Moerner W.E. and Harris J.S., Jr. (2004) Integrated semiconductor vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and PIN photodetectors for bio-medical fluorescence sensing."  Journal of Quantum Electronics 40: 491-499. [PDF]

  90. Thrush E., Levi O., Cook L.J., Smith S.J. and Harris J.S., Jr. (2004) Greater than 10 6 optical isolation in integrated optoelectronic fluorescence sensor.  IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine & Biology, 2080-2081. [PDF]

  91. Niell, C.M and Smith, S.J (2005) Functional imaging reveals rapid development of visual response properties in the zebrafish tectum. Neuron 45: 941-951. [PDF]

  92. Hua, Y., Smear, M.C., Baier, H. and Smith, S.J (2005) Activity-Based Competition Regulates Axon Growth in Vivo. Nature 434: 1022-1026. [PDF]

  93. Meyer, M.P., Trimmer, J.S., Gilthorpe, J.D., and Smith, S.J (2005) Characterization of Zebrafish PSD-95 Gene Family Members. J. Neurobiol. 63:91-105. [PDF]

  94. Thrush, E., Levi, O., Cook, L.J., Deich, J., Kurtz, A., Smith, S.J, Moerner W.E. and Harris J.S., Jr. (2005) Monolithically integrated fluorescence sensor for microfluidic applications. Sensor and Actuators B 105: 393-399. [PDF]

  95. Okumoto, S., Looger, L.L., Micheva, K.D., Reimer, R.J., Smith, S.J, and Frommer, W.B. (2005) Detection of glutamate release from neurons by genetically encoded surface-displayed FRET nanosensors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 102:8740-8745. [PDF]

  96. Micheva, K.D. and Smith, S.J (2005) Strong effects of sub-physiological temperature on the function and plasticity of mammalian presynaptic terminals. J. Neurosci. 25: 7481-7488. [PDF]

  97. Meyer, M.P. & Smith, S.J (2006) Evidence from in vivo imaging that synaptogenesis guides the growth and branching of axonal arbors by two distinct mechanisms. J. Neurosci. 26:3604-14. [PDF]

  98. Micheva, K.D., Taylor, C.P. & Smith, S.J (2006) Pregabalin reduces the release of synaptic vesicles from cultured hippocampal neurons. Mol. Pharm. (in press).

  99. Niell, C.M. (2006) Theoretical analysis of a synaptotropic dendrite growth mechanism. J. Theor. Biol. (in press). [PDF]

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