Recent Publications

  1. Dombrovski M, Zang Y, Frighetto G, Vaccari A, Jang H, Mirshahidi PS, Xie F, Sanfilippo P, Hina BW, Rehan A, Hussein RH, Mirshahidi PS, Lee C, Morris A, Frye MA, von Reyn CR, Kurmangaliyev YZ, Card GM, Zipursky SL. Gradients of Recognition Molecules Shape Synaptic Specificity of Visuomotor Transformation. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 31:2024.09.04.610846. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.04.610846. PubMed PMID: 39974884; PMCID: PMC11838220.
  2. Moreno-Sanchez A, Vasserman AN, Jang H, Hina BW, von Reyn CR, Ausborn J. Morphology and synapse topography optimize linear encoding of synapse numbers in Drosophila looming responsive descending neurons. eLife. 2024. 13:RP99277 doi: 10.7554/eLife.99277.1
  3. Smolin N, Dombrovski M, Hina BW, Moreno-Sanchez A, Gossart R, Carmona CR, Rehan A, Hussein RH, Mirshahidi P, Ausborn J, Kurmangaliyev YZ, von Reyn CR. Neuronal identity control at the resolution of a single transcription factor isoform. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 14:2024.06.14.598883. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.14.598883. PubMed PMID: 38915533; PMCID: PMC11195191.
  4. Brennan W McFarland, HyoJong Jang, Natalie Smolin, Bryce W Hina, Michael J Parisi, Kristen C Davis, Timothy J Mosca, Tanja A Godenschwege, Aljoscha Nern, Yerbol Z Kurmangaliyev, Catherine R von Reyn. Axon arrival times and physical occupancy establish visual projection neuron integration on developing dendrites in the Drosophila optic glomeruli. eLife. 2024. 13:RP96223 doi: 10.7554/eLife.96223.1
  5. Schafer SF, Croke H, Kriete A, Ayaz H, Lewin PA, von Reyn CR, Schafer ME. A Miniature Ultrasound Source for Neural Modulation. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2023 Nov;70(11):1544-1553. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2023.3322963. Epub 2023 Nov 1. PMID: 37812556.
  6. Jang H, Goodman DP, Ausborn J, von Reyn CR. Azimuthal invariance to looming stimuli in the Drosophila giant fiber escape circuit. J Exp Biol. 2023 Apr 15;226(8):jeb244790. doi: 10.1242/jeb.244790. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37066993; PMCID: PMC10263144.
  7. Markey KM, Saunders JC, Smuts J, von Reyn CR, Garcia ADR. Astrocyte development-More questions than answers. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Mar 27;11:1063843. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1063843. PMID: 37051466; PMCID: PMC10083403.
  8. Grovola MR, von Reyn CR, Loane DJ, Cullen DK. Understanding microglial responses in large animal models of traumatic brain injury: an underutilized resource for preclinical and translational research. J Neuroinflammation. 2023 Mar 9;20(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12974-023-02730-z. PMID: 36894951; PMCID: PMC9999644.
  9. von Reyn CR. Feature encoding: How back-to-front motion guides the polite fly. Curr Biol. 2022;32(11):R513-R5. Epub 2022/06/08. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.078. PubMed PMID: 35671722.
  10. Luo L, Hina BW, McFarland BW, Saunders JC, Smolin N, von Reyn CR. An optogenetics device with smartphone video capture to introduce neurotechnology and systems neuroscience to high school students. PLoS One. 2022;17(5):e0267834. Epub 2022/05/07. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267834. PubMed PMID: 35522662.
  11. Mott RE, von Reyn CR, Firestein BL, Meaney DF. Regional Neurodegeneration in vitro: The Protective Role of Neural Activity. Front Comput Neurosci. 2021;15: 580107. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2021.580107. PubMed PMID: 33854425
  12. Fenckova M, Blok LE, Asztalos L, Goodman DP, Cizek P, Singgih EL, Glennon JC, IntHout J, Zweier C, Eichler EE, von Reyn CR, Bernier RA, Asztalos Z, Schenck A. Habituation Learning is a Widely Affected Mechanism in Drosophila Models of Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Biol Psychistry. 2019 May;S0006-3223(19)31326-5. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.04.029. Epub 2019 May 8. PubMed PMID: 31272685
  13. Ache JM, Polsky J, Alghailani S, Parekh R, Breads P, Peek MY, Bock DD, von Reyn CR, Card GM. Neural Basis for Looming Size and Velocity Encoding in the Drosophila Giant Fiber Escape Pathway. Curr Biol. 2019 Mar 18;29(6):1073-1081.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.079. Epub 2019 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 30827912.
  14. Goodman DP, Eldredge A,von Reyn CR. A Novel Assay to Evaluate Action Selection in Escape Behavior. J Neurosci Methods. 2018;94(6):1190-204 e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.04.019. PubMed PMID: 29715480.
  15. von Reyn CR, Nern A, Williamson WR, Breads P, Wu M, Namiki S, Card GM. Feature Integration Drives Probabilistic Behavior in the Drosophila Escape Response. Neuron. 2017;94(6):1190-204 e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.036. PubMed PMID: 28641115. [Cited in PMC]
  16. von Reyn CR, Breads P, Peek MY, Zheng GZ, Williamson WR, Yee AL, Leonardo A, Card GM. A Spike-timing Mechanism for Action Selection. Nat Neurosci. 2014;17(7):962-70. doi: 10.1038/nn.3741. PubMed PMID: 24908103.
  17. Schoch KM, von Reyn CR, Bian J, Telling GC, Meaney DF, Saatman KE. Brain injury-induced proteolysis is reduced in a novel calpastatin-overexpressing transgenic mouse. J Neurochem. 2013;125(6):909-20. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12144. PubMed PMID: 23305291. PMCID: PMC3676438.
  18. Mesfin MN,von Reyn CR, Mott RE, Putt ME, Meaney DF. In vitro stretch injury induces time- and severity-dependent alterations of STEP phosphorylation and proteolysis in neurons. J Neurotrauma. 2012;29(10):1982-98. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.2253. PubMed PMID: 22435660. PMCID: PMC3390986.
  19. von Reyn CR, Mott RE, Siman R, Smith DH, Meaney DF. Mechanisms of calpain mediated proteolysis of voltage gated sodium channel alpha-subunits following in vitro dynamic stretch injury. J Neurochem. 2012;121(5):793-805. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07735.x. PubMed PMID: 22428606.
  20. von Reyn CR, Spaethling JM, Mesfin MN, Ma M, Neumar RW, Smith DH, Siman R, Meaney DF. Calpain mediates proteolysis of the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit. J Neurosci. 2009;29(33):10350-6. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2339-09.2009. PubMed PMID: 19692609. PMCID: PMC2799681.
  21. Spaethling JM, Geddes-Klein DM, Miller WJ, von Reyn CR, Singh P, Mesfin M, Bernstein SJ, Meaney DF. Linking impact to cellular and molecular sequelae of CNS injury: modeling in vivo complexity with in vitro simplicity. Prog Brain Res. 2007;161:27-39. doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)61003-0. PubMed PMID: 17618968.