Cowan, Christopher W.

Activity-Dependent Regulation of MEF2 Transcription Factors Suppresses Excitatory Synapse Number

Flavell, S. W., Cowan, C. W., Kim, T.-K., Greer, P. L., Lin, Y., Paradis, S., Griffith, E. C., Hu, L. S., Chen, C., & Greenberg, M. E. (2006) · Science

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Multiple Autism-Linked Genes Mediate Synapse Elimination via Proteasomal Degradation of a Synaptic Scaffold PSD-95

Tsai, N.-P., Wilkerson, J. R., Guo, W., Maksimova, M. A., DeMartino, G. N., Cowan, C. W., & Huber, K. M. (2012) · Cell

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Cocaine Regulates MEF2 to Control Synaptic and Behavioral Plasticity

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Vav family GEFs link activated ephs to endocytosis and axon guidance

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MEF2C regulates cortical inhibitory and excitatory synapses and behaviors relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders

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Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Synapse Elimination by the Activity-Dependent Transcription Factor MEF2

Pfeiffer, B. E., Zang, T., Wilkerson, J. R., Taniguchi, M., Maksimova, M. A., Smith, L. N., Cowan, C. W., & Huber, K. M. (2010) · Neuron

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Emerging roles for MEF2 in brain development and mental disorders

Assali, A., Harrington, A. J., & Cowan, C. W. (2019) · Current Opinion in Neurobiology

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Postsynaptic FMRP bidirectionally regulates excitatory synapses as a function of developmental age and MEF2 activity

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