Dr. Mendell Rimer
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Kang, H., Tian, L., Son, Y.-J., Zuo, Y., Procaccino, D., Love, F., Hayworth, C., Trachtenberg, J., Mikesh, M., Sutton, L., Ponomareva, O., Mignone, J., Enikolopov, G., Rimer, M., and Thompson, W. (2007) Regulation of the intermediate filament protein nestin at rodent neuromuscular junctions by innervation and activity. J Neurosci. 27:5948-57. pdf
Rimer, M. (2007). Neuregulins at the Neuromuscular Synapse: Past, Present and Future. J. Neurosci. Res. 85: 1827-1833. pdf
Ponomareva, O.N. Fischer, T.J., Lai, C., and Rimer, M. (2006). Schwann Cell-derived Neuregulin-2alpha Can Function as a Cell-attached Activator of Muscle Acetylcholine Receptor Expression. Glia. 54: 630-637. pdf
Hayworth, C.R., Moody, S.E., Chodosh, L.A., Krieg, P.A., Rimer, M.+, and Thompson, W.J. +. (2006). Inducible Activation of Neuregulin Signaling in Mouse Schwann Cells In Vivo Mimics Responses to Denervation. J. Neurosci. 26: 6873-6884. +Co-corresponding authors. pdf
Ponomareva, O.N., Ma, H., Vock, V.M., Ellerton, E.L., Moody, S.E., Dakour, R., Chodosh, L.A., and Rimer, M. (2006). Defective Neuromuscular Synaptogenesis in Mice Expressing Constitutively Active ErbB2 in Skeletal Muscle Fibers. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 31: 334-345. pdf
The above article was evaluated at the Faculty of 1000 Biology:
http://www.f1000biology.com/article/16278083/evaluation
Ponomareva, O.N., Ma, H., Dakour, R., Raabe, T.D., Lai, C., and Rimer, M. (2005). Stimulation of Acetylcholine Receptor Transcription by Neuregulin-2 Requires an N-Box Response Element and Is Regulated by Alternative Splicing. Neuroscience 134: 495-503. pdf
Rimer, M., Barrett, D.W., Maldonado, M.A., Vock, V.M., and Gonzalez-Lima, F. (2005). Neuregulin-1 Ig-like Domain Mutant Mice: Clozapine Sensitivity and Impaired Latent Inhibition. NeuroReport 16: 271-275. pdf
Rimer, M., Prieto, A. L., Weber, J.L., Colasante, C., Ponomareva, O., Fromm, L., Schwab, M. H., Lai, C., and Burden, S.J. (2004). Neuregulin-2 Is Synthesized by Motor Neurons and Terminal Schwann Cells, and Activates Acetylcholine Receptor Transcription in Muscle Cells Expressing ErbB4. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 26:271-281. pdf
Rimer, M. (2003). Neuregulins: Primary or Secondary Signals for the Control of Synapse-Specific Gene Expression. J. Neurocytol. 32: 665-675. pdf
Rimer, M., and Randall, W.R. (1999). Denervation of Chicken Skeletal Muscle Causes an Increase in Acetylcholinesterase mRNA Synthesis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 260: 251-255. pdf
Mathiesen, I., Rimer, M., Ashtari, O., Cohen, I., McMahan, U.J., and Lømo, T. (1999). Regulation of the Size and Distribution of Agrin-induced Postsynaptic-like Apparatus in Adult Skeletal Muscle by Electrical Muscle Activity. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 13: 207-217. pdf
Rimer, M., Cohen, I., Lømo, T., Burden, S.J., and McMahan, U.J. (1998). Neuregulins and erbB Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions and at Agrin-Induced Postsynaptic-like Apparatus in Skeletal Muscle. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 12: 1-15. pdf
Rimer, M., Mathiesen, I., Lømo, T., and McMahan, U.J. (1997). gamma-AChR/epsilon-AChR Switch at Agrin-Induced Postsynaptic-like Apparatus in Skeletal Muscle. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 9: 254-263. pdf
Cohen, I.*, Rimer, M.*, Lømo, T., and McMahan, U.J. (1997). Agrin-Induced Postsynaptic-like Apparatus in Skeletal Muscle Fibers In Vivo. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 9: 237-253. pdf
*These authors contributed equally to this work.