Publications
2019-current
Yu X, Wang Y. 2023. Peripheral Fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein is required for the timely closure of a critical period for neuronal susceptibility in the ventral cochlear nucleus. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 17. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2023.1186630
Wang H, Peng K, Curry RJ, Li D, Wang Y, Wang X, Lu Y. 2023. Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor-triggered temporally patterned action potential-dependent spontaneous synaptic transmission in mouse MNTB neurons. Hearing Research 435:108822.
Manubens-Gil L, Zhou Z, Chen H, Ramanathan A, Liu X, Liu Y, Bria A, Gillette T, Ruan Z, Yang J, Radojević M, Zhao T, Cheng L, Qu L, Liu S, Bouchard KE, Gu L, Cai W, Ji S, Roysam B, Wang C-W, Yu H, Sironi A, Iascone DM, Zhou J, Bas E, Conde-Sousa E, Aguiar P, Li X, Li Y, Nanda S, Wang Y, Muresan L, Fua P, Ye B, He H-Y, Staiger JF, Peter M, Cox DN, Simonneau M, Oberlaender M, Jefferis G, Ito K, Gonzalez-Bellido P, Kim J, Rubel E, Cline HT, Zeng H, Nern A, Chiang A-S, Yao J, Roskams J, Livesey R, Stevens J, Liu T, Dang C, Guo Y, Zhong N, Tourassi G, Hill S, Hawrylycz M, Koch C, Meijering E, Ascoli GA, Peng H. 2023. BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets. Nat Methods. 2023 Jun;20(6):824-835.
Wang X, Sela-Donenfeld D, Wang Y (2023). Axonal and presynaptic FMRP: Localization, signal, and functional implications. Hearing Research 430:108720. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108720. Epub ahead of print.
Wang X, Fan Q, Yu X, Wang Y (2023). Cellular distribution of the Fragile X mental retardation protein in the inner ear: a developmental and comparative study in the mouse, rat, gerbil, and chicken. Journal of Comparative Neurology 531:149–169.
Yu X, Wang Y (2022). Tonotopic differentiation of presynaptic neurotransmitter-releasing machinery in the auditory brainstem during the prehearing period and its selective deficits in Fmr1 knockout mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 530:3248-3269.
Fan Q, Zhang X, Wang Y, Wang X (2022). Dissecting Cell-Autonomous Function of Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein in an Auditory Circuit by In Ovo Electroporation. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments):e64187.
https://www.jove.com/v/64187/dissecting-cell-autonomous-function-fragile-x-mental-retardation
Curnow E, Wang Y. 2022. New Animal Models for Understanding FMRP Functions and FXS Pathology. Cells. 11(10):1628. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/10.3390/cells11101628 PDF
Hirsch D, Kohl A, Wang Y, Sela-Donenfeld D. 2021. Axonal Projection Patterns of the Dorsal Interneuron Populations in the Embryonic Hindbrain. Front Neuroanat 15:793161.
Yu X, Wang X, Sakano H, Zorio DAR, Wang Y. 2021. Dynamics of the fragile X mental retardation protein correlates with cellular and synaptic properties in primary auditory neurons following afferent deprivation. J Comp Neurol 529:481–500. PDF (1Mb)
Peng K, Wang X, Wang Y, Li D, Huang H, Lu Y. 2020. Mechanisms Underlying Enhancement of Spontaneous Glutamate Release by Group I mGluRs at a Central Auditory Synapse. J Neurosci 40:7027–7042.
Wang X, Kohl A, Yu X, Zorio DA, Klar A, Sela-Donenfeld D, Wang Y. 2020. Temporal-specific roles of Fragile X mental retardation protein in the development of hindbrain auditory circuit. Development. 147:dev188797 PDF (3Mb)
McCullagh EA, Rotschafer SE, Auerbach BD, Klug A, Kaczmarek LK, Cramer KS, Kulesza RJ, Razak KA, Lovelace JW, Lu Y, Koch U, Wang Y (2020). Mechanisms underlying auditory processing deficits in Fragile X syndrome. FASEB J 34:3501-3518. PDF
Zorio DAR, Monsma S, Sanes DH, Golding NL, Rubel EW, Wang Y (2019). De novo sequencing and initial annotation of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) genome. Genomics 111:441-449. PDF
2017-2018
Wang X, Zorio DAR, Schecterson L, Lu Y, Wang Y (2018). Postsynaptic FMRP regulates synaptogenesis in vivo in the developing cochlear nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience 38(29):6445-6460.
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Hong H, Wang X, Lu T, Zorio DAR, Wang Y, Sanchez JT (2018). Diverse Intrinsic Properties Shape Functional Phenotype of Low-Frequency Neurons in the Auditory Brainstem. Frontier Cell Neuroscience 12:175. PDF
Hong H, Lu T, Wang X, Wang Y, Sanchez JT (2018). Resurgent sodium current promotes action potential firing in the avian auditory brainstem. Journal of Physiology 596(3):423-443. PDF
Zorio DAR, Monsma S, Sanes DH, Golding NL, Rubel EW, Wang Y (2018). De novo sequencing and initial annotation of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) genome. Genomics pii: S0888-7543(17)30161-1. PDF
Sakano H, Zorio DAR, Wang X, Ting YS, Noble WS, MacCoss MJ, Rubel EW, Wang Y (2017). Proteomic analyses of nucleus laminaris identified candidate targets of the fragile X mental retardation protein. J Comp Neurol 525(15):3341-3359. PDF
Wang Y, Zorio DAR, Karten HJ (2017). Heterogeneous organization and connectivity of the chicken auditory thalamus (Gallus gallus). J Comp Neurol 525(14)3044-3071. PDF
Zorio DA, Jackson CM, Liu Y, Rubel EW, Wang Y (2017). Cellular distribution of the fragile X mental retardation protein in the mouse brain. J Comp Neurol 525:818-849. PDF
Wang X, Hong H, Brown DH, Sanchez JT, Wang Y (2017). Distinct Neural Properties in the Low-Frequency Region of the Chicken Cochlear Nucleus Magnocellularis. eNeuro. 2017 Apr 11;4(2). PDF
Weatherstone JH, Kopp-Scheinpflug C, Pilati N, Wang Y, Forsythe ID, Rubel EW, Tempel BL (2017). Maintenance of neuronal size gradient in MNTB requires sound-evoked activity. J Neurophysiol 117(2):756-766. PDF
Sanchez JT, Wang Y, Lu Y, Burger MR, Seidl AH, Rubel EW (2017). Nucleus Laminaris. In: Shepherd G, Addona D, editors. Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. New York: Oxford University Press; 2017. PDF
2012-2016
Wang Y, Rubel EW (2016). Modification of dendritic architecture after function. In: Emoto K, Wong R, Huang E, Hoogenraad C, editors. Dendrites: Development and Disease Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2016. 245-270p. PDF
Beebe K, Wang Y, Kulesza RJ (2014). Distribution of fragile X mental retardation protein in the human auditory brainstem. Neuroscience 273:79-91. PDF
Wang Y, Sakano H, Beebe K, Brown MR, Laat R, Bothwell M, Kulesza RJ, Rubel EW (2014). Intense and specialized dendritic localization of the fragile X mental retardation protein in binaural brainstem neurons -- a comparative study in the alligator, chicken, gerbil, and human. J Comp Neurol 522:2107-28. PDF
McBride EG, Rubel EW, Wang Y (2013). Afferent regulation of chicken auditory brainstem neurons: rapid changes in phosphorylation of elongation factor 2. J Comp Neurol 521:1165-1183. PDF
Polley DB, Seidl AH, Wang Y, Sanchez JT (2013). Functional circuit development in the auditory system. In: Rubenstein JLR and Rakic P (ed.) Comprehensive developmental neuroscience: Neural Circuit Development and Function in the Brain, volume 3, pp. 21-39 Amsterdam: Elsevier. PDF
Seidl AH, Sanchez JT, Schecterson L, Tabor KM, Wang Y, Kashima DT, Fraser SE, Huss D, Poynter G, Lansford R, Rubel EW (2013). Validation of the transgenic quail as a model for research in the avian nervous system – a comparative study of the auditory brainstem. J Comp Neurol. 521:5-23. PDF
Wang Y, Rubel EW (2012). In vivo reversible regulation of dendritic patterning by afferent input in bipolar auditory neurons. J Neurosci 32:11495-11504. PDF
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2008-2010
Sanchez JT, Wang Y, Rubel EW, Barria A (2010). Development of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in binaural auditory neurons. J Neurophysiol 104:1774-1789. PDF
Wang Y, Brzozowska-Prechtl A, and Karten HJ (2010). Laminar and columnar auditory cortex in avian brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:12676-12681. PDF
Wang Y, Karten HJ (2010). Three subdivisions of the auditory midbrain in chicks (Gallus gallus) identified by their afferent and commissural projections. J Comp Neurol 518:1199-1219. PDF
Wang Y, Sanchez JT, Rubel EW (2010). Nucleus laminaris. In: Shepherd G and Addona DD, editors. Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. New York: Oxford University Press. pp 224-233. PDF
Wang Y, Cunningham DE, Tempel BL, Rubel EW (2009). Compartment-specific regulation of plasma membrane calcium ATPase type 2 in the chick auditory brainstem. J Comp Neurol 514:624-640. PDF
Wang Y, Rubel EW (2008). Rapid regulation of microtubule-associated protein 2 in dendrites of nucleus laminaris of the chick following deprivation of afferent activity. Neuroscience 154:381-389. PDF
2004-2006
Gruberg E, Dudkin E, Wang Y, Marín G, Salas C, Sentis E, Letelier J, Mpodozis J, Malpeli J, Cui H, Ma R, Northmore D, Udin S (2006). Influencing and interpreting visual input: the role of a visual feedback system. J Neurosci 26:10368-10371. PDF
Wang Y, Luksch H, Brecha NC, Karten HJ (2006). Columnar projections from the cholinergic nucleus isthmi to the optic tectum in chicks (Gallus gallus): a possible substrate for synchronizing tectal channels. J Comp Neurol 494:7-35. PDF
Wang Y, Major DE, Karten HJ (2004). Morphology and connections of nucleus isthmi pars magnocellularis in chicks (Gallu gallus). J Comp Neurol 469:275-297. PDF
1999-2002
Gu Y, Wang Y, Zhang T, Wang SR (2002). Stimulus size selectivity and receptive field organization of ectostriatal neurons in the pigeon. J Comp Physiol A 188:173-178. PDF
Gu Y, Wang Y, Wang SR (2002). Visual responses of neurons in the nucleus of the basal optic root to stationary stimuli in pigeons. J Neurosci Res 67:698-704. PDF
Wang Y, Gu Y, Wang SR (2001). Directional responses of basal optic neurons are modulated by the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali in pigeons. Neurosci Lett 311:33-36. PDF
Gu Y, Wang Y, Wang SR (2001). Directional modulation of visual responses of pretectal neurons by accessory optic neurons in pigeons. Neuroscience 104:153-159. PDF
Wang Y, Xiao J, Wang SR (2000a). Excitatory and inhibitory receptive fields of tectal cells are differentially modified by magnocellular and parvocellular divisions of the pigeon nucleus isthmi. J Comp Physiol A 186:505-511. PDF
Wang Y, Gu Y, Wang SR (2000b). Modulatory effects of the nucleus of the basal optic root on rotundal neurons in pigeons. Brain Behav Evol 56:287-292. PDF
Wang Y, Gu Y, Wang SR (2000c). Feature detection of visual neurons in the nucleus of the basal optic root in pigeons. Brain Res Bull 51:165-169. PDF
Gu Y, Wang Y, Wang SR (2000). Regional variation in receptive field properties of tectal neurons in pigeons. Brain Behav Evol 55:221-228. PDF
Xiao J, Wang Y, Wang SR (1999). Effects of glutamatergic, cholinergic and GABAergic antagonists on tectal cells in toads. Neuroscience 90:1061-1067. PDF