- Periodic Remodeling in a Neural Circuit Governs Timing of Female Sexual Behavior. Cell. 2019 Nov, 179(6):1393-1408. Inoue S, Yang R, Tantry A, Davis CH, Yang T, Knoedler JR, Wei Y, Adams EL, Thombare S, Golf SR, Neve RL, Tessier-Lavigne M, Ding JB, Shah NM. [pdf]
- Evolution of Mechanisms that Control Mating in Drosophila Males. Cell Rep. 2019 May, 27(9):2527-2536. Ahmed OM, Avila-Herrera A, Tun KM, Serpa PH, Peng J, Parthasarathy S, Knapp JM, Stern DL, Davis GW, Pollard KS, Shah NM. [pdf]
- Limbic Neurons Shape Sex Recognition and Social Behavior in Sexually Naive Males. Cell (2019). Bayless D, Yang T, Mason M, Susanto A, Lobdell A, Shah N. [pdf]
- Social control of hypothalamus-mediated male aggression. Neuron, 95:955-970 (2017). Yang T, Yang CF, Chizari MD, Maheswaranathan N, Burke KJ, Borius M, Inoue S, Chiang MC, Bender KJ, Ganguli S, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Identification of a motor-to-auditory pathway important for vocal learning. Nat Neurosci, 20:978-986 (2017). Roberts TF, Hisey E, Tanaka M, Kearney MG, Chattree G, Yang CF, Shah NM, and Mooney R. [pdf]
- Molecular and neural control of sexually dimorphic behaviors. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 38:89-95 (2016). Yang T, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Genetic dissection of neural circuits underlying sexually dimorphic social behaviors. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 371:pii20150109 (2016). Bayless DW, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Retinofugal projections from melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells revealed by intraocular injections of Cre-dependent virus. PLoS One, 11(2):e0149501 (2016). Delwig A, Larsen DD, Yasumara D, Yang CF, Shah NM, and Copenhagen DR. [pdf]
- Specification of select hypothalamic circuits and innate behaviors by the embryonic patterning gene dbx1. Neuron, 86:403-416 (2015). Sokolowski K, Esumi S, Hirata T, Kamal Y, Tran T, Lam A, Oboti L, Brighthaupt S-C, Zaghlula M, Martinez J, Ghimbovschi S, Knoblach S, Pierani A, Tamamaki N, Shah NM, Jones KS, and Corbin JG. [pdf]
- Sex-dependent changes in metabolism and behavior, as well as reduce anxiety after eliminating ventromedial hypothalamus excitatory output. Mol Metab, 4:857-866 (2015). Cheung CC, Krause WC, Edwards RH, Yang CF, Shah NM, Hnaskao TS, and Ingraham HA. [pdf]
- Medial amygdalar neurons regulate aggresion in both sexes. Cell Reports, 10:453-462 (2015). Unger EK, Burke KJ, Yang CF, Bender KJ, Fuller PM, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Spontaneous emergence of overgrown molar teeth in a colony of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Int J Oral Science, 7:23-26 (2015). Jheon AH, Prochazkova M, Sherman M, Manoli DS, Shah NM, Carbone L, and Klein O. [pdf]
- Turning ON caspases with genetics and small molecules. Methods Enzymol, 544:179-213 (2014). Morgan CW, Julien O, Unger EK, Shah NM*, and Wells JA*. *Co-corresponding authors. [pdf]
- Representing sex in the brain, one module at a time. Neuron, 82:261-278 (2014). Yang CF and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Striatal cholinergic interneurons drive GABA release from dopamine terminals. Neuron, 82:63-70 (2014). Nelson AB, Hammack N, Yang CF, Shah NM, Seal RP, and Kreitzer AC. [pdf]
- Complex chemosensory control of female reproductive behaviors. PLoS One, 9(2): e90368 (2014). Fraser EF and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Genetic and neural mechanisms that inhibit Drosophila from mating with other species. Cell, 154:89-102 (2013). Fan P, Manoli DS, Ahmed OM, Chen Y, Agarwal N, Kwong S, Cai AG, Neitz J, Renslo A, Baker BS, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Sexually dimorphic neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus govern mating in both sexes and aggression in males. Cell, 153:896-909 (2013). Yang CF, Chiang M, Gray DC, Prabhakaran M, Alvarado M, Juntti SA, Unger EK, Wells JA, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Neural control of sexually dimorphic behaviors. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 23:330-338 (2013). Manoli DS, Fan P, Fraser EJ, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from the prairie vole. PLoS One, 7(5):e38119 (2012). Manoli DS, Subramanyam D, Carey C, Sudin E, Van Westerhuyzen JA, Bales KL, Blelloch R and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Modular genetic control of sexually dimorphic behaviors. Cell, 148:596-607 (2012). Xu X, Coats JK, Yang CF, Wang A, Ahmed OA, Alvarado M, Izumi T, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Restriction of Trpv1 to the peptidergic subset of primary afferent neurons follows it developmental downregulation in nonpeptidergic neurons. J Neurosci, 31:10119-10127 (2011). Cavanaugh D, Chesler A, Braz J, Shah NM, Julius D, and Basbaum AI. [pdf]
- Trpv1 reporter mice reveal highly restricted brain distribution and functional expression in arteriolar smooth muscle cells. J Neurosci, 31:5067-5077 (2011). Cavanaugh D, Chesler A, Jackson A, Sigal Y, Yamanak H, Grant R, O’Donnell D, Nicoll R, Shah NM, Julius D, and Basbaum AI. [pdf]
- Control of masculinization of the brain and behavior. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 21:116-123 (2011). Wu MV and Shah NM. [pdf]
- The androgen receptor governs the execution, but not programming, of male sexual and territorial behaviors. Neuron, 66:260-272 (2010). Juntti SA, Tollkuhn J, Wu MV, Fraser EJ, Soderborg T, Tan S, Honda SI, Harada N, and Shah, NM. [pdf]
- A custody battle for the mind: evidence for extensive imprinting in the brain. Neuron, 67:359-362 (2010). Tollkuhn J, Xu X, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Estrogen masculinizes neural pathways and sex specific behaviors. Cell, 139: 61-72 (2009). Wu MV, Manoli DS, Fraser EJ, Coats JK, Tollkuhn J, Honda SI, Harada N, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- A genetic approach to dissect sexually dimorphic behaviors. Horm Behav, 53:627-637 (2008). Juntti SA, Coats JK, and Shah NM. [pdf]
- Abnormal social behaviors in mice lacking Fgf17. Genes, Brain Behav, 7:344-354 (2008). Scearce-Levie K, Roberson ED, Gerstein H, Cholfin J, Mandiyan VS, Shah NM, Rubenstein JLR, and Mucke L. [pdf]
- Females can also be from Mars. Nature, 448:999-1000 (2007). Shah NM and Breedlove SM. [pdf]
- Nursing behavior: Remembrance of things past. Curr Biol, 16:R842-R844 (2006). Shah NM. [pdf]
- Deficits in sexual and aggressive behaviors in Cnga2 mutant mice. Nat Neurosci, 8:1660-1662 (2005). Mandiyan VS, Coats JK, and Shah NM. [pdf]
From Nirao's Postdoctoral Studies
- Visualizing sexual dimorphism in the brain. Neuron, 43:313-319 (2004). Shah NM, Pisapia DJ, Maniatis S, Mendelsohn M, Nemes A, and Axel R. [pdf]
- Axonal ephrin-As and odorant receptors: coordinate determination of the olfactory sensory map. Cell, 114:311-322 (2003). Cutforth T, Moring L, Mendelsohn M, Nemes A, Shah NM, Kim M, Frisen J, and Axel R. [pdf]
From Nirao's Graduate Studies
- Cell lineage determination and the control of neuronal identity in the neural crest. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 62: 493-504 (1997). Anderson DJ, Groves A, Lo L, Ma Q, Rao M, Shah NM, and Sommer L. [pdf]
- Regulatory mechanisms in stem cell biology. Cell, 88: 287-298 (1997). Morrison SJ, Shah NM, and Anderson DJ. [pdf]
- Integration of multiple instructive cues by neural crest stem cells reveals cell-intrinsic biases in relative growth factor responsiveness. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 94: 11369-11374 (1997). Shah NM and Anderson DJ. [pdf]
- Alternative neural crest cell fates are instructively promoted by TGF superfamily members. Cell, 85: 331-343 (1996). Shah NM, Groves AK, and Anderson DJ. [pdf]
- The cellular function of MASH1 in autonomic neurogenesis. Neuron, 15: 1245-1258 (1995). Sommer L, Shah NM, Rao M, and Anderson DJ. [pdf]
- Glial Growth Factor restricts mammalian neural crest stem cells to a glial fate. Cell, 77: 349-360 (1994). Shah NM, Marchionni MA, Isaacs I, Stroobant P, and Anderson DJ. [pdf]