Publications

Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules.
Ou Z, Duh YS, Rommelfanger NJ, Keck CHC, Jiang S, Brinson K Jr, Zhao S, Schmidt EL, Wu X, Yang F, Cai B, Cui H, Qi W, Wu S, Tantry A, Roth R, Ding J, Chen X, Kaltschmidt JA, Brongersma ML, Hong G. Science. 2024 Sep 6;385(6713):eadm6869. PMID: 39236186


Gut Analysis Toolbox: Automating quantitative analysis of enteric neurons.
Sorensen L, Humenick A, Poon SSB, Han MN, Mahdavian NS, Rowe MC, Hamnett R, Gómez-de-Mariscal E, Neckel PH, Saito A, Mutunduwe K, Glennan C, Haase R, McQuade RM, Foong JPP, Brookes SJH, Kaltschmidt JA, Muñoz-Barrutia A, King SK, Veldhuis NA, Carbone SE, Poole DP, Rajasekhar P. J Cell Sci. 2024 Sep 2:jcs.261950. PMID: 39219476


Spontaneous enteric nervous system activity generates contractile patterns prior to maturation of gastrointestinal motility.
Dershowitz LB, Bueno Garcia H, Perley AS, Coleman TP, Kaltschmidt JA. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 Aug 8:e14890. PMID: 39118231


Temperature-dependent differences in mouse gut motility are mediated by stress.
Han A, Hudson-Paz C, Robinson BG, Becker L, Jacobson A, Kaltschmidt JA, Garrison JL, Bhatt, Monack DM. Lab Anim (NY). 2024 Jun;53(6):148-159. PMID: 38806681


Comparison of wholemount dissection methods for neuronal subtype marker expression in the mouse myenteric plexus.
Gomez-Frittelli J, Hamnett R, Kaltschmidt JA. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 Jan;36(1):e14693. PMID: 37882149


Loss of ASD-related molecule Cntnap2 affects colonic motility in mice.
Robinson B, Oster BA, Robertson K, Kaltschmidt JA. Front Neurosci. 2023 Nov 9;17:1287057. PMID: 38027494


Anatomical and functional maturation of the mid-gestation human enteric nervous system. 
Dershowitz LB, Li L, Pasca AM, Kaltschmidt JA. Nat Commun. 2023 May 9;14(1):2680. PMID: 37160892


Single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the developing human spinal cord.
Andersen J, Thom N, Shadrach JL, Chen X, Onesto MM, Amin ND, Yoon SJ, Li L, Greenleaf WJ, Müller F, Pașca AM, Kaltschmidt JA, Pașca SP. Nat Neurosci. 2023 Apr 24. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01311-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37095394


Single-cell multiome sequencing clarifies enteric glial diversity and identifies an intraganglionic population poised for neurogenesis. 
Guyer RA, Stavely R, Robertson K, Bhave S, Mueller JL, Picard NM, Hotta R, Kaltschmidt JA, Goldstein AM. Cell Rep. 2023 Mar 28;42(3):112194. PMID: 36857184


Transcription factor gene Pea3 regulates erectile function during copulation in mice.
Weinrich JAP, Tyagi A, Kenney MC, DiCasoli RJ, Kaltschmidt JA. PLOS ONE. 2022 Oct 27;17(10):e0276069. PMID: 36301850


Regional cytoarchitecture of the adult and developing mouse enteric nervous system.
Hamnett R, Dershowitz LB, Sampathkumar V, Wang Z, Gomez-Frittelli J, De Andrade V, Kasthuri N, Druckmann S, Kaltschmidt JA. Curr Biol. 2022 Oct 24;32(20):4483-4492.e5. PMID: 36070775


Unraveling the complex genetics of neural tube defects: From biological models to human genomics and back.
Wolujewicz P, Steele JW, Kaltschmidt JA, Finnell RH, Ross ME. Genesis. 2021 Oct 29:e23459. Review. PMID: 34713546


COUNTEN, an AI-Driven Tool for Rapid and Objective Structural Analyses of the Enteric Nervous System.
Kobayashi Y, Bukowski A, Das S, Espenel C, Gomez-Frittelli J, Wagle N, Bakshi S, Saha M, Kaltschmidt JA, Venkataraman A, Kulkarni S. eNeuro. 2021 Jul 29;8(4):ENEURO.0092-21.2021. PMID: 34266963


Proprioception revisited: where do we stand?
Shadrach JL, Gomez-Frittelli J, Kaltschmidt JA. Curr Opin Neurophys. 2021 June; 21:23-28. Review. PMID: 34222735


Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of the adult mouse spinal cord reveals molecular diversity of autonomic and skeletal motor neurons.
Blum JA, Klemm S, Shadrach JL, Guttenplan KA, Nakayama L, Kathiria A, Hoang PT, Gautier O, Kaltschmidt JA, Greenleaf WJ, Gitler AD. Nat Neurosci. 2021 Apr;24(4):572-583. PMID: 33589834


Commissural axon guidance in the developing spinal cord: from Cajal to the present day.
Comer JD, Alvarez S, Butler SJ, Kaltschmidt JA. Neural Dev. 2019 Sep 12;14(1):9. Review. PMID: 31514748


Chandelier Cells Swipe Right for L1CAM.
Hamnett R, Kaltschmidt JA. Neuron. 2019 Apr 17;102(2):267-270. PMID: 30998894


Sensory and descending motor circuitry during development and injury.
Plant GW, Weinrich JA, Kaltschmidt JA. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2018 Sep 8;53:156-161. Review. PMID: 30205323


A role for dystonia-associated genes in spinal GABAergic interneuron circuitry.
Zhang J, Weinrich JAP, Russ JB, Comer JD, Bommareddy PK, DiCasoli RJ, Wright CVE, Li Y, van Roessel PJ, Kaltschmidt JA. Cell Rep. 2017 Oct 17;21(3):666-678. PMID: 29045835

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Tor1a gene in GABApre interneurons: The new player in the "impaired inhibition" game of dystonia?
Monje M H G, Sánchez-Ferro Á. Mov Disord. 2018 Sep 14,33(9):1408. PMID: 30216539


Satb2 stations neurons along reflex arcs.
Hantman AW, Kaltschmidt JA. Neuron. 2016 Aug 17;91(4):711-713. PMID: 27537478


Sensory-derived glutamate regulates presynaptic inhibitory terminals in mouse spinal cord.
Mende M, Fletcher EV, Belluardo JL, Pierce JP, Bommareddy PK, Weinrich JA, Kabir ZD, Schierberl KC, Pagiazitis JG, Mendelsohn AI, Francesconi A, Edwards RH, Milner TA, Rajadhyaksha AM, van Roessel PJ, Mentis GZ, Kaltschmidt JA. Neuron. 2016 Jun 15;90(6):1189-1202. Epub 2016 Jun 2. PMID: 27263971

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How a piggyback synapse listens in to tune excitatory terminals.
Cijsouw T, Biederer T. Neuron. 2016 Jun 15;90(6):1143-1145. PMID: 27311077


Normal molecular specification and neurodegenerative disease-like death of spinal neurons lacking the SNARE-associated synaptic protein Munc18-1.
Law C, Schaan Profes M, Levesque M, Kaltschmidt JA, Verhage M, Kania A. J Neurosci. 2016 Jan 13;36(2):561-76. PMID: 26758845


Sensory and spinal inhibitory dorsal midline crossing is independent of Robo3.
Comer JD, Pan FC, Willet SG, Haldipur P, Millen KJ, Wright CV, Kaltschmidt JA. Front Neural Circuits. 2015 Jul 23;9:36. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26257608


Misexpression of ptf1a in cortical pyramidal cells in vivo promotes an inhibitory peptidergic identity.
Russ JB, Borromeo MD, Kollipara RK, Bommareddy PK, Johnson JE, Kaltschmidt JA. J Neurosci. 2015 Apr 15;35(15):6028-37. PMID: 25878276


From induction to conduction: how intrinsic transcriptional priming of extrinsic neuronal connectivity shapes neuronal identity.
Russ JB, Kaltschmidt JA. Open Biol. 2014 Oct;4(10). pii: 140144. Review. PMID: 25297387


Neuronal Ig/Caspr recognition promotes the formation of axoaxonic synapses in mouse spinal cord.
Ashrafi S, Betley JN, Comer JD, Brenner-Morton S, Bar V, Shimoda Y, Watanabe K, Peles E, Jessell TM, Kaltschmidt JA. Neuron. 2014 Jan 8;81(1):120-9. PMID: 24411736


Corticospinal tract insult alters GABAergic circuitry in the mammalian spinal cord.
Russ JB, Verina T, Comer JD, Comi AM, Kaltschmidt JA. Front Neural Circuits. 2013 Sep 25;7:150. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24093008


Wnt7A identifies embryonic γ-motor neurons and reveals early postnatal dependence of γ-motor neurons on a muscle spindle-derived signal.
Ashrafi S, Lalancette-Hébert M, Friese A, Sigrist M, Arber S, Shneider NA, Kaltschmidt JA. J Neurosci. 2012 Jun 20;32(25):8725-31. PMID: 22723712


Stringent specificity in the construction of a GABAergic presynaptic inhibitory circuit.
Betley JN, Wright CV, Kawaguchi Y, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Jessell TM, Kaltschmidt JA. Cell. 2009 Oct 2;139(1):161-74. PMID: 19804761


Gamma and alpha motor neurons distinguished by expression of transcription factor Err3.
Friese A, Kaltschmidt JA, Ladle DR, Sigrist M, Jessell TM, Arber S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 11;106(32):13588-93. Epub 2009 Jul 27. PMID: 19651609


Conditional rhythmicity of ventral spinal interneurons defined by expression of the Hb9 homeodomain protein.
Wilson JM, Hartley R, Maxwell DJ, Todd AJ, Lieberam I, Kaltschmidt JA, Yoshida Y, Jessell TM, Brownstone RM. J Neurosci. 2005 Jun 15;25(24):5710-9. PMID: 15958737


Polar transport in the Drosophila oocyte requires Dynein and Kinesin I cooperation.
Januschke J, Gervais L, Dass S, Kaltschmidt JA, Lopez-Schier H, St Johnston D, Brand AH, Roth S, Guichet A. Curr Biol. 2002 Dec 10;12(23):1971-81. PMID: 12477385


Planar polarity and actin dynamics in the epidermis of Drosophila.
Kaltschmidt JA, Lawrence N, Morel V, Balayo T, Fernández BG, Pelissier A, Jacinto A, Martinez Arias A. Nat Cell Biol. 2002 Dec;4(12):937-44. PMID: 12447392


A new dawn for an old connection: development meets the cell.
Kaltschmidt JA, Martinez Arias A. Trends Cell Biol. 2002 Jul;12(7):316-20. PMID: 12185848


Asymmetric cell division: microtubule dynamics and spindle asymmetry.
Kaltschmidt JA, Brand AH. J Cell Sci. 2002 Jun 1;115(Pt 11):2257-64. Review. PMID: 12006610


Frizzled regulates localization of cell-fate determinants and mitotic spindle rotation during asymmetric cell division.
Bellaïche Y, Gho M, Kaltschmidt JA, Brand AH, Schweisguth F. Nat Cell Biol. 2001 Jan;3(1):50-7. PMID: 11146626


Rotation and asymmetry of the mitotic spindle direct asymmetric cell division in the developing central nervous system.
Kaltschmidt JA, Davidson CM, Brown NH, Brand AH. Nat Cell Biol. 2000 Jan;2(1):7-12. PMID: 10620800