Matus Group: Recent Publications

Liu, D., Bei, D., Parmar, H. and Matus, A. (2000). Arc is essential for visceral endoderm organization during early embryogenesis. Mech Dev in press.

Matus, A. (2000). Neurons. In Encyclopedia of life sciences. (London: MacMillan). In press.

Matus, A. (1999). Postsynaptic actin and neuronal plasticity. Curr Opin Neurobiol 9, 561-565.

Kaech, S., Brinkhaus, H. and Matus, A. (1999). Volatile anesthetics antagonize actin-based motility in dendritic spines. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96, 1043-1047.

Heidemann, S. R., Kaech, S., Buxbaum, R. E. and Matus, A. (1999). Direct observations of the mechanical behaviors of the cytoskeleton in living fibroblasts. J Cell Biol 145, 109-122.

Matus, A. (1999). Das Gehirn im neuen Jahrtausend (The Brain in the New Millennium). Basler Zeitung, March 13th, 1999. Andrew Matus' Millennium essay on neuroscience and the brain. Read the original English text (PDF file).

Ludin, B., and Matus, A. (1999). GFP in motion. Trends Cell Biol CD ROM. || This CD-ROM contains a compilation of live cell dynamic images collected from a number of laboratories working with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) labelled proteins. It was published as a free suppliment to Trends Cell Biol in February 1999. To find out more click here to visit the GFP in motion page on Beat Ludin's website.

Matus, A. (1999). Green fluorescent protein illuminates everything. Trends Cell Biol 9, 43.

Fischer, M., Kaech, S., Knutti, D. and Matus, A. (1998). Rapid actin-based plasticity in dendritic spines. Neuron 20, 847-854.

Lovestone, S., Davis, D. R., Webster, M.-T., Kaech, S., Matus, A. and Anderton, B. (1998). Lithium reduces tau phosphorylation: effects in living cells and in neurons at therapeutic concentrations. Biol. Psychiatry 45: 995-1003.

Ludin, B., and Matus, A. (1998). GFP illuminates the cytoskeleton. Trends Cell Biol 8, 72-77.

Stockinger, W., Hengstschlager-Ottnad, E., Novak, S., Matus, A., Hüttinger, M., Bauer, J., Lassmann, H., Schneider, W. J. and Nimpf, J. (1998). The low density lipoprotein receptor gene family. Differential expression of two alpha2-macroglobulin receptors in the brain. J Biol Chem 273, 32213-32221.

Felgner, H., Frank, R., Biernat, J., Mandelkow, E. M., Mandelkow, E., Ludin, B., Matus, A. and Schliwa, M. (1997). Domains of neuronal microtubule-associated proteins and flexural rigidity of microtubules. J Cell Biol 138, 1067-75.

Gordon-Weeks, P. and Matus, A. (1997). MAP1B/MAP5. In Guidebook to the cytoskeleton and motor proteins, T. Kreis and R. Vale, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Hartel, R. and Matus, A. (1997). Cytoskeletal maturation in cultured hippocampal slices. Neuroscience 78, 1-5.

Kaech, S., Fischer, M., Doll, T. and Matus, A. (1997). Isoform specificity in the relationship of actin to dendritic spines. J Neurosci 17, 9565-72.