Juan Lerma Gomez - Selected Publications #

(Total Citations >5700; Hirsch Index=40; Google scholar @ Jul 2014)

• Lerma, J. (1992) Spermine regulates N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor desensitization, Neuron, 8:343-352.

• Lerma, J., Paternain, A.V., Naranjo, J.R. and Mellström, B. (1993) Functional kainate-selective glutamate receptors in cultured hippocampal cells, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90, 11688-11692.

• Paternain, A.V., Morales, M. and Lerma, J. (1995) Selective antagonism of AMPA receptors unmasks kainate receptor-mediated responses in hippocampal neurons, Neuron, 14, 185-189.

• Ruano, D., Lambolez, B., Rossier, J., Paternain, A.V. and Lerma, J. (1995) Kainate receptor subunits expressed in single cultured hippocampal neurons: molecular and functional variants by RNA editing, Neuron, 14, 1009-1017.

• Rodríguez-Moreno, A., Herreras, O. and Lerma, J. (1997) Kainate Receptors Presynaptically Downregulate GABAergic Inhibition in the Rat Hippocampus. Neuron, 19, 893-901.

• Villarroel, A., Regalado, M.P. and Lerma, J., (1998) Glycine-independent NMDA receptor desensitization: Localization of structural determinants. Neuron, 20, 329-339.

• Rodríguez-Moreno, A., and Lerma, J. (1998) Kainate receptor modulation of GABA release involves a metabotropic function. Neuron, 20, 1211-1218. (Cover Caption)

• Rodríguez-Moreno, A., López-García, J.C. and Lerma, J. (2000) Two populations of kainate receptors with separate signaling mechanisms in hippocampal interneurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 97, 1293-1298.

• Lerma, J., Paternain, A.V., Rodríguez-Moreno, A., and López-García, J.C (2001) Molecular Physiology of Kainate Receptors. Physiologial Reviews. 81, 971-998 (Invited review).

• Regalado, M. P., Villarroel, A. and Lerma, J. (2001) Inter-subunit cooperativity in the NMDA receptor. Neuron. 32, 1085-1096.

• Lerma, J. (2003). Roles and rules of kainate receptors in synaptic transmission. Nature Rev Neurosci 4, 481-95.

• Frankle, G., Lerma, J., and Laruelle, M. (2003) The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia. Neuron 39, 205-16

• Rozas, J.L., Paternain A.V. and Lerma J. (2003) Non-canonical signaling by ionotropic kainate receptors. Neuron 39, 543–553

• Paternain, A.V., Cohen, A., Stern-Bach, Y. and Lerma, J. (2003) A role for extracellular Na+ in the channel gating of native and recombinant kainate receptors. J Neuroscience 23, 8641-8648.

• Christensen, JK, Paternain, AV, Selak, S, Ahring PK and Lerma, J. (2004) A mosaic of functional kainate receptors in hippocampal interneurons. J Neuroscience 24, 8986-93.

• Rivera R, Rozas JL and Lerma J (2007) PKC-dependent Autoregulation of Membrane Kainate Receptors. EMBO Journal, 26, 4359-67

• Selak S, Paternain AV, Aller IM, Picó E, Rivera R, Lerma J. (2009) A role for SNAP25 in internalization of kainate receptors and synaptic plasticity. Neuron 63, 357-71.

• Fazzari F., Paternain A.V., Valiente M., Pla R., Luján R., Lloyd K., Lerma J., Marín O. and Rico B.  (2010) Control of cortical GABA circuitry development by Nrg1/ErbB4 signalling. Nature 464,1376-80.

• Lerma J. (2011) Net(o) excitement for Kainate receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 14: 808-810   

• Mire E, Mezzera C, Leyva-Díaz E, Paternain AV, Squarzoni P, Bluy E, Castillo-Paterna M, López MJ, Peregrín S, Tessier-Lavigne M, Garel S, Galcerán J, Lerma J & López-Bendito G (2012) Spontaneous activity mediates a developmental switch in thalamocortical axon growth by regulating Robo1 transcription, Nature Neuroscience. 15, 1134–1143

• Lerma J., and Marques JM (2013) Kainate Receptors in Health and Disease, Neuron, 80, 292-311

• Marques JM, Rodrigues RJ, Valbuena S, Rozas JL, Selak S, Marin P, Aller MI, and Lerma J (2013). CRMP2 Tethers Kainate Receptor Activity to Cytoskeleton Dynamics During Neuronal Maturation, J. Neurosci. 33,18298 – 18310.