Alex L. Kolodkin Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Alex L. Kolodkin has not added a biography. If you are Alex L. Kolodkin and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Microtubule-binding Protein MAP1B Regulates Interstitial Axon Branching of Cortical Neurons Via the Tubulin Tyrosination Cycle The EMBO Journal. Apr, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38388748 Teneurin-3 Regulates the Generation of Non-image-forming Visual Circuitry and Responsiveness to Light in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus PLoS Biology. Dec, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 38048352 Drebrin Regulates Collateral Axon Branching in Cortical Layer II/III Somatosensory Neurons The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Nov, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37798130 Retinal Ganglion Cell Repopulation for Vision Restoration in Optic Neuropathy: a Roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium Molecular Neurodegeneration. Sep, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37735444 Palmitoylation Regulates Neuropilin-2 Localization and Function in Cortical Neurons and Conveys Specificity to Semaphorin Signaling Via Palmitoyl Acyltransferases ELife. Apr, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37010951 Corrigendum to "Characterization of Non-alpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Injury Responses Reveals a Possible Block to Restoring IpRGC Function" Experimental Neurology. Jan, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36457222 Circuit Engineering: Rewiring Adult Outer Retina Connections Current Biology : CB. Nov, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36413972 The Transcription Factor Tbx5 Regulates Direction-selective Retinal Ganglion Cell Development and Image Stabilization Current Biology : CB. Oct, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35998637 Characterization of Non-alpha Retinal Ganglion Cell Injury Responses Reveals a Possible Block to Restoring IpRGC Function Experimental Neurology. Nov, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35870522 Central Nervous System Regeneration Cell. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34995518 Development of the Vertebrate Retinal Direction-selective Circuit Developmental Biology. Sep, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34118273 Revisiting and Refining Roles of Neural Guidance Cues in Circuit Assembly Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 32823181 Repurposing Developmental Mechanisms in the Adult Nervous System Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32485480 Binary Fate Choice Between Closely Related Interneuronal Types Is Determined by a Fezf1-Dependent Postmitotic Transcriptional Switch Neuron. Feb, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31812516 Semaphorin 2b Regulates Sleep-Circuit Formation in the Drosophila Central Brain Neuron. Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31564592 Genetic Access to Neurons in the Accessory Optic System Reveals a Role for Sema6A in Midbrain Circuitry Mediating Motion Perception The Journal of Comparative Neurology. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30076594 Editorial Overview: Developmental Neuroscience (2018) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30449415 Neuropilin-2/PlexinA3 Receptors Associate with GluA1 and Mediate Sema3F-Dependent Homeostatic Scaling in Cortical Neurons Neuron. Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29154130 Varicose and Cheerio Collaborate with Pebble to Mediate Semaphorin-1a Reverse Signaling in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Sep, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28894005 The Laminar Organization of the Ellipsoid Body is Semaphorin-dependent and Prevents the Formation of Ectopic Synaptic Connections ELife. Jun, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28632130 Netrin-Mediated Axon Guidance to the CNS Midline Revisited Neuron. May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28521119 Establishing Wiring Specificity in Visual System Circuits: From the Retina to the Brain Annual Review of Neuroscience. Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28460185 Wiring Visual Systems: Common and Divergent Mechanisms and Principles Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Feb, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28064004 Sculpting Neural Circuits by Axon and Dendrite Pruning Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26436703 Axon Dynamics During Neocortical Laminar Innervation Cell Reports. Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26146079 Functional Assembly of Accessory Optic System Circuitry Critical for Compensatory Eye Movements Neuron. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25959730 Semaphorins and the Dynamic Regulation of Synapse Assembly, Refinement, and Function Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24598309 Cas Adaptor Proteins Organize the Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer Downstream of Integrin Signaling Neuron. Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24559672 Function of the Drosophila Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase Gyc76C in PlexA-mediated Motor Axon Guidance Development (Cambridge, England). Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24284209 On and off Retinal Circuit Assembly by Divergent Molecular Mechanisms Science (New York, N.Y.). Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24179230 Sema6B, Sema6C, and Sema6D Expression and Function During Mammalian Retinal Development PloS One. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23646199 SnapShot: Axon Guidance II Cell. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23622251 Cbl-associated Protein Regulates Assembly and Function of Two Tension-sensing Structures in Drosophila Development (Cambridge, England). Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23293294 The Coordinate Regulation of Sensory Afferent CNS Targeting and CNS Longitudinal Tract Organization in Drosophila During Neural Development Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System : JPNS. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23279430 The Control of Semaphorin-1a-mediated Reverse Signaling by Opposing Pebble and RhoGAPp190 Functions in Drosophila Neuron. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23177958 The Extracellular Matrix Proteoglycan Perlecan Facilitates Transmembrane Semaphorin-mediated Repulsive Guidance Genes & Development. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23028146 The RacGAP β2-Chimaerin Selectively Mediates Axonal Pruning in the Hippocampus Cell. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22726444 Autism Spectrum Disorder Susceptibility Gene TAOK2 Affects Basal Dendrite Formation in the Neocortex Nature Neuroscience. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22683681 Guidance-cue Control of Horizontal Cell Morphology, Lamination, and Synapse Formation in the Mammalian Outer Retina The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22593055 Class 5 Transmembrane Semaphorins Control Selective Mammalian Retinal Lamination and Function Neuron. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21835343 A Combinatorial Semaphorin Code Instructs the Initial Steps of Sensory Circuit Assembly in the Drosophila CNS Neuron. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21521614 Transmembrane Semaphorin Signalling Controls Laminar Stratification in the Mammalian Retina Nature. Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21270798 Secreted Semaphorins Control Spine Distribution and Morphogenesis in the Postnatal CNS Nature. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20010807 Semaphorin 3F is a Bifunctional Guidance Cue for Dopaminergic Axons and Controls Their Fasciculation, Channeling, Rostral Growth, and Intracortical Targeting The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19812329 Expression Patterns of Semaphorin7A and PlexinC1 During Rat Neural Development Suggest Roles in Axon Guidance and Neuronal Migration BMC Developmental Biology. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17727705 Semaphorin Regulation of Cellular Morphology Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17539753 Descrambling Dscam Diversity Cell. May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16678085 Drosophila Plexin B is a Sema-2a Receptor Required for Axon Guidance Development (Cambridge, England). Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16672342 MICAL Flavoprotein Monooxygenases: Expression During Neural Development and Following Spinal Cord Injuries in the Rat Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. Jan, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16230022 Distinct Roles for Secreted Semaphorin Signaling in Spinal Motor Axon Guidance Neuron. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16364899 High-resolution Structure of the Catalytic Region of MICAL (molecule Interacting with CasL), a Multidomain Flavoenzyme-signaling Molecule Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16275925 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Controls Neuronal Migration and Cooperates with Sema3A to Pattern Distinct Compartments of the Facial Nerve Genes & Development. Nov, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15545635 Differential Requirements for Semaphorin 3F and Slit-1 in Axonal Targeting, Fasciculation, and Segregation of Olfactory Sensory Neuron Projections The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Oct, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15483127 The Drosophila Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase Gyc76C is Required for Semaphorin-1a-plexin A-mediated Axonal Repulsion The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15282266 Semaphorin 7A Promotes Axon Outgrowth Through Integrins and MAPKs Nature. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12879062 Neuropilin-1 Conveys Semaphorin and VEGF Signaling During Neural and Cardiovascular Development Developmental Cell. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12852851 Signaling at the Growth Cone: Ligand-receptor Complexes and the Control of Axon Growth and Guidance Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12677003 Semaphorin Junction: Making Tracks Toward Neural Connectivity Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Feb, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12593985 MICALs, a Family of Conserved Flavoprotein Oxidoreductases, Function in Plexin-mediated Axonal Repulsion Cell. Jun, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12110185 Neuropilin-2 Mediates Axonal Fasciculation, Zonal Segregation, but Not Axonal Convergence, of Primary Accessory Olfactory Neurons Neuron. Mar, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11906695 Characterization of Neuropilin-1 Structural Features That Confer Binding to Semaphorin 3A and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 165 The Journal of Biological Chemistry. May, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11886873 Author Spotlight: A Streamlined and Accessible Analysis Method to Quantify Optokinetic Reflex Tracking Responses James K. Kiraly1, Scott C. Harris2, Timour Al-Khindi1, Felice A. Dunn2, Alex L. Kolodkin1 1Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Franciso JoVE 66779 Neuroscience
Author Spotlight: A Streamlined and Accessible Analysis Method to Quantify Optokinetic Reflex Tracking Responses James K. Kiraly1, Scott C. Harris2, Timour Al-Khindi1, Felice A. Dunn2, Alex L. Kolodkin1 1Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Franciso JoVE 66779 Neuroscience