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Selected Publications

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* Indicating trainees from the Cao Lab

  1. Naveed M*, Chao OY, Hill JW, Yang YM, Huston JP, Cao R. Circadian neurogenetics and its implications in neurophysiology, behavior, and chronomedicine. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Feb;157:105523. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105523. PMID: 38142983
  2. Singla R*, Mishra A*, Cao R (2022). The crosstalk between mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling and the circadian clock and its implications in psychiatric disorders. Transl Psychiatry, 12(1):355. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02120-8. PMID: 36045116.
  3. Liu D*, Nanclares C, Simbriger C, Fang K, Lorsung E*, Amorim IS, Chalkiadaki K, Pathak SS*, Li J*, Gewirtz JC, Jin VX, Kofuji P, Araque A, Orr HT, Gkogkas CG, Cao R (2022). Autistic-like behavior and cerebellar dysfunction in Bmal1 mutant mice ameliorated by mTORC1 inhibition. Mol Psychiatry, doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01499-6. PMID: 35301425
  4. Pathak SS*, Liu D*, Li T, de Zavalia N, Zhu L, Li J*, Karthikeyan R*, Alain T, Liu AC, Storch KF, Kaufman RJ, Jin VX, Amir S, Sonenberg N, Cao R (2019). The eIF2α Kinase GCN2 Modulates Period and Rhythmicity of the Circadian Clock by Translational Control of Atf4. Neuron,104(4):724-735. PMID: 31522764
  5. *Liu D, Stowie A, de Zavalia N, Leise T, Pathak SS*, Drewes LR, Davidson AJ, Amir S, Sonenberg N, Cao R (2018). mTOR signaling in VIP neurons regulates circadian clock synchrony and olfaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,115(14): E3296-E3304.PMID: 29555746
  6. Cao R, Gkogkas C, de Zavalia N, Blum ID, Yanagiya A, Tsukumo Y, Xu H, Storch KF, Liu AC, Amir S, Sonenberg N (2015). Light-regulated translational control of circadian behavior by eIF4E phosphorylation. Nat Neurosci, 18(6):855-62. PMID: 25915475
  7. Cao R, Robinson B, Xu H, Gkogkas C, Khoutorsky A, Alain T, Yanagiya A, Nevarko T, Liu AC, Amir S, Sonenberg N (2013). Translational control of entrainment and synchrony of the suprachiasmatic circadian clock by mTOR/4E-BP1 signaling. Neuron, 79(4):712-724. PMID: 23972597
  8. Cao R, Li A, Cho HY, Lee B, Obrietan K (2010). mammalian target of rapamycin signaling modulates photic entrainment of the suprachiasmatic circadian clock. J Neurosci, 30(18): 6302-6314. PMID: 20445056