Recent Publications:

Mi, H., H. Haeberle, and B.A. Barres (2001) Endothelial cells induce astrocyte differentiation. J. Neurosci. 2, 1538-47.

Wang, S., A. Sdrulla, G. Weinmaster, and B.A. Barres (2001) Control of oligodendrocyte

differentiation by Id2. Neuron 29, 603-614.

Kaplan, M., M. Cho, L. Isom, R. Levinson and B. Barres (2001) Differential control of clustering of the sodium channels Nav1.2 and Nav1.6 at developing CNS nodes of Ranvier. Neuron 30, 105-119.

Ullian, E., S. Sapperstein, and B.A. Barres (2001) Control of synapse number by glia. Science 291:657-61.

Goldberg, J., J. Espinosa, Y. Xu, N. Davidson, G. Kovacs, and B.A. Barres (2001) CNS axon extension does not occur by default but is stimulated by electrical activity together with neurotrophic factors. Neuron, in press.

Goldberg, J., R. Daneman, Y. Hua, and B.A. Barres (2001) An Irreversible, Neonatal Switch from Axonal to Dendritic Growth in the Developing CNS. Neuron, submitted.