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Program Start Year: 2016
Jeremy Kay Laboratory
Jeremy Kay Laboratory
Recent Publications
Seeing stars: Development and function of retinal astrocytes.
Journal Article Dev Biol · October 2021 Throughout the central nervous system, astrocytes adopt precisely ordered spatial arrangements of their somata and arbors, which facilitate their many important functions. Astrocyte pattern formation is particularly important in the retina, where astrocyte ... Full text Link to item CiteEndogenous opioid peptides and brain development: Endomorphin‐1 and Nociceptin play a sex‐specific role in the control of oligodendrocyte maturation and brain myelination
Journal Article Glia · July 2020 AbstractThe generation of fully functional oligodendrocytes, the myelinating cells of the central nervous system, is preceded by a complex maturational process. We previously showed that the timing o ... Full text CiteLarge-scale death of retinal astrocytes during normal development is non-apoptotic and implemented by microglia.
Journal Article PLoS Biol · October 2019 Naturally occurring cell death is a fundamental developmental mechanism for regulating cell numbers and sculpting developing organs. This is particularly true in the nervous system, where large numbers of neurons and oligodendrocytes are eliminated via apo ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Mechanisms of naturally-occurring astrocyte death during retinal development
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2019 - 2027View All Grants