1. M Liu*, SJ Pleasure*, AE Collins, J Noebels, FJ Naya, M-J Tsai, DH Lowenstein (2000) Loss of BETA2/NeuroD leads to malformation of the dentate gyrus and epilepsy. Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 97:865-870. *Equal contributions
  2. H Chen, A Bagri, JA Zupicich, Y Zou, E Stoekli, SJ Pleasure, DH Lowenstein, WC Skarnes, A Chedotal, M Tessier-Lavigne (2000) Neuropilin-2 regulates the development of select cranial nerves and hippocampal mossy fiber projections. Neuron 25:43-56.
  3. SJ Pleasure*, AE Collins* and DH Lowenstein (2000) Unique expression patterns of cell fate molecules delineate sequential stages of dentate gyrus development. Journal of Neuroscience 20:6095-6105. *Equal contributions
  4. SJ Pleasure*, S Anderson*, R Hevner*, A Bagri, DH Lowenstein, JLR Rubenstein (2000) Cell migration from the ganglionic eminences is required for the development of hippocampal GABAergic interneurons. Neuron 28:727-740. *Equal contributions
  5. SJ Pleasure (2001) An arrow hits the Wnt signaling pathway. Trends in Neuroscience 24:69-71.
  6. AS Kim, S. Anderson, JLR Rubenstein, DH Lowenstein, SJ Pleasure (2001) Pax-6 regulates expression of SFRP-2 and Wnt-7b in the developing central nervous system. Journal of Neuroscience 21:RC132(1-5).
  7. AS Kim, DH Lowenstein, SJ Pleasure (2001) Wnt-receptors and Wnt-inhibitors are expressed in gradients in the developing telencephalon. Mechanisms of Development 103:167-172.
  8. HJ Cheng, A Bagri, A Yaron, E Stein, SJ Pleasure, M Tessier-Lavigne (2001) Plexin-A3 mediates semaphorin signaling and regulates the development of hippocampal axonal projections. Neuron 32:249-263.
  9. A Bagri, O Marin, AS Plump, J Mak, SJ Pleasure, JLR Rubenstein, M Tessier-Lavigne (2002) Slit proteins prevent midline crossing and determine dorsoventral position of major axonal pathways in the mammalian forebrain. Neuron 33:233-248.
  10. PA Castro, SJ Pleasure, SC Baraban (2002) Hippocampal heterotopia with molecular and electrophysiological properties of neocortical neurons. Neuroscience 114:961-972.
  11. A Bagri, T Gurney, X He, Y-R Zou, D Littman, M Tessier-Lavigne*, SJ Pleasure* (2002) The chemokine SDF-1 regulates migration of dentate granule neurons. Development 129:4249-4260. *co-corresponding authors
  12. A Bagri, HJ Cheng, A Yaron, SJ Pleasure*, M Tessier-Lavigne* (2003) Stereotyped pruning of long hippocampal axon branches triggered by retraction inducers of the Semaphorin family. Cell 113:285-299.    *co-corresponding authors
  13. AS Kim, SJ Pleasure (2003) Expression of the BMP antagonist Dan during murine forebrain development. Dev Brain Res 145:159-162.
  14. CJ Zhou, C Zhao, SJ Pleasure (2004) Wnt signaling mutants have decreased dentate granule cell production and radial glial scaffolding abnormalities. Journal of Neuroscience 24:121-126.
  15. D Del Turco, C Gebhardt, GJ Burbach, SJ Pleasure, DH Lowenstein, T Deller (2004) Laminar organization of the mouse dentate gyrus: insights from BETA2/NeuroD mutant mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 477:81-95.
  16. CJ Zhou, KI Pinson, SJ Pleasure (2004) Severe defects in dorsal thalamic development in LRP6 mutants. Journal of Neuroscience 24:7632-7639.
  17. C Zhao, SJ Pleasure (2004) The Frizzled-9 promoter drives expression of transgenes in the medial wall of the cortex and its chief derivative the hippocampus. Genesis 40:32-39.
  18. C Zhao, SJ Pleasure (2005) Frizzled9 protein is regionally expressed in the developing medial cortical wall and the cells derived from this region. Developmental Brain Research 157:93-97.
  19. C Zhao, C Avilés, RA Abel, CR Almli, P McQuillen, SJ Pleasure (2005) Hippocampal and visuospatial learning defects in mice with deletion of Frizzled9, a gene in the Williams syndrome deletion interval. Development 132:2917-2927.
  20. G Li, SJ Pleasure (2005) Morphogenesis of the Dentate Gyrus: What we are learning from mouse mutants. Developmental Neuroscience 27:93-99.
  21. JM Parent, T-W Wang, RC Elliott, SJ Pleasure, NM Barbaro, DH Lowenstein (2006) Aberrant seizure-induced neurogenesis in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy. Annals of Neurology 59:81-91.
  22. M Paredes, SJ Pleasure*, SC Baraban* (2006) Embryonic and Early Postnatal Abnormalities Contributing to the Development of hippocampal malformations in a Rodent Model of Dysplasia. Journal of Comparative Neurology 495:133-148. *co-corresponding authors
  23. C Pozniak, SJ Pleasure (2006) A Tale of Two Signals: Wnt and Hedgehog in Dentate Neurogenesis. Science STKE 2006:pe5.
  24. C Zhao, W Guan, SJ Pleasure (2006) A transgenic marker mouse line labels Cajal-Retzius cells from the cortical hem and thalamocortical axons. Brain Research, in press.
  25. O Berger, G Li, MF Paredes, S-m Han, SJ Pleasure (2006) Expression of SDF1 and CXCR4 during reorganization of the postnatal dentate gyrus. Developmental Neuroscience, in press.
Selected Publications (since Sam started the lab in 2000)