Publications

Amenta, A.R., H.E. Creely , M.L. Mercado, H. Hagiwara, B. A. McKechnie , S. Rossi, Q. Wang, R. T. Owens, L. Mei, W. Hoch, M. F. Young, D. J. McQuillan, R. L. Rotundo, and J.R. Fallon. (2012) Biglycan is a MuSK ligand that regulates agrin signaling and is important for neuromuscular junction stability. J. Neurosci. 32(7):2324 –2334 Pubmed Citation

Fallon, J.R. (2011) Calcium channels put synapses in their place. Nat Neurosci. 14: 536-538. PubMed Citation

Amenta, A.R , Yilmaz, A, Bogdanovich,S, McKechnie, B.M., Abedi, M, Khurana, T.S., and J.R. Fallon. (2010). Biglycan recruits utrophin to the sarcolemma and counters dystrophic pathology in mdx mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.108:762-767.Pubmed Citation

Akins, M.R., H.E. Berk-Rauch and J.R. Fallon. (2009) Presynaptic translation: stepping out of the postsynaptic shadow. Front Neural Circuits. 3(17). Pubmed Citation

Christie, S.B., M.R. Akins, J.E. Schwob and J.R. Fallon. (2009) The FXG: a presynaptic fragile X granule expressed in a subset of developing brain circuits. J Neurosci. 29(5):1514-24. Pubmed Citation

Taylor, A.B., and J.R. Fallon. (2006) Dendrites contain a spacing pattern. J Neurosci. 26:1154-63. Pubmed Citation

Rafii, M.S., H. Hagiwara, M.L. Mercado, N.S. Seo, T. Xu, T. Dugan, M. Hook, D.J. McQuillan, M.F. Young and J.R. Fallon. (2006) Biglycan is a ligand for alpha- and gamma- sarcoglycan and is associated with the dystrophin glycoprotein complex. J. Cell. Physiol. 209:439-47. PubMed Citation

Mercado, M.L., A. R. Amenta, H. Hagiwara, M. S. Rafii, R. T. Owens, D. J. McQuillan and J.R. Fallon. (2006) Biglycan targets dystrobrevin, syntrophin and nNOS to the muscle cell membrane FASEB J. 20:1724-6. Epub 2006 Jun 28. PubMed Citation

Lechner B.E., J.H. Lim, M.L. Mercado, and J.R. Fallon. (2006) Developmental regulation of biglycan expression in muscle and tendon. Muscle Nerve. 34(3):347-55. PubMed Citation

Lim, J.H., A.B. Booker ,T. Luo, T. Williams, Y. Furuta, O. Lagutin, G. Oliver, T. D. Sargent, and J. R. Fallon (2005) AP-2a selectively regulates fragile X mental retardation-1 gene transcription during embryonic development Hum. Mol. Genetics. 14:2027-34. PubMed Citation

Lim, J.H., A.B. Booker, J.R. Fallon. (2005) Regulating fragile X gene transcription in the brain and beyond. J. Cell. Physiol. 205:170-175. PubMed Citation

Lim, J.H., T. Luo, Y. Zhang, T. D. Sargent, and J. R. Fallon (2005) Developmental expression of Xenopus Fragile X mental retardation-1 gene. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 49:981-84. PubMed Citation

Gabel, L.A. , S. Won, H. Kawai, M. McKinney, A. M. Tartakoff, and J. R. Fallon. Visual experience induces a transient, NMDA receptor-dependent upregulation of Fragile X mental retardation protein in the visual cortex (2004). J. Neurosci. 24:10579-10583. PubMed Citation

Casar J.C., B.A. McKechnie, J.R. Fallon, M.F. Young, E. Brandan. (2004) Transient up-regulation of biglycan during skeletal muscle regeneration: delayed fiber growth along with decorin increase in biglycan-deficient mice. Dev Biol. 268(2):358-71. PubMed Citation

Megeath, L.J., M.T. Kirber, C. Hopf, W. Hoch, and J.R. Fallon. (2003) Calcium-dependent maintenance of agrin-induced postsynaptic specializations. Neuroscience. 122:659-68. PubMed Citation

Wells, D.G., X. Dong, . E.M. Quinlan, Y-S. Huang, M.F. Bear, J.D. Richter and J.R. Fallon (2001) A Role for the Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation element in NMDA Receptor-Regulated mRNA Translation in neurons. J. Neuroscience21: 9541-48. PubMed Citation

Snyder, E.M., B.D. Philpot, K.M. Huber, X. Dong, J.R. Fallon and M.F. Bear. (2001). Internalization of ionotropic glutamate receptors in response to mGluR activation. Nat Neurosci. 4:1079-1085. PubMed Citation

Wells, D.G., J.D. Richter and J.R. Fallon (2000) Molecular mechanisms for activity-regulated protein synthesis in the synapto-dendritic compartment. Current Opinions in Neurobiology10:132-137. PubMed Citation

Bowe, M.A., Mendis, D. B., and Fallon, J.R. (2000) The small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan biglycan binds to a-dystroglycan and is upregulated in dystrophic muscle. J. Cell Biol. 148: 801-810. PubMed Citation

Lisman, J.E., and J.R. Fallon (1999) What maintains memories? Science 283: 339-340. PubMed Citation