Publications

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2014
Early activation of microglia and astrocytes in mouse models of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Neuroscience. Epub January 2015. Cvetanovic M., Ingram M., Orr, H., and Opal P. PMID: 25595967
An investigation of diffusion imaging techniques in the evaluation of spinocerebellar ataxia and multisystem atrophy. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Jan;22(1):166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.006. Epub 2014 Nov 26. Rozenfeld MN, Nemeth AJ, Walker MT, Mohan P, Wang X, Parrish TB, Opal P. PMID: 25439745
The histone deacetylase HDAC3 is essential for Purkinje cell function, potentially complicating the use of HDAC inhibitors in SCA1. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jul 15;23(14):3733-45. Venkatraman A, Hu YS, Didonna A, Cvetanovic M, Krbanjevic A, Bilesimo P, Opal P. PMID: 24594842
2013
Explaining intermediate filament accumulation in giant axonal neuropathy. Rare Dis. 2013 Jun 17;1:e25378. Opal P, Goldman RD. PMID: 25003002
Giant axonal neuropathy-associated gigaxonin mutations impair intermediate filament protein degradation. J Clin Invest. 2013 May 1;123(5):1964-75. Mahammad S, Murthy SN, Didonna A, Grin B, Israeli E, Perrot R, Bomont P, Julien JP, Kuczmarski E, Opal P, Goldman RD. PMID: 23585478
2012
LANP mediates neuritic pathology in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Neurobiol Dis. 2012 Dec;48(3):526-32. Cvetanovic M, Kular RK, Opal P. PMID: 22884877
2011
Vascular endothelial growth factor ameliorates the ataxic phenotype in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Nat Med. 2011 Oct 16;17(11):1445-7. Cvetanovic M, Patel JM, Marti HH, Kini AR, Opal P. PMID: 22001907
2010
Cpd-1 null mice display a subtle neurological phenotype. PLoS One. 2010 Sep 9;5(9). pii: e12649. Kular RK, Gogliotti RG, Opal P. PMID: 20844742
2009
Neuronal differentiation is regulated by leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein (LANP), a member of the inhibitor of histone acetyltransferase complex. J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 20;284(12):7783-92. Kular RK, Cvetanovic M, Siferd S, Kini AR, Opal P. PMID: 19136565
2008
Association of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 and spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 microsatellite expansions: genetic counseling implications. Mov Disord. 2008 Jan;23(1):154-5. Paganoni S, Seelaus CA, Ormond KE, Opal P. PMID: 17987652
2007
The role of LANP and ataxin 1 in E4F-mediated transcriptional repression. EMBO Rep. 2007 Jul;8(7):671-7. Cvetanovic M, Rooney RJ, Garcia JJ, Toporovskaya N, Zoghbi HY, Opal P. PMC: 1905893
Huntington's disease presenting as postsurgical psychosis. Mov Disord. 2007 Jun 15;22(8):1209-10. Paganoni S, Naidech AM, Opal P. PMID: 17443707