Rohrbough, J. and Spitzer, N.C. (1996) Regulation of [Cl-]i by Na+-dependent Cl- cotransport distinguishes depolarizing from hyperpolarizing GABAA receptor-mediated responses in spinal neurons. J. Neurosci.16:82-91.
Gurantz, D., Ribera, A.B. and Spitzer, N.C. (1996) Temporal regulation of Shaker- and Shab-like potassium channel gene expression in single embryonic spinal neurons during K+ current development. J. Neurosci. 16:3287-3295.
Schinder, A.F., Olson, E.C., Spitzer, N.C. and Montal, M. (1996) Mitochondrial dysfunction is a primary event in glutamate neurotoxicity. J. Neurosci. 16:6125-6133.
Ferrari, M.B., Rohrbough, J.C. and Spitzer, N.C. (1996) Spontaneous calcium transients regulate myofibrillogenesis in embryonic Xenopus myocytes. Dev. Biol. 178:484-497.
Gleason, E.L. and Spitzer, N.C. (1998) AMPA and NMDA receptors expressed by differentiating Xenopus spinal neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 79:2986-2998.
Ferrari, M.B., Ribbeck, K., Hagler, D.J. Jr. and Spitzer, N.C. (1998) A calcium signaling cascade essential for myosin thick filament assembly in Xenopus myocytes. J. Cell Biol. 141:1349-1356.
Jessen-Eller, K., Steele, M., Reinisch, C., and Spitzer, N.C. (1998) Blockade of ryanodine receptors stimulates neurite outgrowth in embryos of Spisula solidissima. Biol Bull. 195:206-207.
Olson, E.C., Schinder, A.F., Dantzker, J., Marcus, E.A., Spitzer, N.C. and Harris, W.A. (1998) Properties of ectopic neurons induced by Xenopus Neurogenin 1 misexpression. Molec. Cell. Neurosci. 12:281-299.
Gomez, T.M. and Spitzer, N.C. (1999) In vivo regulation of axon extension and pathfinding by growth cone calcium transients. Nature 397:350-355.
Rohrbough, J.C. and Spitzer, N.C. (1999) Changes in postsynaptic receptor colocalization and presynaptic transmitter release at developing excitatory spinal synapses. J. Neurosci. 19:8528-8541.
Ferrari, M.B. and Spitzer, N.C. (1999) Calcium signaling in the developing Xenopus myotome. Dev. Biol. 213:269-282.
Lautermilch, N.J. and Spitzer, N.C. (2000) Regulation of calcineurin by growth cone calcium waves controls neurite extension. J. Neurosci. 20:315-325.
Gurantz, D., Watt, S.D., Lautermilch, N.J. and Spitzer, N.C. (2000) Sustained upregulation of Xenopus Kv3.1 potassium channel gene transcripts in embryonic spinal neurons. J. Neurobiol. 42:347-356.
Vincent, A., Lautermilch, N.J. and Spitzer, N.C. (2000) Antisense suppression of a potassium channel gene demonstrates its role in maturation of the action potential. J. Neurosci. 20:6087-6094.
Watt, S.D., Gu, X., Smith, R.D. and Spitzer, N.C. (2000) Specific frequencies of spontaneous Ca2+ transients upregulate GAD 67 transcripts in embryonic neurons. Molec. Cell. Neurosci. 16:376-387.
Gomez, T.M., Robles, E., Poo, M.-m. and Spitzer, N.C. (2001) Filopodial calcium transients promote substrate-dependent growth cone turning. Science 291:1983-1987.
Ming, G., Wong, S.T., Henley, J., Yuan, X, Song, H., Spitzer, N. and Poo. M. (2002) Adaptation in the chemotactic guidance of nerve growth cones. Nature 417:411-418.
Gorbunova, Y.V. and Spitzer, N.C. (2002) Dynamic interactions of cAMP transients and spontaneous calcium spikes. Nature 418:93-96.
Borodinsky, L.N., Root, C.M., Cronin, J.A., Sann, S.B., Gu, X. and Spitzer, N.C. (2004) Activity-dependent homeostatic specification of transmitter expression in embryonic neurons. Nature 429:523-530.
Conklin, M.W., Lin, M.S., Spitzer, N.C. (2005) Local calcium transients contribute to disappearance of pFAK, focal complex removal and deadhesion of neuronal growth cones and fibroblasts. Dev. Biol. 287:201-212.
Borodinsky, L.N. and Spitzer, N.C. (2007) Activity-dependent neurotransmitter-receptor matching at the neuromuscular junction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104:335-340.
Recent Reviews
Gu, X. and Spitzer, N.C. (1997) Breaking the code: regulation of neuronal differentiation by spontaneous calcium transients. Dev. Neurosci. 19:33-41.
Spitzer, N.C. and Gu, X. (1997) Purposeful patterns of spontaneous calcium transients in embryonic spinal neurons. Sem. Devel. Biol. 8:13-19.
Spitzer, N.C. and Sejnowski, T. J. (1997) Biological information processing: bits of progress. Science 277:1060-1061.
Jacquin, T.D., Yool, A., Benoit, E., Spitzer, N.C. and Moody, W.J. (1997) Petites cellules excitables deviendront grandes: le rythme pour la raison. Médecine/Science 14:63-71.
Spitzer, N.C. and Ribera, A.B. (1998) Development of electrical excitability in embryonic neurons: mechanisms and roles. J. Neurobiol. 37:190-197.
Spitzer, N.C. (1999) New dimensions of neuronal plasticity. Nature Neurosci. 2:489-491.
Spitzer, N.C., Lautermilch, N.J., Smith, R.D. and Gomez, T. M. (2000) Coding of neuronal differentiation by calcium transients. Bioessays 22:811-817.
Gomez, T. M. and Spitzer, N.C. (2000) Regulation of growth cone behavior by calcium: new dynamics to earlier perspectives. J. Neurobiol. 44:174-183.
Spitzer, N.C., Vincent, A. and Lautermilch, N.J. (2000) Differentiation of electrical excitability in motoneurons. Brain Res. Bull. 53:547-552.
Spitzer, N.C. (2002). Activity-dependent neuronal differentiation prior to synapse formation: the functions of Ca2+ transients. J. Physiol. 96: 73-80.
Spitzer, N.C., Kingston, P.A., Manning, T.J.Jr. and Conklin, M.W. (2002). Outside and in: development of neuronal excitability. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 12:315-323.
Spitzer, N.C. (2004) Coincidence detection enhances appropriate wiring of the nervous system. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 101:5311-5312.
Spitzer, N.C., Root, C.M. and Borodinsky, L.N. (2004) Orchestrating neuronal differentiation: patterns of calcium spikes specify transmitter choice. Trends in Neurosci. 27:415-421.
Spitzer, N.C., Borodinsky, L.N. and Root, C.M. (2005) Homeostatic activity-dependent paradigm for neurotransmitter specification. Cell Calcium 37:417-423.
Spitzer, N.C. (2005) Synaptic transmission makes history. Nature Neuroscience 8:1415.
Borodinsky, L.N. and Spitzer, N.C. (2006) Second messenger pas de deux: the coordinated dance between calcium and cAMP. Science's STKE 336/pe22.
Spitzer, N.C. (2006) Electrical activity in early neuronal development. Nature 444:707-712.