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Peter Shrager is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology aspects related to neuroscience.

The scientist's recent research output covers various topics including mitochondrial function and pathology, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, nerve injury and regeneration, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, retinal development and disorders, protein tyrosine phosphatases, and signaling pathways in disease.

  • Nuclear Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatase 1 (NIPP1) Regulates CNS Tau Phosphorylation and Myelination During Development, 2022, Molecular Neurobiology
  • BclXL (Bcl2l1) gene therapy lessens retinal ganglion cell soma loss but not axonal degeneration after acute axonal injury, 2022, Cell Death Discovery
  • Sarm1 is not necessary for activation of neuron-intrinsic growth programs yet required for the Schwann cell repair response and peripheral nerve regeneration, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • MKK4 and MKK7 control degeneration of retinal ganglion cell somas and axons after glaucoma-relevant injury, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury, 2025, Science Translational Medicine

Shrager's research has frequently appeared in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with four publications. Other publications include Molecular Neurobiology, Cell Death Discovery, and Science Translational Medicine.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues Cody McKee, Karl Foley, Houhui Xia, Olivia J. Marola, and Richard T. Libby, each contributing to multiple projects alongside Shrager.

Main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Specific subfields encompass Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Neurology.

Best Publications

  • Neuregulin-1 type III determines the ensheathment fate of axons.

    Carla Taveggia;George Zanazzi;Ashley Petrylak;Hiroko Yano

  • Caspr2, a New Member of the Neurexin Superfamily, Is Localized at the Juxtaparanodes of Myelinated Axons and Associates with K+ Channels

    Sebastian Poliak;Leora Gollan;Ricardo Martinez;Andrew Custer

  • Juxtaparanodal clustering of Shaker-like K+ channels in myelinated axons depends on Caspr2 and TAG-1

    Sebastian Poliak;Daniela Salomon;Hadas Elhanany;Helena Sabanay

  • Dependence of Nodal Sodium Channel Clustering on Paranodal Axoglial Contact in the Developing CNS

    Matthew N. Rasband;Elior Peles;James S. Trimmer;S. Rock Levinson

  • Potassium Channel Distribution, Clustering, and Function in Remyelinating Rat Axons

    Matthew N. Rasband;James S. Trimmer;Thomas L. Schwarz;S. Rock Levinson

  • Mice Lacking Sodium Channel β1 Subunits Display Defects in Neuronal Excitability, Sodium Channel Expression, and Nodal Architecture

    Chunling Chen;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Xiaorong Xu;Chris A. Edwards

  • Mice deficient for tenascin-R display alterations of the extracellular matrix and decreased axonal conduction velocities in the CNS.

    P Weber;U Bartsch;U Bartsch;M N Rasband;R Czaniera

  • Neurofascin assembles a specialized extracellular matrix at the axon initial segment

    Kristian L. Hedstrom;Xiaorong Xu;Yasuhiro Ogawa;Renato Frischknecht

  • Clustering of Na+ channels and node of Ranvier formation in remyelinating axons

    S Dugandzija-Novakovic;AG Koszowski;SR Levinson;P Shrager

  • Reduced sodium channel density, altered voltage dependence of inactivation, and increased susceptibility to seizures in mice lacking sodium channel β2-subunits

    Chunling Chen;Vandana Bharucha;Vandana Bharucha;Yuan Chen;Ruth E. Westenbroek

  • Contactin Associates with Na+ Channels and Increases Their Functional Expression

    Katie Kazarinova-Noyes;Jyoti Dhar Malhotra;Dyke P. McEwen;Laura N. Mattei

  • The Clustering of Axonal Sodium Channels during Development of the Peripheral Nervous System

    Ian Vabnick;Sanja D. Novaković;S. Rock Levinson;Melitta Schachner

  • A glial signal consisting of Gliomedin and NrCAM clusters axonal Na+ channels during the formation of nodes of Ranvier

    Konstantin Feinberg;Yael Eshed-Eisenbach;Shahar Frechter;Veronique Amor

  • DYNAMIC POTASSIUM CHANNEL DISTRIBUTIONS DURING AXONAL DEVELOPMENT PREVENT ABERRANT FIRING PATTERNS

    Ian Vabnick;James S. Trimmer;Thomas L. Schwarz;S. Rock Levinson

  • Synaptic function for the Nogo-66 receptor NgR1: regulation of dendritic spine morphology and activity-dependent synaptic strength.

    Hakjoo Lee;Stephen J. Raiker;Karthik Venkatesh;Karthik Venkatesh;Rebecca Geary

  • Oligodendrocyte-Myelin Glycoprotein and Nogo Negatively Regulate Activity-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity

    Stephen J. Raiker;Hakjoo Lee;Katherine T. Baldwin;Yuntao Duan

  • Voltage-dependent sodium and potassium channels in mammalian cultured Schwann cells.

    P Shrager;S Y Chiu;J M Ritchie

  • K+ channel distribution and clustering in developing and hypomyelinated axons of the optic nerve.

    Matthew N. Rasband;James S. Trimmer;Elior Peles;S. Rock Levinson

  • Ion channel sequestration in central nervous system axons

    Matthew N. Rasband;Peter Shrager

  • No Obvious Abnormality in Mice Deficient in Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase β

    S. Harroch;M. Palmeri;J. Rosenbluth;A. Custer

  • ION CHANNEL REDISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTION DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYELINATED AXON

    Ian Vabnick;Peter Shrager

  • Sodium channels in single demyelinated mammalian axons.

    Peter Shrager

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew N. Rasband
Matthew N. Rasband Baylor College of Medicine
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roman J. Giger
Roman J. Giger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Miriam H. Meisler
Miriam H. Meisler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Udo Bartsch
Udo Bartsch Universität Hamburg
Jeffrey L. Dupree
Jeffrey L. Dupree Virginia Commonwealth University
Leif A. Havton
Leif A. Havton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vikram G. Shakkottai
Vikram G. Shakkottai The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Benjamin M. Segal
Benjamin M. Segal The Ohio State University
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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