Ferreira Publications

Original Reports:

1. Celis ME, Ferreira A, Aoki A. Modulation of LH and prolactin secretion and synthesis in rat pituitary in vitro by MSH. Comunicaciones Biologicas 1984; 2: 485-501.

2. Ferreira A, Celis ME. Modifications of Pars Intermedia cells of ovariectomized rats by estrogen and progesterone. Acta Endocrinologica (Copenh.) 1985; 111: 11-17.

3. Ferreira A, Busciglio J, Caceres, A. An immunocytochemical analysis of the ontogeny of the microtubule-associated proteins, MAP-2 and Tau, in the nervous system of the rat.
Dev Brain Res. 1987; 34: 7-31.

4. Busciglio J, Ferreira A, Steward O, Caceres A. An immunocytochemical and biochemical analysis of the microtubule-associated protein Tau, during post-lesion afferent reorganization in the hippocampus of adults rats. Brain Res. 1987; 419: 244-252.

5. Caceres A, Ferreira A, Busciglio J, Steward O. An immunocytochemical and biochemical analysis of the microtubule-associated protein MAP-2 during post-lesion dendritic remodeling. Mol Brain Res. 1988; 3: 233-246.

6. Ferreira A, Caceres A. The expression of acetylated microtubules during axonal and dendritic growth in cerebellar macroneurons which develop in vitro. Dev Brain Res. 1989; 49: 205-213.

7. Ferreira A, Busciglio J, Caceres A. Microtubule formation and neurite growth in cerebellar macroneurons which develop in vitro: Evidence for the involvement of the microtubule-associated proteins MAP-1a, HMW-MAP-2 and Tau. Dev Brain Res. 1989; 49: 215-228.

8. Durando P, Ferreira A, Celis ME. Acute administration of MSH exerts a stimulatory control on puberty. Acta Endocrinologica (Copenh.) 1989; 120: 661-666.

9. Ferreira A, Busciglio J, Landa C, Caceres A. Ganglioside enhanced neurite growth: Evidence for a selective induction of high molecular weight MAP-2. J Neurosci. 1990; 10: 293-302.

10. Gravotta D, Ferreira A, Busciglio J, Landa C, Caceres A, Maccioni H. Coexpression of lactosyl and gangliotetraosyl gangliosides in rat cerebellar radial glial cells in culture. J Neurosci Res. 1990; 25: 214-222.

11. Ferreira A, Caceres A. Estrogen enhanced neurite growth: Evidence for a selective induction of Tau and stable microtubules. J Neurosci. 1991; 11: 392-400.

12. Ferreira A, Caceres A. The expression of the Class III beta-tubulin isotype in developing neurons in culture. J Neurosci.Res 1992; 32: 516-529.

13. Ferreira A, Niclas J, Vale R, Banker G, Kosik K. Suppression of kinesin expression using oligonucleotides in cultured hippocampal neurons. J Cell Biol. 1992; 117: 595-606.

14. Ferreira A, Palazzo R, Rebhun L. Immunocytochemical localization of pericentriolar material in hippocampal pyramidal neurons which develop in vitro. Cell Motil Cytoskel. 1993; 25:336-344.

15. Ferreira A, Caceres A, Kosik K. Intraneuronal compartments of the amyloid precursor protein. J Neurosci. 1993; 13:3112-3123.

16. Ferreira A, Kincaid R, Kosik K. Calcineurin is associated with the cytoskeleton of cultured neurons and has a role in the acquisition of polarity. Mol Biol Cell 1993; 4: 1225-1238.

17. Ferreira A, Kosik K, Greengard P, Han HQ. Aberrant neurites and synaptic vesicle protein deficiency in synapsin II-depleted neurons. Science 1994; 264:977-979.

18. Feiguin F, Ferreira A, Kosik K, Caceres A. Kinesin mediated organelle translocation revealed by specific cellular manipulations. J Cell Biol. 1994; 127:1021-1039.

19. Qiu WQ, Ferreira A, Miller C, Koo EH, Selkoe DJ. Cell-surface b-amyloid precursor protein stimulates hippocampal neuronal adhesion and neurite outgrowth in an isoform-dependent manner. J Neurosci. 1995; 15:2157-2167

20. Kosik K.S., Ferreira A., Knowles R., Leclerc N. and Greenberg, S. Linking Amyloid Precursor protein processing and Tau-related Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease. In Alzheimer's disease: Lessons from Cell Biology. 1995; pp 230-240

21. Ferreira, A., Han, H-Q., Greengard, P and Kosik, K.S. Suppression of synapsin II inhibits the formation and maintenance of synapses in hippocampal culture. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 1995; 92: 9225-9229

22. Chin, L., Li, L., Ferreira, A., Kosik, K.S. and Greengard, P. Impairment of axonal development and of synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons of synapsin I deficient mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1995; 92: 9230-9234

23. Ferreira A, Kosik KS. Accelerated neuronal differentiation induced by p53 suppression. J Cell Science 1996; 109: 1509-1516

24. Ferreira A, Li L, Chin L, Greengard P and Kosik K.S. Postsynaptic element contributes to the delay in synaptogenesis in synapsin I-deficient mice. Mol. and Cell. Neurosci. 1996; 8:286-299

25. Ferreira, A., Lu, Q., Orecchio, L. and Kosik, K.S. Selective phosphorylation of adult tau isoforms in mature hippocampal neurons exposed to fibrillar Ab. Mol. and Cell. Neurosci. 1997; 9: 220-234

26. Hu, J., Ferreira, A. and Van Eldik, L. S100b induces neuronal cell death trough nitric oxide release from astrocytes. J. Neurochemistry, 1997; 69: 2294-2301.

27. Ferreira A, Li, L., Chin, L., Kosik, K.S., and Greengard, P. Distinct roles of synapsin I and synapsin II during neuronal development. Mol.Medicine, 1998; 4:22-28.

28. Paglini G., Pigino, G., Kunda, P., Morfini, G., Maccioni, R., Quiroga, S., Ferreira, A. and Caceres, A. Evidence for the participation of the neuron-specific cdk5 activator p35 during laminin-enhanced neurite outgrowth. J. Neurosci. 1998, 18: 9858-9869.

29. Ferreira, A. Abnormal synapse formation in agrin depleted hippocampal neurons. J. Cell Sci. 1999, 112: 4729-4738.

30. Franklin, J., Berechid, B.E., Cutting, F., Presente, A., Chambers, C.B., Foltz, D.R., Ferreira, A., and Nye, J. Autonomous and non-autonomous regulation of mammalian neurite development by Notch1 and Delta 1. Current Biol. 1999, 9: 1448-1457.

31. Rapoport, M. and Ferreira, A. PD98059 prevents neurite degeneration induced by fibrillar beta amyloid in mature hippocampal neurons. J. Neurochem. 2000, 74: 125-133.

32. Ferreira, A., Kao, H-T., Feng, J., Rapoport, M. and Greengard, P. Synapsin III: Developmental expression, subcellular localization and role in axonal elongation. J. Neurosci. 2000, 20: 3736-3744.

33. Holgado, A., Ferreira, A. Synapse formation proceedes independenly of dendritic elongation in cultured hippocampal neurons. J. Neurobiology. 2000,43:121-131.

34. Feng, J., Yan, Z., Ferreira, A., Tomizawa, K., Liauw, J.A., Zhuo, M., Allen, P.B., Ouimet, C.C. and Greengard, P. Regulation of the formation and function of dendritic spines by spinophilin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2000, 97:9287-9292.

35. Dawson, H.N., Ferreira, A., Eyster, M.V., Binder, L.I. and Vitek, M.P. Inhibition of neuronal maturation in primary hippocampal neurons from tau deficient mice. J. Cell Sci. 2001, 114: 1179-1187.

36. Mantych, K.B. and Ferreira, A. Agrin differentially regulates the rates of axonal and dendritic elongation in cultured hippocampal neurons. J. Neurosci. 2001 21: 6802-6809.

37. Ferreira, A. and Rapoport, M. The synapsins: beyond the regulation of neurotrasmitter release. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2002,59: 589-595.

38. Rapoport, M., Dawson, H., Binder, L.I., Vitek, M. and Ferreira, A. Tau is essential for beta-amyloid induced neurotoxicity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.2002, 99: 6364-6369.

39. Feng, J., Chi, P., Blempied, T.A., Xu, Y., Magarinos, A.M., Ferreira, A., Takahashi, R., Kao, H-T., McEwen, B.S., Agustine, G., Ryan, T.A. and Greengard. P. Regulation of Neurotransmitter release by synapsin III. J. Neurosci. 2002, 22:4372-4380.

40. Ferreira, A.and Paganoni, S. The formation of interneuronal synapses. Mol. Cell. Neurobiol. Mol. Neurobiol. 2002, 26: 69-79.

41. Karasewski, L. and Ferreira, A. The MAPK signal transduction pathway mediates agrin effects on neurite elongation in cultured hippocampal neurons. J. Neurobiology 2002, In Press.

42. Krainc, D., Cardoso, C., Ferreira, A., and Lipton, S. Transcription factor MEF2 is required for neurite formation in hippocampal neurons. Submitted.

43. Porton B.,Ferreira, A., MD, DeLisi,L.E., and Kao, H-T . Identification of a phospho-mutation in synapsin III and its relationship to schizophrenia. Submitted

44. Shah, R.D., Rapoport, M. and Ferreira, A. Estrogen-induced changes in the microtubular system correlate with a decreased susceptibility of aging neurons to beta-amyloid neurotoxicity. Submitted.

45. Rosso, S., Peretti, D., Bollati, F., Sumi, T., Nakamura, T., Quiroga, S., Ferreira, A., and Caceres, A. Limk 1 regulates Golgi dynamics, traffic of synaptophysin vesicles, and process extension in primary cultured neurons. Submitted.

46. Paganoni, S. and Ferreira, A. The expression and subcellular localization of ror tyrosine kinase receptors are developmentally regulated in cultured hippocampal neurons. Submitted.