Carol Mason
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- Doctorate Medicine Johns Hopkins University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Carol Ann Mason is a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. She studies axon guidance in visual pathways in an effort to restore vision to the blind. Her research focuses on the retinal ganglion cell. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.
Carol Mason's Published Works
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- Developmental regulation of spine motility in the mammalian central nervous system. (1999) (449)
- Slit1 and Slit2 Cooperate to Prevent Premature Midline Crossing of Retinal Axons in the Mouse Visual System (2002) (439)
- ClearT: a detergent- and solvent-free clearing method for neuronal and non-neuronal tissue (2013) (369)
- Ephrin-B2 and EphB1 Mediate Retinal Axon Divergence at the Optic Chiasm (2003) (344)
- Growth cone morphology varies with position in the developing mouse visual pathway from retina to first targets (1987) (293)
- Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Guidance in the Mouse Optic Chiasm: Expression and Function of Robos and Slits (2000) (266)
- Cell-cell interactions influence survival and differentiation of purified purkinje cells in vitro (1994) (250)
- Retinal axon pathfinding in the optic chiasm: Divergence of crossed and uncrossed fibers (1990) (206)
- Postnatal maturation of cerebellar mossy and climbing fibers: transient expression of dual features on single axons (1984) (206)
- Development of cerebellar astroglia: transitions in form and cytoskeletal content. (1984) (203)
- Cytology and neuron-glial apposition of migrating cerebellar granule cells in vitro (1988) (196)
- Zic2 Patterns Binocular Vision by Specifying the Uncrossed Retinal Projection (2003) (189)
- Retinal axon growth at the optic chiasm: to cross or not to cross. (2008) (179)
- TrkB Signaling Modulates Spine Density and Morphology Independent of Dendrite Structure in Cultured Neonatal Purkinje Cells (1998) (177)
- Bidirectional Regulation of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Filopodial Motility by Kainate Receptors A Two-Step Model of Synaptogenesis (2003) (176)
- Cellular strategies of axonal pathfinding. (2010) (174)
- Granule Neuron Regulation of Purkinje Cell Development: Striking a Balance Between Neurotrophin and Glutamate Signaling (1998) (160)
- Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: dynamics of growth cone behavior at the midline [published erratum appears in J Neurosci 1995 Mar;15(3):following table of contents] (1994) (156)
- Dispersion of neural progenitors within the germinal zones of the forebrain (1993) (156)
- Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: uncrossed axons diverge from crossed axons within a midline glial specialization (1995) (153)
- Two forms of cerebellar glial cells interact differently with neurons in vitro (1984) (148)
- Eph family receptors and their ligands distribute in opposing gradients in the developing mouse retina. (1996) (147)
- Developmental determinants at the mammalian optic chiasm (1995) (145)
- Dispersion of neural progenitors within the germinal zones of the forebrain (1993) (138)
- Weaver mouse cerebellar granule neurons fail to migrate on wild-type astroglial processes in vitro (1986) (135)
- Early climbing fiber interactions with Purkinje cells in the postnatal mouse cerebellum (1990) (135)
- Transcription Factor KLF7 Is Important for Neuronal Morphogenesis in Selected Regions of the Nervous System (2005) (135)
- Thyroid Hormone Induces Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Dendritic Development via the Thyroid Hormone Receptor α1 (2003) (129)
- Growth Cone Form Is Behavior-Specific and, Consequently, Position-Specific along the Retinal Axon Pathway (1997) (127)
- Zic2 Patterns Binocular Vision by Specifying the Uncrossed Retinal Projection (2003) (126)
- The first retinal axon growth in the mouse optic chiasm: axon patterning and the cellular environment (1995) (122)
- Genetic Modulation of BDNF Signaling Affects the Outcome of Axonal Competition In Vivo (2007) (113)
- Optic Chiasm Presentation of Semaphorin6D in the Context of Plexin-A1 and Nr-CAM Promotes Retinal Axon Midline Crossing (2012) (110)
- Spatiotemporal Features of Early Neuronogenesis Differ in Wild-Type and Albino Mouse Retina (2002) (110)
- Studies of retinal representations within the cat's optic tract (1982) (109)
- Mena and Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Are Required for Multiple Actin-Dependent Processes That Shape the Vertebrate Nervous System (2004) (109)
- Neuron-astroglia interactions in vitro and in vivo (1986) (108)
- Integrins Establish Dendrite-Substrate Relationships that Promote Dendritic Self-Avoidance and Patterning in Drosophila Sensory Neurons (2012) (108)
- The synaptic organization of terminals traced from individual labeled retino-geniculate axons in the cat (1979) (107)
- Foxd1 is required for proper formation of the optic chiasm (2004) (106)
- An analysis of the retinal afferents to the cat's medial interlaminar nucleus and to its rostral thalamic extension, the “geniculate wing” (1980) (105)
- Glia, neurons, and axon pathfinding during optic chiasm development (1997) (103)
- Circletail, a new mouse mutant with severe neural tube defects: chromosomal localization and interaction with the loop-tail mutation. (2001) (102)
- Zic2 promotes axonal divergence at the optic chiasm midline by EphB1-dependent and -independent mechanisms (2008) (100)
- Altered axonal targeting and short-term plasticity in the hippocampus of Disc1 mutant mice (2011) (100)
- Overlapping functions of the cell adhesion molecules Nr-CAM and L1 in cerebellar granule cell development (2001) (98)
- Mechanisms of glial-guided neuronal migration in vitro and in vivo (1990) (97)
- Meander tail reveals a discrete developmental unit in the mouse cerebellum. (1990) (97)
- The extending astroglial process: development of glial cell shape, the growing tip, and interactions with neurons (1988) (96)
- Spine motility with synaptic contact (2001) (90)
- Axon development in mouse cerebellum: Embryonic axon forms and expression of synapsin I (1986) (89)
- Crossed and uncrossed retinal axons respond differently to cells of the optic chiasm midline in vitro (1995) (87)
- A Role for Nr-CAM in the Patterning of Binocular Visual Pathways (2006) (86)
- Isolation and Culture of Post-Natal Mouse Cerebellar Granule Neuron Progenitor Cells and Neurons (2009) (82)
- The optic chiasm as a midline choice point (2004) (82)
- Development of terminal arbors of retino-geniculate axons in the kitten—I. Light microscopical observations (1982) (82)
- Astroglial differentiation is required for support of neurite outgrowth (1994) (80)
- Morphology of retino-geniculate axons in the cat (1979) (75)
- Development of Axon-Target Specificity of Ponto-Cerebellar Afferents (2011) (72)
- Defects in specific associations between astroglia and neurons occur in microcultures of weaver mouse cerebellar cells (1984) (70)
- Autophagy linked FYVE (Alfy/WDFY3) is required for establishing neuronal connectivity in the mammalian brain (2016) (70)
- Specificity and Sufficiency of EphB1 in Driving the Ipsilateral Retinal Projection (2009) (69)
- Comparative Strength and Dendritic Organization of Thalamocortical and Corticocortical Synapses onto Excitatory Layer 4 Neurons (2014) (69)
- Domains of regulatory gene expression and the developing optic chiasm: Correspondence with retinal axon paths and candidate signaling cells (1999) (68)
- Chemosuppression of Retinal Axon Growth by the Mouse Optic Chiasm (1996) (68)
- Growth cone form, behavior, and interactions in vivo: retinal axon pathfinding as a model. (2000) (66)
- Zic2 Regulates Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Avoidance of ephrinB2 through Inducing Expression of the Guidance Receptor EphB1 (2008) (65)
- The Ciliary Margin Zone of the Mammalian Retina Generates Retinal Ganglion Cells. (2016) (64)
- Glial filament protein expression in astroglia in the mouse visual pathway. (1987) (62)
- The diacylglycerol-binding protein α1-chimaerin regulates dendritic morphology (2006) (61)
- Neuron Death in the Substantia Nigra of Weaver Mouse Occurs Late in Development and Is Not Apoptotic (1996) (59)
- SoxC Transcription Factors Promote Contralateral Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation and Axon Guidance in the Mouse Visual System (2017) (57)
- Switching Retinogeniculate Axon Laterality Leads to Normal Targeting but Abnormal Eye-Specific Segregation That Is Activity Dependent (2009) (56)
- Postnatal maturation of neurons in the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus (1983) (53)
- Spine motility: a means towards an end? (2003) (53)
- Structural features of the retinohypothalamic projection in the rat during normal development (1977) (52)
- Reconnecting Eye to Brain (2016) (50)
- alpha-Internexin is the only neuronal intermediate filament expressed in developing cerebellar granule neurons. (1996) (48)
- The Stop Signal Revised: Immature Cerebellar Granule Neurons in the External Germinal Layer Arrest Pontine Mossy Fiber Growth (2006) (47)
- Axon guidance in the mouse optic chiasm: retinal neurite inhibition by ephrin "A"-expressing hypothalamic cells in vitro. (2000) (47)
- L-Dopa and the Albino Riddle: Content of L-Dopa in the Developing Retina of Pigmented and Albino Mice (2013) (46)
- Growing tips of embryonic cerebellar axons in vivo (1985) (46)
- Temporal regulation of EphA4 in astroglia during murine retinal and optic nerve development (2006) (45)
- Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: midline cells are unaffected by the albino mutation. (1996) (45)
- Eye-Specific Projections of Retinogeniculate Axons Are Altered in Albino Mice (2012) (43)
- Arrest of afferent axon extension by target neurons in vitro is regulated by the NMDA receptor (1996) (43)
- New features of the brain-retrocerebral neuroendocrine complex of the locust Schistocerca vaga (scudder) (1973) (42)
- The seventh cranial nerve of the rat. Visualization of efferent and afferent pathways by cobalt precipitation (1977) (40)
- Delayed neurogenesis leads to altered specification of ventrotemporal retinal ganglion cells in albino mice (2014) (39)
- Terminal arbors of axons that have formed abnormal connections. (1978) (39)
- Ipsilateral and Contralateral Retinal Ganglion Cells Express Distinct Genes during Decussation at the Optic Chiasm (2016) (37)
- Retinal pigment epithelial integrity is compromised in the developing albino mouse retina (2016) (34)
- Influence of tyrosinase levels on pigment accumulation in the retinal pigment epithelium and on the uncrossed retinal projection. (2002) (33)
- The diacylglycerol-binding protein alpha1-chimaerin regulates dendritic morphology. (2006) (32)
- Ephrin‐B2 elicits differential growth cone collapse and axon retraction in retinal ganglion cells from distinct retinal regions (2010) (31)
- Specificity of a target cell-derived stop signal for afferent axonal growth. (1992) (31)
- In utero and ex vivo Electroporation for Gene Expression in Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells (2009) (30)
- A demonstration of several independent, partially overlapping, retinotopic maps in the optic tract of the cat (1981) (28)
- Development of terminal arbors of retino-geniculate axons in the kitten—II. Electron microscopical observations (1982) (27)
- Delineation of the rat visual system by the axonal iontophoresis-cobalt sulfide precipitation technique (1975) (25)
- Differing Strategies Despite Shared Lineages of Motor Neurons and Glia to Achieve Robust Development of an Adult Neuropil in Drosophila (2018) (25)
- Neuron-astroglial interactions in vitro and their implications for repair of CNS injury. (1984) (24)
- Patterns of synaptic contact upon individually labeled large cells of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat (1984) (23)
- Axon-target interactions in the developing cerebellum. (1997) (22)
- The LRR receptor Islr2 is required for retinal axon routing at the vertebrate optic chiasm (2015) (20)
- Developmental regulation of mossy fiber afferent interactions with target granule cells. (1998) (20)
- How do growth cones grow? (1985) (19)
- Function of the pericardial sacs during the molt cycle in the land crab Gecarcinus lateralis (1970) (17)
- Transient ipsilateral retinal ganglion cell projections to the brain: Extent, targeting, and disappearance (2015) (17)
- Tracking fluorescently labeled neurons in developing brain (1995) (17)
- Activation of Wnt signaling reduces ipsilaterally projecting retinal ganglion cells in pigmented retina (2018) (16)
- Eye‐specific segregation and differential fasciculation of developing retinal ganglion cell axons in the mouse visual pathway (2018) (14)
- A new allele of Gli3 and a new mutation, circletail (Crc), resulting from a single transgenic experiment (2002) (14)
- Distinct timing of neurogenesis of ipsilateral and contralateral retinal ganglion cells (2018) (13)
- Guidance of retinal fibers in the optic chiasm. (1993) (13)
- Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Wiring Establishing the Binocular Circuit. (2020) (12)
- A Tale of Two Sexes (2014) (12)
- Reciprocal actions of ATF5 and Shh in proliferation of cerebellar granule neuron progenitor cells (2012) (11)
- Otx2's Incredible Journey (2008) (11)
- The Development of Developmental Neuroscience (2009) (11)
- Visualization of the retino-hypothalamic projection in the rat by cobalt precipitation (1976) (10)
- Biochemistry of granule cell migration in developing mouse cerebellum. (1982) (9)
- Micromethods for Analyzing Axon-Target Interactions in Vitro (1994) (9)
- Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: growth cone behaviors and signalling cells. (1996) (8)
- Physiological Mechanisms Determining the Release of Oxytocin in Milk Ejection and Labour1 (1977) (7)
- Cadherins as Matchmakers (2011) (7)
- Conversations with Ray Guillery on albinism: linking Siamese cat visual pathway connectivity to mouse retinal development (2019) (7)
- The Use of the Cobalt Chloride-Ammonium Sulfide Precipitation Technique for the Delineation of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Neurosecretory Systems (1974) (7)
- The Evolution of Crossed and Uncrossed Retinal Pathways in Mammals (2007) (7)
- The development of retinal decussations (2003) (4)
- Tools for efficient analysis of neurons in a 3D reference atlas of whole mouse spinal cord (2021) (4)
- Differential effects of AMPA receptor activation on survival and neurite integrity during neuronal development (2007) (4)
- Spatiotemporal distribution of glia in and around the developing mouse optic tract (2018) (4)
- Rainer (Ray) W. Guillery 28 August 1929-7 April 2017. (2017) (3)
- Chapter 13 – Organization of Axons in Their Tracts (2016) (2)
- Cellular Biology of the Neurosecretory Neuron (2011) (2)
- Author response: Autophagy linked FYVE (Alfy/WDFY3) is required for establishing neuronal connectivity in the mammalian brain (2016) (2)
- Retinal axon navigation in the mouse optic chiasm: Middle cues and cell-cell relations (1990) (2)
- Summary Foxd 1 is required for proper formation of the optic chiasm (2004) (2)
- Glial Filament Protein Expression and Mitotic Activity in Astroglial Cells in Vivo (1985) (2)
- It's All in the Assay A New Model for Retinotectal Topographic Mapping (2004) (2)
- CyclinD2-mediated regulation of neurogenic output from the retinal ciliary margin is perturbed in albinism (2022) (1)
- Light input to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat hypothalamus (1976) (1)
- Recent developments in intracellular staining (1979) (1)
- Live or Die? Depends on Who You Are (2017) (1)
- Maintaining stability in the face of change (2003) (1)
- Proceedings: Visualization of retino-hypothalamic projections in the rat. (1975) (1)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Regulation of rho GTPases by crosstalk and neuronal activity in vivo. (2002) (1)
- Circletail, a new mouse mutant with a severe neural tube defect, maps to Chromosome 15. (2001) (0)
- Editorial: Introduction to the special issue in honor of Ray Guillery (2019) (0)
- Molecular identity and specification of crossed versus uncrossed retinal ganglion cells (2013) (0)
- A Tribute to the Outgoing Editor-in-Chief (2014) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of ATP released via gap junction hemichannels from the pigment epithelium regulates neural retinal progenitor proliferation. (2005) (0)
- Regulation of ATF5 during cerebellar granule neuron progenitor proliferation and differentiation (2008) (0)
- Perturbations of the developing albino mouse RPE during retinal ganglion cell genesis (2013) (0)
- The LRR receptor Islr2 is required for retinal axon routing at the vertebrate optic chiasm (2015) (0)
- Arrest of Afferent Axon Extension by Regulated by the NMDA Receptor Target Neurons (1996) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Three functionally distinct adhesions in filopodia: shaft adhesions control lamellar extension. (2002) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex. (2003) (0)
- Differing strategies used by motor neurons and glia to achieve robust development of an adult neuropil in Drosophila (2017) (0)
- 7 – Axon Patterning in the Visual System: Divergence of Retinal Axons to Each Side of the Brain at the Midline of the Optic Chiasm (1993) (0)
- In Appreciation of Lawrence C. Katz, 1956–2005 (2005) (0)
- Genetic mapping of circletail, a new mouse mutant with a severe neural tube defect (2000) (0)
- Correction (2002) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Differential maturation of climbing fiber innervation in cerebellar vermis. (2004) (0)
- The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Table of Content, Vol. 524, No. 18, December 15, 2016 (2016) (0)
- The use of the cobalt sulphide precipitation technique to delineate neuronal projections in the rat brain. (1975) (0)
- Through the eye of a book... on the eye (2007) (0)
- In memory of Professor Howard A. Bern. (2012) (0)
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