Nicholas Brecha

Nicholas C Brecha

Professor, Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles

Professor, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Professor, Ophthalmology, University of California Los Angeles

310-825-9556

Publications

  1. Matynia A, Recio BS, Myers Z, Parikh S, Goit RK, Brecha NC, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L. Preservation of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (ipRGCs) in Late Adult Mice: Implications as a Potential Biomarker for Early Onset Ocular Degenerative Diseases.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2024.
  2. Perez R, Park Y, Hirano A, Brecha N, Frankfort B, Zuniga-Sanchez E. Modeling subcellular specificity in the developing retina.. Research square, 2023.
  3. Smith BJ, McHugh CF, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Transient and Sustained Ganglion Cell Light Responses Are Differentially Modulated by Intrinsically Produced Reactive Oxygen Species Acting upon Specific Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel Isoforms.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2023.
  4. Chen AM, Azar SS, Harris A, Brecha NC, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L. PTEN Expression Regulates Gap Junction Connectivity in the Retina.. Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2021.
  5. Hirano AA, Vuong HE, Kornmann HL, Schietroma C, Stella SL, Barnes S, Brecha NC. Vesicular Release of GABA by Mammalian Horizontal Cells Mediates Inhibitory Output to Photoreceptors.. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020.
  6. Barnes S, Grove JCR, McHugh CF, Hirano AA, Brecha NC. Horizontal Cell Feedback to Cone Photoreceptors in Mammalian Retina: Novel Insights From the GABA-pH Hybrid Model.. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020.
  7. Veldman MB, Park CS, Eyermann CM, Zhang JY, Zuniga-Sanchez E, Hirano AA, Daigle TL, Foster NN, Zhu M, Langfelder P, Lopez IA, Brecha NC, Zipursky SL, Zeng H, Dong HW, Yang XW. Brainwide Genetic Sparse Cell Labeling to Illuminate the Morphology of Neurons and Glia with Cre-Dependent MORF Mice.. Neuron, 2020.
  8. Burger CA, Alevy J, Casasent AK, Jiang D, Albrecht NE, Liang JH, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Samuel MA. LKB1 coordinates neurite remodeling to drive synapse layer emergence in the outer retina.. eLife, 2020.
  9. Zhang Y, Williams PR, Jacobi A, Wang C, Goel A, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Kerschensteiner D, He Z. Elevating Growth Factor Responsiveness and Axon Regeneration by Modulating Presynaptic Inputs.. Neuron, 2019.
  10. Grove JCR, Hirano AA, de Los Santos J, McHugh CF, Purohit S, Field GD, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Novel hybrid action of GABA mediates inhibitory feedback in the mammalian retina.. PLoS biology, 2019.
  11. Hirano AA, Liu X, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Analysis of Feedback Signaling from Horizontal Cells to Photoreceptors in Mice.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2018.
  12. Travis AM, Heflin SJ, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Arshavsky VY. Dopamine-Dependent Sensitization of Rod Bipolar Cells by GABA Is Conveyed through Wide-Field Amacrine Cells.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2017.
  13. Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Solomon A, Sheets K, Hapukino H, Rodriguez AR, Brecha NC. Multiple cell types form the VIP amacrine cell population.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2017.
  14. Sun X, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Calcium-activated BKCa channels govern dynamic membrane depolarizations of horizontal cells in rodent retina.. The Journal of physiology, 2017.
  15. Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Azar SS, de Los Santos J, Brecha NC. Prox1 Is a Marker for AII Amacrine Cells in the Mouse Retina.. Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2017.
  16. Matynia A, Nguyen E, Sun X, Blixt FW, Parikh S, Kessler J, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Habib S, Kim P, Wang ZZ, Rodriguez A, Charles A, Nusinowitz S, Edvinsson L, Barnes S, Brecha NC, Gorin MB. Peripheral Sensory Neurons Expressing Melanopsin Respond to Light.. Frontiers in neural circuits, 2016.
  17. Wang Y, Wang W, Liu J, Huang X, Liu R, Xia H, Brecha NC, Pu M, Gao J. Protective Effect of ALA in Crushed Optic Nerve Cat Retinal Ganglion Cells Using a New Marker RBPMS.. PloS one, 2016.
  18. Liu X, Grove JC, Hirano AA, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Dopamine D1 receptor modulation of calcium channel currents in horizontal cells of mouse retina.. Journal of neurophysiology, 2016.
  19. Hirano AA, Liu X, Boulter J, Grove J, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Barnes S, Brecha NC. Targeted Deletion of Vesicular GABA Transporter from Retinal Horizontal Cells Eliminates Feedback Modulation of Photoreceptor Calcium Channels.. eNeuro, 2016.
  20. Vuong HE, Hardi CN, Barnes S, Brecha NC. Parallel Inhibition of Dopamine Amacrine Cells and Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in a Non-Image-Forming Visual Circuit of the Mouse Retina.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2015.
  21. Hoon M, Sinha R, Okawa H, Suzuki SC, Hirano AA, Brecha N, Rieke F, Wong RO. Neurotransmission plays contrasting roles in the maturation of inhibitory synapses on axons and dendrites of retinal bipolar cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015.
  22. Vuong HE, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Hardi CN, McMahon DG, Brecha NC. Heterogeneous transgene expression in the retinas of the TH-RFP, TH-Cre, TH-BAC-Cre and DAT-Cre mouse lines.. Neuroscience, 2015.
  23. Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Sargoy A, Fernández-Sánchez L, Rodriguez A, Liu J, Cuenca N, Brecha N. Expression and cellular localization of the voltage-gated calcium channel α2δ3 in the rodent retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2015.
  24. Anselmi L, Huynh J, Duraffourd C, Jaramillo I, Vegezzi G, Saccani F, Boschetti E, Brecha NC, De Giorgio R, Sternini C. Activation of μ opioid receptors modulates inflammation in acute experimental colitis.. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 2015.
  25. Pan H, He M, Liu R, Brecha NC, Yu AC, Pu M. Sulforaphane protects rodent retinas against ischemia-reperfusion injury through the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 antioxidant pathway.. PloS one, 2014.
  26. Sargoy A, Barnes S, Brecha NC, Pérez De Sevilla Müller L. Immunohistochemical and calcium imaging methods in wholemount rat retina.. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2014.
  27. Duraffourd C, Kumala E, Anselmi L, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Opioid-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in rat enteric neurons following chronic morphine treatment.. PloS one, 2014.
  28. Fernández-Sánchez L, de Sevilla Müller LP, Brecha NC, Cuenca N. Loss of outer retinal neurons and circuitry alterations in the DBA/2J mouse.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2014.
  29. Rodriguez AR, de Sevilla Müller LP, Brecha NC. The RNA binding protein RBPMS is a selective marker of ganglion cells in the mammalian retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2014.
  30. Wilson AM, Chiodo VA, Boye SL, Brecha NC, Hauswirth WW, Di Polo A. Inhibitor of apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (iASPP) is required for neuronal survival after axonal injury.. PloS one, 2014.
  31. Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Sargoy A, Rodriguez AR, Brecha NC. Melanopsin ganglion cells are the most resistant retinal ganglion cell type to axonal injury in the rat retina.. PloS one, 2014.
  32. Sargoy A, Sun X, Barnes S, Brecha NC. Differential calcium signaling mediated by voltage-gated calcium channels in rat retinal ganglion cells and their unmyelinated axons.. PloS one, 2014.
  33. He M, Pan H, Chang RC, So KF, Brecha NC, Pu M. Activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 antioxidant pathway contributes to the protective effects of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides in the rodent retina after ischemia-reperfusion-induced damage.. PloS one, 2014.
  34. Farrell SR, Sargoy A, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Modulation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in rat retinal ganglion cells by gabapentin.. Visual neuroscience, 2014.
  35. Farrell SR, Rankin DR, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Somatostatin receptor subtype 4 modulates L-type calcium channels via Gβγ and PKC signaling in rat retinal ganglion cells.. Channels (Austin, Tex.), 2014.
  36. De Sevilla Müller LP, Liu J, Solomon A, Rodriguez A, Brecha NC. Expression of voltage-gated calcium channel α(2)δ(4) subunits in the mouse and rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2013.
  37. Zhang Q, Vuong H, Huang X, Wang Y, Brecha NC, Pu M, Gao J. Melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell loss and behavioral analysis in the Thy1-CFP-DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma.. Science China. Life sciences, 2013.
  38. Liu X, Hirano AA, Sun X, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Calcium channels in rat horizontal cells regulate feedback inhibition of photoreceptors through an unconventional GABA- and pH-sensitive mechanism.. The Journal of physiology, 2013.
  39. Stella SL, Vila A, Hung AY, Rome ME, Huynh U, Sheng M, Kreienkamp HJ, Brecha NC. Association of shank 1A scaffolding protein with cone photoreceptor terminals in the mammalian retina.. PloS one, 2012.
  40. Hirano AA, Brandstätter JH, Morgans CW, Brecha NC. SNAP25 expression in mammalian retinal horizontal cells.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2011.
  41. Zampighi GA, Schietroma C, Zampighi LM, Woodruff M, Wright EM, Brecha NC. Conical tomography of a ribbon synapse: structural evidence for vesicle fusion.. PloS one, 2011.
  42. Mercer AJ, Rabl K, Riccardi GE, Brecha NC, Stella SL, Thoreson WB. Location of release sites and calcium-activated chloride channels relative to calcium channels at the photoreceptor ribbon synapse.. Journal of neurophysiology, 2010.
  43. Farrell SR, Raymond ID, Foote M, Brecha NC, Barnes S. Modulation of voltage-gated ion channels in rat retinal ganglion cells mediated by somatostatin receptor subtype 4.. Journal of neurophysiology, 2010.
  44. Guo C, Hirano AA, Stella SL, Bitzer M, Brecha NC. Guinea pig horizontal cells express GABA, the GABA-synthesizing enzyme GAD 65, and the GABA vesicular transporter.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2010.
  45. Lee H, Brecha NC. Immunocytochemical evidence for SNARE protein-dependent transmitter release from guinea pig horizontal cells.. The European journal of neuroscience, 2010.
  46. Raymond ID, Pool AL, Vila A, Brecha NC. A Thy1-CFP DBA/2J mouse line with cyan fluorescent protein expression in retinal ganglion cells.. Visual neuroscience, 2009.
  47. Stella SL, Hu WD, Brecha NC. Adenosine suppresses exocytosis from cone terminals of the salamander retina.. Neuroreport, 2009.
  48. Anselmi L, Stella SL, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Galanin inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) influx in rat cultured myenteric neurons is mediated by galanin receptor 1.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2009.
  49. Guo C, Stella SL, Hirano AA, Brecha NC. Plasmalemmal and vesicular gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter expression in the developing mouse retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2009.
  50. Raymond ID, Vila A, Huynh UC, Brecha NC. Cyan fluorescent protein expression in ganglion and amacrine cells in a thy1-CFP transgenic mouse retina.. Molecular vision, 2008.
  51. Stella SL, Li S, Sabatini A, Vila A, Brecha NC. Comparison of the ontogeny of the vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGLUT3) with VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in the rat retina.. Brain research, 2008.
  52. Hirano AA, Brandstätter JH, Vila A, Brecha NC. Robust syntaxin-4 immunoreactivity in mammalian horizontal cell processes.. Visual neuroscience, 2007.
  53. Stella SL, Hu WD, Vila A, Brecha NC. Adenosine inhibits voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx in cone photoreceptor terminals of the tiger salamander retina.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2007.
  54. Casini G, Rickman DW, Brecha NC. Expression of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plasma membrane transporter-1 in monkey and human retina.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2006.
  55. Wang Y, Luksch H, Brecha NC, Karten HJ. Columnar projections from the cholinergic nucleus isthmi to the optic tectum in chicks (Gallus gallus): a possible substrate for synchronizing tectal channels.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2006.
  56. Chang B, Heckenlively JR, Bayley PR, Brecha NC, Davisson MT, Hawes NL, Hirano AA, Hurd RE, Ikeda A, Johnson BA, McCall MA, Morgans CW, Nusinowitz S, Peachey NS, Rice DS, Vessey KA, Gregg RG. The nob2 mouse, a null mutation in Cacna1f: anatomical and functional abnormalities in the outer retina and their consequences on ganglion cell visual responses.. Visual neuroscience, 2006.
  57. Hirano AA, Brandstätter JH, Brecha NC. Cellular distribution and subcellular localization of molecular components of vesicular transmitter release in horizontal cells of rabbit retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2005.
  58. D'Angelo I, Brecha NC. Y2 receptor expression and inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx into rod bipolar cell terminals.. Neuroscience, 2004.
  59. Minnis JG, Patierno S, Kohlmeier SE, Brecha NC, Tonini M, Sternini C. Ligand-induced mu opioid receptor endocytosis and recycling in enteric neurons.. Neuroscience, 2003.
  60. Oh SJ, D'Angelo I, Lee EJ, Chun MH, Brecha NC. Distribution and synaptic connectivity of neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive amacrine cells in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2002.
  61. Cueva JG, Haverkamp S, Reimer RJ, Edwards R, Wässle H, Brecha NC. Vesicular gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter expression in amacrine and horizontal cells.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2002.
  62. Kang WS, Lim MY, Lee EJ, Kim IB, Oh SJ, Brecha NC, Park CB, Chun MH. Light- and electron-microscopic analysis of neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive amacrine cells in the guinea pig retina.. Cell and tissue research, 2001.
  63. Johnson J, Caravelli ML, Brecha NC. Somatostatin inhibits calcium influx into rat rod bipolar cell axonal terminals.. Visual neuroscience, 2001.
  64. Johnson J, Rickman DW, Brecha NC. Somatostatin and somatostatin subtype 2A expression in the mammalian retina.. Microscopy research and technique, 2000.
  65. Casini G, Brecha NC, Bosco L, Rickman DW. Developmental expression of neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 2000.
  66. Akopian A, Johnson J, Gabriel R, Brecha N, Witkovsky P. Somatostatin modulates voltage-gated K(+) and Ca(2+) currents in rod and cone photoreceptors of the salamander retina.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2000.
  67. Melone M, Brecha NC, Sternini C, Evans C, Conti F. Etorphine increases the number of mu-opioid receptor-positive cells in the cerebral cortex.. Neuroscience, 2000.
  68. Sternini C, Brecha NC, Minnis J, D'Agostino G, Balestra B, Fiori E, Tonini M. Role of agonist-dependent receptor internalization in the regulation of mu opioid receptors.. Neuroscience, 2000.
  69. Conti F, Zuccarello LV, Barbaresi P, Minelli A, Brecha NC, Melone M. Neuronal, glial, and epithelial localization of gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter 2, a high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporter, in the cerebral cortex and neighboring structures.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1999.
  70. McConalogue K, Grady EF, Minnis J, Balestra B, Tonini M, Brecha NC, Bunnett NW, Sternini C. Activation and internalization of the mu-opioid receptor by the newly discovered endogenous agonists, endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2.. Neuroscience, 1999.
  71. Johnson J, Wu V, Wong H, Walsh JH, Brecha NC. Somatostatin receptor subtype 2A expression in the rat retina.. Neuroscience, 1999.
  72. Tonini M, Fiori E, Balestra B, Spelta V, D'Agostino G, Di Nucci A, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 activate mu-opioid receptors in myenteric neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine.. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 1998.
  73. Casini G, Rickman DW, Trasarti L, Brecha NC. Postnatal development of parvalbumin immunoreactive amacrine cells in the rabbit retina.. Brain research. Developmental brain research, 1998.
  74. Conti F, Melone M, De Biasi S, Minelli A, Brecha NC, Ducati A. Neuronal and glial localization of GAT-1, a high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporter, in human cerebral cortex: with a note on its distribution in monkey cortex.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1998.
  75. De Biasi S, Vitellaro-Zuccarello L, Brecha NC. Immunoreactivity for the GABA transporter-1 and GABA transporter-3 is restricted to astrocytes in the rat thalamus. A light and electron-microscopic immunolocalization.. Neuroscience, 1998.
  76. Johnson J, Wong H, Walsh JH, Brecha NC. Expression of the somatostatin subtype 2A receptor in the rabbit retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1998.
  77. Casini G, Rickman DW, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Neurokinin 1 receptor expression in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1997.
  78. Yang CY, Brecha NC, Tsao E. Immunocytochemical localization of gamma-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporters in the tiger salamander retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1997.
  79. Sternini C, Wong H, Wu SV, de Giorgio R, Yang M, Reeve J, Brecha NC, Walsh JH. Somatostatin 2A receptor is expressed by enteric neurons, and by interstitial cells of Cajal and enterochromaffin-like cells of the gastrointestinal tract.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1997.
  80. Micevych PE, Eckersell CB, Brecha N, Holland KL. Estrogen modulation of opioid and cholecystokinin systems in the limbic-hypothalamic circuit.. Brain research bulletin, 1997.
  81. Morara S, Brecha NC, Marcotti W, Provini L, Rosina A. Neuronal and glial localization of the GABA transporter GAT-1 in the cerebellar cortex.. Neuroreport, 1996.
  82. Johnson J, Chen TK, Rickman DW, Evans C, Brecha NC. Multiple gamma-Aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporters (GAT-1, GAT-2, GAT-3) in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  83. De Giorgio R, Su D, Peter D, Edwards RH, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 expression in enteric neurons and enterochromaffin-like cells of the rat.. Neuroscience letters, 1996.
  84. Ribak CE, Tong WM, Brecha NC. Astrocytic processes compensate for the apparent lack of GABA transporters in the axon terminals of cerebellar Purkinje cells.. Anatomy and embryology, 1996.
  85. Minelli A, DeBiasi S, Brecha NC, Zuccarello LV, Conti F. GAT-3, a high-affinity GABA plasma membrane transporter, is localized to astrocytic processes, and it is not confined to the vicinity of GABAergic synapses in the cerebral cortex.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1996.
  86. Sternini C, Spann M, Anton B, Keith DE, Bunnett NW, von Zastrow M, Evans C, Brecha NC. Agonist-selective endocytosis of mu opioid receptor by neurons in vivo.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996.
  87. Sternini C, Su D, Arakawa J, de Giorgio R, Rickman DW, Davis BM, Albers KM, Brecha NC. Cellular localization of Pan-trk immunoreactivity and trkC mRNA in the enteric nervous system.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  88. Gamlin PD, Reiner A, Keyser KT, Brecha N, Karten HJ. Projection of the nucleus pretectalis to a retinorecipient tectal layer in the pigeon (Columba livia).. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  89. Ribak CE, Tong WM, Brecha NC. GABA plasma membrane transporters, GAT-1 and GAT-3, display different distributions in the rat hippocampus.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  90. Rickman DW, Blanks JC, Brecha NC. Somatostatin-immunoreactive neurons in the adult rabbit retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1996.
  91. Minelli A, Brecha NC, Karschin C, DeBiasi S, Conti F. GAT-1, a high-affinity GABA plasma membrane transporter, is localized to neurons and astroglia in the cerebral cortex.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1995.
  92. Kohan SA, Pescatori M, Brecha NC, Mastrogiacomo A, Umbach JA, Gundersen CB. Cysteine string protein immunoreactivity in the nervous system and adrenal gland of rat.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1995.
  93. Peter D, Liu Y, Sternini C, de Giorgio R, Brecha N, Edwards RH. Differential expression of two vesicular monoamine transporters.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1995.
  94. Sottili M, Sternini C, Reinshagen M, Brecha NC, Nast CC, Walsh JH, Eysselein VE. Up-regulation of transforming growth factor alpha binding sites in experimental rabbit colitis.. Gastroenterology, 1995.
  95. Casini G, Rickman DW, Brecha NC. AII amacrine cell population in the rabbit retina: identification by parvalbumin immunoreactivity.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1995.
  96. Rickman DW, Brecha NC. Expression of the proto-oncogene, trk, receptors in the developing rat retina.. Visual neuroscience, 1995.
  97. De Giorgio R, Zittel TT, Parodi JE, Becker JM, Brunicardi FC, Go VL, Brecha NC, Sternini C. Peptide immunoreactivities in the ganglionated plexuses and nerve fibers innervating the human gallbladder.. Journal of the autonomic nervous system, 1995.
  98. Molnar M, Casini G, Davis BM, Brecha NC, Bagnoli P. Preproenkephalin messenger RNA-containing amacrine cells in the chicken retina identified with in situ hybridization histochemistry.. Visual neuroscience, 1995.
  99. Peter D, Liu Y, Brecha N, Edwards RH. The transport of neurotransmitters into synaptic vesicles.. Progress in brain research, 1995.
  100. Conti F, Minelli A, Brecha NC. Cellular localization and laminar distribution of AMPA glutamate receptor subunits mRNAs and proteins in the rat cerebral cortex.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  101. Roghani A, Feldman J, Kohan SA, Shirzadi A, Gundersen CB, Brecha N, Edwards RH. Molecular cloning of a putative vesicular transporter for acetylcholine.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1994.
  102. Molnar M, Casini G, Davis BM, Bagnoli P, Brecha NC. Distribution of preproenkephalin mRNA in the chicken and pigeon telencephalon.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  103. Brecha NC, Weigmann C. Expression of GAT-1, a high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid plasma membrane transporter in the rat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  104. Conti F, Minelli A, Molnar M, Brecha NC. Cellular localization and laminar distribution of NMDAR1 mRNA in the rat cerebral cortex.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  105. Corey JL, Davidson N, Lester HA, Brecha N, Quick MW. Protein kinase C modulates the activity of a cloned gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes via regulated subcellular redistribution of the transporter.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 1994.
  106. De Giorgio R, Parodi JE, Brecha NC, Brunicardi FC, Becker JM, Go VL, Sternini C. Nitric oxide producing neurons in the monkey and human digestive system.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1994.
  107. Casini G, Molnar M, Brecha NC. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide/peptide histidine isoleucine messenger RNA in the rat retina: adult distribution and developmental expression.. Neuroscience, 1994.
  108. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Widdison AL, Alvarez C, Brecha NC, Reber HA, Go VL. Differential effects of experimentally induced chronic pancreatitis on neuropeptide immunoreactivities in the feline pancreas.. Pancreas, 1993.
  109. Zittel TT, De Giorgio R, Brecha NC, Sternini C, Raybould HE. Abdominal surgery induces c-fos expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat.. Neuroscience letters, 1993.
  110. Casini G, Brecha NC. Postnatal development of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive amacrine cells in the rabbit retina: I. Morphological characterization.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1992.
  111. Casini G, Brecha NC. Postnatal development of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive amacrine cells in the rabbit retina: II. Quantitative analysis.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1992.
  112. Sottili M, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Lezoche E, Walsh JH. Transforming growth factor alpha receptor binding sites in the canine gastrointestinal tract.. Gastroenterology, 1992.
  113. Liu Y, Peter D, Roghani A, Schuldiner S, Privé GG, Eisenberg D, Brecha N, Edwards RH. A cDNA that suppresses MPP+ toxicity encodes a vesicular amine transporter.. Cell, 1992.
  114. Guastella J, Brecha N, Weigmann C, Lester HA, Davidson N. Cloning, expression, and localization of a rat brain high-affinity glycine transporter.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1992.
  115. Casini G, Brecha NC. Colocalization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and GABA immunoreactivities in a population of wide-field amacrine cells in the rabbit retina.. Visual neuroscience, 1992.
  116. Chun MH, Brecha N, Wässle H. Light- and electron-microscopic studies of the somatostatin-immunoreactive plexus in the cat retina.. Cell and tissue research, 1992.
  117. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Widdison AL, Karanjia ND, Reber HA, Go VL. Patterns of innervation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, neuropeptide Y, and gastrin-releasing peptide immunoreactive nerves in the feline pancreas.. Pancreas, 1992.
  118. De Giorgio R, Sternini C, Anderson K, Brecha NC, Go VL. Tissue distribution and innervation pattern of peptide immunoreactivities in the rat pancreas.. Peptides, 1992.
  119. Brecha NC, Sternini C, Humphrey MF. Cellular distribution of L-glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) and gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor mRNAs in the retina.. Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 1991.
  120. Casini G, Brecha NC. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing cells in the rabbit retina: immunohistochemical localization and quantitative analysis.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1991.
  121. MacLennan AJ, Brecha N, Khrestchatisky M, Sternini C, Tillakaratne NJ, Chiang MY, Anderson K, Lai M, Tobin AJ. Independent cellular and ontogenetic expression of mRNAs encoding three alpha polypeptides of the rat GABAA receptor.. Neuroscience, 1991.
  122. Tobin AJ, Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Tillakaratne NJ, Xu WT, Jackson MB, Brecha N, Sternini C, Olsen RW. Structural, developmental and functional heterogeneity of rat GABAA receptors.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1991.
  123. White CA, Chalupa LM, Johnson D, Brecha NC. Somatostatin-immunoreactive cells in the adult cat retina.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1990.
  124. Karten HJ, Keyser KT, Brecha NC. Biochemical and morphological heterogeneity of retinal ganglion cells.. Research publications - Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, 1990.
  125. Olsen RW, Bureau M, Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Tobin AJ, Xu W, Jackson M, Sternini C, Brecha N. Isolation of pharmacologically distinct GABA-benzodiazepine receptors by protein chemistry and molecular cloning.. Advances in biochemical psychopharmacology, 1990.
  126. Khrestchatisky M, MacLennan AJ, Chiang MY, Xu WT, Jackson MB, Brecha N, Sternini C, Olsen RW, Tobin AJ. A novel alpha subunit in rat brain GABAA receptors.. Neuron, 1989.
  127. Brecha NC, Sternini C, Anderson K, Krause JE. Expression and cellular localization of substance P/neurokinin A and neurokinin B mRNAs in the rat retina.. Visual neuroscience, 1989.
  128. Sternini C, Anderson K, Frantz G, Krause JE, Brecha N. Expression of substance P/neurokinin A-encoding preprotachykinin messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat enteric nervous system.. Gastroenterology, 1989.
  129. Kruger L, Silverman JD, Mantyh PW, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Peripheral patterns of calcitonin-gene-related peptide general somatic sensory innervation: cutaneous and deep terminations.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1989.
  130. Chun MH, Wässle H, Brecha N. Colocalization of [3H]muscimol uptake and choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in amacrine cells of the cat retina.. Neuroscience letters, 1988.
  131. Kruger L, Mantyh PW, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Mantyh CR. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the rat central nervous system: patterns of immunoreactivity and receptor binding sites.. Brain research, 1988.
  132. Brecha N, Johnson D, Peichl L, Wässle H. Cholinergic amacrine cells of the rabbit retina contain glutamate decarboxylase and gamma-aminobutyrate immunoreactivity.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1988.
  133. Kruger L, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Mantyh PW. Distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in relation to the rat central somatosensory projection.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1988.
  134. Goehler LE, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the biliary pathway and liver of the guinea-pig: distribution and colocalization with substance P.. Cell and tissue research, 1988.
  135. Fain GL, Smolka A, Cilluffo MC, Fain MJ, Lee DA, Brecha NC, Sachs G. Monoclonal antibodies to the H+-K+ ATPase of gastric mucosa selectively stain the non-pigmented cells of the rabbit ciliary body epithelium.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 1988.
  136. Schwaber JS, Sternini C, Brecha NC, Rogers WT, Card JP. Neurons containing calcitonin gene-related peptide in the parabrachial nucleus project to the central nucleus of the amygdala.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1988.
  137. Sternini C, Reeve JR, Brecha N. Distribution and characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the digestive system of normal and capsaicin-treated rats.. Gastroenterology, 1987.
  138. Kolb H, Cline C, Wang HH, Brecha N. Distribution and morphology of dopaminergic amacrine cells in the retina of the turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans).. Journal of neurocytology, 1987.
  139. Mantyh CR, Kruger L, Brecha NC, Mantyh PW. Localization of specific binding sites for atrial natriuretic factor in the central nervous system of rat, guinea pig, cat and human.. Brain research, 1987.
  140. Brecha N, Johnson D, Bolz J, Sharma S, Parnavelas JG, Lieberman AR. Substance P-immunoreactive retinal ganglion cells and their central axon terminals in the rabbit.. Nature, 1987.
  141. Gall C, Seroogy KB, Brecha N. Distribution of VIP- and NPY-like immunoreactivities in rat main olfactory bulb.. Brain research, 1986.
  142. Sternini C, Brecha N. Immunocytochemical identification of islet cells and nerve fibers containing calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in the rat pancreas.. Gastroenterology, 1986.
  143. Citron MC, Erinoff L, Rickman DW, Brecha NC. Modification of electroretinograms in dopamine-depleted retinas.. Brain research, 1985.
  144. Seroogy KB, Brecha N, Gall C. Distribution of cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity in the rat main olfactory bulb.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1985.
  145. Clague JR, Sternini C, Brecha NC. Localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the rat gastrointestinal tract.. Neuroscience letters, 1985.
  146. Sternini C, Brecha N. Distribution and colocalization of neuropeptide Y- and tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity in the guinea-pig heart.. Cell and tissue research, 1985.
  147. Reiner A, Davis BM, Brecha NC, Karten HJ. The distribution of enkephalinlike immunoreactivity in the telencephalon of the adult and developing domestic chicken.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1984.
  148. Graybiel AM, Brecha N, Karten HJ. Cluster-and-sheet pattern of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the superior colliculus of the cat.. Neuroscience, 1984.
  149. Gall C, Brecha N, Chang KJ, Karten HJ. Ontogeny of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the rat hippocampus.. Neuroscience, 1984.
  150. Brecha NC, Oyster CW, Takahashi ES. Identification and characterization of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive amacrine cells.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 1984.
  151. Karten HJ, Brecha N. Localization of neuroactive substances in the vertebrate retina: evidence for lamination in the inner plexiform layer.. Vision research, 1983.
  152. Brecha N, Hendrickson A, Florén I, Karten HJ. Localization of substance P-like immunoreactivity within the monkey retina.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 1982.
  153. Erichsen JT, Karten HJ, Eldred WD, Brecha NC. Localization of substance P-like and enkephalin-like immunoreactivity within preganglionic terminals of the avian ciliary ganglion: light and electron microscopy.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1982.
  154. Reiner A, Brecha NC, Karten HJ. Basal ganglia pathways to the tectum: the afferent and efferent connections of the lateral spiriform nucleus of pigeon.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1982.
  155. Reiner A, Karten HJ, Brecha NC. Enkephalin-mediated basal ganglia influences over the optic tectum: immunohistochemistry of the tectum and the lateral spiriform nucleus in pigeon.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1982.
  156. Bogan N, Brecha N, Gall C, Karten HJ. Distribution of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the rat main olfactory bulb.. Neuroscience, 1982.
  157. Card JP, Brecha N, Karten HJ, Moore RY. Immunocytochemical localization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing cells and processes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat: light and electron microscopic analysis.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1981.
  158. Gall C, Brecha N, Karten HJ, Chang KJ. Localization of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity to identified axonal and neuronal populations of the rat hippocampus.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1981.
  159. Engbretson GA, Reiner A, Brecha N. Habenular asymmetry and the central connections of the parietal eye of the lizard.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1981.
  160. Fite KV, Brecha N, Karten HJ, Hunt SP. Displaced ganglion cells and the accessory optic system of pigeon.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1981.
  161. Schulman JA, Finger TE, Brecha NC, Karten HJ. Enkephalin immunoreactivity in Golgi cells and mossy fibers of mammalian, avian, amphibian and teleost cerebellum.. Neuroscience, 1981.
  162. Brecha N, Sharma SC, Karten HJ. Localization of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the adult and developing goldfish retina.. Neuroscience, 1981.
  163. Brecha N, Karten HJ, Schenker C. Neurotensin-like and somatostatin-like immunoreactivity within amacrine cells of the retina.. Neuroscience, 1981.
  164. Brecha NC, Karten HJ. Organization of the avian accessory optic system.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1981.
  165. Yazulla S, Brecha N. Binding and uptake of the GABA analogue, 3H-muscimol, in the retinas of goldfish and chicken.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 1980.
  166. Brecha N, Karten HJ, Hunt SP. Projections of the nucleus of the basal optic root in the pigeon: an autoradiographic and horseradish peroxidase study.. The Journal of comparative neurology, 1980.
  167. Karten HJ, Brecha N. Localisation of substance P immunoreactivity in amacrine cells of the retina.. Nature, 1980.
  168. Brecha N, Karten HJ, Laverack C. Enkephalin-containing amacrine cells in the avian retina: immunohistochemical localization.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1979.
  169. Brecha N, Francis A, Schechter N. Rapid loss of nicotine-cholinergic receptor binding activity in the deafferented avian optic lobe.. Brain research, 1979.
  170. Brecha N, Karten HJ. Accessory optic projections upon oculomotor nuclei and vestibulocerebellum.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 1979.
  171. Reiner A, Brecha N, Karten HJ. A specific projection of retinal displaced ganglion cells to the nucleus of the basal optic root in the chicken.. Neuroscience, 1979.