Ben Rakela, PhD
Associate Specialist
Physiology
School of Medicine

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport ProteinsCalcium Channels, P-TypeNeuronal PlasticityInterneuronsMethyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2Calcium Channels, Q-TypeVisual CortexElder AbuseAstrocytesCadherinsCerebral CortexDominance, OcularSynaptic TransmissionNeuronsRett Syndrome

• The clustered gamma protocadherin PcdhγC4 isoform regulates cortical interneuron programmed cell death in the mouse cortex.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2024 Leon WRM, Steffen DM, Dale-Huang FR, Rakela B, Breevoort A, Romero-Rodriguez R, Hasenstaub AR, Stryker MP, Weiner JA, Alvarez-Buylla A
• The Clustered Gamma Protocadherin Pcdhγc4 Isoform Regulates Cortical Interneuron Programmed Cell Death in the Mouse Cortex.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Leon WRM, Steffen DM, Dale-Huang F, Rakela B, Breevoort A, Romero-Rodriguez R, Hasenstaub AR, Stryker MP, Weiner JA, Alvarez-Buylla A
• Clustered gamma-protocadherins regulate cortical interneuron programmed cell death.
  eLife 2020 Mancia Leon WR, Spatazza J, Rakela B, Chatterjee A, Pande V, Maniatis T, Hasenstaub AR, Stryker MP, Alvarez-Buylla A
• Transplanted Cells Are Essential for the Induction But Not the Expression of Cortical Plasticity.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019 Hoseini MS, Rakela B, Flores-Ramirez Q, Hasenstaub AR, Alvarez-Buylla A, Stryker MP
• Vesicular GABA Transporter Is Necessary for Transplant-Induced Critical Period Plasticity in Mouse Visual Cortex.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019 Priya R, Rakela B, Kaneko M, Spatazza J, Larimer P, Hoseini MS, Hasenstaub AR, Alvarez-Buylla A, Stryker MP

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• Astrocytic modulation of excitatory synaptic signaling in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.
  eLife 2018 Rakela B, Brehm P, Mandel G
• Profiles of extracellular miRNA in cerebrospinal fluid and serum from patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases correlate with disease status and features of pathology.
  PloS one 2014 Burgos K, Malenica I, Metpally R, Courtright A, Rakela B, Beach T, Shill H, Adler C, Sabbagh M, Villa S, Tembe W, Craig D, Van Keuren-Jensen K
• Neuropsychological profiles of victims of financial elder exploitation at the los angeles county elder abuse forensic center.
  Journal of elder abuse & neglect 2014 Wood S, Rakela B, Liu PJ, Navarro AE, Bernatz S, Wilber KH, Allen R, Homeier D, Homier D
• Synchronous and asynchronous modes of synaptic transmission utilize different calcium sources.
  eLife 2013 Wen H, Hubbard JM, Rakela B, Linhoff MW, Mandel G, Brehm P