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. Tang,X., Taniguchi,K., and Kofuji,P. Heterogeneity of Kir4.1 channel expression in glia revealed by mouse transgenesis. Glia. 57: 1691-1705, 2009. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20074622?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1

. Schmidt,T.M. Role of melastatin-related transient receptor potential channel TRPM1 in the retina: clues taken from horses and mice. J Neurosci : 11720-11722, 2009.

. Schmidt,T.M., and Kofuji,P. Functional and morphological differences among intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. J Neuroscience. 29: 476-482, 2009.

. Schmidt,T.M., Taniguchi,K. and Kofuji,P. Intrinsic and extrinsic light responses in melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells during mouse development. J Neurophysiol. 100: 371-384, 2008.

. Kofuji,P. and Newman,E.A. “Regulation of Potassium by Glial Cells in the Central Nervous System”, Astrocytes in (patho)physiology of the nervous system, edited by Vladimir Parpura and Philip Haydon, Springer Verlag, 151-176, 2008.

. Schmidt,T.M. and Kofuji,P. Novel insights into non-image forming visual processing in the retina. Cell Science Reviews 5:77-83, 2008.

. Metea,M., Kofuji,P., and Newman,E.A. Neurovascular coupling is not mediated by potassium siphoning from glial Cells. J. Neurosc.: 2468-2471, 2007.

. Ma,H., Lesne,S., Kotilinek,L., Steidl-Nichols,J.V., Sherman,M., Younkin,L., Younkin,S., Forster,C., Sergeant,N., Delacourte,A., Vassar,R., Citron,M., Kofuji,P., Boland,L.M., Ashe,K.H. Involvement of beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) in amyloid precursor protein-mediated enhancement of memory and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 104:8167-872, 2007.

. Connors,N.C., and Kofuji,P., Potassium channel Kir4.1 macromolecular complex in retinal glial cells, Glia, 53:124-131, 2006 , 2006.

. Clark,J.P., Sampair,C.S., Kofuji,P., Nath,A. and Ding,J.M., HIV protein, transactivator of transcription, alters circadian rhythms through the light entrainment pathway, Am. J. Physiol., 289:R656-262, 2005.

. Kofuji,P., and Newman,E.A. Potassium buffering in the central nervous system. Neuroscience, 129: 1045-1056, 2004.

. Wu,J., Marmostein,A.D., Kofuji,P., and Peachey,N.S., Contribution of Kir4.1 to the mouse electroretinogram, Mol Vision, 10: 650-654, 2004.

. Connors, N.C., Adams,M.E., Froehner,S.C. and Kofuji,P. The potassium channel Kir4.1 associates with the dystrophin glycoprotein complex via alpha-syntrophin in glia. J. Biol. Chem,, 27:28387-28392. 2004.

· Rozengurt, N, I Lopez, C Chiu, P Kofuji, HA Lester, and C Neusch. 2003. Time course of inner ear degeneration and defness in mice lacking the Kir4.1 potassium channel subunit. Hearing Research. 177: 71-80.

· Zahs, KR, P Kofuji, C Meier, and R Dermietzel. 2003. Connexin immuoreactivity in glial cells of the rat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 455: 531-546.

· Kofuji, P, B Biedermann, V Siddharthan, M Raap, I Iandiev, I Milenkovic, A Thomzig, RW Veh, A Bringmann and A Reichenbach. 2002. Kir potassium channel subunit expression in retinal glial cells: implications for spatial potassium buffering. Glia 39:292-303.

· Connors, NC and P Kofuji. 2002. Dystrophin Dp71 is critical for the clustered localization of potassium channels in retinal glial cells. J Neurosci 22:4321-4327.

· Marcus, DC, T Wu, P Wangemann and P Kofuji. 2002. KCNJ10 (Kir4.1) potassium channel knockout abolishes endocochlear potential. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 282:C403-C407.

· Neusch, C, N Rozengurt, RE Jacobs, HA Lester and P Kofuji. 2001. Kir4.1 potassium channel subunit is crucial for oligodendrocyte development and in vivo myelination. J Neurosci. 21:5429-5438.

· Labarca, C, J Schwarz, P Deshpande, S Schwarz, MW Nowak, C Fonck, R Nashmi, P Kofuji, H Dang, W Shi, M Fidan, BS Khakh, Z Chen, BJ Bowers, J Boulter, JM Wehner and HA Lester. 2001. Point mutant mice with hypersensitive alpha 4 nicotinic receptors show dopaminergic deficits and increased anxiety. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98:2786-2791.

· Kofuji, P, P Ceelen, KR Zahs, LW Surbeck, HA Lester and EA Newman. 2000. Genetic inactivation of an inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir4.1 subunit) in mice: phenotypic impact in retina. J Neurosci 20: 5733-5740.

· Doupnik, CA, N Davidson, HA Lester, and P Kofuji. 1997. RGS proteins reconstitute the rapid gating kinetics of gbetagamma- activated inwardly rectifying K+ channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 94:10461-6.

· Silverman, SK, P Kofuji, DA Dougherty, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1996. A regenerative link in the ionic fluxes through the weaver potassium channel underlies the pathophysiology of the mutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 93:15429-34.

· Kofuji, P, CA Doupnik, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1996. A unique P-region residue is required for slow voltage-dependent gating of a G protein-activated inward rectifier K+ channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes. J Physiol (Lond). 490:633-45.

· Kofuji, P, M Hofer, KJ Millen, JH Millonig, N Davidson, HA Lester, and ME Hatten. 1996. Functional analysis of the weaver mutant GIRK2 K+ channel and rescue of weaver granule cells. Neuron. 16:941-52.

· Kofuji, P, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1995. Evidence that neuronal G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channels are activated by G beta gamma subunits and function as heteromultimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 92:6542-6.