Peter George Shrager, Ph.D.

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Schafer DP; Custer AW; Shrager P; Rasband MN. "Early events in node of Ranvier formation during myelination and remyelination in the PNS." Neuron glia biology. 2006; 2(2):69-79.
Xu X; Shrager P. "Dependence of axon initial segment formation on Na+ channel expression." Journal of neuroscience research. 2005; 79(4):428-41.
Taveggia C; Zanazzi G; Petrylak A; Yano H; Rosenbluth J; Einheber S; Xu X; Esper RM; Loeb JA; Shrager P; Chao MV; Falls DL; Role L; Salzer JL. "Neuregulin-1 type III determines the ensheathment fate of axons." Neuron. 2005; 47(5):681-94.
Chen C; Westenbroek RE; Xu X; Edwards CA; Sorenson DR; Chen Y; McEwen DP; O'Malley HA; Bharucha V; Meadows LS; Knudsen GA; Vilaythong A; Noebels JL; Saunders TL; Scheuer T; Shrager P; Catterall WA; Isom LL. "Mice lacking sodium channel beta1 subunits display defects in neuronal excitability, sodium channel expression, and nodal architecture." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2004; 24(16):4030-42.
Poliak S; Salomon D; Elhanany H; Sabanay H; Kiernan B; Pevny L; Stewart CL; Xu X; Chiu SY; Shrager P; Furley AJ; Peles E. "Juxtaparanodal clustering of Shaker-like K+ channels in myelinated axons depends on Caspr2 and TAG-1." The Journal of cell biology. 2003; 162(6):1149-60. Epub 2003 Sep 08.
Custer AW; Kazarinova-Noyes K; Sakurai T; Xu X; Simon W; Grumet M; Shrager P. "The role of the ankyrin-binding protein NrCAM in node of Ranvier formation." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2003; 23(31):10032-9.
Chen, C; Bharucha, V; Chen, Y; Westenbroek, RE; Brown, A; Malhotra, JD; Jones, D; Avery, C; Gillespie, PJ; Kazen-Gillespie, KA; Kazarinova-Noyes, K; Shrager, P; Saunders, TL; Macdonald, RL; Ransom, BR; Scheuer, T; Catterall, WA,; Isom, LL. "Reduced sodium channel density, altered voltage dependence of inactivation, and increased susceptibility to seizures in mice lacking sodium channel beta2-subunits." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (2002): 17072-17077.
Kazarinova-Noyes K; Malhotra JD; McEwen DP; Mattei LN; Berglund EO; Ranscht B; Levinson SR; Schachner M; Shrager P; Isom LL; Xiao ZC. "Contactin associates with Na+ channels and increases their functional expression." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2001; 21(19):7517-25.
Rasband, M.N.; Trimmer, J.S.; Peles, E.; Levinson, S.R.; Shrager, P. "K+ channel distribution and clustering in developing and hypomyelinated axons of the optic nerve." Journal of Neurocytology 28 (2000): 319-331.
Harroch S; Palmeri M; Rosenbluth J; Custer A; Okigaki M; Shrager P; Blum M; Buxbaum JD; Schlessinger J. "No obvious abnormality in mice deficient in receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta." Molecular and cellular biology. 2000; 20(20):7706-15.
Vabnick I; Trimmer JS; Schwarz TL; Levinson SR; Risal D; Shrager P. "Dynamic potassium channel distributions during axonal development prevent aberrant firing patterns." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1999; 19(2):747-58.
Weber P; Bartsch U; Rasband MN; Czaniera R; Lang Y; Bluethmann H; Margolis RU; Levinson SR; Shrager P; Montag D; Schachner M. "Mice deficient for tenascin-R display alterations of the extracellular matrix and decreased axonal conduction velocities in the CNS." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1999; 19(11):4245-62.
Rasband MN; Peles E; Trimmer JS; Levinson SR; Lux SE; Shrager P. "Dependence of nodal sodium channel clustering on paranodal axoglial contact in the developing CNS." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1999; 19(17):7516-28.
Poliak S; Gollan L; Martinez R; Custer A; Einheber S; Salzer JL; Trimmer JS; Shrager P; Peles E. "Caspr2, a new member of the neurexin superfamily, is localized at the juxtaparanodes of myelinated axons and associates with K+ channels." Neuron. 1999; 24(4):1037-47.
Novakovic SD; Levinson SR; Schachner M; Shrager P. "Disruption and reorganization of sodium channels in experimental allergic neuritis." Muscle & nerve. 1998; 21(8):1019-32.
Vabnick I; Messing A; Chiu SY; Levinson SR; Schachner M; Roder J; Li C; Novakovic S; Shrager P. "Sodium channel distribution in axons of hypomyelinated and MAG null mutant mice." Journal of neuroscience research. 1997; 50(2):321-36.
Vabnick I; Novakovi? SD; Levinson SR; Schachner M; Shrager P. "The clustering of axonal sodium channels during development of the peripheral nervous system." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1996; 16(16):4914-22.
Novakovic SD; Deerinck TJ; Levinson SR; Shrager P; Ellisman MH. "Clusters of axonal Na+ channels adjacent to remyelinating Schwann cells." Journal of neurocytology. 1996; 25(6):403-12.
Shrager P; Novakovic SD. "Control of myelination, axonal growth, and synapse formation in spinal cord explants by ion channels and electrical activity." Brain research. Developmental brain research. 1995; 88(1):68-78.
Dugandzija-Novakovi? S; Shrager P. "Survival, development, and electrical activity of central nervous system myelinated axons exposed to tumor necrosis factor in vitro." Journal of neuroscience research. 1995; 40(1):117-26.
Dugandzija-Novakovi? S; Koszowski AG; Levinson SR; Shrager P. "Clustering of Na+ channels and node of Ranvier formation in remyelinating axons." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1995; 15(1 Pt 2):492-503.
Tzoumaka EE; Novakovi? SD; Levinson SR; Shrager P. "Na+ channel aggregation in remyelinating mouse sciatic axons following transection." Glia. 1995; 15(2):188-94.
Wu JV; Shrager P. "Resolving three types of chloride channels in demyelinated Xenopus axons." Journal of neuroscience research. 1994; 38(6):613-20.
Wu JV; Rubinstein CT; Shrager P. "Single channel characterization of multiple types of potassium channels in demyelinated Xenopus axons." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1993; 13(12):5153-63.
Shrager P. "Axonal coding of action potentials in demyelinated nerve fibers." Brain research. 1993; 619(1-2):278-90.
Hines, M.; Shrager, P. "A computational test of the requirements for conduction in demyelinated axons." Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 3 (1991): 81-93.
Shen L; Shrager P; Girsch SJ; Donaldson PJ; Peracchia C. "Channel reconstitution in liposomes and planar bilayers with HPLC-purified MIP26 of bovine lens." The Journal of membrane biology. 1991; 124(1):21-32.
Shrager P; Rubinstein CT. "Optical measurement of conduction in single demyelinated axons." The Journal of general physiology. 1990; 95(5):867-89.
Rubinstein CT; Shrager P. "Remyelination of nerve fibers in the transected frog sciatic nerve." Brain research. 1990; 524(2):303-12.
Shrager P. "Sodium channels in single demyelinated mammalian axons." Brain research. 1989; 483(1):149-54.
Shrager, P.; Custer, A.W.; Kazarinova, K.; Rasband, M.N.; Mattson, D. "Nerve conduction block by nitric oxide that is mediated by the axonal environment." Journal of Neurophysiology 79 (1988): 529-536.
Rasband, M.N.; Trimmer, J.S.; Schwarz, T.L.; Levinson, S.R.; Ellisman, M.H.; Schachner, M.; Shrager, P. "Potassium channel distribution, clustering, and function in remyelinating rat axons." Journal of Neuroscience 18 (1988): 36-47.
Shrager P. "Ionic channels and signal conduction in single remyelinating frog nerve fibres." The Journal of physiology. 1988; 404():695-712.
Shrager P. "The distribution of sodium and potassium channels in single demyelinated axons of the frog." The Journal of physiology. 1987; 392():587-602.
Shrager P; Chiu SY; Ritchie JM; Zecevic D; Cohen LB. "Optical recording of action potential propagation in demyelinated frog nerve." Biophysical journal. 1987; 51(2):351-5.
Shrager, P.; S.Y. Chiu; J.M. Ritchie. "Voltage-dependent sodium and potassium channels in mammalian cultured Schwann cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 82 (1985): 948-952.
Chiu SY; Shrager P; Ritchie JM. "Loose patch clamp recording of ionic currents in demyelinated frog nerve fibers." Brain research. 1985; 359(1-2):338-42.
Chiu SY; Schrager P; Ritchie JM. "Neuronal-type Na+ and K+ channels in rabbit cultured Schwann cells." Nature. 1984; 311(5982):156-7.
Shrager P; Starkus JC; Lo MV; Peracchia C. "The periaxonal space of crayfish giant axons." The Journal of general physiology. 1983; 82(2):221-44.
Shrager P; Lo MV. "Influence of ionic current on Na+ channel gating in crayfish giant axon." Nature. 1982; 296(5856):450-2.
Bean BP; Shrager P; Goldstein DA. "Modification of sodium and potassium channel gating kinetics by ether and halothane." The Journal of general physiology. 1981; 77(3):233-53.
Lo MV; Shrager P. "Block and inactivation of sodium channels in nerve by amino acid derivatives. I. Dependence on voltage and sodium concentration." Biophysical journal. 1981; 35(1):31-43.
Lo MV; Shrager P. "Block and inactivation of sodium channels in nerve by amino acid derivatives. II. Dependence on temperature and drug concentration." Biophysical journal. 1981; 35(1):45-57.
Starkus JG; Shrager P. "Modification of slow sodium inactivation in nerve after internal perfusion with trypsin." The American journal of physiology. 1978; 235(5):C238-44.
Shrager P. "Slow sodium inactivation in nerve after exposure to sulhydryl blocking reagents." The Journal of general physiology. 1977; 69(2):183-202.
Jaimovich E; Venosa RA; Shrager P; Horowicz P. "Density and distribution of tetrodotoxin receptors in normal and detubulated frog sartorius muscle." The Journal of general physiology. 1976; 67(4):399-416.
Shrager P. "Specific chemical groups involved in the control of ionic conductance in nerve." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1975; 264():293-303.
Shrager P. "Ionic conductance changes in voltage clamped crayfish axons at low pH." The Journal of general physiology. 1974; 64(6):666-90.
Shrager P; Profera C. "Inhibition of the receptor for tetrodotoxin in nerve membranes by reagents modifying carboxyl groups." Biochimica et biophysica acta. 1973; 318(1):141-6.
Shrager P; Tosteson DC; Lauf PK. "Biochemical characterization of a lipid-dependent membrane protein antigen in HK sheep red cells." Biochimica et biophysica acta. 1972; 290(1):186-99.
Strickholm A; Wallin BG; Shrager P. "The pH dependency of relative ion permeabilities in the crayfish giant axon." Biophysical journal. 1969; 9(7):873-83.
Shrager PG; Macey RI; Strickholm A. "Internal perfusion of crayfish, giant axons: action of tannic acid, DDT, and TEA." Journal of cellular physiology. 1969; 74(1):77-90.
Shrager PG; Strickholm A; Macey RI. "Chemical modification of crayfish axons by protein crosslinking aldehydes." Journal of cellular physiology. 1969; 74(1):91-100.
Shrager, P.; Susskind, C. "Electronics and the blind." Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics 20 (1964): 261-301.