Publications
Boggess T, Risher WC. 2022. Clinical and basic research investigations into the long‐term effects of prenatal opioid exposure on brain development. J Neurosci Res 100(1):396-409. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24642.
Boggess T, Williamson JC, Niebergall EB, Sexton HG, Mazur A, Egleton RD, Grover LM, Risher WC. 2021. Alterations in excitatory and inhibitory synaptic development within the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in a mouse model of prenatal drug exposure. Front Pediatr 9: 794544. PMCID: PMC8710665
Mazur A, Bills EH, DeSchepper KM, Williamson JC, Henderson BJ, Risher WC. 2021. Astrocyte-derived thrombospondin induces cortical synaptogenesis in a sex-specific manner. eNeuro 8(4). PMCID: PMC8328272
Brayman VL, Taetzsch T, Miko M, Dahal S, Risher WC, Valdez G. 2021. Role of the synaptic molecules Hevin and SPARC in NMJ development and repair. Neurosci Lett 746(135663). PMCID: PMC8418192
Risher WC, Eroglu C. 2020. Emerging roles for α2δ subunits in calcium channel function and synaptic connectivity. Curr Opin Neurobiol 63: 162-9. PMCID: PMC7483897
Walker CD, Risher WC, Risher ML. 2020. Regulation of synaptic development by astrocyte signaling factors and their emerging roles in substance abuse. Cells 9(2): E297. PMCID: PMC7072591
Risher WC, Kim N, Koh S, Choi JE, Mitev PR, Spence EF, Pilaz LJ, Wang D, Feng G, Silver DL, Soderling SH, Yin H, Eroglu C. 2018. Thrombospondin receptor α2δ-1 promotes synaptogenesis and spinogenesis via postsynaptic Rac1. J Cell Bio 217(10): 3747-65. PMCID: PMC6168259
Risher ML, Sexton HG, Risher WC, Wilson WA, Fleming RL, Madison RD, Moore SD, Eroglu C, Swartzwelder HS. 2015. Adolescent intermittent alcohol exposure: Dysregulation of thrombospondins and synapse formation are associated with decreased neuronal density in the adult hippocampus. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 39(12): 2403-13. PMCID: PMC4712076
Risher ML, Fleming RL, Risher WC, Miller KM, Klein RC, Wills T, Acheson SK, Moore SD, Wilson WA, Eroglu C, Swartzwelder HS. 2015. Adolescent intermittent alcohol exposure: Persistence of a structural and functional hippocampal abnormalities into adulthood. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 39(6): 989-997. PMCID: PMC4452443
Risher WC, Patel S, Kim IH, Uezu A, Bhagat S, Wilton DK, Pilaz LJ, Singh Alvarado J, Calhan OY, Silver DL, Stevens B, Calakos N, Soderling S, Eroglu C. 2014. Astrocytes refine cortical connectivity at dendritic spines. eLife 3:e04047. PMCID: PMC4286724.
Risher WC, Ustunkaya T, Singh Alvarado J, Eroglu C. 2014. Rapid Golgi analysis method for efficient and unbiased classification of dendritic spines. PLOS ONE 9(9):e107591. PMCID: PMC4160288.
McKinstry SU, Karadeniz YB, Worthington AK, Hayrapetyan VY, Ozlu MI, Serafin-Molina K, Risher WC, Ustunkaya T, Dragatsis I, Zeitlin S, Yin HH, Eroglu C. 2014. Huntingtin is required for normal excitatory synapse development in cortical and striatal circuits. J. Neurosci 34(28): 9455-72. PMCID: PMC4087216.
Risher WC, Croom D, Kirov SA. 2012. Persistent astroglial swelling accompanies rapid reversible dendritic injury during stroke-induced spreading depolarizations. Glia 60(11): 1709-20. PMCID: PMC3435464.
Risher WC, Eroglu C. 2012. Thrombospondins as key regulators of synaptogenesis in the central nervous system. Matrix Biology 31(3): 170-7. PMCID: PMC3961754.
Risher WC, Lee MR, Hess DC, Kirov SA. 2011. Dibucaine mitigates spreading depolarization in human neocortical slices and prevents acute dendritic injury in the ischemic rodent neocortex. PLOS ONE 6(7): e22351. PMCID: PMC3137632.
Risher WC, Ard D, Yuan J, Kirov SA. 2010. Recurrent spontaneous spreading depolarizations facilitate acute dendritic injury in the ischemic penumbra. J. Neurosci 30(29): 9859-68. PMCID: PMC2918261.
Risher WC, Andrew RD, Kirov SA. 2009. Real-time passive volume responses of astrocytes to acute osmotic and ischemic stress in cortical slices and in vivo revealed by two-photon microscopy. Glia 57(2): 207-21. PMCID: PMC2635108.
