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Hsiao-Tuan Chao

Neuroscience

Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas - Austin

Year: Sixth-Year Graduate Student

Mentors: Christian Rosenmund, Ph.D., and Huda Zoghbi, M.D.

Thesis Title: Role of Excitation and Inhibition in Rett Syndrome

Publications:

Chao HT, Zoghbi HY. The yin and yang of MeCP2 phosphorylation. PNAS, USA. 2009; 106(12):4577-8.

Fyffe SL, Neul JL, Samaco RC, Chao HT, Ben-Shachar S, Moretti P, McGill BE, Goulding EH, Sullivan E, Techott LH, Zoghbi HY. Deletion of Mecp2 in Sim1-expressing neurons ereveals a critical role for MeCP2 in feeding behavior, aggression, and the response to stress. Neuron. 2008 Sep 25; 59(6):947-58.

Samaco RC, Fryer JC, Ren J, Fyffe S, Chao HT, Sun Y, Greer JJ, Zoghbi HY, Neul JL. A partical loss of function allele of methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 predicts a human neurodevelopmental syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Jun 5; 17(12):1718-27.

Chao HT, Zoghbi HY, Rosenmund C. MeCP2 controls excitatory synaptic strength by regulating glutamatergic synapse number. Neuron. 2007 Oct 4; 56(1):58-65.

Xue M, Reim K, Chen X, Chao HT, Deng H, Rizo J, Brose N, and Rosenmund C. Distinct domains of complexin I differentially regulate neurotransmitter release. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2007; 14(10):949-58.