Martyn Goulding, PhD

Professor

Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory

Frederick W. and Joanna J. Mitchell Chair

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Publications

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Chung, B., Zia, M., Thomas, K.A., Michaels, J.A., Jacob, A., Pack, A., Williams, M.J., Nagapudi, K., Teng, L.H., Arrambide, E., Ouellette, L., Oey, N., Gibbs, R., Anschutz, P., Lu, J., Wu, Y., Kashefi, M., Oya, T., Kersten, R., Mosberger, A.C., O'Connell, S., Wang, R., Marques, H., Mendes, A.R., Lenschow, C., Kondakath, G., Kim, J.J., Olson, W., Quinn, K.N., Perkins, P., Gatto, G., Thanawalla, A., Coltman, S., Kim, T., Smith, T., Binder-Markey, B., Zaback, M., Thompson, C.K., Giszter, S., Person, A., Goulding, M., Azim, E., Thakor, N., O'Connor, D., Trimmer, B., Lima, S.Q., Carey, M.R., Pandarinath, C., Costa, R.M., Pruszynski, J.A., Bakir, M., Sober, S.J. Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording. (2023) Elife. 12. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88551

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Chung, B., Zia, M., Thomas, K.A., Michaels, J.A., Jacob, A., Pack, A., Williams, M.J., Nagapudi, K., Teng, L.H., Arrambide, E., Ouellette, L., Oey, N., Gibbs, R., Anschutz, P., Lu, J., Wu, Y., Kashefi, M., Oya, T., Kersten, R., Mosberger, A.C., O'Connell, S., Wang, R., Marques, H., Mendes, A.R., Lenschow, C., Kondakath, G., Kim, J.J., Olson, W., Quinn, K.N., Perkins, P., Gatto, G., Thanawalla, A., Coltman, S., Kim, T., Smith, T., Binder-Markey, B., Zaback, M., Thompson, C.K., Giszter, S., Person, A., Goulding, M., Azim, E., Thakor, N., O'Connor, D., Trimmer, B., Lima, S.Q., Carey, M.R., Pandarinath, C., Costa, R.M., Pruszynski, J.A., Bakir, M., Sober, S.J. Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.21.529200

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Ren, X., Liu, S., Virlogeux, A., Kang, S.J., Brusch, J., Liu, Y., Dymecki, S.M., Han, S., Goulding, M., Acton, D. Identification of an essential spinoparabrachial pathway for mechanical itch. (2023) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.03.013

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Hayashi, M., Gullo, M., Senturk, G., Di Costanzo, S., Nagasaki, S.C., Kageyama, R., Imayoshi, I., Goulding, M., Pfaff, S.L., Gatto, G. A spinal synergy of excitatory and inhibitory neurons coordinates ipsilateral body movements. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.21.533603

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Lecoin, L., Dempsey, B., Garancher, A., Bourane, S., Ruffault, P.L., Morin-Surun, M.P., Rocques, N., Goulding, M., Eychène, A., Pouponnot, C., Fortin, G., Champagnat, J. Mafa-dependent GABAergic activity promotes mouse neonatal apneas. (2022) Nature Communications. 13(1):3284. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30825-3

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Zholudeva, L.V., Abraira, V.E., Satkunendrarajah, K., McDevitt, T.C., Goulding, M.D., Magnuson, D.S.K., Lane, M.A. Spinal Interneurons as Gatekeepers to Neuroplasticity after Injury or Disease. (2021) Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1654-20.2020

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Peirs, C., Williams, S.G., Zhao, X., Arokiaraj, C.M., Ferreira, D.W., Noh, M.C., Smith, K.M., Halder, P., Corrigan, K.A., Gedeon, J.Y., Lee, S.J., Gatto, G., Chi, D., Ross, S.E., Goulding, M., Seal, R.P. Mechanical Allodynia Circuitry in the Dorsal Horn Is Defined by the Nature of the Injury. (2020) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.027

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Gatto, G., Bourane, S., Ren, X., Di Costanzo, S., Fenton, P.K., Halder, P., Seal, R.P., Goulding, M.D. A Functional Topographic Map for Spinal Sensorimotor Reflexes. (2020) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.003

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Roome, R.B., Bourojeni, F.B., Mona, B., Rastegar-Pouyani, S., Blain, R., Dumouchel, A., Salesse, C., Thompson, W.S., Brookbank, M., Gitton, Y., Tessarollo, L., Goulding, M., Johnson, J.E., Kmita, M., Chédotal, A., Kania, A. Phox2a Defines a Developmental Origin of the Anterolateral System in Mice and Humans. (2020) Cell Reports. 33(8):108425. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108425

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Choi, S., Hachisuka, J., Brett, M.A., Magee, A.R., Omori, Y., Iqbal, N.U., Zhang, D., DeLisle, M.M., Wolfson, R.L., Bai, L., Santiago, C., Gong, S., Goulding, M., Heintz, N., Koerber, H.R., Ross, S.E., Ginty, D.D. Parallel ascending spinal pathways for affective touch and pain. [Pubmed] (2020) Nature.:https://rdcu.be/b9ulT DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2860-1

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Paixão, S., Loschek, L., Gaitanos, L., Alcalà Morales, P., Goulding, M., Klein, R. Identification of Spinal Neurons Contributing to the Dorsal Column Projection Mediating Fine Touch and Corrective Motor Movements. (2019) Neuron. 104(4):749-764. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.029

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Acton, D., Ren, X., Di Costanzo, S., Dalet, A., Bourane, S., Bertocchi, I., Eva, C., Goulding, M. Spinal Neuropeptide Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons Form an Essential Excitatory Pathway for Mechanical Itch. (2019) Cell Reports. 28(3):625-639.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.033

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Gatto, G., Smith, K.M., Ross, S.E., Goulding, M. Neuronal diversity in the somatosensory system: bridging the gap between cell type and function. (2019) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 56:167-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2019.03.002

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Huang, T., Lin, S.H., Malewicz, N.M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Goulding, M., LaMotte, R.H., Ma, Q. Identifying the pathways required for coping behaviours associated with sustained pain. (2018) Nature. 565(7737):86-90. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0793-8

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Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Zhang, Y.Q., Goulding, M., Wang, Y.Q., Ma, Q. Timing Mechanisms Underlying Gate Control by Feedforward Inhibition. (2018) Neuron. 99(5):941-955.e4. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.026

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Ueno, M., Nakamura, Y., Li, J., Gu, Z., Niehaus, J., Maezawa, M., Crone, S.A., Goulding, M., Baccei, M.L., Yoshida, Y. Corticospinal Circuits from the Sensory and Motor Cortices Differentially Regulate Skilled Movements through Distinct Spinal Interneurons. (2018) Cell Reports. 23(5):1286-1300.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.137

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Gatto, G., Goulding, M. Locomotion Control: Brainstem Circuits Satisfy the Need for Speed. (2018) Current Biology. 28(6):R256-R259. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.068

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Koch, S.C., Del Barrio, M.G., Dalet, A., Gatto, G., Günther, T., Zhang, J., Seidler, B., Saur, D., Schüle, R., Goulding, M. RORβ Spinal Interneurons Gate Sensory Transmission during Locomotion to Secure a Fluid Walking Gait. (2017) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.11.011

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Wu, J., Capelli, P., Bouvier, J., Goulding, M., Arber, S., Fortin, G. A V0 core neuronal circuit for inspiration. (2017) Nature Communications. 8(1):544. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00589-2

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Koch, S.C., Acton, D., Goulding, M. Spinal Circuits for Touch, Pain, and Itch. (2017) Annual Review of Physiology. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-022516-034303

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Cheng, L., Duan, B., Huang, T., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Britz, O., Garcia-Campmany, L., Ren, X., Vong, L., Lowell, B.B., Goulding, M., Wang, Y., Ma, Q. Identification of spinal circuits involved in touch-evoked dynamic mechanical pain. (2017) Nature Neuroscience. 20(6):804-814. DOI: 10.1038/nn.4549

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Flynn, J.R., Conn, V.L., Boyle, K.A., Hughes, D.I., Watanabe, M., Velasquez, T., Goulding, M.D., Callister, R.J., Graham, B.A. Anatomical and Molecular Properties of Long Descending Propriospinal Neurons in Mice. (2017) Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 11:5. DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00005

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Sternfeld, M.J., Hinckley, C.A., Moore, N.J., Pankratz, M.T., Hilde, K.L., Driscoll, S.P., Hayashi, M., Amin, N.D., Bonanomi, D., Gifford, W.D., Sharma, K., Goulding, M., Pfaff, S.L. Speed and segmentation control mechanisms characterized in rhythmically-active circuits created from spinal neurons produced from genetically-tagged embryonic stem cells. (2017) Elife. 6. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21540

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Tuncdemir, S.N., Wamsley, B., Stam, F.J., Osakada, F., Goulding, M., Callaway, E.M., Rudy, B., Fishell, G. Early Somatostatin Interneuron Connectivity Mediates the Maturation of Deep Layer Cortical Circuits. (2016) Neuron. 89(3):521-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.020

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Bourane, S., Duan, B., Koch, S.C., Dalet, A., Britz, O., Garcia-Campmany, L., Kim, E., Cheng, L., Ghosh, A., Ma, Q., Goulding, M. Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons. (2015) Science. 350(6260):550-4. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac8653

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Britz, O., Zhang, J., Grossmann, K.S., Dyck, J., Kim, J.C., Dymecki, S., Gosgnach, S., Goulding, M. A genetically defined asymmetry underlies the inhibitory control of flexor-extensor locomotor movements. (2015) Elife. 4. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04718

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Mukherjee, S., Hsieh, W.L., Smith, N., Goulding, M., Heikenfeld, J. Electrokinetic pixels with biprimary inks for color displays and color-temperature-tunable smart windows. (2015) Appl Opt. 54(17):5603-5609.

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Bourane, S., Grossmann, K.S., Britz, O., Dalet, A., Del Barrio, M.G., Stam, F.J., Garcia-Campmany, L., Koch, S., Goulding, M. Identification of a spinal circuit for light touch and fine motor control. (2015) Cell. 160(3):503-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.011

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Duan, B., Cheng, L., Bourane, S., Britz, O., Padilla, C., Garcia-Campmany, L., Krashes, M., Knowlton, W., Velasquez, T., Ren, X., Ross, S., Lowell, B.B., Wang, Y., Goulding, M., Ma, Q. Identification of spinal circuits transmitting and gating mechanical pain. (2014) Cell. 159(6):1417-1432. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.11.003

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Carcagno, A.L., Di Bella, D.J., Goulding, M., Guillemot, F., Lanuza, G.M. Neurogenin3 restricts serotonergic neuron differentiation to the hindbrain. (2014) Journal of Neuroscience. 34(46):15223-33. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3403-14.2014

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Hatori, M., Gill, S., Mure, L.S., Goulding, M., O'Leary, D.D., Panda, S. Lhx1 maintains synchrony among circadian oscillator neurons of the SCN. (2014) Elife. 3:e03357. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03357

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Goulding, M., Bourane, S., Garcia-Campmany, L., Dalet, A., Koch, S. Inhibition downunder: an update from the spinal cord. (2014) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 26:161-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.03.006

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Zhang, J., Lanuza, G.M., Britz, O., Wang, Z., Siembab, V.C., Zhang, Y., Velasquez, T., Alvarez, F.J., Frank, E., Goulding, M. V1 and v2b interneurons secure the alternating flexor-extensor motor activity mice require for limbed locomotion. (2014) Neuron. 82(1):138-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.013

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Borowska, J., Jones, C.T., Zhang, H., Blacklaws, J., Goulding, M., Zhang, Y. Functional subpopulations of V3 interneurons in the mature mouse spinal cord. (2013) Journal of Neuroscience. 33(47):18553-65. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2005-13.2013

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Del Barrio, M.G., Bourane, S., Grossmann, K., Schüle, R., Britsch, S., O'Leary, D.D., Goulding, M. A transcription factor code defines nine sensory interneuron subtypes in the mechanosensory area of the spinal cord. (2013) PLOS One. 8(11):e77928. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077928

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Francius, C., Harris, A., Rucchin, V., Hendricks, T.J., Stam, F.J., Barber, M., Kurek, D., Grosveld, F.G., Pierani, A., Goulding, M., Clotman, F. Identification of multiple subsets of ventral interneurons and differential distribution along the rostrocaudal axis of the developing spinal cord. (2013) PLOS One. 8(8):e70325. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070325

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Li, Y., Stam, F.J., Aimone, J.B., Goulding, M., Callaway, E.M., Gage, F.H. Molecular layer perforant path-associated cells contribute to feed-forward inhibition in the adult dentate gyrus. (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110(22):9106-11. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306912110

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Goulding, M. Motor neurons that multitask. (2012) Neuron. 76(4):669-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.11.011

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Stam, F.J., Hendricks, T.J., Zhang, J., Geiman, E.J., Francius, C., Labosky, P.A., Clotman, F., Goulding, M. Renshaw cell interneuron specialization is controlled by a temporally restricted transcription factor program. (2012) Development. 139(1):179-90. DOI: 10.1242/dev.071134

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Ikrar, T., Shi, Y., Velasquez, T., Goulding, M., Xu, X. Cell-type specific regulation of cortical excitability through the allatostatin receptor system. (2012) Front Neural Circuits. 6:2. DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00002

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Grossmann, K.S., Giraudin, A., Britz, O., Zhang, J., Goulding, M. Genetic dissection of rhythmic motor networks in mice. (2010) Progress in Brain Research. 187:19-37. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53613-6.00002-2

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Garcia-Campmany, L., Stam, F.J., Goulding, M. From circuits to behaviour: motor networks in vertebrates. (2010) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 20(1):116-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.01.002

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Lin, W., Metzakopian, E., Mavromatakis, Y.E., Gao, N., Balaskas, N., Sasaki, H., Briscoe, J., Whitsett, J.A., Goulding, M., Kaestner, K.H., Ang, S.L. Foxa1 and Foxa2 function both upstream of and cooperatively with Lmx1a and Lmx1b in a feedforward loop promoting mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neuron development. (2009) Developmental Biology. 333(2):386-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.006

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Goulding, M. Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new direction. (2009) Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 10(7):507-18. DOI: 10.1038/nrn2608

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Zhang, Y., Narayan, S., Geiman, E., Lanuza, G.M., Velasquez, T., Shanks, B., Akay, T., Dyck, J., Pearson, K., Gosgnach, S., Fan, C.M., Goulding, M. V3 spinal neurons establish a robust and balanced locomotor rhythm during walking. (2008) Neuron. 60(1):84-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.027

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Pagliardini, S., Ren, J., Gray, P.A., Vandunk, C., Gross, M., Goulding, M., Greer, J.J. Central respiratory rhythmogenesis is abnormal in lbx1- deficient mice. (2008) Journal of Neuroscience. 28(43):11030-41. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1648-08.2008

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Wang, Z., Li, L., Goulding, M., Frank, E. Early postnatal development of reciprocal Ia inhibition in the murine spinal cord. (2008) Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(1):185-96. DOI: 10.1152/jn.90354.2008

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Xu, Y., Lopes, C., Qian, Y., Liu, Y., Cheng, L., Goulding, M., Turner, E.E., Lima, D., Ma, Q. Tlx1 and Tlx3 coordinate specification of dorsal horn pain-modulatory peptidergic neurons. (2008) Journal of Neuroscience. 28(15):4037-46. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4126-07.2008

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Pillai, A., Mansouri, A., Behringer, R., Westphal, H., Goulding, M. Lhx1 and Lhx5 maintain the inhibitory-neurotransmitter status of interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord. (2007) Development. 134(2):357-66. DOI: 10.1242/dev.02717

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Tan, E.M., Yamaguchi, Y., Horwitz, G.D., Gosgnach, S., Lein, E.S., Goulding, M., Albright, T.D., Callaway, E.M. Selective and quickly reversible inactivation of mammalian neurons in vivo using the Drosophila allatostatin receptor. (2006) Neuron. 51(2):157-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.018

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Mizuguchi, R., Kriks, S., Cordes, R., Gossler, A., Ma, Q., Goulding, M. Ascl1 and Gsh1/2 control inhibitory and excitatory cell fate in spinal sensory interneurons. (2006) Nature Neuroscience. 9(6):770-8. DOI: 10.1038/nn1706

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Gosgnach, S., Lanuza, G.M., Butt, S.J., Saueressig, H., Zhang, Y., Velasquez, T., Riethmacher, D., Callaway, E.M., Kiehn, O., Goulding, M. V1 spinal neurons regulate the speed of vertebrate locomotor outputs. (2006) Nature. 440(7081):215-9. DOI: 10.1038/nature04545

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Nakahira, E., Kagawa, T., Shimizu, T., Goulding, M.D., Ikenaka, K. Direct evidence that ventral forebrain cells migrate to the cortex and contribute to the generation of cortical myelinating oligodendrocytes. (2006) Developmental Biology. 291(1):123-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.010

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Quina, L.A., Pak, W., Lanier, J., Banwait, P., Gratwick, K., Liu, Y., Velasquez, T., O'Leary, D.D., Goulding, M., Turner, E.E. Brn3a-expressing retinal ganglion cells project specifically to thalamocortical and collicular visual pathways. (2005) Journal of Neuroscience. 25(50):11595-604. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2837-05.2005

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Alvarez, F.J., Jonas, P.C., Sapir, T., Hartley, R., Berrocal, M.C., Geiman, E.J., Todd, A.J., Goulding, M. Postnatal phenotype and localization of spinal cord V1 derived interneurons. (2005) Journal of Comparative Neurology. 493(2):177-92. DOI: 10.1002/cne.20711

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Cheng, L., Samad, O.A., Xu, Y., Mizuguchi, R., Luo, P., Shirasawa, S., Goulding, M., Ma, Q. Lbx1 and Tlx3 are opposing switches in determining GABAergic versus glutamatergic transmitter phenotypes. (2005) Nature Neuroscience. 8(11):1510-5. DOI: 10.1038/nn1569

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Kriks, S., Lanuza, G.M., Mizuguchi, R., Nakafuku, M., Goulding, M. Gsh2 is required for the repression of Ngn1 and specification of dorsal interneuron fate in the spinal cord. (2005) Development. 132(13):2991-3002. DOI: 10.1242/dev.01878

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Goulding, M., Pfaff, S.L. Development of circuits that generate simple rhythmic behaviors in vertebrates. (2005) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 15(1):14-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.01.017

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Goulding, M. How early is firing required for wiring? (2004) Neuron. 43(5):601-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.08.027

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Goulding, M. Neurobiology: a matter of balance. (2004) Nature. 429(6991):515-7. DOI: 10.1038/429515a


Lanuza, G.M., Gosgnach, S., Pierani, A., Jessell, T.M., Goulding, M. Genetic identification of spinal interneurons that coordinate left-right locomotor activity necessary for walking movements. (2004) Neuron. 42(3):375-86.

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Cheng, L., Arata, A., Mizuguchi, R., Qian, Y., Karunaratne, A., Gray, P.A., Arata, S., Shirasawa, S., Bouchard, M., Luo, P., Chen, C.L., Busslinger, M., Goulding, M., Onimaru, H., Ma, Q. Tlx3 and Tlx1 are post-mitotic selector genes determining glutamatergic over GABAergic cell fates. (2004) Nature Neuroscience. 7(5):510-7. DOI: 10.1038/nn1221

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Sapir, T., Geiman, E.J., Wang, Z., Velasquez, T., Mitsui, S., Yoshihara, Y., Frank, E., Alvarez, F.J., Goulding, M. Pax6 and engrailed 1 regulate two distinct aspects of renshaw cell development. (2004) Journal of Neuroscience. 24(5):1255-64. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3187-03.2004

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Goulding, M., Lanuza, G., Sapir, T., Narayan, S. The formation of sensorimotor circuits. (2002) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 12(5):508-15.

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Gross, M.K., Dottori, M., Goulding, M. Lbx1 specifies somatosensory association interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord. (2002) Neuron. 34(4):535-49.

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Dottori, M., Gross, M.K., Labosky, P., Goulding, M. The winged-helix transcription factor Foxd3 suppresses interneuron differentiation and promotes neural crest cell fate. (2001) Development. 128(21):4127-38.

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Nicholson, L.F., Ma, L., Goulding, M. Cloning and expression of Munc 30: a member of the paired -like homeodomain gene family. (2001) Cell Biology International. 25(4):351-65. DOI: 10.1006/cbir.2000.0638

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Simon, H.H., Saueressig, H., Wurst, W., Goulding, M.D., O'Leary, D.D. Fate of midbrain dopaminergic neurons controlled by the engrailed genes. (2001) Journal of Neuroscience. 21(9):3126-34.

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Lamar, E., Kintner, C., Goulding, M. Identification of NKL, a novel Gli-Kruppel zinc-finger protein that promotes neuronal differentiation. (2001) Development. 128(8):1335-46.

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Moran-Rivard, L., Kagawa, T., Saueressig, H., Gross, M.K., Burrill, J., Goulding, M. Evx1 is a postmitotic determinant of v0 interneuron identity in the spinal cord. (2001) Neuron. 29(2):385-99.

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Pierani, A., Moran-Rivard, L., Sunshine, M.J., Littman, D.R., Goulding, M., Jessell, T.M. Control of interneuron fate in the developing spinal cord by the progenitor homeodomain protein Dbx1. (2001) Neuron. 29(2):367-384.

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Goulding, M., Lamar, E. Neuronal patterning: Making stripes in the spinal cord. (2000) Current Biology. 10(15):565-568.


Mah, S.P., Saueressig, H., Goulding, M., Kintner, C., Dressler, G.R. Kidney development in cadherin-6 mutants: delayed mesenchyme-to-epithelial conversion and loss of nephrons. (2000) Developmental Biology. 223(1):38-53. DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9738

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Gross, M.K., Moran-Rivard, L., Velasquez, T., Nakatsu, M.N., Jagla, K., Goulding, M. Lbx1 is required for muscle precursor migration along a lateral pathway into the limb. (2000) Development. 127(2):413-424.

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Saueressig, H., Burrill, J., Goulding, M. Engrailed-1 and netrin-1 regulate axon pathfinding by association interneurons that project to motor neurons. (1999) Development. 126(19):4201-4212.

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Bang, A.G., Papalopulu, N., Goulding, M.D., Kintner, C. Expression of Pax-3 in the lateral neural plate is dependent on a Wnt-mediated signal from posterior nonaxial mesoderm. (1999) Developmental Biology. 212(2):366-80. DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9319

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Goulding, M. Specifying motor neurons and their connections. (1998) Neuron. 21(5):943-946.


Burrill, J.D., Moran, L., Goulding, M.D., Saueressig, H. PAX2 is expressed in multiple spinal cord interneurons, including a population of EN1+ interneurons that require PAX6 for their development. (1997) Development. 124(22):4493-4503.

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McWhirter, J.R., Goulding, M., Weiner, J.A., Chun, J., Murre, C. A novel fibroblast growth factor gene expressed in the developing nervous system is a downstream target of the chimeric homeodomain oncoprotein E2A-Pbx1. (1997) Development. 124(17):3221-3232.

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Bang, A.G., Papalopulu, N., Kintner, C., Goulding, M.D. Expression of Pax-3 is initiated in the early neural plate by posteriorizing signals produced by the organizer and by posterior non-axial mesoderm. (1997) Development. 124(10):2075-85.

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Maroto, M., Reshef, R., Münsterberg, A.E., Koester, S., Goulding, M., Lassar, A.B. Ectopic Pax-3 activates MyoD and Myf-5 expression in embryonic mesoderm and neural tissue. (1997) Cell. 89(1):139-148.

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Daston, G., Lamar, E., Olivier, M., Goulding, M. Pax-3 is necessary for migration but not differentiation of limb muscle precursors in the mouse. (1996) Development. 122(3):1017-1027.

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Bang, A.G., Goulding, M.D. Regulation of vertebrate neural cell fate by transcription factors. (1996) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 6(1):25-32.

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Kilpatrick, T.J., Brown, A., Lai, C., Gassmann, M., Goulding, M., Lemke, G. Expression of the Tyro4/Mek4/Cek4 gene specifically marks a subset of embryonic motor neurons and their muscle targets. (1996) Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. 7(1):62-74. DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0005

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Goulding, M., Lumsden, A., Paquette, A.J. Regulation of Pax-3 expression in the dermomyotome and its role in muscle development. (1994) Development. 120(4):957-971.

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Chalepakis, G., Goulding, M., Read, A., Strachan, T., Gruss, P. Molecular basis of splotch and Waardenburg Pax-3 mutations. (1994) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 91(9):3685-3689.

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Goulding, M., Paquette, A. Pax genes and neural tube defects in the mouse. (1994) Ciba Found. Symp. 181:103-113; discussion 113-117.

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Goulding, M., Sterrer, S., Fleming, J., Balling, R., Nadeau, J., Moore, K.J., Brown, S.D., Steel, K.P., Gruss, P. Analysis of the Pax-3 gene in the mouse mutant splotch. (1993) Genomics. 17(2):355-363. DOI: 10.1006/geno.1993.1332

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Goulding, M.D., Lumsden, A., Gruss, P. Signals from the notochord and floor plate regulate the region-specific expression of two Pax genes in the developing spinal cord. (1993) Development. 117(3):1001-1016.

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Chowdhury, K., Goulding, M., Walther, C., Imai, K., Fickenscher, H. The ubiquitous transactivator Zfp-38 is upregulated during spermatogenesis with differential transcription. (1992) Mech. Dev. 39(3):129-42.

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Walther, C., Guenet, J.L., Simon, D., Deutsch, U., Jostes, B., Goulding, M.D., Plachov, D., Balling, R., Gruss, P. Pax: a murine multigene family of paired box-containing genes. (1991) Genomics. 11(2):424-434.

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Chalepakis, G., Fritsch, R., Fickenscher, H., Deutsch, U., Goulding, M., Gruss, P. The molecular basis of the undulated/Pax-1 mutation. (1991) Cell. 66(5):873-884.

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Goulding, M.D., Chalepakis, G., Deutsch, U., Erselius, J.R., Gruss, P. Pax-3, a novel murine DNA binding protein expressed during early neurogenesis. (1991) EMBO Journal. 10(5):1135-1147.

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Erselius, J.R., Goulding, M.D., Gruss, P. Structure and expression pattern of the murine Hox-3.2 gene. (1990) Development. 110(2):629-642.

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Hatzopoulos, A.K., Stoykova, A.S., Erselius, J.R., Goulding, M., Neuman, T., Gruss, P. Structure and expression of the mouse Oct2a and Oct2b, two differentially spliced products of the same gene. (1990) Development. 109(2):349-362.

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Dragunow, M., Goulding, M., Faull, R.L., Ralph, R., Mee, E., Frith, R. Induction of c-fos mRNA and protein in neurons and glia after traumatic brain injury: pharmacological characterization. (1990) Exp. Neurol. 107(3):236-248.

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Goulding, M.D., Gruss, P. The homeobox in vertebrate development. (1989) Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 1(6):1088-93.


Dragunow, M., Abraham, W.C., Goulding, M., Mason, S.E., Robertson, H.A., Faull, R.L. Long-term potentiation and the induction of c-fos mRNA and proteins in the dentate gyrus of unanesthetized rats. (1989) Neurosci. Lett. 101(3):274-80.

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Goulding, M.D., Ralph, R.K. Cyclic-AMP-induced c-fos expression and its relevance to differentiation of a transformed mast cell line. (1989) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1007(1):99-108.

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Goulding, M., Ralph, R.K. Cyclic AMP, nuclear protein kinase and the PY815 cell cycle. (1985) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 67(1):31-8.

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Education

MS (Honors) Cell Biology, University of Auckland, Nz
PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Auckland, Nz
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany


Awards & Honors

  • Brain Prize, 2022
  • NINDS R35 Outstanding Investigator Award, 2019
  • Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, 2006
  • Pew Scholar, 1994-1998
  • Basil O'Connor Research Award, 1993-1995