Atapour group publications

Selected highlight publications

1. Ma G, Chan JM, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP, Atapour N (2025) Rapid degeneration and neurochemical plasticity of the lateral geniculate nucleus following lesions of the primary visual cortex in marmoset monkeys. Curr Res Neurobiol. 8:100141.

2. Teymornejad S, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP, Atapour N (2024) Giant pyramidal neurons of the primary motor cortex express vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), a known marker of cortical interneurons. Sci Rep. 14(1):21174.

3. Ma G, Worthy KH, Liu C, Rosa MGP, Atapour N (2023) Parvalbumin as a neurochemical marker of the primate optic radiation. iScience. 8;26(5):106608.

4. Chong MHY, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP, Atapour N (2022) Neuronal density and expression of calcium-binding proteins across the layers of the superior colliculus in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). J Comp Neurol 530:2966-2976.

5. Atapour N, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP (2022) Remodeling of lateral geniculate nucleus projections to extrastriate area MT following long-term lesions of striate cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 119.

6. Atapour N, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP (2021) Neurochemical changes in the primate lateral geniculate nucleus following lesions of striate cortex in infancy and adulthood: implications for residual vision and blindsight. Brain Struct Funct 226:2763-2775.

7. Chan JM, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP, Reser DH, Atapour N (2021) Volume reduction without neuronal loss in the primate pulvinar complex following striate cortex lesions. Brain Struct Funct 226:2417-2430.

8. Atapour N, Majka P, Wolkowicz IH, Malamanova D, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP (2019) Neuronal Distribution Across the Cerebral Cortex of the Marmoset Monkey (Callithrix jacchus). Cereb Cortex 29:3836-3863.

9. Ogiwara I, Miyamoto H, Tatsukawa T, Yamagata T, Nakayama T, Atapour N, Miura E, Mazaki E, Ernst SJ, Cao D, Ohtani H, Itohara S, Yanagawa Y, Montal M, Yuzaki M, Inoue Y, Hensch TK, Noebels JL, Yamakawa K (2018) Nav1.2 haplodeficiency in excitatory neurons causes absence-like seizures in mice. Commun Biol 1:96.

10. Yu HH, Atapour N, Chaplin TA, Worthy KH, Rosa MGP (2018) Robust Visual Responses and Normal Retinotopy in Primate Lateral Geniculate Nucleus following Long-term Lesions of Striate Cortex. J Neurosci 38:3955-3970.

11. Atapour N, Rosa MGP (2017) Age-related plasticity of the axon initial segment of cortical pyramidal cells in marmoset monkeys. Neurobiol Aging 57:95-103.

12. Atapour N, Worthy KH, Lui LL, Yu HH, Rosa MGP (2017) Neuronal degeneration in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus following lesions of primary visual cortex: comparison of young adult and geriatric marmoset monkeys. Brain Struct Funct 222:3283-3293.

13. Nozari M, Suzuki T, Rosa MG, Yamakawa K, Atapour N (2017) The impact of early environmental interventions on structural plasticity of the axon initial segment in neocortex. Dev Psychobiol 59:39-47.

Additional publications

A full list of Atapour Group publications can be viewed on PubMed.