Nasrallah K, Frechou MA, Yoon YJ, Persaud S, Gonçalves JT, Castillo PE (2022) Seizure-induced strengthening of a recurrent excitatory circuit in the dentate gyrus is pro-convulsant. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (in press).
Monday HR, Kharod SC, Yoon YJ, Singer RH, Castillo PE (2022) Presynaptic FMRP and local protein synthesis support structural and functional plasticity of glutamatergic axon terminals. Neuron (in press) doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.024.
Ramos C, Lutzu S, Yamasaki M, Yanagawa Y, Sakimura K, Tomita S, Watanabe M, Castillo PE. (2022) Activation of Extrasynaptic Kainate Receptors Drives Hilar Mossy Cell Activity. J Neurosci. 42:2872-2884. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0922-21.2022.
Lituma PJ, Kwon HB, Alviña K, Luján R, Castillo PE (2021) Presynaptic NMDA receptors facilitate short-term plasticity and BDNF release at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. eLife 10:e66612. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66612.
Jensen KR, Berthoux C, Nasrallah K, Castillo PE. (2021) Multiple cannabinoid signaling cascades powerfully suppress recurrent excitation in the hippocampus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118(4):e2017590118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2017590118
Monday, H. R., Bourdenx, M., Jordan, B. A. & Castillo, P. E. (2020) CB1 receptor-mediated inhibitory LTD triggers presynaptic remodeling via protein synthesis and ubiquitination. elife https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.09.900464
Weng FJ, Garcia RI, Lutzu S, Alviña K, Zhang Y, Dushko M, Ku T, Zemoura K, Rich D, Garcia-Dominguez D, Hung M, Yelhekar TD, Sørensen AT, Xu W, Chung K, Castillo PE, Lin Y. (2018) Npas4 Is a Critical Regulator of Learning-Induced Plasticity at Mossy Fiber-CA3 Synapses during Contextual Memory Formation. Neuron 97:1137-1152.
Monday HR, Younts TJ, Castillo PE. (2018) Long-Term Plasticity of Neurotransmitter Release: Emerging Mechanisms and Contributions to Brain Function and Disease. Annu Rev Neurosci. 41:299-322.
Hashimotodani Y, Nasrallah K, Jensen KR, Chávez AE, Carrera D, Castillo PE. (2107) LTP at Hilar Mossy Cell-Dentate Granule Cell Synapses Modulates Dentate Gyrus Output by Increasing Excitation/Inhibition Balance. Neuron 95:928-9.
Younts TJ, Monday HR, Dudok B, Klein ME, Jordan BA, Katona I, Castillo PE. (2016) Presynaptic Protein Synthesis Is Required for Long-Term Plasticity of GABA Release. Neuron 92:479-492.
Park J, Chávez AE, Mineur YS, Morimoto-Tomita M, Lutzu S, Kim KS, Picciotto MR, Castillo PE, Tomita S. (2016) CaMKII Phosphorylation of TARPγ-8 Is a Mediator of LTP and Learning and Memory. Neuron. 2016 Oct 5;92(1):75-83.
Jurgensen S, Castillo PE. (2015) Selective Dysregulation of Hippocampal Inhibition in the Mouse Lacking Autism Candidate Gene CNTNAP2. J Neurosci 35:14681-7.
Hunt DL, Puente N, Grandes P, Castillo PE (2013) Bidirectional NMDA receptor plasticity controls CA3 output and heterosynaptic metaplasticity. Nat Neurosci. 16:1049–59.
Castillo PE, Younts TJ, Chavez AE, Hashimotodani Y (2012) Endocannabinoid signaling and synaptic function. Neuron 76:70–81.
Rodenas-Ruano A, Chávez AE, Cossio MJ, Castillo PE, Zukin RS (2012) REST-dependent epigenetic remodeling promotes the developmental switch in synaptic NMDA receptors. Nat Neurosci. 15:1382–90.
Straub C, Hunt DL, Yamasaki M, Kim KS,Watanabe M, Castillo PE, Tomita S. (2011) Unique functions of kainate receptors in the brain are determined by the auxiliary subunit Neto1. Nat Neurosci. 14:866–73.
Castillo PE, Chiu CQ, Carroll RC (2011) Long-term plasticity at inhibitory synapses. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 21:328–338.
Chávez AE, Chiu CQ, Castillo PE (2010). TRPV1 activation by endogenous anandamide triggers postsynaptic LTD in dentate gyrus. Nat Neurosci. 13:1511–8.
Heifets BD and Castillo PE (2009) Endocannabinoid signaling and long-term synaptic plasticity. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 71:283–306.
Kwon HB & Castillo PE (2008) Role of glutamate autoreceptors at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Neuron. 60, 1082–94.
Kwon HB & Castillo PE (2008) Long-term potentiation selectively expressed by NMDA receptors at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Neuron. 57, 108-20.
Heifets BD, Chevaleyre V & Castillo PE (2008) Interneuron activity controls endocannabinoid-mediated presynaptic plasticity through calcineurin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 105, 10250–5.
Chevaleyre V, Heifets BD, Kaeser PS, Sudhof TC & Castillo PE (2007) Endocannabinoid-mediated long-term plasticity requires cAMP/PKA signaling and the active zone protein RIM1alpha. Neuron 54, 801–812.
Chevaleyre V, Takahashi K., Castillo P.E. (2006) Endocannabinoid-mediated synaptic plasticity in the CNS. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 29:37–75.
Chevaleyre V & Castillo PE (2003) Heterosynaptic LTD of hippocampal GABAergic synapses: a novel role of endocannabinoids in regulating excitability Neuron 38, 461-72.