!!Juan Lerma Gomez - Selected Publications 

(Total Citations >5700; Hirsch Index=40; Google scholar @ Jul 2014)
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*Lerma, J. (1992) Spermine regulates N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor desensitization, Neuron, 8:343-352. 

*Lerma, J., Paternain, A.V., Naranjo, J.R. and Mellström, B. (1993) Functional kainate-selective glutamate receptors in cultured hippocampal cells, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,  90, 11688-11692. 

*Paternain, A.V., Morales, M. and Lerma, J. (1995) Selective antagonism of AMPA receptors unmasks kainate receptor-mediated responses in hippocampal neurons, Neuron, 14, 185-189. 

*Ruano, D., Lambolez, B., Rossier, J., Paternain, A.V. and Lerma, J. (1995) Kainate receptor subunits expressed in single cultured hippocampal neurons: molecular and functional variants by RNA editing, Neuron, 14, 1009-1017. 

* Rodríguez-Moreno, A., Herreras, O. and Lerma, J. (1997) Kainate Receptors Presynaptically Downregulate GABAergic Inhibition in the Rat Hippocampus. Neuron, 19, 893-901.

*Villarroel, A., Regalado, M.P. and Lerma, J., (1998) Glycine-independent NMDA receptor desensitization: Localization of structural determinants. Neuron, 20, 329-339. 

* Rodríguez-Moreno, A., and Lerma, J. (1998) Kainate receptor modulation of GABA release involves a metabotropic function. Neuron, 20, 1211-1218. (Cover Caption) 

* Rodríguez-Moreno, A., López-García, J.C. and Lerma, J. (2000) Two populations of kainate receptors with separate signaling mechanisms in hippocampal interneurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 97, 1293-1298. 

* Lerma, J., Paternain, A.V., Rodríguez-Moreno, A., and López-García, J.C (2001) Molecular Physiology of Kainate Receptors. Physiologial Reviews. 81, 971-998 (Invited review). 

* Regalado, M. P., Villarroel, A. and Lerma, J. (2001) Inter-subunit cooperativity in the NMDA receptor. Neuron. 32, 1085-1096.

* Lerma, J. (2003). Roles and rules of kainate receptors in synaptic transmission. Nature Rev Neurosci 4, 481-95.

* Frankle, G., Lerma, J., and Laruelle, M. (2003) The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia. Neuron 39, 205-16

* Rozas, J.L., Paternain A.V. and Lerma J. (2003) Non-canonical signaling by ionotropic kainate receptors. Neuron 39, 543–553

* Paternain, A.V., Cohen, A., Stern-Bach, Y. and Lerma, J. (2003) A role for extracellular Na+ in the channel gating of native and recombinant kainate receptors. J Neuroscience 23, 8641-8648.

* Christensen, JK, Paternain, AV, Selak, S, Ahring PK and Lerma, J. (2004) A mosaic of functional kainate receptors in hippocampal interneurons. J Neuroscience 24, 8986-93.

* Rivera R, Rozas JL and Lerma J (2007) PKC-dependent Autoregulation of Membrane Kainate Receptors. EMBO Journal, 26, 4359-67

* Selak S, Paternain AV, Aller IM, Picó E, Rivera R, Lerma J. (2009) A role for SNAP25 in internalization of kainate receptors and synaptic plasticity. Neuron  63, 357-71.

* Fazzari F., Paternain A.V., Valiente M., Pla R., Luján R., Lloyd K., Lerma J., Marín O. and Rico B.  (2010) Control of cortical GABA circuitry development by Nrg1/ErbB4 signalling. Nature 464,1376-80.

* Lerma J. (2011) Net(o) excitement for Kainate receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 14: 808-810   

* Mire E, Mezzera C, Leyva-Díaz E, Paternain AV, Squarzoni P, Bluy E, Castillo-Paterna M, López MJ, Peregrín S, Tessier-Lavigne M, Garel S, Galcerán J, Lerma J & López-Bendito G (2012) Spontaneous activity mediates a developmental switch in thalamocortical axon growth by regulating Robo1 transcription, Nature Neuroscience. 15, 1134–1143

* Lerma J., and Marques JM (2013) Kainate Receptors in Health and Disease, Neuron, 80, 292-311

* Marques JM, Rodrigues RJ, Valbuena S, Rozas JL, Selak S, Marin P, Aller MI, and Lerma J (2013). CRMP2 Tethers Kainate Receptor Activity to Cytoskeleton Dynamics During Neuronal Maturation, J. Neurosci. 33,18298 – 18310.