Representative Recent Publications:

Liu, A., Li, J.Y.H., Bromleigh, C., Lao, Z., Niswander, L.A.,  and Joyner, A.L. (2003). FGF17 and FGF18 have different midbrain regulatory properties from FGF8b and activated FGF Receptors. Development, 130:6175-6185.

Bai, C.B., Stephen, D., and Joyner, A.L. (2004). All mouse ventral spinal cord patterning by Hedgehog is Gli dependent and involves an activator function of Gli3. Developmental Cell, 6: 103-115.

Zervas, M., Millet, S., Ahn, S. and Joyner, A.L. (2004) Cell behaviors and genetic lineages of the mesencephalon and rhombomere 1. Neuron, 43: 345-357.

Ahn, S. and Joyner, A.L. (2004) Dynamic changes in the response of cells to positive Hedgehog-signaling during mouse limb patterning. Cell, 118:505-516.

Sgaier, S., Millet, S., Villanueva, M., Berenshteyn, F., Song, C. and Joyner, A. (2005) Morphogenetic and cellular movements that shape the mouse cerebellum: Insights from genetic fate mapping.  Neuron, 45;27-40.

Ahn, S. and Joyner, A.L. (2005) Quiescent adult neural stem cells are targets of Sonic hedgehog signaling.  Nature, 437: 894-897.

Blaess, S., Corrales, J.D. and Joyner, A.L. (2006) Sonic hedgehog regulates Gli activator and Gli3 repressor functions with spatial and temporal precision in the mid/hindbrain region. Development, 133: 1799-1809.

Corrales, J.D., Blaess, S., Mahoney, E.M. and Joyner, A.L. (2006) The level of Sonic Hedgehog signaling regulates the complexity of cerebellar foliation. Development, 133:1811-1821.

Joyner, A.L. and Zervas, M. (2006) Genetic fate mapping in mouse: establishing genetic lineages and defining genetic neuroanatomy in the nervous system. Developmental Dynamics, in press.

Research is supported by NIH.