PUBLICATIONS | research

Bonekamp KE, Ratz-Mitchem ML, Gillie GR, Xiong L, Sebek MK, Crandall SR. Presynaptic control of top-down signaling in neocortical layer 1. bioRxiv [Preprint], 2026. Pubmed.

Moreira JVS, Borges FS, Atherton X, Crandall SR, Varela, C, Dura-Bernal S. Closed-Loop Connectivity Best Supports Angular Tuning and Sleep Dynamics in a Biophysical Thalamocortical Circuit Model. Preprint, bioRxiv [Preprint], 2025. Pubmed.

Lee KH, Stafford AM, Pacheco-Vergara M, Cichewicz K, Canales, CP, Seban, N, Corea, M, Rahbarian, D, Bonekamp KE, Gillie GR, Pacheco Cruz D, Gill AM, Hwang HE, Uhl KL, Jager TE, Shinawi M, Li X, Obenaus, A, Crandall SR, Jeong J, Nord A, Kim, CH, and Vogt D. Complementary vertebrate Wac models exhibit phenotypes relevant to DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome. eLife 14:RP109104, 2026. Pubmed.

Martinetti LE, Autio DM, and Crandall SR. Motor Control of Distinct Layer 6 Corticothalamic Feedback Circuits. eNeuro 11 (7), 2024 Pubmed.

Kim HH, Bonekamp KE, Gillie, GR, Autio DM, Keller T, and Crandall SR. Functional dynamics and selectivity of two parallel corticocortical pathways from motor cortex to layer 5 circuits in somatosensory cortex. eNeuro 11 (6), 2024 Pubmed.

Dash S, Autio DA, and Crandall SR. State-dependent modulation of activity in distinct layer 6 corticothalamic neurons in barrel cortex of awake mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (34) 6551-6565, 2022 Pubmed.

Martinetti LE, Bonekamp KE, Autio DA, Kim HH, and Crandall SR. Short-Term Facilitation of Long-Range Corticocortical Synapses Revealed by Selective Optical Stimulation. Cerebral Cortex, 32.9: 1932-1949, 2022. Pubmed Cover

Wundrach D, Martinetti LE, Stafford AM, Bilinovich SM, Angara K, Prokop JW, Crandall SR, and Vogt D. A Human TSC1 Variant Screening Platform in Gabaergic Cortical Interneurons for Genotype to Phenotype Assessments. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 13, 573409, 2020. Pubmed

Crandall SR, Patrick, SL, Cruikshank SJ, and Connors BW. Infrabarrels are layer 6 circuit modules in the barrel cortex that link long-range inputs and outputs. Cell Reports, 21: 3065-3078, 2017. Pubmed

Crandall SR and Connors BW. Diverse ensembles of inhibitory interneurons. Neuron 90: 4-6, 2016. Pubmed

Crandall SR, Cruikshank SJ, and Connors BW. A corticothalamic switch: controlling the thalamus with dynamic synapses. Neuron 86: 768-782, 2015. Pubmed Preview Cover

Qu Q, Li D, Louis KR, Li X, Yang H, Sun Q, Crandall SR, Tsang S, Zhou J, Cox CL, Cheng J, and Wang F. High-efficiency motor neuron differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells and the function of Islet-1. Nature Communications 5: 3449, 2014. Pubmed

Aerts JT, Louis KR, Crandall SR, Govindaiah G, Cox CL, and Sweedler JV. Patch clamp electrophysiology and capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry metabolomics for single cell characterization. Analytical Chemistry 86: 3203-3208, 2014. Pubmed

Normand EA, Crandall SR, Thorn CA, Murphy EM, Voelcker B, Browning C, Machan JT, Moore CI, Connors BW, and Zervas M. Temporal and mosaic Tsc1 deletion in the developing thalamus disrupts thalamocortical circuitry, neural function, and behavior. Neuron 78: 895-909, 2013. Pubmed F1000Prime

Crandall SR and Cox CL. Thalamic microcircuits: presynaptic dendrites form two feedforward inhibitory pathways in thalamus. Journal of Neurophysiology 110: 470-480, 2013. Pubmed

Crandall SR and Cox CL. Local dendrodendritic inhibition regulates fast synaptic transmission in visual thalamus. Journal of Neuroscience 32: 2513-2522, 2012. Pubmed F1000Prime

Crandall SR, Govindaiah G, and Cox CL. Low-threshold Ca2+ current amplifies distal dendritic signaling in thalamic reticular neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 30: 15419-15429, 2010. Pubmed Preview

Govindaiah G, Wang T, Gillette MU, Crandall SR, and Cox CL. Regulation of inhibitory synapses by presynaptic D(4) dopamine receptors in thalamus. Journal of Neurophysiology 104: 2757-2765, 2010. Pubmed

Crandall SR, Adam M, Kinnischtzke AK, and Nick TA. HVC neural sleep activity increases with development and parallels nightly changes in song behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology 98: 232-240, 2007. Pubmed Preview Cover

Crandall SR, Aoki N, and Nick TA. Developmental modulation of the temporal relationship between brain and behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology 97: 806-816, 2007. Pubmed