Brain Research Institute

Cameron Gundersen, Ph.D.

Work Email Address:
cgundersen@mednet.ucla.edu

Office Address:
Laboratory
63-170C CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Lab Number:
(310) 825-6639
Work Phone Number:
310-825-3423

Department / Division Affiliations

Professor, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Neuroscience IDP, Brain Research Institute

Publications:

Mischel,PS, Umbach, JA, Eskandari,S, Smith, SG, Gundersen, CB, Zampighi, GA Nerve growth factor signals via pre-existing TrkA receptor monomers.. Biophysical Journal 2002; 83: .

Gundersen, CB, Kohan, SA, ChenQ, Iagnemma,J, Umbach, JA Protein kinase C eta triggers cortical granule exocytosis in Xenopus oocytes.. Journal of Cell Science 2002; 115: 1313-1320.

Mastrogiacomo,A, Kornblum,HI, Umbach,JA & Gundersen, CB A Xenopus cysteine string protein with a cysteine residue in the J-domain.. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1998; 1401: 239-241.

Gundersen, C.B. and J.A. Umbach Suppression cloning of the cDNA for a candidate subunit of a presynaptic calcium channel.. Neuron 1992; 9: 527-537.

Cordeiro, ML Gundersen, CB Umbach, JA Convergent effects of lithium and valproate on the expression of proteins associated with large dense core vesicles in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells.. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. . 2004; 29(1): 39-44.

Kohan, SA Gundersen, CB Protein synthesis is required for the transition to Ca(2+)-dependent regulated secretion in progesterone-matured Xenopus oocytes.. Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Comparative experimental biology. . 2003; 300(2): 113-25.

Cordeiro, ML Gundersen, CB Umbach, JA Dietary lithium induces regional increases of mRNA encoding cysteine string protein in rat brain.. Journal of neuroscience research. . 2003; 73(6): 865-9.

Cordeiro, ML Gundersen, CB Umbach, JA Lithium ions modulate the expression of VMAT2 in rat brain.. Brain research. . 2002; 953(1-2): 189-94.

Saitoe, M Schwarz, TL Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Kidokoro, Y Absence of junctional glutamate receptor clusters in Drosophila mutants lacking spontaneous transmitter release.. Science. . 2001; 293(5529): 514-7.

Gundersen, CB Aguado, F Sou, S Mastrogiacomo, A Coppola, T Kornblum, HI Umbach, JA Cysteine string proteins are associated with cortical granules of Xenopus laevis oocytes.. Cell and tissue research. . 2001; 303(2): 211-9.

Cordeiro, ML Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Lithium ions Up-regulate mRNAs encoding dense-core vesicle proteins in nerve growth factor-differentiated PC12 cells.. Journal of neurochemistry. . 2000; 75(6): 2622-5.

Cordeiro, ML Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Lithium ions enhance cysteine string protein gene expression in vivo and in vitro.. Journal of neurochemistry. . 2000; 74(6): 2365-72.

Poage, RE Meriney, SD Gundersen, CB Umbach, JA Antibodies against cysteine string proteins inhibit evoked neurotransmitter release at Xenopus neuromuscular junctions.. Journal of neurophysiology. . 1999; 82(1): 50-9.

Whitelegge, JP Gundersen, CB Faull, KF Electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry of intact intrinsic membrane proteins.. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society. . 1998; 7(6): 1423-30.

Umbach, JA Saitoe, M Kidokoro, Y Gundersen, CB Attenuated influx of calcium ions at nerve endings of csp and shibire mutant Drosophila.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. . 1998; 18(9): 3233-40.

Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Evidence that cysteine string proteins regulate an early step in the Ca2+-dependent secretion of neurotransmitter at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. . 1997; 17(19): 7203-9.

Coppola, T Gundersen, C Widespread expression of human cysteine string proteins.. FEBS letters. . 1996; 391(3): 269-72.

Kohan, SA Pescatori, M Brecha, NC Mastrogiacomo, A Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Cysteine string protein immunoreactivity in the nervous system and adrenal gland of rat.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. . 1995; 15(9): 6230-8.

Gundersen, CB Mastrogiacomo, A Umbach, JA Cysteine-string proteins as templates for membrane fusion: models of synaptic vesicle exocytosis.. Journal of theoretical biology. . 1995; 172(3): 269-77.

Mastrogiacomo, A Gundersen, CB The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of a rat cysteine string protein.. Brain research. Molecular brain research. . 1995; 28(1): 12-8.

Umbach, JA Zinsmaier, KE Eberle, KK Buchner, E Benzer, S Gundersen, CB Presynaptic dysfunction in Drosophila csp mutants.. Neuron. . 1994; 13(4): 899-907.

Gundersen, CB Mastrogiacomo, A Faull, K Umbach, JA Extensive lipidation of a Torpedo cysteine string protein.. The Journal of biological chemistry. . 1994; 269(30): 19197-9.

Mastrogiacomo, A Parsons, SM Zampighi, GA Jenden, DJ Umbach, JA Gundersen, CB Cysteine string proteins: a potential link between synaptic vesicles and presynaptic Ca2+ channels.. Science. . 1994; 263(5149): 981-2.