New Publications from the Martin Laboratory
Listing of Key Publications from the Martin Laboratory
Repair of the mature CST
Activity-dependent repair of adult corticospinal motor system
Brus M, Carmel JB, Chakrabarty S, Martin JH. Electrical Stimulation of Spared Corticospinal Axons Augments Connections with Ipsilateral Spinal Motor Circuits After Injury. J. Neuroscience (2007) 27:13793-13801.
Carmel JB, Berrol LJ, Brus-Ramer M, Martin JH. Chronic Electrical Stimulation of the Intact Corticospinal System After Unilateral Injury Restores Skilled Locomotor Control and Promotes Spinal Axon Outgrowth. J. Neurosci. (2010) 30:10918-10926.
Williams PTJA, Schelbaum E, Alexander H, Kante K, Ahmanna C, Carter A, Sharif H, Soares S, Nothias F, and Martin JH. (2024) Combined engineered tissue repair with neuromodulation promotes corticospinal tract outgrowth in rats after cervical SCI. Experimental Neurology 382: 114965.
Intersectional neuromodulation to promote recovery after SCI
Song W, Amer Z, Ryan D, Martin JH. Effects of theta burst motor cortex stimulation can be potentiated by spinal cathodal DC stimulation to promote corticospinal system plasticity and motor recovery after injury. Exp Neurology (2016) 277:46-57.
Zareen N, Dodson S, Armada K, Awad R, Sultana N, Hara E, Alexander H, Martin JH. Stimulation-dependent remodeling of corticospinal tract axons and connections require reactivation of growth-promoting developmental signaling pathways. Experimental Neurology (2018) 307:133-144
Sharif H, Alexander H, Azam A, Martin JH. (2021) Dual Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Improves Rehabilitation Efficacy and Restores Skilled Locomotor Function in a Rat Cervical Contusion Injury Model. Exp Neurol 341:113715
Mechanisms of motor impairment after spinal injury
Jiang Y, Zaaimi B, Martin JH. Competition with primary sensory afferents drives remodeling of corticospinal axons in mature spinal motor circuits. J Neuroscience (2016) 36:193-203.
Highlighted by the Journal as the featured article for Development/Plasticity/Repair: “Competitive Interactions Shape Mature Spinal Circuits”
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Jiang Y, Sarkar A, Amer A, Martin JH. (2018) Transneuronal down-regulation of the premotor cholinergic system after corticospinal tract loss. J Neurosci 38(39):8329-8344
Jiang Y, Armada K, Martin JH. (2019) Contribution of loss of activity and microglial activation to corticospinal tract and proprioceptive afferent sprouting in spinal circuits after corticospinal system lesion. Expt Neurology 320:112962.
Mechanisms of corticospinal system neuromodulation
Amer A, Xia J Smith M, Martin JH. (2021) Spinal cord representation of motor cortex plasticity reflects corticospinal tract LTP. Proc. National Academy Sciences 118 (52): e2113192118.
Amer A and Martin JH. Repeated Motor Cortex Late-LTP Produces Persistent Strengthening of Corticospinal Motor Output and Durable Spinal Cord Structural Changes. Brain Stimulation 15(4): 1013-1022.
Williams PTJA, Truong DQ, Bikson M, Martin JH. (2022) Selective augmentation of corticospinal motor drive with transcutaneous direct current spinal stimulation in the cat. Brain Stimulation 15(3):624-634.
Zareen N, Yung H, Kaczetow W, Glattstein A, Mazalkova E, Skordzka N, Alexander H, Parra L, and Martin JH. Molecular signaling predicts corticospinal axon growth state and muscle response plasticity induced by neuromodulation. Proc Natl Acad. Sciences 121 (47) e2408508121.
Development of the corticospinal system
Activity-dependence
Friel K, Martin JH. Rebalancing corticospinal activity promotes recovery of motor skill and anatomical integrity after inactivation during a critical period. J. Neuroscience (2007) 27:11083-11090.
Salimi I, Friel K, Martin JH. Pyramidal tract stimulation restores normal corticospinal tract connections and visuomotor skill after early postnatal motor cortex activity blockade. J Neurosci (2008) 28:7426-7434.
Friel KM, Chakrabarty S, Kuo H-C, Martin JH. Using motor behavior during an early critical period to restore skilled limb movement after damage to the corticospinal motor system during development. J. Neuroscience (2012) 32:9265-9276.
PlexinA1 & EphA4 CST guidance
Serradj N, Paixão S, Sobocki T, Feinberg M, Klein R, Kullander K, Martin JH. EphA4-mediated ipsilateral corticospinal tract misprojections are necessary for bilateral voluntary movements but not bilateral stereotypic locomotion. Journal of Neuroscience (2014) 34: 5211-5221.
Gu Z, Serradj N, Ueno M, Liang M, Li J, Baccei ML, Martin JH, Yoshida Y. Skilled movements require non-apoptotic Bax/Bak pathway-mediated corticospinal circuit reorganization. Neuron (2017):94(3) 626–641.e4. (co-corresponding authors)
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Gu Z, Kalambogias J, Ueno M, Kawasawa YI, Han W, Xhen L, Ueno M, Wijeratne S, Blatz E, Kumanogoh A, Weinrauch MT, Rasin MR, Martin JH, Yoshida Y. Control of species-dependent cortico-motoneuronal connections underlying manual dexterity. Science (2017): 357:400-404. (co-corresponding authors)
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Activity-dependent co-development of the corticospinal system and spinal and brain stem motor circuits
Chakrabarty S, Shulman, B, Martin JH. Activity-dependent co-development of the corticospinal system and target interneurons in the cervical spinal cord. J Neurosci. (2009) 29:8816-8827.
Chakrabarty S, B, Martin JH. Postnatal development of segmental switch enables corticospinal tract transmission to spinal forelimb motor circuits. J Neurosci. (2010) 30:2277-2288.
Williams P, Martin JH. Motor cortex activity organizes the developing rubrospinal system. Journal of Neuroscience (2015) 35:13363-13374.
Selected review articles
Martin JH (2005) Corticospinal system: from development to motor control. The Neuroscientist 11:161-173, 2005.
Courtine G, Bunge MB, Fawcett JW, Grossman RG, Kaas JH, Lemon R, Maier I, Martin J, Nudo RJ, Ramon-Cueto A, Rouiller EM, Schnell L, Wannier T, Schwab ME, Edgerton VR. (2007) Can experiments in nonhuman primates expedite the translation of treatments for spinal cord injury in humans? Nat Med 13:561-566
Williams PTJA, Jiang Y, Martin JH. (2017) Motor System Plasticity After Unilateral Injury of the Young Brain: Effects of Neural Activity and Injury. Dev Med Child Neurol 59(12):1224-1229
Jack AS, Hurd C, Martin JH, Fouad K (2020) Electrical Stimulation as a Tool to Promote Plasticity of the Injured Spinal Cord. J Neurotrauma 37:1933-1953.
Martin JH. (2022) Neuroplasticity of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 184 (3rd series). Neuroplasticity: From Bench to Bedside. A Quartarone, MF Ghilardi, F Boller (Eds.). Elsevier.