Publications
	Refereed Publications: 1. Nakazawa, K., Quirk, M.C., Chitwood, R.A., Watanbabe, M., Yeckel, M.F., Sun, L.D., Kato, A., Carr, C.A., Johnston, D., Wilson, M.A., Tonegawa, S. Evidence for a crucial role of hippocampal CA3 NMDA receptors in associative memory recall. Science, 2002. 297: p. 211-218. 2. Kapur, A., Yeckel, M.F., and Johnston, D., Hippocampal mossy fiber activity evokes Ca2+ release in CA3 pyramidal neurons via a metabotropic glutamate receptor pathway Neuroscience 107 (1): 59-69. 3. Yeckel, M.F., Kapur, A., and Johnston, D., Multiple forms of LTP in CA3 neurons use a common postsynaptic mechanism. Nature Neuroscience, 1999. 2(7): p. 625-633. 4. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Spatial distribution of potentiated synapses in hippocampus: dependence on cellular mechanisms and network properties. Journal of Neuroscience, 1998. 18(1): p. 438-450. 5. Kapur, A., Yeckel, M.F., Gray, R., and Johnston, D., L-type calcium channels are required for one form of hippocampal mossy fiber LTP. Journal of Neurophysiology, 1998. 79: p. 2181-2190. 6. Thiels, E., Xie, X., Yeckel, M.F., Barrionuevo, G., and Berger, T.W. NMDA receptor-dependent LTD in different subfields of hippocampus, in vivo and in vitro. Hippocampus, 1996. 6: p. 43-51. 7. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Monosynaptic excitation of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells by afferents from the entorhinal cortex. Hippocampus, 1995. 5: p. 108-114. 8. Steffensen, S.C., Yeckel, M.F., Miller, D.M., and Henriksen, S.J., Ethanol-induced suppression of long-term potentiation is blocked by lesions of the septohippocampal nucleus. Alcoholism, Clin. and Expt. Res., 1992. 17(3): p. 655-659. 9. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Feedforward excitation of the hippocampus by afferents from the entorhinal cortex: Redefinition of the role of the trisynaptic pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 1990. 87: p. 5832-5836. 10. Bazett-Jones, D.P., Yeckel, M.F., and Gottesfeld, J.M., Nuclear extracts from globin-synthesizing cells enhance globin transcription in vitro. Nature, 1985. 317: p. 824-828. 11. Wang, J., Yeckel, M.F., Johnston, D., and Zucker, R.S. Photolysis of postsynaptic caged calcium induces mossy fiber LTP and LTD in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons. (in review). Book Chapters: 1. Berger, T.W. and Yeckel, M.F., Long-term potentiation of entorhinal afferents to the hippocampus: enhanced propagation of activity through the trisynaptic pathway, in Long-Term Potentiation: A Debate of Current Issues, M. Baudry and J.L. Davis, Editors. 1991, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 327-356. 2. Berger, T.W, Yeckel, M.F., and Thiels, E. Network determinants of hippocampal synaptic plasticity, in Long-Term Potentiation, Volume 3, M. Baudry and J.L. Davis, Editors. 1996, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 233-267. Selected Abstracts: 1. Sleeper, A.A., Fitzpatrick, J.S., and Yeckel, M.F. Regulation of internal Ca2+ release in CA1 pyramidal neurons by GABAA receptors. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2003. 2. Fitzpatrick, J.S., Sleeper, A.A., and Yeckel, M.F. Age-dependent differences in internal Ca2+ release in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2003. 3. Yeckel, M.F. Mossy fiber stimulation requirements for eliciting internal calcium release in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2003. 4. Koos, T., Fitzpatrick, J.S., Yeckel, M.F., and Goldman-Rakic, P.S. Dopamine D2 receptors facilitate the induction and propagation of intracellular calcium waves in pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2003. 5. Wang, J., Yeckel, M.F., and Zucker, R.S. Photolysis of caged calcium induces mossy fiber LTP and LTD in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2002. 6. Yeckel, M.F., Chitwood, R.A., Nakazawa, K., Tonegawa, S. and Johnston, D., Commissural/associational CA3 LTP but not mossy fiber LTP is absent in CA3 NMDA receptor knockout mice. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 2001. 7. Yeckel, M.F., Liang, Y., Gray, R., and Johnston, D., Kainate receptor-mediated release of Ca2+ from internal stores at hippocampal mossy fiber-Ca3 synapses. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 2000. 8. Yeckel, M.F., Kapur, A., and Johnston, D., Hippocampal mossy fiber activity evokes an mGluR-dependent release of Ca2+ in Ca3 pyramidal neurons that contributes to the induction of induction of LTP . Fed. European Neuroscience Soc. Meeting, 2000. 9. Yeckel, M.F., Kapur, A., and Johnston, D., Induction of mGluR-dependent hippocampal mossy fiber LTP in the absence of fast synaptic transmission. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1999. 25: p. 732. 10. Yeckel, M.F., Kapur, A., and Johnston, D., Calcium-imaging of CA3 pyramidal neurons during induction of hippocampal mossy fiber LTP. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1998. 24: p. 8. 11. Yeckel, M.F., Kapur, A., and Johnston, D., Induction of mossy fiber LTP in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons depends on an increase in postsynaptic calcium. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1997. 23: p. 1468. 12. Kapur, A., Yeckel, M.F., and Johnston, D., The L-type of Ca2+ channel blocker nimodipine blocks the induction of the hebbian form of hippocampal mossy fiber LTP. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1997. 23: p. 1468. 13. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Activity- and NMDA-dependent induction of LTD of entorhinal cortical input to granule cells of the dentate gyrus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1996. 22: p. 1505. 14. Perron, C.Y., Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Functional Segregation of synaptic inputs to CA3 using multielectrode probes. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1996. 22: p. 428. 15. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Characterization of mossy fiber-evoked responses in the CA3 subfield, in vivo. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1995. 21: p. 1437. 16. Yeckel, M.F. and Berger, T.W., Transsynaptic induction of presumed mossy fiber LTP with perforant path stimulation is NMDA-receptor independent. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1994. 20: p. 716.