M.D., Stanford University
Ph.D., Stanford University
B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California - Los Angeles
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing.
Wei XP, Collie M, Dempsey B, Fortin G, Yackle K. Neuron. 2022 Feb 16;110(4):644-657.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.014. Epub 2022 Jan 7.PMID: 34998469
* NPR feature "What crying baby mice could teach us about human speech" *
* Highlighted in Nature Reviews Neuroscience "The sounds of breathing" *
Opioids depress breathing through two small brainstem sites. Bachmutsky I, Wei XP, Kish E, Yackle K. Elife. 2020 Feb 19;9:e52694. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52694.PMID: 32073401
Breathing Control Center Neurons that Promote Arousal in Mice. (2017) Yackle K, Schwarz LA, Kam K, Sorokin JM, Huguenard JR, Feldman JL, Luo L, Krasnow MA. Science. 355(6332);1411-1415
Lab Members:
Iris Bachmutsky, PhD Candidate
Yoonjeung Chang, PhD, Science Specialist
Beatriz Ceuvas, PhD candidate
Jeehaeh Do, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Eszter Kish, PhD Candidate
Marisa Grams, PhD Candidate
Alastair MacDonald, PhD, Postdoctoral Fello