ZFIN Person: Ribera, Angie

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-462

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-462

Ribera, Angie

Email:	angie.ribera@uchsc.edu
URL:	http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/physiol/abr/abr.htm
Affiliation:	Ribera Lab
Address:	Department of Physiology and Biophysics Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons University of Colorado Medical School PO Box 6511, Mail Stop F8307 Aurora, CO 80045 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(303) 724-4519
Fax:	(303) 724-4501
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Moreno, R.L., Williams, K., Jones, K.L., Ribera, A.B. (2018) Investigation of Islet2a function in zebrafish embryos: Mutants and morphants differ in morphologic phenotypes and gene expression. PLoS One. 13:e0199233

Moreno, R.L., Josey, M., Ribera, A.B. (2017) Zebrafish In Situ Spinal Cord Preparation for Electrophysiological Recordings from Spinal Sensory and Motor Neurons. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (122)

Carmean, V., Yonkers, M.A., Tellez, M.B., Willer, J.R., Willer, G.B., Gregg, R.G., Geisler, R., Neuhauss, S.C., Ribera, A.B. (2015) pigk mutation underlies macho behavior and affects Rohon-Beard cell excitability. Journal of neurophysiology. 114(2):1146-57

Moreno, R.L., Ribera, A.B. (2014) Spinal neurons require Islet1 for subtype-specific differentiation of electrical excitability. Neural Development. 9:19

Carlisle, T.C., and Ribera, A.B. (2014) Connexin 35b expression in Danio rerio embryos and larvae spinal cord. The Journal of comparative neurology. 522(4):861-75

Wright, M.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2010) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates non-cell-autonomous regulation of sensory neuron position and identity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 30(43):14513-14521

Wright, M.A., Mo, W., Nicolson, T., and Ribera, A.B. (2010) In vivo evidence for transdifferentiation of peripheral neurons. Development (Cambridge, England). 137(18):3047-3056

Moreno, R.L., and Ribera, A.B. (2010) Developmental regulation of subtype-specific motor neuron excitability. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1198:201-207

Moreno, R.L., and Ribera, A.B. (2009) Zebrafish motor neuron subtypes differ electrically prior to axonal outgrowth. Journal of neurophysiology. 102(4):2477-2484

Yonkers, M.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2009) Molecular components underlying nongenomic thyroid hormone signaling in embryonic zebrafish neurons. Neural Development. 4:20

Fein, A.J., Wright, M.A., Slat, E.A., Ribera, A.B., and Isom, L.L. (2008) scn1bb, a Zebrafish Ortholog of SCN1B Expressed in Excitable and Nonexcitable Cells, Affects Motor Neuron Axon Morphology and Touch Sensitivity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 28(47):12510-12522

Yonkers, M.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2008) Sensory neuron sodium current requires nongenomic actions of thyroid hormone during development. Journal of neurophysiology. 100(5):2719-2725

Pineda, R.H., Svoboda, K.R., Wright, M.A., Taylor, A.D., Novak, A.E., Gamse, J.T., Eisen, J.S., and Ribera, A.B. (2006) Knockdown of Nav1.6a Na+ channels affects zebrafish motoneuron development. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(19):3827-3836

Novak, A.E., Jost, M.C., Lu, Y., Taylor, A.D., Zakon, H.H., and Ribera, A.B. (2006) Gene duplications and evolution of vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels. Journal of molecular evolution. 63(2):208-221

Novak, A.E., Taylor, A.D., Pineda, R.H., Lasda, E.L., Wright, M.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2006) Embryonic and larval expression of zebrafish voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit genes. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 235(7):1962-1973

Pineda, R.H., Heiser, R.A., and Ribera, A.B. (2005) Developmental, molecular and genetic dissection of INa in vivo in embryonic zebrafish sensory neurons. Journal of neurophysiology. 93(6):3582-3593

Novak, A.E. and Ribera, A.B. (2003) Immunocytochemistry as a tool for zebrafish developmental neurobiology. Methods in cell science : an official journal of the Society for In Vitro Biology. 25(1-2):79-83

Svoboda, K.R., Linares, A.E., and Ribera, A.B. (2001) Activity regulates programmed cell death of zebrafish Rohon-Beard neurons. Development (Cambridge, England). 128(18):3511-3520

Ribera, A.B. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (1998) Zebrafish touch-insensitive mutants reveal an essential role for the developmental regulation of sodium current. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 18:9181-9191

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Ribera AB (1990) A potassium channel gene is expressed at neural induction. Neuron 5: 691-701.
Ribera AB and Nguyen DA (1993) Primary sensory neurons express a Shaker like potassium channel gene. J. Neurosci. 13: 4988-4996.
Jones SM and Ribera AB (1994) Overexpression of a potassium channel gene perturbs neural differentiation. J. Neurosci. 14: 2789-2799.
Jones SM, Hofmann AD, Lieber JL and Ribera AB (1994) Overexpression of potassium channel RNA: In vivo development rescues neurons from suppression of morphological differentiation in vitro. J. Neurosci. 15: 2867-2874.
Ribera AB (1996) Homogeneous development of electrical excitability via heterogeneous ion channel expression. J. Neurosci. 16: 1123-1130.
Burger C and Ribera AB (1996) Xenopus spinal neurons express Kv2 potassium channel transcripts during embryonic development. J. Neurosci. 16: 1412-1421.
Gurantz D, Ribera AB and Spitzer NC (1996) Temporal expression of Shaker- and Shab-like potassium channel gene expression in single embryonic spinal neurons during K+ current development. J. Neurosci: 16:3287-3295.
Blaine, J. T. and Ribera, A.B. (1998) Heteromultimeric potassium channels formed by members of the Kv2 subfamily. J. Neurosci. 18: 9585-9593.
Lazaroff, M.A., Hofmann, A.D. and Ribera, A.B. (1999) Xenopus embryonic spinal neurons express potassium channel Kvb-subunits. J. Neurosci. 19: 10706-10715.
Nick, T.A. and Ribera, A.B. (2000) Synaptic activity modulates presynaptic excitablity. (2000) Nature Neurosci., 3: 142-149.