Chowdhury Neurobiology Lab

Selected Publications

  1. D. Chowdhury* and J.G. Murphy* (2025) ‘Editorial: Molecular mechanisms of glutamatergic synapse function and dysfunction, volume II”,   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 18:1618161. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2025.1618161.
  2. A.F. Paquette, B.E. Carbone, S. Vogel, E. Israel, S.D. Maria, N. Patil, S. Sah, D. Chowdhury, I. Kondratiuk, B. Labhart, A.L. Morrow, S.C. Philips, C. Kuang, D. Hondmann, N. Pandey, T. Biederer (2023) ‘The human milk component myo-inositol promotes neuronal connectivity’, PNAS 120 (30).
  3. K.P. de Arce*, A. Ribic*, D. Chowdhury*, K. Watters*, G.J. Thompson, B.G. Sanganahalli, E.T.C. Lippard, A. Rohlmann, S.M. Strittmatter, M. Missler, F. Hyder and T. Biederer (2023) ‘Concerted roles of LRRTM1 and SynCAM1 in organizing prefrontal cortex synapses and cognitive functions’, Nature Communications 14(1):459. *equal contribution
  4. D. Chowdhury*, K. Watters* and T. Biederer (2021) ‘Synaptic recognition molecules in development and disease’, Current Topics in Developmental Biology 142: 319-370. *equal contribution
  5. D. Chowdhury* and J.W. Hell* (2020) ‘How CBP/Shank3 guards Rap and H-Ras’, Structure 28: 274-276 *equal contribution
  6. D. Chowdhury* and J.W. Hell (2019) ‘Ca2+/calmodulin binding to PSD-95 downregulates its palmitoylation and AMPARs in long-term depression’, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 11(6) * corresponding author
  7. L. Matt, K. Kim, D. Chowdhury and J.W. Hell (2019) ‘Role of palmitoylation of postsynaptic proteins in promoting synaptic plasticity’, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 12:8.
  8. D. Chowdhury* and J.W. Hell (2018) ‘Homeostatic synaptic scaling: molecular regulators of synaptic AMPA-type glutamate receptors’, F1000Research *corresponding author
  9. L. Matt, K. Kim, A. Hergarden, T.Patriarchi, Z.A. Malik, D.K. Park, D. Chowdhury, O.R. Buonarati, P.B. Henderson, C. Gokcek-Sarac, Y. Zhang, D. Mohapatra, M. C. Horne, J. B. Ames and J.W. Hell (2018) ‘a-Actinin anchors PSD-95 at postsynaptic sites’, Neuron 97 (5): 1094-1109.
  10. A. Shen, M. Nieves-Cintron, Y. Deng, Q. Shi, D. Chowdhury, J. Qi, J.W. Hell, M.F. Navedo and Y.K. Xiang (2018) ‘Functionally distinct and selectively phosphorylated GPCR subpopulations co-exist in a single cell’, Nature Communications 9(1): 1050.
  11. D. Chowdhury, M. Turner, T. Patriarchi, A. Hergarden, D. Anderson, Y. Zhang, J. Sung, C-Chen, J.B. Ames and J.W. Hell (2018) ‘Ca /calmodulin binding to PSD-95 mediates homeostatic synaptic scaling down’, The EMBO Journal 37(1): 122-138.
  12. H. Qian, T. Patriarchi, J.L. Price, L. Matt, B. Lee, M. Nieves-Cintron, O.R.Buonarati, D. Chowdhury, E. Nanou, M.A. Nystoriak, W.A. Catterall, M. Poomvanicha, F. Hofmann, M.F. Navedo and J.W. Hell (2017) ‘Phosphorylation of Ser1928 mediates the enhanced activity of the L-type Ca2+ channel Cav1.2 by the b2-adrenergic receptor in neurons’, Science Signaling 10(463).
  13. T. Patriarchi, H. Qian, V. Di Biase, Z.A. Malik, D. Chowdhury, J.L. Price, E.A. Hammes, O.R. Buonarati, R.E. Westenbroek, W.A. Catterall, F. Hofmann, Y.K. Xiang, G.G. Murphy, C.Y. Chen, M.F. Navedo and J.W. Hell (2016) ‘Phosphorylation of Cav1.2 on S1928 uncouples the L-type Ca2+ channel from the β2 adrenergic receptor’, The EMBO Journal 35(12): 1330-45.
  14. Y. Zhang, L. Matt, T. Patriarchi, Z.A. Malik, D. Chowdhury, D.K. Park, A. Renieri, J.B. Ames and J.W. Hell (2014) ‘Capping of the N-terminus of PSD-95 by calmodulin triggers its postsynaptic release’, The EMBO Journal 33(12):1341-53.
  15. D. Chowdhury, S. Marco, I.M. Brooks, A. Zandueta, Y. Rao, V. Haucke, J.F. Wesseling, S.J. Tavalin and I. Perez-Otaño (2013) ‘Tyrosine phosphorylation regulates the endocytosis and surface expression of GluN3A-containing NMDA receptors’, Journal of Neuroscience 33(9): 4151-64.
  16. 15. R. Martinez-Turríllas, E. Puerta, D. Chowdhury, S. Marco, N. Aguirre and I. Perez-Otaño (2012) ‘The NMDAR subunit GluN3A protects against 3-nitroproprionic-induced striatal lesions via inhibition of calpain activation’, Neurobiology of Disease 48(3): 290-298.