Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Wesley J. Thompson
Section of Neurobiology, University of Texas at Austin
synaptic development and plasticity; Schwann cells at the neuromuscular junction

Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Janis C. Weeks
Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
steroid-regulated metamorphic changes in a neuromuscular system

graduate student with Dr. Arthur P. Arnold
University of California at Los Angeles
response of a steroid-sensitive neuromuscular system to injury in development
M.A., Psychology and Ph.D., Neuroscience

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Neural Systems and Behavior summer course

Stanford University
A.B. with distinction, Human Biology

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Society for Neuroscience

Cahoy JD, Emery B, Kaushal A, Foo LC, Zamanian JL, Christopherson KS, Xing Y, Lubischer JL, Krieg PA, Krupenko SA, Thompson WJ, Barres BA. (2008) A transcriptome database for astrocytes, neurons, and oligodendrocytes: A new resource for understanding brain development and function. Journal of Neuroscience 28(1):264-278.

Malomouzh AI, Nikolsky EE, Lieberman EM, Sherman JA, Lubischer JL, Grossfeld RM, Urazaev AKh. (2005) Effect of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) on non-quantal release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular synapse of rats. Journal of Neurochemistry 94:257-267.

Lubischer JL, Unguez GA, Pierotti DJ, Roy RR, Edgerton VR (2005) Reinnervation of the rat levator ani muscle after neonatal denervation. Journal of Neurobiology 63(3):188-198.

Zuo Y, Lubischer JL, Kang H, Tian L, Mikesh M, Marks A, Scofield VL, Maika S, Newman C, Krieg P, Thompson WJ (2004) Fluorescent proteins expressed in mouse transgenic lines mark subsets of glia, neurons, macrophages, and dendritic cells for vital examination. Journal of Neuroscience 24(49):10999-11009.

Lubischer JL, Bebinger DM (1999) Regulation of terminal Schwann cell number at the adult neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neuroscience 19(24):46RC.

Lubischer JL, Thompson WJ (1999) Neonatal partial denervation results in nodal, but not terminal, sprouting and a decrease in efficacy of remaining neuromuscular junctions in rat soleus muscle. Journal of Neuroscience 19(20):8931-8944.

Lubischer JL, Verhegge LD, Weeks JC (1999) Respecified larval proleg and body wall muscles circulate hemolymph in developing wings of Manduca sexta pupae. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:787-796.

Lubischer JL, Weeks JC (1996) Target muscles and sensory afferents do not influence ecdysteroid-regulated, segment-specific death of identified motoneurons in Manduca sexta. Journal of Neurobiology 31:449-460.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1995) Axotomy transiently down-regulates androgen receptors in motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus. Brain Research 694:61-68 (this is a PDF file).

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1995) Evidence for target regulation of the development of androgen sensitivity in rat spinal motoneurons. Developmental Neuroscience 17:106-117.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1995) Axotomy of developing rat spinal motoneurons: cell survival, soma size, muscle recovery, and the influence of testosterone. Journal of Neurobiology 26:225-240.

Lubischer JL, Jordan CL, Arnold AP (1992) Transient and permanent effects of androgen during synapse elimination in the levator ani muscle of the rat. Journal of Neurobiology 23:1-9.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1990) Autoradiographic localization of progestin-concentrating cells in the brain of the zebra finch. Journal of Comparative Neurology 291:450-456.

Arnold AP, Jordan CL, Sasaki M, Lubischer JL (1991) Androgenic regulation of synaptic organization in sexually dimorphic motoneurons in rats: effects on neuromuscular synapse elimination and afferent inputs to the motoneuron. In A. Wernig, ed., Plasticity of Motoneuronal Connections -- Peripheral and Central, Elsevier, pp. 299-456.

Cahoy JD, Christopherson KS, Lubischer JL, Krieg P, Thompson WJ, Barres BA (2005) Purification and characterization of mature astrocytes from the postnatal rodent CNS. Program No. 387.2. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Grossfeld RM, Sherman JA, Patel K, Dobrin SE, Lubischer JL, Murashov AK (2005) NAAG peptidase (glutamate carboxypeptidase) activity is developmentally regulated in rat optic and sciatic nerves and increases after crush injury of sciatic nerve. Program No. 709.13. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Huening JJ, Lubischer JL (2005) Can extensive nodal sprouting cause terminal disruption in rat soleus muscle? Program No. 670.15. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Jacquet BV, Lubischer JL (2005) A comparative study of terminal disruption after partial denervation of slow- and fast-twitch neonatal muscles of mice and rats. Program No. 973.8. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Lubischer JL, Lahoud R, Okuwa S (2005) Withdrawal of processes by surviving terminal Schwann cells after neonatal partial denervation of rat soleus muscle. Program No. 973.7. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Rowe AH, Lubischer JL, Zakon HH (2005) Insensitivity of southern grasshopper mice to bark scorpion venom: physiological effects of Na+ and K+ ion channel-specific neurotoxins on soleus nerve and muscle. Program No. 182.10. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

Jacquet BV, Lubischer JL (2003) Terminal disruption of uninjured motoneurons after neonatal partial denervation: Studies of the neuromuscular junction in mouse sternomastoid muscle. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 29.

Christopherson KS, Lubischer JL, Barres BA (2001) Purification and characterization of protoplasmic astrocytes. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27.

Lubischer JL, Newman CS, Thompson WJ, Krieg PA (2000) Transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein under the control of the S100B promoter: expression pattern in the CNS. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26.

Kang H, Lubischer JL, Newman CS, Thompson WJ, Krieg PA (2000) In vivo imaging of terminal Schwann cells using GFP-expressing transgenic mice. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26.

Yang LY, Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (2000) Does the androgen sensitivity of target muscles regulate the level of androgen receptor expression in motoneurons? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26.

Bebinger DM, Lubischer JL, Thompson WJ (1998) Terminal Schwann cell number in the levator ani, but not the EDL, changes in response to changes in testosterone levels. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24:1546.

Lubischer JL, Thompson WJ (1998) A neuregulin, glial growth factor (GGF2), reduces SNB motoneuron death during normal development. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24:1790.

Lubischer JL, Thompson WJ (1997) Partial denervation of soleus muscle results in an age-dependent decrease in the efficacy of the remaining neuromuscular junctions. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23:1720.

Lubischer JL, Verhegge LD, Weeks JC (1995) Evidence that larval Manduca proleg muscles are respecified for hemolymph circulation in pupae. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21:426.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1993) Developmental regulation of activational hormone effects: axotomy prevents the normal development of steroid-sensitivity in motoneurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19:1311.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1992) Dissociation of the responses of motoneurons and their target muscles to developmental axotomy in the hormone-sensitive SNB. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18:48.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1991) The developmental time course of axotomy-induced motoneuronal death in the hormone-sensitive spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 17:554.

Lubischer JL, Jordan CL, Arnold AP (1989) Juvenile androgen treatment permanently prevents synapse elimination in the levator ani muscle. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 15:127.

Lubischer JL, Arnold AP (1988) Autoradiographic localization of progestin-concentrating cells in the brain of the zebra finch. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 14:435.

Lubischer JL, See RE, Levin ED, Liebeskind JC (1987) The effects of D1 and D2 receptor antagonists on pain sensitivity and morphine analgesia in the rat. Proc West Pharmacol Soc 30:229-232