A. Momotake, N. Lindegger, E. Niggli, R.J. Barsotti, and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, “The nitrodibenzofuran chromophore-a new caging group for ultra efficient photolysis in living cells.” Nature Methods (2006) 3, 35. [view PDF]

M.G. Bell, E.B. Lankford, G.E. Gonye, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, D.A. Martyn, M. Regnier, and R.J. Barsotti “Kinetics of cardiac thin-filament activation probed by fluorescence polarization of rhodamine labeled troponin C in skinned guinea pig trabeculae.” Biophys. J. (2006) 90, 531. [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and R.J. Barsotti “Tuning caged calcium: photolabile analogues of EGTA with improved optical and chelation properties.” Cell Calcium (2006) 35, 75. [view PDF]

S. Kantevari, M. Egger, C. Hoing, E. Niggli, and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies “Synthesis and 2-photon photolysis of 6-(ortho-nitroveratryl)-caged IP 3.” ChemBioChem. (2006) 7, 174. [view PDF]

J. Noguchi, M. Matsuzaki, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and H. Kasai “Spine-neck geometry determines NMDA-receptor dependent Ca signaling in dendrites.” Neuron (2005) 46, 609. [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies "Basics of photoactivation." Chapter 46 in Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual (2nd edition) eds. R. Yuste, and A. Konnerth (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005). [view PDF]

H. Kasai, M. Matsuzaki and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies “Two-photon uncaging microscopy.” Chapter 47 in Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual (2nd edition) eds. R. Yuste, and A. Konnerth (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005). [view PDF]

O. Fedoryak, J-Y. Sul, P.G. Haydon and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies “Synthesis of a caged glutamate for efficient one and two-photon photorelease on living cells.” Chem. Comm. (2005) 3664 [view PDF]

A.G. Millar, R.S. Zucker, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, M.P. Charlton, and H.L. Atwood "Calcium Sensitivity of Neurotransmitter Release Differs at Phasic and Tonic Synapses." J. Neurosci. (2005) 25, 3113 [view PDF]

Y.H. Huang, S.R. Sinha, O.D. Fedoryak, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, and D.E. Bergles “Synthesis and characterization of MNI-D-aspartate, a caged compound for selective activation glutamate transporters and NMDA receptors in brain tissue.” Biochemistry (2005) 44, 3316 [view PDF]

M. Matsuzaki, N. Honkura G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and H. Kasai “Structural basis of functional synaptic plasticity in single dendritic spines” Nature (2004) 429, 761 [view PDF]

H. Martin, M.G. Bell, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and R.J. Barsotti “Activation of skinned cardiac muscle by laser photolysis of nitrophenyl-EGTA” Biophys. J. (2004) 86, 978 [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies “Development and application of calcium cages.” in “Biophontonics” eds. G. Marriott and I. Parker, Meth. En. (2003) 360A, 226. [view PDF]

M.A. Smith, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and J.C. Magee “Synaptic mechanisms of the distance-dependent scaling of Schaffer collateral synapses in CA1 pyramidal neurons” J. Physiol. (2003) 548, 245 [view PDF]

C. Soeller, M.D. Jacobs, P.J. Donaldson, M.B. Cannell, K.T. Jones and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies “Probing microscopic transport and release fluxes in cells by two- photon flash photolysis” J. Biomed. Op. (2003) 8, 418 [view PDF]

Y-K. Ng, X. Lu, S.C. Watkins, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, and E.S. Levitan, "Differences in the Cell Biology of Endocrine and Neuronal Peptide Release" J. Neurosci.(2002) 22, 3890 [view PDF]

M. Matsuzaki, A. Tachikawa, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, Y. Miyashita, M. Iino and H. Kasai “Dendritic spine morphology is critical for AMPA receptor expression in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurones” Nature Neuroscience (2001) 4, 1086 [view PDF]

T. Kishimoto, T.T. Liu, Y. Ninomiya, H. Takagi, T. Yoshioka, G.C.R. Ellis- Davies, Y.W. Miyashita, H. Kasai “Ion selectivities of the Ca sensors for exocytosis in rat phaeochromocytoma cells” J. Physiol. (2001) 533, 627 [view PDF]

H. Maeda, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, K. Ito, Y. Miyashita, and H Kasai "Supralinear Ca Signaling by Cooperative and Mobile Ca Buffering in Purkinje Neurons" Neuron (1999) 24, 989 F. [view PDF]

DelPrincipe, M. Egger, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and E. Niggli "Two- photon and UV-laser Flash Photolysis of the Ca Cage, Dimethoxynitrophenyl-EGTA- 4" Cell Calcium (1999) 25, 85 [view PDF]

N. Takahashi, T. Kadowaki, Y. Yazaki, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, Y. Miyashita and H. Kasai "Post-priming actions of ATP on Ca-dependent Exocytosis in Pancreatic b-cells" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1999) 96, 760 [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, "Synthesis of Photolabile EGTA Derivatives" Tetrahedron Letters (1998) 39, 953 [view PDF]

H.H. Valdivia, J.H. Kaplan, G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and W.J. Lederer "Rapid Adaptation of Cardiac Ryanodine Receptors: Modulation by Mg and Phosphorylation” Science (1995) 267, 1997 [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and J.H. Kaplan "Nitrophenyl-EGTA, a Photolabile Chelator that Selectively Binds Ca with High Affinity and Releases it Rapidly upon Photolysis" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1994) 91, 187 [view PDF]

G.C.R. Ellis-Davies and J.H. Kaplan "A New Class of Photolabile Chelators for the Rapid Release of Divalent Cations: Generation of Caged Ca and Caged Mg" J. Org. Chem. (1988) 53, 1966 [view PDF]

J.H. Kaplan and G.C.R. Ellis-Davies, "Photolabile Chelators for the Rapid Release of Divalent Cations" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1988) 85, 6751 [view PDF]


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