Neurotransmitters

Sertraline induces DNA damage and cellular toxicity in Drosophila that can be ameliorated by antioxidants
Jajoo, A., Donlon, C., Shnayder, S., Levin, M., and McVey, M. (2020)
Scientific Reports, 10: 4512

An in vivo brain–bacteria interface: the developing brain as a key regulator of innate immunity
Herrera-Rincon, C., Paré, J-F., Martyniuk, C. J., Jannetty, S. K., Harrison C., Fischer, A., Dinis, A., Keshari, V., Novak, R., and Levin, M. (2020)
NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 5: 2

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use During Pregnancy and Major Malformations: The Importance of Serotonin for Embryonic Development and the Effect of Serotonin Inhibition on the Occurrence of Malformations
Berard, A., Levin, M., Sadler, T., Healy, D. (2019)
Bioelectricity 1(1): 18-29

Booting up the organism during development: pre-behavioral functions of the vertebrate brain in guiding body morphogenesis
Herrera-Rincon, C., and Levin, M. (2018)
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 11(1): e1433440

Ion channel and neurotransmitter modulators as electroceutical approaches to the control of cancer
Tuszynski, J., Tilli, T. M., and Levin, M. (2017)
Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23(32): 4827-4841

The brain is required for normal muscle and nerve patterning during early Xenopus development
Herrera-Rincon, C., Pai, V. P., Moran, K. M., Lemire, J. M., and Levin, M. (2017)
Nature Communications, 8(1): 587

Serotonergic stimulation induces nerve growth and promotes visual learning via posterior eye grafts in a vertebrate model of induced sensory plasticity
Blackiston, D., Vien, K., and Levin, M. (2017)
NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2: 8

Discovering novel phenotypes with automatically inferred dynamic models: partial melanocyte conversion in Xenopus
Lobo, D., Lobikin, M., and Levin, M. (2017)
Scientific Reports, 7: 41339

Neurotransmitter signaling pathways required for normal development in Xenopus laevis embryos: a pharmacological survey screen
Sullivan, K. G., and Levin, M. (2016)
Journal of Anatomy, 229(4): 483-502

Serotonergic regulation of melanocyte conversion: A bioelectrically regulated network for stochastic all-or-none hyperpigmentation
Lobikin, M., Lobo, D., Blackiston, D. J., Martyniuk, C. J., Tkachenko, E., and Levin, M. (2015)
Science Signaling, 8(397): ra99

A novel method for inducing nerve growth via modulation of host resting potential
Blackiston, D., Anderson, G. M., Rahman, N., Bieck, C., and Levin, M. (2015)
Neurotherapeutics, 12(1): 170-184

Left-right patterning in Xenopus conjoined twin embryos requires serotonin signaling and gap junctions
Vandenberg, L. N., Blackiston, D. J., Rea, A. C., Dore, T. M., and Levin, M. (2014)
International Journal of Developmental Biology, 58(10-12): 799-809

Light-activated serotonin for exploring its action in biological systems
Rea, A. C., Vandenberg, L. N., Ball, R. E., Snouffer, A. A., Hudson, A. G., Zhu, Y., McLain, D. E., Johnston, L. L., Lauderdale, J. D., Levin, M., and Dore, T. M. (2013)
Chemistry & Biology, 20(12): 1536-1546

Serotonin has early, cilia-independent roles in Xenopus left-right patterning
Vandenberg, L. N., Lemire, J. M., and Levin, M. (2013)
Disease Models and Mechanisms, 6(1): 261-268

Polarity proteins are required for left-right axis orientation and twin-twin instruction
Vandenberg, L. N., and Levin, M. (2012)
Genesis, 50(3): 219-234

Transmembrane potential of GlyCl-expressing instructor cells induces a neoplastic-like conversion of melanocytes via a serotonergic pathway
Blackiston, D., Adams, D. S., Lemire, J. M., Lobikin, M., and Levin, M. (2011)
Disease Models and Mechanisms, 4(1): 67-85

Inverse Drug Screens: a rapid and inexpensive method for implicating molecular targets
Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2006) ​​​​
Genesis, 44(11): 530-540

Strategies and techniques for investigation of biophysical signals in patterning
Adams, D., and Levin, M. (2006)
in M. Whitman and A. K. Sater (Eds.), Analysis of Growth Factor signaling in Embryos. Methods in Signal Transduction Series, CRC Press: Boca Raton FL, pp. 177-264

Of Minds and Embryos: Left-Right Asymmetry and the Serotonergic Controls of Pre-Neural Morphogenesis
Levin, M., Lauder, J., and Buznikov, G. (2006)
Developmental Neuroscience, 28:171-185

Is the Early Left-Right Axis like a Plant, a Kidney, or a Neuron? The Integration of Physiological Signals in Left-Right Asymmetry
Levin, M. (2006) ​​​​
Birth Defects Research (Part C), 78(3): 191-223

Serotonin signaling is a very early step in patterning of the left-right axis in chick and frog embryos
Fukumoto, T., Kema, I. P., and Levin, M. (2005)
Current Biology, 15(9): 794-803

Serotonin transporter function is an early step in left-right patterning in chick and frog embryos
Fukumoto, T., Blakely, R., and Levin, M. (2005) ​​​​​
Developmental Neuroscience, 27(6): 349-363

A novel immunohistochemical method for evaluation of antibody specificity and detection of labile targets in biological tissue
Levin, M. (2004)
Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Methods, 58(1): 85-96