Publications

PREPRINTS:

Tarannum R, Mun G, Quddos F, Swanger SA, Steward O, Farris S. Dendritically localized RNAs are packaged as diversely composed ribonucleoprotein particles with heterogeneous copy number states. bioRxiv. 2024 Jul 17. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.13.603387. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.13.603387v2

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Pannoni KE, Fischer QS, Tarannum R, Cawley ML, Alsalman MM, Acosta N, Ezigbo C, Gil DV, Campbell LA, Farris S. MCU expression in hippocampal CA2 neurons modulates dendritic mitochondrial morphology and synaptic plasticity. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 6;15(1):1–19. PMID: 39915602

Topolski MA, Gilmore BL, Khondaker R, Michniak JA, Studtmann C, Chen Y, Wagner GN, Pozo-Aranda AE, Farris S, Swanger SA. Input-Specific Localization of NMDA Receptor GluN2 Subunits in Thalamocortical Neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2025;169(3):e70049. PMID: 40123534

Xu X, Lin Y, Yin L, Serpa P da S, Conacher B, Pacholec C, Carvallo F, Hrubec T, Farris S, Zimmerman K, Wang X, Xie H. Spatial Transcriptomics and Single-Nucleus Multi-Omics Analysis Revealing the Impact of High Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation on Offspring Brain Development. Nutrients. 2024 Nov 7;16(22):3820. PMID: 39599606

Pannoni K, Gil D, Cawley M, Alsalman M, Campbell L, Farris S. Layer-specific mitochondrial diversity across hippocampal CA2 dendrites. 2023 Feb 10. “A New View of Hippocampal Area CA2” Hippocampus, 33 (3), 182-196. doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23512. OPEN ACCESS

Samadi M, Hales CA, Lustberg DJ, Farris S, Ross MR, Zhao M, Hepler JR, Harbin NH, Robinson ESJ, Banks PJ, Bashir ZI, Dudek SM. Mechanisms of mGluR-dependent plasticity in hippocampal area CA2. Hippocampus. 2023 Mar 27; PMID: 36971428

Dudek SM, Phoenix A, Shepeleva DV, Herbeck YE, Trut LN, Farris S, Kukelkova AV. Defining Hippocampal Area CA2 in the Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Brain. Hippocampus. 2023;33(6):700–711. PMID: 37159095

Dudek SM, Alexander GM, Farris S. Introduction to the special issue on: A new view of hippocampal area CA2. Hippocampus. 2023 Mar;33(3):127–132. PMID: 36826426

Pannoni K, Farris S. LEC to CA2: A circuit to remember, Neuron, 110 (9), 1443-1445. 2022 May 4. ISSN 0896-6273. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.04.006. OPEN ACCESS 

Farris S, Hacisuleyman E, Donlin-Asp P, Cioni JM. Editorial: RNA Localization and Localized Translation in Neurons. Front Integr Neurosci. 2022 Jan 12. 15:831038. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2021.831038. PMCID: PMC8790039

Park J, Farris S. Spatiotemporal Regulation of Transcript Isoform Expression in the Hippocampus. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021 Jul 8;14:694234. PMID: 34305526. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.694234. OPEN ACCESS

Campbell LA, Pannoni KE, Savory NA, Lal D, Farris S. Protein-retention expansion microscopy for visualizing subcellular organelles in fixed brain tissue. J Neurosci Methods. 2021 Sep 1;361:109285. PMID: 34242703.  doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109285. OPEN ACCESS.

McCann KE, Lustberg DJ, Shaughnessy EK, Carstens KE, Farris S, Alexander GM, Radzicki D, Zhao Z, Dudek SM. (2019). Novel role for mineralocorticoid receptors in control of a neuronal phenotype. Mol Psychiatry. doi:10.1038/s41380-019-0598-7. OPEN ACCESS

Farris S, Ward JM, Carstens KE, Samadi M, Wang Y, and Dudek SM. (2019). Hippocampal Subregions Express Distinct Dendritic Transcriptomes that Reveal Differences in Mitochondrial Function in CA2. Cell Reports 29, 522-539.e6. OPEN ACCESS

Helton TD, Zhao M, Farris S, Dudek SM. (2019) Diversity of dendritic morphology and entorhinal cortex synaptic effectiveness in mouse CA2 pyramidal neurons. Hippocampus 29, 78–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23012.

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA TECH (Prior to 2019)
 

Alexander GM, Brown LY, Farris S, Lustberg D, Pantazis C, Gloss B, Plummer NW, Riddick NV, Moy SS, Jensen P, Dudek SM. (2018) CA2 neuronal activity controls hippocampal low gamma and ripple oscillations. eLife;7:e38052 doi: 10.7554/eLife.38052. OPEN ACCESS

Steward O, Matsudaira KM, Farris S, Pirbhoy PS, Worley P, Okamura K, Okuno H, Bito H. (2018) Delayed degradation and impaired dendritic delivery of intron-lacking EGFP-Arc/1 mRNA in EGFP-Arc transgenic mice. Frontiers Molecular Neuroscience. 10:435. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00435. OPEN ACCESS

Sarkar P, Dunn CJ, Bailey ER, Farris S, Zhao M, Dudek SM, Saha RN. (2017) Histone hypervariants H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2 play independent and context-specific roles in neuronal activity-induced transcription of Arc/Arg3.1 and other immediate early genes. eNeuro. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0040-17.2017. OPEN ACCESS

Farris S, Wang Y, Ward JM, Dudek SM. (2017) Optimized method for robust transcriptome profiling of minute tissues using laser capture microdissection and low-input RNA-Seq. Frontiers Molecular Neuroscience. 10:185. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00185. OPEN ACCESS

Marron Fernandez de Velasco E, Zhang L, N Vo B, Tipps M, Farris S, Xia Z, Anderson A, Carlblom N, Weaver CD, Dudek SM, Wickman K. (2017). GIRK2 splice variants and neuronal G protein-gated K+ channels: implications for channel function and behavior. Scientific Reports. 7(1):1639. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01820-2. OPEN ACCESS

Pirbhoy PS, Farris S, Steward O. (2017) Synaptically-driven phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 is differentially regulated at active synapses vs. dendrites and cell bodies by MAPK and PI3K/mTOR signaling pathways. Learning and Memory. 24(8):341-357. doi: 10.1101/lm.044974.117.

Alexander GM*, Farris S*, Pirone JR, Zheng C, Colgin LL, Dudek SM. (2016) Social and novel contexts modify hippocampal CA2 representations of space. Nature Communications. 7:10300. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10300. (*co-first authors) (Featured Image) [Supplemental Information] OPEN ACCESS

Dudek SM, Alexander GM, Farris S. (2016) Rediscovering area CA2: unique properties and functions. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 17(2):89-102. doi: 10.1038/nrn.2015.22. (Cover Art)

Pirbhoy PS, Farris S, Steward O. (2016) Synaptic activation of ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation occurs locally in activated dendritic domains. Learning and Memory. 23: 255-269. doi: 10.1101/lm.041947.116.

Steward O, Farris S, Darnell J, Van Driesche SJ, Pirbhoy PS. (2015) Localization and local translation of Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA at synapses: some observations and paradoxes. Frontiers Molecular Neuroscience. 7:101. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00101. (Recommended in Faculty of 1000) OPEN ACCESS

Farris S, Lewandowski G, Cox CD, Steward O. (2014) Selective localization of Arc mRNA in dendrites involves activity- and translation- dependent mRNA degradation. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(13): 4481-93. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4944-13.2014. (Featured Article)(Recommended in Faculty of 1000)

Chotiner JK, Nielson J, Farris S, Lewandowski G, Huang F, Banos K, de Leon R, Steward O. (2010) Assessment of the role of MAP kinase in mediating activity-dependent transcriptional activation of the immediate early gene Arc/Arg3.1 in the dentate gyrus in vivo. Learning & Memory. 17(2): 117-129. doi: 10.1101/lm.1585910.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Farris S, Dynes, JL, Steward O. (2017) mRNA Trafficking to Synapses and Memory Formation. In: Sara, S.J. (ed.), Mechanisms of Memory, Vol. 4 of Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 2nd edition, Byrne, J.H. (ed.). (pp. 153–178). Oxford. Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21108-5.

Farris S and Dudek SM. (2014) From Where? Synaptic Tagging Allows The Nucleus Not To Care. Sajikumar, S. (Ed.) Synaptic Tagging and Capture: From Synapses to Behavior. (pp. 143-153). New York. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1761-7_9.

Steward O, Dynes JL, Farris S. (2014) Local Protein Synthesis at Synapses. V. Pickel & M. Segal (Eds.) The Synapse: Structure and Function. (1st ed., pp. 173-191). Boston. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-418675-0.00006-7.

For a full list of publications see: Farris-NCBI-Bibliography