PROJECT SCIENTIST
WET LAB TEAM
Nick Foster, Ph.D.
nnfoster@mednet.ucla.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-1740-9788
Publications
- The mouse cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network
Foster NN; Barry J; Korobkova L; Garcia L; Gao L; Becerra M; Sherafat Y; Peng B; Li X; Choi JH; Gou L; Zingg B; Azam S; Lo D; Khanjani N; Zhang B; Stanis J; Bowman I; Cotter K; Cao C; Yamashita S; Tugangui A; Li A; Jiang T; Jia X; Feng Z; Aquino S; Mun HS; Zhu M; Santarelli A; Benavidez NL; Song M; Dan G; Fayzullina M; Ustrell S; Boesen T; Johnson DL; Xu H; Bienkowski MS; Yang XW; Gong H; Levine MS; Wickersham I; Luo Q; Hahn JD; Lim BK; Zhang LI; Cepeda C; Hintiryan H; Dong HW;
Nature. 2021-Oct-6; 598(7879):188-194
PMID: 34616074 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03993-3 - Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex
Muñoz-Castañeda R; Zingg B; Matho KS; Chen X; Wang Q; Foster NN; Li A; Narasimhan A; Hirokawa KE; Huo B; Bannerjee S; Korobkova L; Park CS; Park YG; Bienkowski MS; Chon U; Wheeler DW; Li X; Wang Y; Naeemi M; Xie P; Liu L; Kelly K; An X; Attili SM; Bowman I; Bludova A; Cetin A; Ding L; Drewes R; D’Orazi F; Elowsky C; Fischer S; Galbavy W; Gao L; Gillis J; Groblewski PA; Gou L; Hahn JD; Hatfield JT; Hintiryan H; Huang JJ; Kondo H; Kuang X; Lesnar P; Li X; Li Y; Lin M; Lo D; Mizrachi J; Mok S; Nicovich PR; Palaniswamy R; Palmer J; Qi X; Shen E; Sun YC; Tao HW; Wakemen W; Wang Y; Yao S; Yuan J; Zhan H; Zhu M; Ng L; Zhang LI; Lim BK; Hawrylycz M; Gong H; Gee JC; Kim Y; Chung K; Yang XW; Peng H; Luo Q; Mitra PP; Zador AM; Zeng H; Ascoli GA; Josh Huang Z; Osten P; Harris JA; Dong HW;
Nature. 2021-Oct-6; 598(7879):159-166
PMID: 34616071 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03970-w - Organization of the inputs and outputs of the mouse superior colliculus
Benavidez NL, Bienkowski MS, Zhu M, Garcia LH, Fayzullina M, Gao L, Bowman I, Gou L, Khanjani N, Cotter KR, Korobkova L, Becerra M, Cao C, Song MY, Zhang B, Yamashita S, Tugangui AJ, Zingg B, Rose K, Lo D, Foster NN, Boesen T, Mun HS, Aquino S, Wickersham IR, Ascoli GA, Hintiryan H, Dong HW
Nature Communications. 2021-Jun-28; 12(1):4004
PMID: 34183678 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24241-2 - Connectivity characterization of the mouse basolateral amygdalar complex
Hintiryan H; Bowman I; Johnson DL; Korobkova L; Zhu M; Khanjani N; Gou L; Gao L; Yamashita S; Bienkowski MS; Garcia L; Foster NN; Benavidez NL; Song MY; Lo D; Cotter KR; Becerra M; Aquino S; Cao C; Cabeen RP; Stanis J; Fayzullina M; Ustrell SA; Boesen T; Tugangui AJ; Zhang ZG; Peng B; Fanselow MS; Golshani P; Hahn JD; Wickersham IR; Ascoli GA; Zhang LI; Dong HW;
Nat Commun. 2021-May-17; 12(1):2859
PMID: 34001873 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22915-5 - An open access mouse brain flatmap and upgraded rat and human brain flatmaps based on current reference atlases
Hahn JD; Swanson LW; Bowman I; Foster NN; Zingg B; Bienkowski MS; Hintiryan H; Dong HW;
J Comp Neurol. 2021-Feb-1; 529(3):576-594
PMID: 32511750 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24966 - Brainwide Genetic Sparse Cell Labeling to Illuminate the Morphology of Neurons and Glia with Cre-Dependent MORF Mice
Veldman MB; Park CS; Eyermann CM; Zhang JY; Zuniga-Sanchez E; Hirano AA; Daigle TL; Foster NN; Zhu M; Langfelder P; Lopez IA; Brecha NC; Zipursky SL; Zeng H; Dong HW; Yang XW;
Neuron. 2020-Oct-1; 108(1):111-127.e6
PMID: 32795398 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.019 - Precise segmentation of densely interweaving neuron clusters using G-Cut
Li R; Zhu M; Li J; Bienkowski MS; Foster NN; Xu H; Ard T; Bowman I; Zhou C; Veldman MB; Yang XW; Hintiryan H; Zhang J; Dong HW;
Nat Commun. 2019-Apr-1; 10(1):1549
PMID: 30948706 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09515-0 - Integration of gene expression and brain-wide connectivity reveals the multiscale organization of mouse hippocampal networks
Bienkowski MS; Bowman I; Song MY; Gou L; Ard T; Cotter K; Zhu M; Benavidez NL; Yamashita S; Abu-Jaber J; Azam S; Lo D; Foster NN; Hintiryan H; Dong HW;
Nat Neurosci. 2018-Nov-1; 21(11):1628-1643
PMID: 30297807 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0241-y - High-resolution characterization of a PACAP-EGFP transgenic mouse model for mapping PACAP-expressing neurons.
Condro MC; Matynia A; Foster NN; Ago Y; Rajbhandari AK; Van C; Jayaram B; Parikh S; Diep AL; Nguyen E; May V; Dong HW; Waschek JA;
J Comp Neurol. 2016-Dec-1; 524(18):3827-3848
PMID: 27197019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24035 - The mouse cortico-striatal projectome
Hintiryan H; Foster NN; Bowman I; Bay M; Song MY; Gou L; Yamashita S; Bienkowski MS; Zingg B; Zhu M; Yang XW; Shih JC; Toga AW; Dong HW;
Nat Neurosci. 2016-Aug-1; 19(8):1100-14
PMID: 27322419 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4332 - Neural networks of the mouse neocortex
Zingg B; Hintiryan H; Gou L; Song MY; Bay M; Bienkowski MS; Foster NN; Yamashita S; Bowman I; Toga AW; Dong HW;
Cell. 2014-Feb-1; 156(5):1096-111
PMID: 24581503 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.023 - Dissociating the conditioning and the anorectic effects of estradiol in female rats.
Hintiryan H; Foster NN; Chambers KC;
Behav Neurosci. 2009-Dec-1; 123(6):1226-37
PMID: 20001106 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017701