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Stelios Smirnakis, M.D., Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

SFARI Scientific Review Board

Affiliations
  • Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Publications

Motor training improves coordination and anxiety in symptomatic MECP2-null mice despite impaired functional connectivity within the motor circuit.

bioRxiv, August 11, 2021

Yue Y., Xu P., Liu Z., Sun X., Su J., Du H., et al.

Excessive formation and stabilization of dendritic spine clusters in the MECP2 duplication syndrome mouse model of autism.

eNeuro, January 28, 2021

Ash R.T., Park J., Suter B., H. Zoghbi, and S. Smirnakis

Increased axonal bouton stability during learning in the mouse model of MECP2 duplication syndrome.

eNeuro., August 9, 2018

Ash R.T., Fahey P.G., Park J., H. Zoghbi, and S. Smirnakis

Excessive ERK-dependent synaptic clustering with enhanced motor learning in the MeCP2 duplication syndrome mouse model of autism.

bioRxiv, January 16, 2017

Ash R.T., Buffington S.A., Park J., M. Costa-Mattioli, H. Zoghbi, and S. Smirnakis

Projects

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Dissecting primary motor cortex circuit dysfunction in a mouse model of MeCP2 duplication syndrome

Awarded 2016
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Motor cortex plasticity in MeCP2 duplication syndrome

Awarded 2012

Featuring Stelios Smirnakis

Excessive Dendritic Spine Clusters in MECP2 Duplication Syndrome Mouse Model

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SFARI Fall 2018 Science Meeting Highlighted Recent Findings in Autism Research

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