PhD Simon Fraser University, 2002
BS McGill University
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: benhall@tulane.edu
Neocortical development involves the precise elaboration of a network containing billions of neurons and requires the proper initiation, stabilization and maturation of trillions of synaptic contacts. Understanding the cellular mechanisms that regulate cortical synapse development is crucial for a complete understanding of cortical function and thus neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.
Kruppel-like factor 9 is necessary for late-phase neuronal maturation in the developing dentate gyrus and during adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
Kimberly N. Scobie, Benjamin J. Hall, Scott A. Wilke, Kristen C. Klemenhagen, Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama, Anirvan Ghosh, Rene Hen and Amar Sahay. (2009) J. Neurosci., 29(31): 9875-9887.
Regulation of AMPA Receptor Recruitment at Developing Synapses.
Benjamin J. Hall and Anirvan Ghosh. (2008) T.I.N.S., 31(2): 82-89.
NR2B Signaling Regulates the Development of Synaptic AMPA Receptor Current.
Benjamin J. Hall, Beth Ripley and Anirvan Ghosh. (2007) J. Neurosci., 27(49): 13446-13456.
Regulation of spine morphology and spine density by NMDA receptor signaling in vivo.
Sila K Ultanir, Ji-Eun Kim, Benjamin J. Hall, Thomas Deerinck, Mark Ellisman and Anirvan Ghosh. (2007) P.N.A.S., 104(49): 19553-19558.
Regulation of Thalamocortical Patterning and Synaptic Maturation by NeuroD2.
Gulayse Ince-Dunn*, Benjamin J. Hall*, Shu-Ching Hu, Beth Ripley, Richard L. Huganir, James M. Olson, Stephen J. Tapscott, and Anirvan Ghosh. (2006) Neuron, 49(5): 683-695.