Publications

• Gutnick A. and G. Levkowitz. (2012). The neurohypophysis – fishing for new insights. J. Neuroendo. 24(6):973-974.
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  * Also published as Topical Briefings of the British Society for Neuroendocrinology.
• Amir-Zilberstein L., J. Blechman, Y. Sztainberg, W.H.J. Norton, A. Reuveny, J.L., N. Borodovsky, M. Tahor, Bonkowsky, L. Bally-Cuif, A. Chen and G. Levkowitz. (2012). Homeodomain protein Otp and activity-dependent splicing modulate neuronal adaptation to stress. Neuron 73:279-291.
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  * Selected for Neuron’s cover illustration (Jan. 26 issue) and highlighted in Neuron’s Spotlight On Disease  – Regulating Stress through Splicing.
• Blechman J., A. Gutnick, L. Amir-Zilberstein and G. Levkowitz. (2011). The metabolic regulator PGC-1α directly controls the expression of the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin. J. Neurosci. 31(42):14835-14840.
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   * Highlighted in This Week in the Journal (October 19, 2011)  – PGC-1α may suppress eating while increasing metabolism.
• Gutnick, A., J. Blechman, J. Kaslin, L. Herwig, H-G. Belting, M. Affolter, J.L. Bonkowsky and G. Levkowitz. (2011). The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin is required for formation of the neuro-vascular interface of the pituitary. Dev. Cell 21:642–654.
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  * Preview by Cariboni, A., and Ruhrberg, C. (2011). The hormone of love attracts a partner for life. Dev. Cell 21, 602-604.
• Machluf, Y., Gutnick A. and Levkowitz G. (2011).  Development of the zebrafish hypothalamus.  Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1220(1):93-105
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• Machluf, Y. and Levkowitz G. (2011). Visualization of mRNA expression in the zebrafish embryo. Methods Mol. Biol. 714:83-102.
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• Russek-Blum N., Nabel-Rosen H. and Levkowitz G. (2010). Two-photon- based photo activation in live zebrafish embryos. J. Vis. Exp. 46: e1902.
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• Palevitch, O., Abraham E. , Borodovsky N., Levkowitz G., Zohar Y. and Gothilf Y. (2010). Cxcl12a-Cxcr4b signaling is important for proper development of forebrain GnRH system in zebrafish. Gen. and Comp. Endocrinology 165(2):262-268.
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• Russek-Blum N, Nabel-Rosen H and Levkowitz G. (2009). High resolution fate map of the zebrafish diencephalon. Dev. Dyn. 238(7):1827-1835.
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• Borodovsky N, Ponomaryov T, Frenkel S and Levkowitz G. (2009). Neural protein Olig2 acts upstream of the transcriptional regulator Sim1 to specify diencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Dev. Dyn. 238(4):826–834.
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• Palevitch O, Abraham E, Borodovsky N, Levkowitz G, Zohar Y and Gothilf Y. (2009). Nasal embryonic LHRH factor plays a role in the developmental migration and projection of gonadotropin-releasing hormone 3 neurons in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn. 238(1):66-75.
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• Russek-Blum, N., Gutnick, A., Nabel-Rosen, H., Blechman, J., Staudt, N., Dorsky, R.I., Houart, C. and Levkowitz, G. (2008) Dopaminergic neuronal cluster size is determined during early forebrain patterning. Development 135(20):3401-3413.
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• Blechman, J., Borodovsky, N., Eisenberg, M., Nabel-Rosen, H., Grimm, J. and Levkowitz, G. (2007) Specification of hypothalamic neurons by dual regulation of the homeodomain protein Orthopedia. Development 134(24):4417-4426.
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• Levkowitz, G., Zeller, J., Sirotkin, H.I., French, D., Schilbach, S., Hashimoto, H., Hibi, M., Talbot, W.S. and Rosenthal, A. (2003) Zinc finger protein too few controls the development of monoaminergic neurons. Nat. Neurosci. 6(1):28-33.
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