Jennifer Luebke | Profiles RNS

Jennifer I. Luebke, PhD

Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Anatomy & Neurobiology

PhD, Boston University

Websites

	Anatomy and Neurobiology Faculty
	Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology
	BU Today - Article on Building Brain Complexity

ORCID : 0000-0003-1399-6073

The overall interest of our laboratory is in the functional properties of neurons in the mammalian prefrontal cortex (PFC), which play a central role in higher cognitive abilities such as abstract thinking, problem solving and cognitive flexibility. We seek to gain an understanding of the signaling properties of these neurons (in young and aged monkeys and APP and tau transgenic mice) by examining characteristics such as repetitive action potential firing patterns, synaptic response properties and underlying ionic currents, using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings of individual neurons identified under IR-DIC optics. By filling neurons from which recordings are obtained with dyes, we are able to subsequently reconstruct the neurons in 3-D and learn a great deal about important structure-function relationships. Most recently we are working with biomathematicians to perform computational modeling of PFC pyramidal cells using our empirically derived data.

Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences

BU Sponsored Research
NIH RePORTER Sponsored Research

RNA binding proteins as novel targets in Alzheimer's disease
09/15/2015 - 04/30/2020 (SP Co-PI of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG050471-02

Empirical and Computational Analyses of Striatal MSN's and FSI's and of L5 CPN's in the Q175 and DN17 Models
04/01/2016 - 03/31/2019 (PI)
CHDI Foundation, Inc.

Neural Substrates of cognitive decline and curcumin intervention in aging monkeys
09/30/2016 - 08/31/2018 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1R56AG049870-01A1

Effects of Neural Precursor Lineage on Pyramidal Neuron Function and Morphology
09/15/2014 - 08/31/2017 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jennifer I. Luebke, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R21NS089340-02

Modeling Cellular Determinants of Cognitive Decline in Aging
09/30/2010 - 05/31/2015 (PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIA
5R01AG035071-05

Intraneuronal Beta Amyloid and Synaptic Plasticity in the Prefrontal Cortex
09/01/2013 - 08/30/2014 (PI)
Rhode Island Hospital

Functional Consequences of Cholinergic Degeneration in Aged Rhesus Monkeys
07/01/2000 - 06/30/2002 (PI)
American Federation for Aging Research

Inhibitory Roles of Layer I Neurons in Rat Barrel Cortex
03/01/2000 - 02/28/2002 (PI)
National Science Foundation
IOS-9982184

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2016	Neural substrates of cognitive decline and curcumin intervention in aging monkeys	1R56AG049870-01A1
2015	Effects of neural precursor lineage on pyramidal neuron function and morphology	5R21NS089340-02
2014	Effects of neural precursor lineage on pyramidal neuron function and morphology	1R21NS089340-01A1
2009	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN MONKEY CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL CELLS	5R01AG025062-05	19
2008	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN MONKEY CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL CELLS	5R01AG025062-04	19
2007	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN MONKEY CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL CELLS	5R01AG025062-03	19
2006	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN MONKEY CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL CELLS	5R01AG025062-02	19
2005	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN MONKEY CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL CELLS	1R01AG025062-01A1	19

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Guillamon-Vivancos T, Tyler WA, Medalla M, Chang WW, Okamoto M, Haydar TF, Luebke JI. Distinct Neocortical Progenitor Lineages Fine-tune Neuronal Diversity in a Layer-specific Manner. Cereb Cortex. 2018 Feb 03.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria
Haydar, Tarik
Tyler, William

PMID: 29415216.

Apicco DJ, Ash PEA, Maziuk B, LeBlang C, Medalla M, Al Abdullatif A, Ferragud A, Botelho E, Ballance HI, Dhawan U, Boudeau S, Cruz AL, Kashy D, Wong A, Goldberg LR, Yazdani N, Zhang C, Ung CY, Tripodis Y, Kanaan NM, Ikezu T, Cottone P, Leszyk J, Li H, Luebke J, Bryant CD, Wolozin B. Reducing the RNA binding protein TIA1 protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration in vivo. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jan; 21(1):72-80.View Related Profiles.

Wolozin, Benjamin
Bryant, Camron
Apicco, Daniel
Luebke, Jennifer
Goldberg, Lisa
Medalla, Maria
Yazdani, Neema
Ash, Peter
Cottone, Pietro
Ikezu, Tsuneya
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 29273772.

Medalla M, Gilman JP, Wang JY, Luebke JI. Strength and Diversity of Inhibitory Signaling Differentiates Primate Anterior Cingulate from Lateral Prefrontal Cortex. J Neurosci. 2017 May 03; 37(18):4717-4734.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria

PMID: 28381592; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3757-16.2017;.

Hsu A, Luebke JI, Medalla M. Comparative ultrastructural features of excitatory synapses in the visual and frontal cortices of the adult mouse and monkey. J Comp Neurol. 2017 Jun 15; 525(9):2175-2191.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria

PMID: 28256708; DOI: 10.1002/cne.24196;.

Luebke JI. Pyramidal Neurons Are Not Generalizable Building Blocks of Cortical Networks. Front Neuroanat. 2017; 11:11. PMID: 28326020; DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00011;.

Gilman JP, Medalla M, Luebke JI. Area-Specific Features of Pyramidal Neurons-a Comparative Study in Mouse and Rhesus Monkey. Cereb Cortex. 2017 Mar 01; 27(3):2078-2094.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria

PMID: 26965903; DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw062;.

Rumbell TH, Draguljic D, Yadav A, Hof PR, Luebke JI, Weaver CM. Automated evolutionary optimization of ion channel conductances and kinetics in models of young and aged rhesus monkey pyramidal neurons. J Comput Neurosci. 2016 08; 41(1):65-90. PMID: 27106692; DOI: 10.1007/s10827-016-0605-9;.

Asai H, Ikezu S, Tsunoda S, Medalla M, Luebke J, Haydar T, Wolozin B, Butovsky O, Kügler S, Ikezu T. Depletion of microglia and inhibition of exosome synthesis halt tau propagation. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Nov; 18(11):1584-93.View Related Profiles.

Wolozin, Benjamin
Asai, Hirohide
Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria
Ikezu, Seiko
Haydar, Tarik
Ikezu, Tsuneya

PMID: 26436904; PMCID: PMC4694577; DOI: 10.1038/nn.4132;.

Tyler WA, Medalla M, Guillamon-Vivancos T, Luebke JI, Haydar TF. Neural precursor lineages specify distinct neocortical pyramidal neuron types. J Neurosci. 2015 Apr 15; 35(15):6142-52.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria
Haydar, Tarik
Tyler, William

PMID: 25878286; PMCID: PMC4397608; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0335-15.2015;.

Medalla M, Luebke JI. Diversity of glutamatergic synaptic strength in lateral prefrontal versus primary visual cortices in the rhesus monkey. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 7; 35(1):112-27.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria

PMID: 25568107; PMCID: PMC4287137; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3426-14.2015;.

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Coskren PJ, Luebke JI, Kabaso D, Wearne SL, Yadav A, Rumbell T, Hof PR, Weaver CM. Functional consequences of age-related morphologic changes to pyramidal neurons of the rhesus monkey prefrontal cortex. J Comput Neurosci. 2015 Apr; 38(2):263-83. PMID: 25527184; PMCID: PMC4352129; DOI: 10.1007/s10827-014-0541-5;.

Luebke JI, Medalla M, Amatrudo JM, Weaver CM, Crimins JL, Hunt B, Hof PR, Peters A. Age-related changes to layer 3 pyramidal cells in the rhesus monkey visual cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Jun; 25(6):1454-68.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer
Medalla, Maria

PMID: 24323499; PMCID: PMC4428297; DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht336;.

Crimins JL, Pooler A, Polydoro M, Luebke JI, Spires-Jones TL. The intersection of amyloid ß and tau in glutamatergic synaptic dysfunction and collapse in Alzheimer''s disease. Ageing Res Rev. 2013 Jun; 12(3):757-63. PMID: 23528367; PMCID: PMC3735866; DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.03.002;.

Biasini E, Unterberger U, Solomon IH, Massignan T, Senatore A, Bian H, Voigtlaender T, Bowman FP, Bonetto V, Chiesa R, Luebke J, Toselli P, Harris DA. A mutant prion protein sensitizes neurons to glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. J Neurosci. 2013 Feb 6; 33(6):2408-18.View Related Profiles.

Harris, David
Biasini, Emiliano
Bian, Hejiao
Luebke, Jennifer
Toselli, Paul
Massignan, Tania
Unterberger, Ursula

PMID: 23392670; PMCID: PMC3711660; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3406-12.2013;.

Chen CD, Sloane JA, Li H, Aytan N, Giannaris EL, Zeldich E, Hinman JD, Dedeoglu A, Rosene DL, Bansal R, Luebke JI, Kuro-o M, Abraham CR. The antiaging protein Klotho enhances oligodendrocyte maturation and myelination of the CNS. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 30; 33(5):1927-39.View Related Profiles.

Dedeoglu, Alpaslan
Abraham, Carmela
Chen, Ci-Di
Rosene, Douglas
Zeldich, Ella
Giannaris, Eustathia Lela
Luebke, Jennifer
Aytan, Nurgul

PMID: 23365232; PMCID: PMC3711388; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2080-12.2013;.

Dickstein DL, Weaver CM, Luebke JI, Hof PR. Dendritic spine changes associated with normal aging. Neuroscience. 2013 Oct 22; 251:21-32. PMID: 23069756; PMCID: PMC3654095; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.077;.

Amatrudo JM, Weaver CM, Crimins JL, Hof PR, Rosene DL, Luebke JI. Influence of highly distinctive structural properties on the excitability of pyramidal neurons in monkey visual and prefrontal cortices. J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 3; 32(40):13644-60.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 23035077; PMCID: PMC3485081; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2581-12.2012;.

Crimins JL, Rocher AB, Luebke JI. Electrophysiological changes precede morphological changes to frontal cortical pyramidal neurons in the rTg4510 mouse model of progressive tauopathy. Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Dec; 124(6):777-95. PMID: 22976049; PMCID: PMC3509230; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-1038-9;.

Yadav A, Gao YZ, Rodriguez A, Dickstein DL, Wearne SL, Luebke JI, Hof PR, Weaver CM. Morphologic evidence for spatially clustered spines in apical dendrites of monkey neocortical pyramidal cells. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Sep 1; 520(13):2888-902. PMID: 22315181; PMCID: PMC3573331; DOI: 10.1002/cne.23070;.

Crimins JL, Rocher AB, Peters A, Shultz P, Lewis J, Luebke JI. Homeostatic responses by surviving cortical pyramidal cells in neurodegenerative tauopathy. Acta Neuropathol. 2011 Nov; 122(5):551-64.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 21968531; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-011-0877-0;.

Kopeikina KJ, Carlson GA, Pitstick R, Ludvigson AE, Peters A, Luebke JI, Koffie RM, Frosch MP, Hyman BT, Spires-Jones TL. Tau accumulation causes mitochondrial distribution deficits in neurons in a mouse model of tauopathy and in human Alzheimer's disease brain. Am J Pathol. 2011 Oct; 179(4):2071-82.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 21854751; PMCID: PMC3181340; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.07.004;.

Ludvigson AE, Luebke JI, Lewis J, Peters A. Structural abnormalities in the cortex of the rTg4510 mouse model of tauopathy: a light and electron microscopy study. Brain Struct Funct. 2011 Mar; 216(1):31-42.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 21152933; PMCID: PMC3748379; DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0295-4;.

Luebke JI, Amatrudo JM. Age-related increase of sI(AHP) in prefrontal pyramidal cells of monkeys: relationship to cognition. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Jun; 33(6):1085-95. PMID: 20727620; PMCID: PMC2992607; DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.07.002;.

Luebke JI, Weaver CM, Rocher AB, Rodriguez A, Crimins JL, Dickstein DL, Wearne SL, Hof PR. Dendritic vulnerability in neurodegenerative disease: insights from analyses of cortical pyramidal neurons in transgenic mouse models. Brain Struct Funct. 2010 Mar; 214(2-3):181-99. PMID: 20177698; PMCID: PMC3045830; DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0244-2;.

Luebke J, Barbas H, Peters A. Effects of normal aging on prefrontal area 46 in the rhesus monkey. Brain Res Rev. 2010 Mar; 62(2):212-32.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 20005254; PMCID: PMC2822043; DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.12.002;.

Rocher AB, Crimins JL, Amatrudo JM, Kinson MS, Todd-Brown MA, Lewis J, Luebke JI. Structural and functional changes in tau mutant mice neurons are not linked to the presence of NFTs. Exp Neurol. 2010 Jun; 223(2):385-93. PMID: 19665462; PMCID: PMC2864360; DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.07.029;.

Rocher AB, Kinson MS, Luebke JI. Significant structural but not physiological changes in cortical neurons of 12-month-old Tg2576 mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2008 Nov; 32(2):309-18. PMID: 18721884; PMCID: PMC2683422; DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.07.014;.

Luebke JI, Chang YM. Effects of aging on the electrophysiological properties of layer 5 pyramidal cells in the monkey prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 2007 Dec 12; 150(3):556-62. PMID: 17981400; PMCID: PMC2410025.

Chang YM, Luebke JI. Electrophysiological diversity of layer 5 pyramidal cells in the prefrontal cortex of the rhesus monkey: in vitro slice studies. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Nov; 98(5):2622-32. PMID: 17804579; PMCID: PMC2410032.

Peters A, Sethares C, Luebke JI. Synapses are lost during aging in the primate prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 2008 Apr 9; 152(4):970-81.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Alan
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 18329176; PMCID: PMC2441531; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.014;.

Dickstein DL, Kabaso D, Rocher AB, Luebke JI, Wearne SL, Hof PR. Changes in the structural complexity of the aged brain. Aging Cell. 2007 Jun; 6(3):275-84. PMID: 17465981; PMCID: PMC2441530.

Chang YM, Rosene DL, Killiany RJ, Mangiamele LA, Luebke JI. Increased action potential firing rates of layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in the prefrontal cortex are significantly related to cognitive performance in aged monkeys. Cereb Cortex. 2005 Apr; 15(4):409-18.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer
Killiany, Ronald

PMID: 15749985.

Moore TL, Schettler SP, Killiany RJ, Herndon JG, Luebke JI, Moss MB, Rosene DL. Cognitive impairment in aged rhesus monkeys associated with monoamine receptors in the prefrontal cortex. Behav Brain Res. 2005 May 28; 160(2):208-21.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer
Moss, Mark
Killiany, Ronald
Moore, Tara

PMID: 15863218.

Luebke JI, Chang YM, Moore TL, Rosene DL. Normal aging results in decreased synaptic excitation and increased synaptic inhibition of layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in the monkey prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 2004; 125(1):277-88.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer
Moore, Tara

PMID: 15051166.

Turner TJ, Mokler DJ, Luebke JI. Calcium influx through presynaptic 5-HT3 receptors facilitates GABA release in the hippocampus: in vitro slice and synaptosome studies. Neuroscience. 2004; 129(3):703-18. PMID: 15541891.

O'Brien S, Rosene DL, Luebke JI. GABAA receptor-mediated neurotransmission in the dentate gyrus of the rhesus monkey: comparison with the rat. Synapse. 2003 Sep 15; 49(4):287-9.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 12827648.

Chang YM, Galler JR, Luebke JI. Prenatal protein malnutrition results in increased frequency of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents in rat CA3 interneurons. Nutr Neurosci. 2003 Aug; 6(4):263-7. PMID: 12887143.

Luebke JI, Rosene DL. Aging alters dendritic morphology, input resistance, and inhibitory signaling in dentate granule cells of the rhesus monkey. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Jun 9; 460(4):573-84.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 12717715.

Mokler DJ, Galler JR, Luebke JI. Development and modulation of GABA(A) receptor-mediated neurotransmission in the CA1 region of prenatally protein malnourished rats. Nutr Neurosci. 2001; 4(2):109-19. PMID: 11842879.

Luebke J, St John J, Galler JR. Prenatal protein malnutrition results in increased frequency of miniature inhibitory synaptic currents in rat CA1 pyramidal cells. Synapse. 2000 Jul; 37(1):23-31. PMID: 10842348.

Rushmore J, Luebke J, Galler JR. Electrophysiological properties of rat hippocampal principal cells are unaltered by prenatal protein malnutrition. Hippocampus. 1998; 8(4):380-9.View Related Profiles.

Luebke, Jennifer
Rushmore, Richard

PMID: 9744423.

St John JL, Rosene DL, Luebke JI. Morphology and electrophysiology of dentate granule cells in the rhesus monkey: comparison with the rat. J Comp Neurol. 1997 Oct 13; 387(1):136-47.View Related Profiles.

Rosene, Douglas
Luebke, Jennifer

PMID: 9331177.

Dunlap K, Luebke JI, Turner TJ. Exocytotic Ca2+ channels in mammalian central neurons. Trends Neurosci. 1995 Feb; 18(2):89-98. PMID: 7537420.

Dunlap K, Luebke JI, Turner TJ. Identification of calcium channels that control neurosecretion. Science. 1994 Nov 4; 266(5186):828-31. PMID: 7973643.

Luebke JI, Dunlap K. Sensory neuron N-type calcium currents are inhibited by both voltage-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Pflugers Arch. 1994 Oct; 428(5-6):499-507. PMID: 7838672.

Luebke JI, McCarley RW, Greene RW. Inhibitory action of muscarinic agonists on neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in vitro. J Neurophysiol. 1993 Nov; 70(5):2128-35. PMID: 8294974.

Luebke JI, Dunlap K, Turner TJ. Multiple calcium channel types control glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. Neuron. 1993 Nov; 11(5):895-902. PMID: 7902110.

Luebke JI, Weider JM, McCarley RW, Greene RW. Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase positive somata in the brainstem of the monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Neurosci Lett. 1992 Dec 14; 148(1-2):129-32. PMID: 1300484.

Luebke JI, Wright LL. Characterization of superior cervical ganglion neurons that project to the submandibular glands, the eyes, and the pineal gland in rats. Brain Res. 1992 Aug 28; 589(1):1-14. PMID: 1358399.

Luebke JI, Weight FF, Aguayo LG. Labelling and recording from dissociated target-specific rat superior cervical ganglion neurons. Neurosci Lett. 1992 Feb 3; 135(2):210-4. PMID: 1378213.

Luebke JI, Greene RW, Semba K, Kamondi A, McCarley RW, Reiner PB. Serotonin hyperpolarizes cholinergic low-threshold burst neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Jan 15; 89(2):743-7. PMID: 1731349; PMCID: PMC48315.

Wright LL, Luebke JI. Somatostatin-, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide- and neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity in eye- and submandibular gland-projecting sympathetic neurons. Brain Res. 1989 Aug 14; 494(2):267-75. PMID: 2570622.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017

Year	Publications
1989	1
1992	4
1993	2
1994	2
1995	1
1997	1
1998	1
2000	1
2001	1
2003	3
2004	2
2005	2
2007	4
2008	1
2009	2
2010	3
2011	2
2012	4
2013	4
2014	1
2015	3
2016	1
2017	5
2018	1

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morphological analyses
neuroanatomy
Neurophysiology
whole-cell patch-clamping

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